It: Chapter One (2017)
[8] If ever there was something ripe for a remake, I think Stephen King's It would be near the top of my list. The original 1990 TV mini-series is good, but it begins to fall apart in its second half, partly for…
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
[6] Scientists working at a remote ocean laboratory have grown giant sharks to harvest for a protein they believe could cure Alzheimer's disease. As they prove their theory and prepare to celebrate, though, the sharks turn on their captors and gain the…
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
[5] There's really no way to make a good sequel to Poltergeist and retain any sense of dignity in the doing. But even if you go into Poltergeist II: The Other Side knowing it's one of the most unnecessary sequels ever made,…
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
[5] After the events of The Poseidon Adventure, this sequel picks up with two rival salvage crews entering the overturned ocean liner in search of treasure. Michael Caine, Sally Field, and Karl Malden comprise one team, looking to claim financial rewards to…
The Neverending Story (1984)
[8] Fresh off the World War II submarine thriller Das Boot, German director Wolfgang Petersen turns his attention to a family-oriented fantasy film based on Michael Ende's book The Neverending Story. While this adaptation loosely covers only the first half of Ende's…
Class of 1984 (1982)
[8] Perry King stars as the new teacher at an inner-city school where a gang of punks rule the roost, scaring teachers into submission while selling drugs, stealing, vandalizing, and worse. King stands up to the hoodlums, led by Timothy Van Patten,…
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
[8] The Twilight Zone makes the jump from the TV screen to the silver screen in this anthology collection featuring segments directed by John Landis (An American Werewolf in London), Steven Spielberg (E.T.), Joe Dante (Gremlins), and George Miller (Mad Max: Fury…
Tangerine (2015)
[8] Two transgender prostitutes hit the warpath in Hollywood on Christmas Eve to find a boyfriend who has cheated on one of them. Sin-Dee (Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) is the one who's been betrayed, dragging her friend Alexandra (Mya Taylor) along with her,…
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
[3] Since it's one of the most financially successful films of modern times, I decided to satisfy my morbid curiosity about A Minecraft Movie -- a movie I would otherwise never have seen, since it clearly wasn't made for me. I've never…
Infinity Pool (2023)
[6] Writer/director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral, Possessor) casts Alexander SkarsgÃ¥rd (The Northman) as a novelist seeking inspiration on the fictional island of Li Tolqa, where he accidentally commits vehicular manslaughter and is sentenced to death for it. But there's an alternative punishment --…