Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1966)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

One of the landmark spaghetti Westerns from Italian director Sergio Leone, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly follows the crisscrossing paths of three killers in Civil War-era America. The scam artists and all-around scoundrels are played by Eli Wallach (the ugly), Lee Van Cleef (the bad) and Clint Eastwood (the good, but only by

Graduate, The (1967)

Drama Rated PG

Despite its quirky, comic charm, The Graduate is, in effect, a tragedy. It’s the story of a man who experiences the disillusionment of adulthood far sooner than he should have to. The youth in question is Benjamin Braddock, indelibly played by a stammering, jittery, 29-year-old Dustin Hoffman. Director Mike Nichols tells us all we need

Great Escape, The (1963)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

The Great Escape portrays being a prisoner of war as something of a lark. I’ve seen country clubs dirtier than the POW camp in this picture. The movie seems to take its cue from Elmer Bernstein’s jaunty theme music, a tune that demands to be whistled while you work. As it details the based-on-fact, 250-man

United 93 (2006)

Drama Rated R

"…defiantly star-less, defiantly deglamorized, defiantly devoid of Hollywood hero worship – and all the more riveting because of it."

Gremlins (1984)

Comedy Rated PG

“…a gleefully sinister lump of coal.”

The Matrix (1999)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…hallucinatory cinema.”

Island, The (2005)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

What would it take to turn your world upside down? For me, it took seeing a good Michael Bay movie. With a newfound feel for a competent action sequence and a strong story to support him – namely a science-fiction yarn about two clones (Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson) fighting for their independence – Bay

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…the action sequences still have the shock of something new.”

Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The (2004)

Comedy Rated R

All of writer-director Wes Anderson’s droll comedies revolve around a club of some sort – from the inept robbers of Bottle Rocket to the family of former geniuses in The Royal Tenenbaums – and this effort is no different, as Bill Murray plays a reckless oceanographer leading his crew on a disastrous expedition. For all

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…the disappointment The Matrix Reloaded was accused of being.”