X-Men Origins: Wolverine 

In the 1840s, a young boy discovers that he has special powers; 160 years later, he's a veteran of every American conflict since the Civil War, but is about to…

The Expendables 

A group of highly skilled mercenaries led by Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is hired to take out the dictator of a South American island nation... but they soon learn the…

Last Year at Marienbad: Haunting Memories

Photo: Cocinor I remember watching this French New Wave classic in film school, being oddly fascinated by it even though we watched many other similarly slow-going movies that were anything…

The Serpent’s Way 

In 19th century northern Sweden, a widow (Stina Ekblad) loses her home to a salesman (Ernst Günther) who makes her a deal; it’s the beginning of a humiliation that will…

Glowing Stars 

Liv (Annika Hallin) and her 13-year-old daughter (Josefine Mattsson) are planning a trip to Thailand, but when Liv’s cancer gets worse they temporarily move in with her strict mother (Anki…

Westworld 

Some time in the future, two tourists (Richard Benjamin, James Brolin) go to Westworld, a theme park built like a city in the Old West where the gunslingers are played…

The Queen and I: Behind a Monarch’s Veil

Queen Farah and Nahid Persson Sarvestani. Photo: SVT Nahid Persson Sarvestani grew up in the town of Shiraz, Iran in the 1960s and ’70s. Life was simple, but as a…

Predators 

A group of killers, including a black ops soldier (Adrien Brody) who assumes leadership, are dropped into a jungle where they seem to be hunted by predatory aliens. Sounds like…

Terminator Salvation 

In 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale) thinks he has found a way to defeat the deadly machines, but he also needs to track down a teenager (Anton Yelchin) who will…

Dracula 

Whitby, England, 1913; the Romanian count Dracula (Frank Langella) is moving into a newly purchased home, but his arrival also brings unspeakable horrors. A screen adaptation of the 1920s play…