"The Bridges at Toko-Ri" is the story of a Navy Reserve pilot stationed in the Sea of Japan during the Korean War. Although suffering from battle fatigue, he agrees to fly a dangerous bombing mission over North Korea. Director Mark Robson and screenwriter Valentine Davies [..]

"Planet Dune" is a scifi film about a crew on a mission to rescue a marooned space ship on a desert planet. It turns deadly when they find themselves hunted and attacked by the planet's main predators - giant sand worms. Directors Glenn Campbell and Tammy Klein put [..]

"Metropolis" is a German science fiction silent film set in a city of the future where the wealthy live in the luxurious surface towers and the poor working class dwell in subterranean homes. The story follows the rich son of the city master and a common [..]

"Secondhand Lions" is a drama-comedy movie in which a 14-year-old is sent by his mother to visit his two eccentric great-uncles for the summer. The trio bonds while learning something about each other and their differing personalities, including the pet lion. Director-screenwriter Tim McCanlies [..]

Tom Cruise portrays a wealthy playboy who becomes disfigured in an auto accident, and soon cannot distinguish between fantasy and reality in the science fiction thriller "Vanilla Sky." Director-screenwriter Cameron Crowe ("Jerry Maguire" 1996) did put together a film with lots of action but also got [..]

Robert Mitchum plays a small-town gas station owner with a troubled background living a quiet life when people start popping up "Out of the Past." Director Jacques Tourneur ("Cat People" 1942) put together this thriller with a complex storyline, classic femme fatale, dark cinematography (Nicholas Musuraca), [..]

"Eight Men Out" is a historic sports drama depicting MLB's Black Sox Scandal where eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired with gamblers to loose the 1919 World Series. Director-screenwriter John Sayles ("The Brother from Another Planet" 1984) solidly directed and wrote this lucid and [..]

"Southern Comfort" is a survivalist drama about nine men from the Louisiana Army National Guard on weekend maneuvers in swampy bayou country who suddenly become the hunted as they inadvertently antagonize the locals. Director Walter Hill ("The Driver" 1978) put together a riveting drama with great [..]

"Lord of the Flies" is survivalist drama film about thirty English school boys marooned on a deserted Pacific island, where their behavior degenerates into savagery and even murder. Director-screenwriter Peter Brook put together an excellent film with good production values, memorable performances, and outstanding writing. It was adapted [..]

Michael Douglas plays an unemployed divorced man dealing with all kinds of modern-day urban woes in "Falling Down." When his car breaks down on a hot day on a Los Angeles freeway, he abandons the car and starts walking across town to his daughter's birthday [..]