Love, Simon (2018)

Love, Simon (2018)

[8] Nick Robinson (Jurassic World, Kings of Summer) stars as a closeted high school student who carries on an anonymous email relationship with another closeted student, all while trying to gather the courage to 'come out' to his family and friends. There…
I, Tonya (2017)

I, Tonya (2017)

[8] Margot Robbie is Oscar-calibre as disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, who was stripped of her titles and banned from the sport after her husband spearheaded an assault on her competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, in 1994. I, Tonya paints the picture of a young girl…
Ben is Back (2018)

Ben is Back (2018)

[8] Writer/director Peter Hedges (Pieces of April, About a Boy) casts his son Lucas (Manchester by the Sea, Boy Erased) alongside Julia Roberts in this emotionally gut-wrenching story of a mother trying to keep the peace at home when her drug-addicted teen…
The Children’s Hour (1961)

The Children’s Hour (1961)

[8] Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine co-star as women running their own private girls' school in The Children's Hour. Hepburn's character is about to get married to James Garner and MacLaine's character is pretty melancholy about it. But all their lives are…
All the Money in the World (2017)

All the Money in the World (2017)

[8] Ridley Scott (The Martian, Alien) directs the true-life tale of the 1973 Getty kidnapping. After masked men whisk 16-year-old John Paul Getty III off the streets of Rome, his mother tries to get the ransom money from the boy's grandfather, John…
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

[8] Frances McDormand and Amy Adams star in this ebullient female bonding flick set in the early 1930s, about a recently fired governess (McDormand) who ingratiates herself into the employment of a ditzy actress (Adams). This film, particularly in its first half, is a serendipitous…
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

[8] Writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper) picks up the reigns and steers the franchise into bold, new waters with an entry that summons Star Wars fans to let go of the past and wipe the slate clean, so that something new can…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

[8] Seven months after the rape and murder of her daughter, a grieving mother challenges her local police department to find the culprit when she advertises on three incendiary billboards. Frances McDormand (Fargo) headlines Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which is being advertised…
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

[8] This is the best of the Next Generation films, in large part because it deals with one of Star Trek's most formidable foes, the Borg. The movie also incorporates a subplot involving warp drive inventor Zephram Cochran (James Cromwell) and the…
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…