Widows (2018)
[7] Steve McQueen (Shame, 12 Years a Slave) brings Lynda La Plante's novel to the screen. Widows is about a woman who rallies the girlfriends and wives of her deceased husband's gang of robbers, all of whom died in a botched…
The Bounty (1984)
[6] This Dino DeLaurentiis production of the infamous tale of mutiny welcomes more shades of gray into the characters of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian than the 1935 original film, though I wouldn't say it's a better film overall. Bligh…
Gangs of New York (2002)
[8] Martin Scorsese unleashes this epic tale of 1860s New York City street battles, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring as a young man with a vendetta against the near legendary Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis). See, DiCaprio's character saw Day-Lewis's character…
Kinsey (2004)
[8] Writer/director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) takes on the life and work of sexual research pioneer Alfred Kinsey, whose teachings and publications caused a national uproar in the late '40s and 50s. If you think America is sexually prudish…
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
[6] Seth MacFarlane (creator of The Family Guy) both directs and stars in this send-up of the American Western. MacFarlane is plenty charismatic to carry a movie and he has great chemistry with leading lady Charlize Theron. Even though her character…