Dalecarlians

Mia (Sofia Helin) is driving home for her father’s 70th birthday, fearing the sense of isolation in the village where she grew up, and the aggressive bitterness of her sister…

Life as a House

When everything falls apart for architect George Monroe (Kevin Kline), he decides to spend his last months building the house of his dreams – together with his estranged son Sam…

Die Hard: Terror in a Highrise

Bruce Willis. Photo: 20th Century Fox Where would Bruce Willis be without this film? In 1988, he had spent several years charming viewers as a private eye on the hit…

Jurassic Park: A Day at the Zoo

Photo: Universal Computer animated effects was not a new thing in 1992 when Steven Spielberg started shooting this film. Beauty and the Beast (1991) had certain parts of its animation…

The Departed: Keeping Your Enemies Closer

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson. Photo: Warner When I went to see this movie with a friend the other night, his expectations were not too high. Martin Scorsese had, in…

Aliens: Mother Against Mother

Sigourney Weaver. Photo: 20th Century Fox When I first heard about this film, I was 11 or 12 years old and pretty much a novice when it came to movies.…

Rocky Balboa 

Aging champ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) decides to come out of retirement for one final fight against the reigning champion, Mason Dixon (Antonio Tarver). That’s the predictable, simple story for…

Fantastic Four 

Sometime in the future, five astronauts gain superpowers after being exposed to cosmic radiation; little do four of them know that the fifth (Julian McMahon) plans to use the powers…

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

As Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) waits for the all-important Christmas bonus, he starts planning for the best Christmas ever with his family. Of course, disaster looms in this third chapter…