Die Hard With a Vengeance

John McClane (Bruce Willis), who’s been off the wagon for quite some time, is forced back on duty in New York when a mad bomber (Jeremy Irons) demands his presence.…

Cul-De-Sac 

Two criminals on the run make their way to an 11th century castle where a couple (Roman Polanski, Françoise Dorléac) live and decide to stay there while waiting for help…

Back to the Future: Party Like It’s 1955

Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Photo: Universal Robert Zemeckis’s highly entertaining Romancing the Stone (1984) obviously borrowed a lot from Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), even if its hero…

The Bourne Identity

A young man (Matt Damon) is fished out of the Mediterranean and remembers nothing of his past; all he has is an implant in his hip revealing a Swiss bank…

Die Hard 2

As John McClane (Bruce Willis) is waiting for his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Washington, terrorists take charge of Dulles International Airport and demand the release of a South American…

The Omen: Arrival of the Antichrist

Lee Remick. Photo: 20th Century Fox In 1973, The Exorcist had been a tremendous hit and came to spawn copies throughout the 1970s. The most successful of these diabolical films…

Walk the Line: How Cash Got His Act Together

Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Photo: 20th Century Fox It’s impossible to see this movie and not think of last year’s Ray. Both films tell the story of a supremely…

28 Days Later: The End of Britain

Cillian Murphy. Photo: DNA Films Danny Boyle is emerging as one of the most interesting British directors of our time. Not only because he is obviously gifted, but also because…

Spartacus: Looking for Freedom

Kirk Douglas. Photo: Universal This is a story about freedom. Our hero was born without it and died without it. It is easy to see what Dalton Trumbo saw in…

Psycho

A few changes were made to this scene-by-scene remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece, but in each instance they add nothing. The use of color makes the movie less scarier…