Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Billionaire Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck), who hunts criminals as the masked vigilante Batman in Gotham City, is furious to see Superman (Henry Cavill) partly responsible for so many deaths in…

The Greatest Show on Earth

Often labeled one of the worst Best Picture Oscar winners ever, this look at all the drama behind the scenes of a big top circus still is a grand epic.…

Planet of the Apes: Man is a Beast

Kim Hunter, Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall. Photo: 20th Century Fox The basic concept of this wildly successful movie is Pierre Boulle’s idea of a future where space travelers end…

Titanic: A Wreck Comes Alive

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Photo: 20th Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox wasn’t sure about letting James Cameron make an epic movie about the 1912 sinking of Titanic – especially…

London Has Fallen 

When world leaders, including U.S. President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), gather in London for the funeral of the British prime minister, terrorists attack the city in full force. The director’s…

Dollar 

In the hands of director Gustaf Molander and playwright Hjalmar Bergman’s widow Stina, this story becomes an enjoyable watch; Swedish critics at the time considered it an unusually witty comedy…

Spotlight: Breaking a Catholic Curse

Photo: Open Road Films There’s a scene near the end of the film that will get the adrenaline pumping in any journalist. That’s when the Boston Globe printing presses start…

Annie Hall: This Is 40

Diane Keaton and Woody Allen. Photo: United Artists In the film’s first scene, Woody Allen as Alvy Singer addresses his audience, letting us know that he recently turned 40 and…

Around the World in Eighty Days 

In the late 1800s, London aristocrat Phileas Fogg (David Niven) makes a wager with fellow members at the Reform Club that he can travel around the world in as little…

The Man Who Knew Too Much 

While vacationing in Switzerland, the Lawrences (Leslie Banks, Edna Best) witness a murder and receive information that should be valuable to the British… but then their daughter is kidnapped. A…