Jack Smight’s 1969 adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s short story collection is not an ideal adaptation, but does capture some of surreal power of Bradbury’s work.
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Frank Darabont’s Stephen King horror adaptation plays like a dry run for The Walking Dead.
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Shyamalan’s 2004 film has its merits, but revisiting it reveals the muddled philosophy that drives it and robs it of many key thrills.
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The Faculty is Invasion of the Body Snatchers for the MTV generation.
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A minor hit on the path of the modern swashbuckler, from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
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Twister illustrates much of what has changed, improved, and been lost in the evolution of Hollywood blockbusters since 1996.
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Albert Brooks’s film is an amusing, if ultimately unsatisfying, comedy about what happens after death.
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The narrative surrounding its Oscar win and its reputation as a crime flick have come to mask what a remarkable work The Departed is.
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Our world is too fragmented and our cinema too convoluted to allow for movies as simply, competently fun as Men in Black.
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The 2011 movie version of Mr. Popper’s Penguins shows little interest in the classic children’s book, let alone affection for it.
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Jon Favreau’s Elf still remains the 21st-century’s most iconic Christmas classic.
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Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars has the thematic and narrative obsessions of giallo without the style.
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Tod Browning’s Freaks is an icon of pre-Code horror and a great drama about the lives of circus performers.
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The Witches remains a notable blend of horror and adventure for kids, and the most surprising movie of Nicolas Roeg’s career.
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An imperfect film yet still a classic adventure, mostly thanks to Johnny Depp’s iconic performance.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is Frank Capra’s great American political folktale.
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With Avatar, the biggest film of all time, James Cameron makes a populist blockbuster that works as a cinematic baptism for the viewer.
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In his third deep sea documentary, Aliens of the Deep, James Cameron explores the amazing life forms that thrive in some of Earth’s most hostile environments and paves the way for the next phase of his career.
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James Cameron, Bill Paxton, and a team of explorers return to the wreck of the RMS Titanic to bear witness and memorialize those who were lost.