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Soul on Fire (2025)
"Soul on Fire" is a faith-based biographical drama telling the true story of a 9-year-old boy who survived burns which covered his entire body. Director Sean McNamara ("Soul Surfer" 2011) put together a high quality film with good acting and a well-organized storyline and plot from the screenplay [..]
Draft Day (2014)
"Draft Day" is a sports drama movie about the general manager of a major league football team on the phone on draft day seeking to acquire the number one draft pick. Director Ivan Reitman ("Kindergarten Cop" 1990) put together a film with loads of drama going [..]
Wonder (2017)
"Wonder" is a family drama film telling the story of a boy with facial differences, due to Treacher Collins syndrome, who enters the fifth grade, his first time in a public school. Director Stephen Chbosky put together an inspiring and heartwarming picture with good production values, excellent performances, [..]
Eleanor the Great (2025)
"Eleanor the Great" is a drama film about a 94-year-old woman who moves from Florida back to her previous residence in New York City to live with her daughter after the death of her husband. One day she wanders into a Holocaust survivors support group, [..]
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
"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 (2021)
"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 (1927)
"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 (2003)
"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 [..]
Vanilla Sky (2001)
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 [..]
Out of the Past (1947)
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), [..]