The Fall Guy (2024)
[8] Ryan Gosling proves he's as good in action as he is in drama, romance, or comedy in The Fall Guy, a film that blends all of these genres. He stars as a Hollywood stunt man who carries on a…
The Thing (1982)
[10] This movie does two things extraordinarily well. It transports me and it terrifies me. Before anything scary even happens, director John Carpenter (Assault on Precinct 13, Starman) succeeds in creating an atmosphere of mystery and suspense that locks me…
Bring Her Back (2025)
[8] After the death of their father, a brother and sister (Billy Barratt and Sora Wong) are placed in foster care with a disturbingly odd woman (The Shape of Water's Sally Hawkins) who has sinister plans for them. Barratt suspects…
Roofman (2025)
[8] In this true story from director Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine), Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, an Army veteran and struggling father sent to prison for robbing several McDonald's restaurants by digging through the…
Saltburn (2023)
[8] Oscar-winning writer/director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) serves up a diabolical pitch-black comedy about an off-kilter Oxford student who ingratiates himself into the life of a handsome classmate and his aristocratic family to dubious and increasingly sinister ends. Barry…
Making Love (1982)
[9] Michael Ontkean (Twin Peaks, Slap Shot) and Kate Jackson (Charlie's Angels) play a married couple, long time best friends whose relationship begins to fracture when Ontkean's character begins to explore his crush on a writer played by Harry Hamlin…
The Natural (1984)
[8] Robert Redford stars as Roy Hobbs in this 1930s baseball fantasy about a middle-aged rookie who leads a down-and-out team to the top of the league with his seemingly supernatural batting skills. But when a duplicitous woman (Kim Basinger)…
The Florida Project (2017)
[8] Tangerine co-writer/director Sean Baker applies his 'quasi-cinéma vérité' style to this examination of Moonee, an unsupervised six-year old child (Brooklynn Prince) running free-range in an impoverished motel community positioned immediately outside Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Along with…
Trading Places (1983)
[8] Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy headline this comedy from director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) in which a snobby stockbroker (Aykroyd) and a petty street hustler (Murphy) are forced to trade places by two wealthy brothers as…
Boogie Nights (1997)
[9] Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's ode to the '70s porn industry brings poignant depth to its sensational subject matter. It's also an amazing showcase of top-notch acting and directing. Anderson is a rare creative talent, as skilled with actors as…