All About Eve: Blind Ambition

Bette Davis and Gary Merrill. Photo: 20th Century Fox I have no idea if the following is true, but it fits nicely into the mythology. Celeste Holm allegedly walked onto…

X-Men: Apocalypse

In 1983, the first mutant the world ever saw comes back to life, a powerful creature who ruled ancient Egypt and has been entombed ever since his worshippers betrayed him.…

Heathers

In a small-town Ohio high school, Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is getting tired of being part of the popular clique and is drawn to one of the rebels (Christian Slater)……

The Most Dangerous Game

After a shipwreck, big-game hunter Robert Rainsford (Joel McCrea) is washed ashore on a mysterious island where he’s introduced to a count (Leslie Banks) who’s a fellow hunter… and has…

Creed 

Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan), the son of legendary heavyweight champ Apollo Creed, talks his father’s one-time rival and best friend Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) into training him. After six…

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 

At thirty, Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is losing hope that she’ll ever meet a man… but then a school teacher (John Corbett) enters her life; the only problem is that…

10 Cloverfield Lane 

After a car crash, Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in a concrete room, chained to a wall; a man (John Goodman) who brings her food tells her that there’s…

In the Heat of the Night: Virgil and the Rednecks

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. Photo: United Artists The 1960s are easily dismissed when we’re talking about which movies were recognized at the Oscars. In many cases, those that weren’t…

Poltergeist 

The Bowens are moving into a new house, but it doesn’t take them long to realize that it is haunted by sinister forces; then, their six-year-old daughter vanishes… A completely…