"Twisters" is a disaster film about two groups of storm chasers competing with each other as they investigate a tornado outbreak in Oklahoma. Also getting into the act is a reckless social media star who thrives on posting his adventures, the more dangerous the better. [..]
Senior Moment (2021)
"Senior Moment" is a romantic comedy where William Shatner plays a retired Air Force pilot who has his drivers license taken away when he continually races around his home town of Palm Springs in his vintage 1955 convertible. Director Giorgio Serafini put together a formulaic romantic comedy-drama [..]
The Perfect Storm (2000)
"The Perfect Storm" is a disaster film telling the story of a fishing boat out of Massachusetts encountering three weather fronts which collide to produce the worst storm in modern history. Director Wolfgang Petersen ("The NeverEnding Story" 1984) manages to weave together a classic thriller from the script [..]
Wicked Little Letters (2023)
"Wicked Little Letters" is a black comedy film about anonymous poison pen letters written to law-abiding residents of a small town in England. A police investigation ensues, which took on special urgency when an elderly woman dies from a heart attack after reading one of the profanity-laced missives. [..]
Baby Driver (2017)
"Baby Driver" is an action movie about a getaway driver seeking freedom from his life of crime, which his boss is reluctant to allow to happen. This engrossing though formulaic thriller was capably written and directed by Edgar Wright ("The World's End" 2013), with more than its [..]
A Dangerous Man (2009)
"A Dangerous Man" is an action movie telling the story of a former Army Special Forces soldier released from prison after serving six years for a crime he did not commit. However, he soon becomes entangled with a group of Chinese criminals causing trouble. [..]
Little Man Tate (1991)
"Little Man Tate" is a drama movie about a seven-year-old boy who is a child prodigy. His mother allows him to go to a summer camp for gifted children, hoping to give him experiences of life around other young geniuses. This excellent story was well-crafted by Jodie Foster [..]
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
"Shadow of a Doubt" is a psychological thriller movie about a man from Newark, New Jersey, visiting relatives in Santa Rosa, California, where his niece slowly becomes suspicious that he is a serial killer on the run from the law. Director Alfred Hitchcock applied all of his signature [..]
The Critic (2023)
"The Critic" is the story about a theater critic in London in the 1930's who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with dire consequences. This slow-moving film gets bogged down in a morass of sloppy directing by Anand Tucker and a tedious screenplay by [..]
Best Sellers (2021)
"Best Sellers" is a comedy-drama film about a young woman who inherits a failed publishing company from her father. She attempts to revive the firm's fortunes by talking one of its most popular authors of the past into releasing something new, or something old, as he [..]