Flashdance 

18-year-old Pittsburgh welder Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) also works as a dancer at a nightclub; she wants to be accepted into a prestigious dance academy, but will she make it?…

The Untouchables: A Few Good Men

Photo: Paramount In 1987, Brian De Palma was not looking good at all. After Body Double (1984) and Wise Guys (1986), two films you might call failures, the director seemed…

The Scorpion King 

Desert warrior Mathayus (Dwayne Johnson) is hired to kill a sorceress (Kelly Hu) in an attempt to stop an evil king (Steven Brand) from taking over the world. "The Rock"…

Troy 

You can always rely on director Wolfgang Petersen to make you care about what happens in an action movie; he knows how to tell an exciting story. This one looks…

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is forced to participate in the dangerous Triwizard Tournament, something that will leave him face to face with Voldemort. That’s right, this fourth installment finally introduces…

Halloween: Resurrection 

After a final showdown with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), Michael Myers returns to his childhood home – which college kids have turned into the setting of a reality show.…

Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult 

Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen), the pride of the LAPD, has retired but is called back into action for an undercover assignment in a prison. This third chapter offers a few…

The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear

Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) stumbles over a conspiracy hatched by powerful representatives of the oil, nuclear and coal industries. This sequel is quite similar to the 1988 original; Priscilla Presley’s…

Harry Potter: The Education of a Wizard

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Photo: Warner Some genius must have decided that American readers would be too stupid to understand J.K. Rowling’s original title for her hugely…

The Final Conflict

The son of Satan, Damien Thorn (Sam Neill), is appointed new ambassador to Britain, but his arch-enemy is also headed for London. The third Omen movie shows our boy all…