"Defining Moments" is a comedy-drama film which follows eight strangers facing life-changing events, such as a woman who reconnects with her aging father, a man who must decide whether or not to break up with his girl friend, and a daughter discovering her dad's Alzheimer's disease diagnosis. Director-screenwriter [..]
Tammy (2014)
When Melissa McCarthy plays fast food worker "Tammy" who looses her job, wrecks her car, and finds her husband with another woman, all in the same day, she decides it's time to go on a road trip and it's with her grandmother, portrayed by Susan Sarandon. Ben Falcone [..]
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
In "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home," Jesse learns that an oil spill is threatening his old friend Willy the orca whale. He enlists everyone's help he can find to save Willy and his friends from the spill and the greedy businessmen behind it. [..]
Arachnophobia (1990)
Some extremely poisonous South American spiders make their way into the United States and go on a murder spree in "Arachnophobia." This surprisingly well constructed comedy-horror film received first class treatment from Frank Marshall in his first directorial job. His usual role as producer [..]
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)
"Plan 9 from Outer Space" is a science fiction film about aliens aboard flying saucers attacking California's San Fernando Valley who intend to conquer Earth by resurrecting corpses from a Hollywood cemetery. This is a classic example of filmmaking from director-screenwriter Edward G. Wood Jr. who [..]
Ed Wood (1994)
Johnny Depp stars as the famous director of off-beat 1950's and 1960's motion pictures in "Ed Wood." Director Tim Burton ("Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" 1985) superbly orchestrated this black-and-white film into a wonderful salute to Wood, which was not a success in 1994 but is a cult [..]
Inception (2010)
Leonardo DiCaprio plays a professional thief who steals information by penetrating the subconscious mind of his victims in the science fiction thriller "Inception." Certain business interests offer to have his criminal history expunged as payment for implanting an idea into a target's mind. The heavy drama [..]
Free Willy (1993)
"Free Willy" is a family drama movie about a twelve-year-old orphan boy who befriends a young Orca whale named Willy while working part-time at a local aquatic theme park. He soon discovers that the owner is planning on disposing of Willy, and the drama proceeds from [..]
Shiloh (1996)
"Shiloh" is the story of a boy trying to save a beagle who continually runs away from his abusive owner. The young man is stymied in his efforts by his father's insistence that the dog be returned to its rightful owner. Dale Rosenbloom (in his only feature film [..]
Predator: Badlands (2025)
"Predator: Badlands" is a science fiction story about an alien exiled from his own people who crash lands on a planet and allies himself with an android to survive. Director Dan Trachtenberg ("10 Cloverfield Lane" 2016) skillfully crafted this seventh movie in the "Predator" franchise with [..]