Rust
Wyoming, 1882; an aging gunslinger (Alec Baldwin) escapes with his 13-year-old grandson (Patrick Scott McDermott), hunted by a marshal, bounty hunters and Native Americans. A Western that will forever be…
Mission Impossible Fallout: Under Hunt’s Skin
Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames. Photo: Paramount In my original review of the first movie in this franchise, I wrote that it’s underappreciated. I still consider…
Notting Hill
The most popular movie star in Hollywood (Julia Roberts) meets a London book-store owner (Hugh Grant) and they fall in love… but can a romance like that work out? Writer…
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
As the IMF is about to be shut down by the government, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) goes on the lam from the CIA and tries to prove the existence of…
Hunt for Red October: Run Silent, Run Deep
Sean Connery. Photo: Paramount In 1988, Die Hard had been such a tremendous hit that a sequel was inevitable. The film's director, John McTiernan, was obviously considered for it. In…
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Our runaway zoo animals try to leave Madagascar on an airplane but crash-lands in mainland Africa where Alex finds his parents. The title may be completely illogical, but the movie…
Beetlejuice
The recently deceased Maitlands (Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis) find it difficult to scare off an unpleasant family that's moved into their house; maybe a ghost that exorcises people is the…
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii, 1941; the attack on Pearl Harbor is coming, and two fighter pilots (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett) are at odds over an attractive nurse (Kate Beckinsale). This was meant to…
The Departed: Keeping Your Enemies Closer
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson. Photo: Warner When I went to see this movie with a friend the other night, his expectations were not too high. Martin Scorsese had, in…