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Pitch Black (2000)
"Pitch Black" is a science fiction movie about a space ship crash landing on a desert planet, inhabited by menacing creatures. The crew has their hands full, especially when a high-level prisoner they are transporting escapes. The formulaic thrills, chills, and spills proceed from [..]
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
"The Place Beyond the Pines" is a crime drama about a motorcyclist who turns to bank robbery to support his family, clashing with a new cop, before the consequences impact their sons fifteen years later. Director Derek Cianfrance does a marvelous job of weaving three storylines [..]
Hoppers (2026)
"Hoppers" is a science fiction comedy film about people who have found a way to transfer their consciousness into animal form. One such young woman "jumps" into a robotic beaver and goes on quite a journey. Director Daniel Chong has developed a ridiculous story [..]
Them! (1954)
"Them!" is a science fiction horror movie about atomic tests in the New Mexico desert which have mutated ants into giant, man-eating monsters. Scientists investigating the situation find they have traveled far and wide, including into the Los Angeles storm drains. The scifi drama proceeds from there, well [..]
For All Time (2000)
"For All Time" is a science fiction story about a businessman who finds an antique watch which allows him to travel back in time to 1896 via a train. He falls in love with a woman there, and must decide whether to stay in the 19th [..]
Orange County (2002)
"Orange County" is a comedy film about a Southern California high school senior whose hopes for college are dashed when his guidance counselor sends the wrong transcripts and he is rejected. He enlists the help of his less-than-brainy girl friend and his stoner brother to help, [..]
Open Range (2003)
"Open Range" is a western movie about free-range cattlemen in 1880's Montana who come into conflict with a corrupt land baron. Director Kevin Costner ("Dances with Wolves" 1990) put together a high quality horse opera with excellent production values, great writing by Craig Storper, good character development [..]
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
"Under the Tuscan Sun" is a romantic comedy-drama about a California woman who impulsively buys a run-down villa in Tuscany, Italy, after a painful divorce. She begins a new life with new experiences, with not-so-new formulaic material from director-screenwriter Audrey Wells. It was adapted from the [..]
Hope Springs (2003)
"Hope Springs" is a romantic comedy about an English artist who flees to a small Vermont town to escape his former fiancee. While starting up a successful art business, he becomes involved with a local woman. Meanwhile, his ex-girl friend arrives in town to win [..]
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
The popular "Thin Man" film series ended in 1947 with "Song of the Thin Man." William Powell and Myrna Loy play the crime-solving husband and wife team Nick and Nora Charles with their usual witty bantering. The screenplay by James O'Hanlon, Harry Drake, and Dashiell Hammett lost some [..]