"Is Paris Burning?" is a World War II drama set in 1944 when the Nazi German general occupying Paris receives orders from Berlin to destroy the city if it becomes clear that Allied troops are about to invade. French director Rene Clement did an excellent job at the [..]

"The Thing" is a science fiction horror movie about an American research station in Antarctica invaded by an extra-terrestrial lifeform that invades, then imitates, other life forms. Horror film "expert" John Carpenter ("Escape From New York" 1981) directed a film filled with scifi drama and lots of gory [..]

"Aftermath" is a drama film about an airplane crash and its effect on two people: The air traffic controller in charge and a man who lost his wife and daughter. Director Elliot Lester put together a movie that is an adequate retelling of a true story which is [..]

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau return for more cantankerous fun and games in "Grumpier Old Men." Director Howard Deutch ("Pretty in Pink" 1986) and screenwriter Mark Steven Johnson put together a perfect sequel to 1993's "Grumpy Old Men." Lemmon and [..]

"The Old Oak" is a UK drama movie about a pub owner in a once-thriving mining town in the north of England who is struggling to hold on to his business, the oldest pub in the area. Meanwhile, he strikes up a friendship with a Syrian woman and [..]

"The Ugly Truth" is a romantic comedy about a woman television producer who is teamed with a male celebrity who has less-than-modern opinions about men and women. They fall in love but their stances in life cause friction and a full-blown "battle of the sexes" erupts on the [..]

In the colorful future of the 23rd Century, a cab drive unwittingly becomes the central figure in an effort to save Earth from destruction from the villainous Zorg and his forces of evil in the science fiction action movie "The Fifth Element." French director-screenwriter Luc Besson ("The Big [..]

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau update their well-worn schtick and old chemistry from "The Odd Couple" (1968) in the romantic comedy "Grumpy Old Men." They play long-time neighbors who have been feuding for years, which is intensified when an attractive female neighbor moves in, a possible love interest [..]

"Malibu's Most Wanted" is a comedy movie about a wealthy white politician's son emulating urban street culture with hopes to become a rapper. To discourage him, his father hires two African-American actors to pose as gang members to introduce him to real ghetto life. However, things do not [..]

"Good Night, and Good Luck" is the dramatization of the true story of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow and his attempt to expose and discredit the virulent anti-communist campaign of Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950's. Director George Clooney ("Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" 2002) put [..]