The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 

After winning the Hunger Games, tributes Katniss and Peeta (Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson) inspire rebellions in several districts, and President Snow (Donald Sutherland) comes up with a new version of…

The Hunger Games 

As punishment for a past uprising, twelve districts must offer their rulers two "tributes", a boy and a girl, to compete in the Hunger Games where they fight to the…

Rope 

Brandon and Phillip (John Dall, Farley Granger) strangle a former classmate to death and hide his body in a wooden chest in their apartment, moments before hosting a party where…

High and Low 

When his driver's little boy is kidnapped, wealthy businessman Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) has to decide if he's willing to put his entire career and fortune at stake to save…

Gravity: More Science, Less Hollywood

Sandra Bullock. Photo: Warner Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and the most famous person working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, was surprised the other day to…

Dexter: Brother, Friend, Serial Killer

Michael C. Hall. Photo: Showtime After the final season of Dexter, it's kind of hard to remember how well received this show was at first. The main title sequence was…

Man from Majorca: Lawless City

Sven Wollter and Tomas von Brömssen. Photo: SF This film would make a good double bill together with Call Girl (2012). Sharing a similar look, they would appeal to an…

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

David Lynch wasn't ready to let Twin Peaks go after the first two seasons, which is why he made this prequel that follows murder victim Laura Palmer's (Sheryl Lee) last…

Notorious: Spy Games

Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Photo: RKO In the mid-1940s, the legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick had plenty of opinions about the casting of Alfred Hitchcock's upcoming thriller Notorious.…

CSI: NY

The second spin-off to CSI (2000-2015) was a lot less colorful than CSI: Miami (2002-2012), but then its lead character was introduced as a man who had lost his wife…