Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

[4] George Lucas's much-anticipated return to the Star Wars universe after sixteen years affords the writer/director the advanced technology needed to bring his vision to life, yet there's little life to be found in the story or characters of his Episode I:…
Used Cars (1980)

Used Cars (1980)

[7] Before they struck box office gold with Back to the Future, co-writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale offered up this wacky dark comedy about used car salesmen trying to save their run-down lot from a hostile takeover. Kurt Russell stars as…
Night of Fear (1973)

Night of Fear (1973)

[6] A woman wrecks her car on a rural, dead end road where she's stalked by a scary hermit (Norman Yemm) and his pet rat in this Australian film from writer/director Terry Bourke (Inn of the Damned, Noon Sunday). Night of Fear…
Another Country (1984)

Another Country (1984)

[7] Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star in this coming-of-age period drama set in an elite 1930s English boys' school, where militaristic tradition and hierarchy seems far more important than education. There is a sense of brotherhood among the students, even though…
Flood! (1976)

Flood! (1976)

[3] In this TV movie from producer Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno), several inhabitants of a small fishing town debate whether or not their dam is about to break after several weeks of rain. The mayor refuses to believe…
Legends of the Fall (1994)

Legends of the Fall (1994)

[8] Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Aidan Quinn star in this sprawling, family melodrama set in early twentieth century Montana, where the Ludlow family works their ranch in the untamed wilderness. Hopkins plays the patriarch, a pacifist and single father who is…
House of Wax (1953)

House of Wax (1953)

[7] While it wasn't the first major motion picture released in 3D, House of Wax still has the distinction of being the first commercially popular one. Vincent Price became a household name after starring in this gothic spook show about a wax…
John Wick (2014)

John Wick (2014)

[4] Nothing bores me more than a story about a hitman. It's a tired trope, and one that has a curious, potentially unhealthy appeal to audiences -- particularly young men who need no further encouragement to embrace their anger and tickle their…
The Eiger Sanction (1975)

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

[7] Clint Eastwood gives us his take on James Bond with The Eiger Sanction, the story of a retired hit man who is coerced back into action by a secretive government organization to 'sanction' (kill) a member of a mountain climbing party…
Creature from Black Lake (1976)

Creature from Black Lake (1976)

[7] Maybe I crave Bigfoot movies and the innocence of the 1970s so much that I give half-way decent 'Squatch flicks more credit than I should, but I was impressed with Creature from Black Lake, a low-budget film with production values that…