The Final Destination 

While watching a car race, Nick O'Bannon (Bobby Campo) has a premonition of a deadly disaster and convinces his buddies to leave immediately; however, death can't be cheated. One was…

Cold Case 

Initially, this crime procedural felt like a breath of fresh air compared to some of Jerry Bruckheimer's other projects – unlike CSI, this one cared about the murder victims and…

Shadow of a Doubt: Dear Uncle Charlie

Teresa Wright and Joseph Cotten. Photo: Universal Not really one of Alfred Hitchcock's most praised films, but should you ever feel like pretending to know more about the greatest director…

Westworld 

Some time in the future, two tourists (Richard Benjamin, James Brolin) go to Westworld, a theme park built like a city in the Old West where the gunslingers are played…

The Laughing Policeman 

One late evening in San Francisco, a massacre takes place on a bus with a sole survivor; one of the victims turns out to be a cop. This Americanization of…

Blade Runner: In Search of Emotions

Photo: Warner When I first saw this classic science fiction flick, I was thoroughly unimpressed. It looked great, but the story and action were so forgettable that I refused to…

Jagged Edge 

When a wealthy woman is brutally murdered, her husband (Jeff Bridges) becomes a suspect; his attorney (Glenn Close) doesn’t know what to believe about her client. One of the earliest…

Fail-Safe: Be Very Afraid

Dan O'Herlihy and Walter Matthau. Photo: Columbia 1964 was indeed the year of the Bomb. Stanley Kubrick's absurd Cold War comedy Dr. Strangelove, which was based on a novel by…

The X Files: I Want to Believe

When an FBI agent is kidnapped, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson) are consulted by the Bureau; the only clue is a disgraced priest (Billy Connolly) with…

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest 

As Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) is recovering in a hospital from the events of the last movie, a secret unit within the police is desperately trying to erase anything that…