The Keep (1983)

April 5, 2016

[4] Nazis, a Jewish doctor, his daughter, and a stranger with glowing eyes converge upon a fortress inside the Carpathian mountains where a supernatural creature is trying to escape. The concept, combined with Michael Mann's stylish direction and an impressive…

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

May 23, 2014

[8] X-Men: Days of Future Past brings back most of the cast from the Bryan Singer films (X-Men and X2) and merges them with the cast of Matthew Vaughn's First Class for a storyline involving time-travel and the mutants' desperate…

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

May 14, 2014

[6] This is certainly the most action-packed of the X-Men movies, but it's also the most disrespectful and emotionally hollow. There are some great set pieces, including the free-for-all at Jean Grey's childhood home, the Golden Gate bridge raising, and…

X-Men (2000)

May 12, 2014

[7] It's amazing how good a superhero movie can be when you treat it with the seriousness it deserves. Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects) was the perfect choice to direct this movie, and he chose a brilliant ensemble cast. Hugh…

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

July 11, 2013

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Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films are among my very favorites of all time, so The Hobbit is doomed to suffer in comparison. If you’re not a devoted fan of Middle Earth, the first half of An Unexpected Journey will probably feel a bit cumbersome. Jackson should have trimmed 20 or 30 minutes (starting with the oddly wooden cameo performances from Ian Holm and Elijah Wood). But rest assured the pace does pick up and the film does find its action/adventure groove by the end.