The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Fashion designer Petra von Kant (Margit Carstensen) begins a relationship with the much younger Karin Thimm (Hanna Schygulla), but is once again unable to find what she’s looking for. Who…

The Matrix Reloaded 

As Neo’s (Keanu Reeves) powers are growing stronger, the humans must find the Keymaker who could lead them to the machines’ mainframe. There are moments in this costly sequel to…

X2

The story continues where the first movie left off and once again isolation and racism are clear themes. Don’t expect too many surprises in the script about a general (Brian…

Johnny English 

Clumsy intelligence operative Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is convinced that a French billionaire (John Malkovich) is trying to make himself the next king of England. The world needed another spy…

Poltergeist III 

In this third film in the series, Carol Anne’s (Heather O’Rourke) family is out of the picture and the setting has changed from a California house to a Chicago highrise…

Poltergeist II: The Other Side 

The Freelings are recuperating after the first film’s horrific events, but the vicious specters, led by a dead preacher, once again try to get the family under their spell. This…

Alien³

After crash-landing on a remote prison planet, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and the convicts find themselves fighting another monster. David Fincher, in his directing debut, had his work cut out;…

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

This fitfully amusing remake is a celebration of the 1974 original, employing the same kind of nasty, sadistic atmosphere. A picture is painted of the Texas countryside as utterly degenerate,…

A Knight’s Tale

Sometime in the 14th century, a squire (Heath Ledger) assumes a knight’s title and jousts his way into a girl’s heart while also challenging a competitor (Rufus Sewell). A medieval…

The World Is Not Enough

James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect an oil tycoon (Sophie Marceau) from competitors who crave control of the world’s oil supply. Number 19 in the series was directed…