"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 [..]

"Kong: Skull Island" is an action-adventure monster movie about a group of scientists, soldiers, and adventurers exploring an uncharted Pacific island. They soon discover that they are in the domain of the gigantic Kong and numerous other monsters, and realize their number one goal is [..]

The Biblical epic film "The Robe" tells the story of a Roman tribunal officer who commanded the unit responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. He wins Jesus' robe in a dice game, and experiences guilt for his actions when one of his men steals it. [..]

The romantic comedy-drama play by Bill Shakespeare gets a redux from director Kenneth Branagh in "As You Like It." His fifth Shakespeare adaptation is not up to his usual standards, and with this version set in Japan, gave the story a slightly different flavor. It does, however, retain [..]

"Mulholland Drive" is a mystery movie about a woman who loses her memory after being in a car crash in Los Angeles. She is aided by an out of towner who has moved to Hollywood to get into the picture business. Director-screenwriter David Lynch ("Dune" 1984) put together [..]

"The Transporter Refueled" is an action-adventure film about a former special-operative who gets into a conflict with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are out for revenge with a Russian mobster. The thrills, chills, and spills proceed from there under the expert direction of [..]

"Melvin and Howard" is the story of a man who claims to have befriended billionaire Howard Hughes one night in a Nevada desert when he gave him a ride in his pickup truck. About ten years later, Hughes passed away and someone delivered a will to [..]

"Sleepless in Seattle" is a romantic comedy movie about a woman in Baltimore who hears the sad story of a recently widowed man from Seattle on a talk-radio program. She attempts to get in touch with him, not as easy as it sounds, with the romance and comedy [..]

"The Joy Luck Club" is a drama movie that tells the story of four Chinese-American woman and their relationships with their mothers, all immigrants from China. Director Wayne Wang ("Slam Dance" 1987) put together an intimate look into people's lives with good acting and marvelous details [..]

"Leaving Las Vegas" is a drama film about a man who loses everything, his wife, children, and job, and leaves his hometown of Los Angeles, moving to Las Vegas with the intent of drinking himself to death. In his new city, he strikes up a relationship with a [..]