Constantine (2005)

Constantine (2005)

[5] I love Keanu Reeves. I love Rachel Weisz. I generally love stories about angels and demons. I love the visual style and cinematography, and the directing's pretty good, too. So why don't I love Constantine? After a third viewing in twenty…
My Own Private Idaho (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

[7] River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves co-star in Gus Van Sant's Shakespearean street odyssey about two hustlers who quest from Portland, Oregon to Rome, Italy in search of the mother who abandoned Phoenix when he was a baby. Reeves' character, meanwhile, is…
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

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 in the…
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

[8] Gary Oldman takes a stab at one the most enduring characters in film history with Bram Stoker's Dracula. In a script that follows the classic novel as well as historical findings about one 'Vlad the Impaler', Oldman's Dracula uses a hapless…
Freaked (1993)

Freaked (1993)

[7] In this colorful, cartoonish farce, a former child actor, his friend, and a political activist are captured by a mad scientist and transformed into carnival freaks at a roadside circus. The former child star becomes the half-deformed 'Beast Boy', while his…
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…
Thumbsucker (2005)

Thumbsucker (2005)

[4] Lou Taylor Pucci stars in writer/director Mike Mills' adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel about a nervous high school student afflicted with thumbsucking. Once he's prescribed ritalin, Pucci's character starts to feel more confident. Unfortunately, the drug also turns him into an…
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

[7] It's 18th century France and everyone's the Vavavoom de Floofenberg dressed to the nines and powdered like a doughnut. Yes, Dangerous Liaisons is one of those dreaded costume dramas. But like any good one, if you strip away the gilding and…
The Watcher (2000)

The Watcher (2000)

[2] James Spader and Keanu Reeves star in this tired, busily boring, and wretchedly made thriller about a serial killer who likes to play games with the FBI agent on his trail. I can't fault Spader for doing his best here as…
Speed (1994)

Speed (1994)

[8] It's formulaic, overblown and downright preposterous at times, but it's also everything moviegoers want in a summer action movie. Speed has a tight, rapid-fire script, awesome sound design, a remarkably kinetic score, and surprisingly good acting for a movie of its…