Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) escapes from prison and creates a powerful new enemy for Superman (Christopher Reeve) with a little help from Superman's hair, a nuclear missile – and the…

Lethal Weapon 3

As Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is about to retire from the LAPD, he and Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) become involved in the hunt for a former cop turned ruthless arms…

Training Day 

Young cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) hopes to rise from the ranks by working with a seasoned narcotics detective (Denzel Washington) but discovers that he is one reason why the…

Lost Weekend: Life in a Bottle

Ray Milland. Photo: Paramount The story of The Lost Weekend didn’t start out too well. Audiences laughed during the first preview in Santa Barbara, and some wrote on their cards…

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 

One of the most influential horror movies ever made was inspired by the story of notorious serial killer Ed Gein. In spite of a short running time, the story may…

The Lego Movie 

In the city of Bricksburg, happy-go-lucky construction worker Emmet Brickowoski meets a woman who believes that he is “the Special”, a person who is ultimately capable of stopping a superweapon.…

Imitation Game: Another Beautiful Mind

Benedict Cumberbatch. Photo: The Weinstein Company The title refers to a paper that the brilliant mathematician Alan Turing wrote in 1950 where he introduced his now-famous test of a machine’s…

The Passion of the Christ 

One can’t help but admire how Mel Gibson made this ridiculed project into the most talked about movie of the year, and a box office hit to boot. The religious…

Braveheart: Creating a New Wallace

Mel Gibson. Photo: Paramount As the story goes, American writer Randall Wallace made a trip to Scotland and came upon a statue at the entrance of Edinburgh Castle. Since the…

Monsters University

This prequel to Monsters, Inc (2001) takes us back to school; the story has our two monstrous heroes meeting for the first time as students attending Monsters University. They take…