Hunger 

Director Steve McQueen's feature film debut is an unusually uncomfortable and tangible journey inside the Maze prison and the 1981 hunger strike that killed IRA activist Bobby Sands. There have…

How to Train Your Dragon 

In a Viking village tormented by frequent dragon attacks, young Hiccup learns that everything his people thought about the fiery creatures is wrong. The Lilo & Stitch (2002) directing duo…

Bonnie and Clyde: Love on the Lam

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Photo: Warner The term most commonly used to describe Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is probably "landmark film". It may seem a little odd to begin…

Super 8: Monster Mash

Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Ron Eldard. Photo: Paramount Director J.J. Abrams's first major collaboration with Steven Spielberg prompted David Edelstein of New York Magazine to spell it…

Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter 

After a lightning strike that split a castle in half, two rivaling families of bandits occupy separate halves; one day, their kids do the one thing they can’t – become…

X-Men: First Class

This attempt to jump-start the franchise by taking it in a new direction tells the story of how the young Professor X and Magneto (James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender) learned how…

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 

On a quest to find the fountain of youth, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) contends with an old enemy (Geoffrey Rush), an old lover (Penélope Cruz)... and the fearsome Blackbeard…

The Hangover Part II 

It is Stu Price's (Ed Helms) turn to get married and the gang goes to "Thighland"... where a night on the beach leads to another devastating hangover. It remains a…

Thor

Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the hot-headed son of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), is banished to Earth, which becomes an opportunity for his brother (Tom Hiddleston) to seize power of Asgard. The fourth…