W ith this middle chapter, Peter Jackson's epic trilogy hits its stride. The Two Towers is darker, more suspenseful, and more richly textured than its predecessor. It's also more focused…
P erhaps the biggest triumph of this movie is that it even exists at all. Tolkien's behemoth novels were so sweeping and ambitious, many readers swore they could never be…
T otal Recall marries some truly audacious sci-fi concepts to a traditional Arnold Schwarzenegger action epic. It's an unholy union, to say the least: A man's shaky grasp of his…
I can't properly define my love for The Wrath of Khan without also describing how much I despise the film that preceded it. Star Trek: The Motion Picture was ponderous and…
B lade Runner is a beautiful nightmare, bathed in flickering neon and dirty rainwater. Director Ridley Scott feasts upon our fears of the future, wherein humanity's technological reach has finally exceeded…
Jaws in space." -- The original studio pitch for Alien.
T hat's a catchy hook for a sci-fi horror flick, and no doubt it helped get Alien bankrolled at 20th Century Fox. It…
S crooged ranks amongst the bleakest and most sarcastic Christmas films ever made. It transmutes A Christmas Carol into the soulless, frenetic commercialism of 1980s America. On paper, this change…
E yes Wide Shut is a confounding experience: The story is overlong, but it's never exactly boring. Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman deliver some of their most impassioned work, even…
T he Long Kiss Goodnight is an ungainly hybrid, wherein a lean, mean Cold War thriller mingles with a big, dumb 90s action epic. Every scene practically dares you take…
W hat can you say about a movie where the dramatic through-line is a pee-stained rug? The Big Lewbowski is a freewheeling masterpiece that ambles along like a sun-drenched tumbleweed…
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