Thor

Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the hot-headed son of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), is banished to Earth, which becomes an opportunity for his brother (Tom Hiddleston) to seize power of Asgard. The fourth…

Iron Man 2

Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is pressured by his own deteriorating health, as well as the emergence of a new supervillain (Mickey Rourke) who teams up with a rival arms…

Iron Man 

On a visit to Afghanistan, arms dealer Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is kidnapped by terrorists who provide him with the means to create exceptional weapons for them; he reluctantly…

Kill Bill Vol. 2 

The second half of Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino’s tale of revenge suffers from overlength, but it is undeniably rewarding to see the emotional parts of the story take up…

Phantom Menace: Meet Young Anakin

Liam Neeson, Ray Park and Ewan McGregor. Photo: 20th Century Fox According to Merriam Webster, the word "anticipation" means among other things "pleasurable expectation". They might as well have included…

GoodFellas: Married to the Mob

Photo: Warner Making GoodFellas a horribly realistic film took its toll. Joe Pesci had qualms about playing such an evil character as Tommy DeVito and Lorraine Bracco started thinking of…

Jurassic Park: A Day at the Zoo

Photo: Universal Computer animated effects was not a new thing in 1992 when Steven Spielberg started shooting this film. Beauty and the Beast (1991) had certain parts of its animation…

Snakes on a Plane 

FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) is escorting a witness to a mob murder on a flight to L.A., only to learn it is loaded with hundreds of poisonous…

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.…