"To Sir, With Love" is a British drama film about an American engineer who cannot find work in his field, so he takes a job as a high school teacher in the East End of London, the rough part of town. He has trouble with the [..]

"Taxi Driver" is a crime drama about a military veteran who takes a job as a taxi driver in New York City. His mental state seems to deteriorate as he works nights in the stress-filled big city. Director Martin Scorsese ("Mean Streets" 1973) put together a top-rate film [..]

"Bastille Day" is an action film about a rogue CIA agent who forms an unlikely partnership with a pickpocket to stop a terrorist conspiracy in Paris. Idris Elba and Richard Madden star in an exciting, though formulaic, action-adventure movie adequately directed by James Watkins ("Eden Lake" [..]

"Taken 3" finishes off the "Taken" movie franchise with the murder of Brian Mills' ex-wife, which he is blamed for. The drama proceeds from there, with the LAPD, FBI, CIA all chasing him. Director Olivier Megaton ("Taken 2" 2012) and screenwriters Luc Besson [..]

"Jane Eyre" is the story of an English servant girl who falls in love with the lord of the manor, a much older man. They seem headed for domestic bliss when a big secret comes out which changes everything. Director Delbert Mann ("Marty" 1955) put together a high-quality [..]

"Shenandoah" is a Civil War drama film about a wealthy widower in Virginia who is opposed to the war on moral grounds. However, he is drawn into the conflict when his son-in-law is drafted by the Confederacy and his youngest son is captured by the Union [..]

"The Girl on the Train" is a thriller movie about a recently divorced woman who fantasizes about a seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day. On one trip, she observes a shocking incident there and becomes enmeshed in an unfolding mystery. [..]

"In Cold Blood" tells the story of two ex-convicts who murder a family of four in rural Kansas. Director-screenwriter Richard Brooks ("Blackboard Jungle" 1955) put together a realistic film which has a semi-documentary feel to it. The film is marked by good production values, [..]

The story of mercenary Frank Martin continues in "Transporter 2," where he is a bodyguard to a U. S. Senator's son kidnapped by a powerful drug cartel and infected with a deadly virus. Martin must find the boy before the disease spreads to millions. Jason Statham [..]

"Taken" is an action-thriller movie about a retired CIA officer who must use all of his skill set to save his daughter, who has been kidnapped by Albanian human traffickers in France. This well-paced film was tightly directed by Pierre Morel ("District 13" 2004) from [..]