The Chumscrubber (2005)

The Chumscrubber (2005)

[8] Jamie Bell (Billy Elliott) leads an all-star ensemble in this surreal, satiric look at the breakdown of suburban existence. The Chumscrubber is an ambitious conceptual piece, not unlike American Beauty in tone and style. But where American Beauty centered…
Brainstorm (1983)

Brainstorm (1983)

[6] Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, and Cliff Robertson star as scientists who discover how to record and transmit memories and sensory experiences from one person to another, a direct transference from brain to brain. When their technology is…
Sneakers (1992)

Sneakers (1992)

[7] Robert Redford leads an all-star ensemble cast under the direction of Phil Alden Robinson (Field of Dreams). Redford plays a high-tech security professional who works with a team of specialists to test security systems. When government agents blackmail him…
Iris (2001)

Iris (2001)

[6] Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent star in this true but tragic love story about lovers of 40 years who are torn apart by Alzheimer's Disease. Dench is portraying novelist Iris Murdoch, a lover of language who begins losing her…
Cocoon (1985)

Cocoon (1985)

[7] Ron Howard (Splash, A Beautiful Mind) directs this sweet story about a group of nursing home residents who discover a 'fountain of youth' in a nearby pool. Turns out, though, that the pool's power is extra-terrestrial. Soon the old…
The New World (2005)

The New World (2005)

[5] While I'd rather Terrence Malick make a live-action Pocahontas movie than Disney, the results are still far from amazing... and a wee bit boring. Malick focuses on a love triangle between our girl Poca (Q'orianka Kilcher), John Smith (Colin…
Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

[5] Mutant sea creatures attack a coastal community in this schlocky flick from producer Roger Corman. It's pretty standard, passable, monster movie fare. The requisite boobage and gore were filmed by one director, while another handled the pesky plot and…
Troy (2004)

Troy (2004)

[6] Brad Pitt simply isn't very convincing outside his own time and place. This limitation was used to intentional comedic effect in Inglourious Basterds, and to unintentional effect in Troy. It doesn't help that his character isn't the most interesting…
The House of Sand and Fog (2003)

The House of Sand and Fog (2003)

[6] Jennifer Connelly plays a woman wrongfully evicted from her home. Before she can go through the proper channels to get it back, Ben Kingsley and his family have already moved in. That's when The House of Sand and Fog…
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

[7] A mysterious carnival rolls into town, granting wishes at a sinister cost in Disney's adaptation of the Ray Bradbury story. I wish the film were more strongly from the perspective of the two leading boys and that their parts…