Superman III

When he tries to stop a pathetic computer genius (Richard Pryor) from helping a megalomaniacal business tycoon (Robert Vaughn), Superman (Christopher Reeve) ends up fighting an evil incarnation of himself.…

Superman Returns

Five years after the events in Superman II (1981), the Man of Steel (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth only to find that Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) has a son and…

Return of the King: At Journey’s End

Elijah Wood. Photo: New Line Cinema We've reached journey’s end. Peter Jackson’s final chapter of his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy won almost everything at the 2004 Academy Awards and…

The Two Towers: Pillars of Evil

Elijah Wood and Sean Astin. Photo: New Line Cinema So, here’s the middle child of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. A middle child is likely to feel like…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 

Will and Elizabeth (Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley) are about to marry when they suddenly find themselves facing the death penalty as well as getting mixed up again with Captain Jack…

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…