The Rocketeer (1991)
[9] Based on a graphic novel by Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer stars Bill Campbell as a young pilot in 1938 Los Angeles who comes into possession of a mysterious jetpack prototype and uses it to become a masked, flying hero.…
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
[8] Director Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Mother!) delivers perhaps the most powerful anti-drug public service announcement in all of filmdom with Requiem for a Dream. Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, and Marlon Wayans star as Coney Island residents whose…
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
[6] Keanu Reeves (Speed, The Matrix) stars as Klaatu, an alien visiting Earth to assess whether humanity deserves to live or die in this remake of the 1951 atomic-age classic. Humanity's potential for atomic annihilation takes a more ecological bent…
Dark City (1998)
[7] [This review is of the 2008 Director's Cut.] Director Alex Proyas follows up his cult sensation The Crow with this dark, dystopian sci-fi flick about an amnesiac man (Rufus Sewell) who discovers a sinister force is manipulating him and…
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
[8] Tom Cruise returns, 36 years later, to the role that made him a star. Top Gun: Maverick bests the original film as drama and entertainment, putting characters with universal appeal in thrilling, high stakes situations. The film opens with…
Creation (2009)
[7] Paul Bettany (Master and Commander) stars as English naturalist and evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin in this dramatic biopic from director Jon Amiel (Copycat, Sommersby). Creation focuses on the time during which Darwin struggled to complete his controversial book, The…
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
[4] Future Oscar-winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) co-stars with Byron Thames and Maddie Corman in this dramedy about three friends experiencing the pangs of adolescence. Connelly's character balances her career ambitions and academic studies while entering the dating scene.…
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
[7] Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly are at the top of their game in A Beautiful Mind, Ron Howard's Oscar-winning biopic about John Nash, the brilliant but haunted mathematician who overcame schizophrenia and received the Nobel Prize. These are the…
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…
Hulk (2003)
[3] With two-time Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi) at the helm, and a cast that includes Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, and Sam Elliott, you should reasonably expect a much better movie than Hulk turns…