Fellowship of the Ring: The Beginning

Photo: New Line Cinema Once upon a time, there was a maker of films called Peter Jackson. This rotund, bearded man had made a few movies that were internationally acclaimed.…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Damned For All Time

Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures One of the most groan-inducing ideas of the 1990s was turning video games into movies. This was decades before the genre…

Assault on Precinct 13 

On a snowy New Year’s Eve, a precinct about to close down is forced to house a handful of prisoners; soon, they and the cops find themselves under siege. This…

Finding Nemo: Beyond the Sea

Photo: Pixar Perhaps the best film of 2003 was animated and primarily targeted at kids. That's a reason for some people to think less of it, but it is a…

The Omen

Robert Thorn (Liev Schreiber), the American ambassador to Britain, begins to suspect that his five-year-old son could be the anti-Christ. This remake of the 1976 classic uses the color red…

X-Men: The Last Stand

As a “cure” for genetic mutations is found in a boy, Magneto (Ian McKellen) declares war on those who want to use the antidote against mutants. Oh, and Jean Grey…

Superman II

As Superman (Christopher Reeve) and Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) continue their love story, three villains with the same powers as Superman’s threaten Earth. This sequel is close to the original,…

The Bourne Supremacy

Jason Bourne and Marie (Matt Damon, Franka Potente) are hiding in India, but their cover is blown and once again Bourne finds himself on the lam from the CIA. The…

What Lies Beneath 

Claire Spencer (Michelle Pfeiffer) discovers that she and hubby Norman (Harrison Ford) live in a haunted house; learning the identity of the spirit puts both her marriage and life at…

Mission: Impossible III

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is getting tired of the game and wants out; he’s found a lovely woman (Michelle Monaghan) to marry but is talked into joining a rescue mission…