Weapons (2025)

Weapons (2025)

[8] After his strong debut film, 2022's Barbarian, writer/director Zach Cregger returns with a sophomore effort as good or better. Weapons starts off with a compelling mystery -- why did seventeen school children, all in the same class, suddenly get…
Streets of Fire (1984)

Streets of Fire (1984)

[3] In this self-proclaimed 'rock & roll fable' from director Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs.), a mercenary is summoned to rescue a revered singer from a motorcycle gang that kidnapped her right off the stage. That the singer and…
Antlers (2021)

Antlers (2021)

[5] Keri Russell stars as a rural Oregon middle-school teacher who grows concerned for a troubled child (Jeremy T. Thomas) who exhibits signs of domestic abuse. But the boy's reality is far worse than she suspects. With the help of…
The Day After (1983)

The Day After (1983)

[7] Citizens of Kansas City, Missouri, experience nuclear attack and radioactive fall-out in this horrific drama helmed by director Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, Time After Time). Two-time Oscar winner Jason Robards leads the ensemble cast…
Uncle Buck (1989)

Uncle Buck (1989)

[5] Writer/director John Hughes serves up this comedy star vehicle for John Candy, who plays an unreliable uncle called upon to babysit his nieces and nephew while their parents are away on emergency travel. As you can imagine, the meat…
The Hunt (2020)

The Hunt (2020)

[6] Elitist liberals hunt and kill redneck conservatives in this satiric take on The Most Dangerous Game. Betty Gilpin heads up the cast as our hunted protagonist (the horror genre's 'final girl', if you will), while two-time Oscar winner Hillary…
Field of Dreams (1989)

Field of Dreams (1989)

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This delicate fantasy about regret and second chances casts a powerful spell that brings many grown men to tears before the credits roll.  To that effect, Field of Dreams is a beautiful indictment of the unspoken, unrequited nature of father-son relationships — the main ingredient in any male weepy. It helps that Kevin Costner is the lead.  He has an ‘everyman’ quality that allows everyone in the audience to identify with him.  And he’s surrounded by a stellar supporting cast that includes Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, and Burt Lancaster.