Knowing
/
Knowing doesn’t excel in one particular area of the science fiction genre, but its moody atmosphere generates enough mystery to keep it interesting.
Read MoreThe Salesman
/
The Salesman centers on the decaying relationship between a schoolteacher, Emad, and his wife Rana after a traumatic home invasion.
Read More
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
/
Director David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth present a film about the inevitable slow release of death (and this film).
Read More
The Iron Giant
/
The Iron Giant (1999) is a film that you appreciate more as you grow older…
Read MoreThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
/
The Andersonian style isn’t as polished as his other works, but where it triumphs is, for all the vague atmosphere, it still creates a beautiful character arc with Steve Zissou…
Read MoreThe Road to El Dorado
/
Tulio and Miguel skid through life with a little help from ball-shaped armadillos, volcanic eruptions, and Elton John musical montages, and the nonstop outrageousness of their incidental success is hilarious…
Read MorePacific Rim
/
In Pacific Rim (2013), the Kaiju arise from The Breach, a crevice in the Pacific Ocean, and lay waste to coastal cities like San Francisco and Tokyo. Nobody knows who they are or where they came from or what they want (and neither does the audience by time the credits roll), but everyone realizes that this isn’t pest control—this is extermination…
Read MoreThe Secret Life of Pets
/
The Secret Life of Pets is like eating day-old French fries: they look better than they taste…
Read More