28 Days Later (2002)

Horror Rated R

London has succumbed to a virus that turns anyone infected into a homicidal maniac. Almost everyone has been wiped out – except for a hospitalized bicycle courier (Cillian Murphy) who awakens from a weeks-long coma to find his world irrevocably changed. With his thrilling revisionist zombie movie, director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, The Beach) suggests civilization

Lady in the Water (2006)

Drama Rated PG-13

To get the most out of a movie by M. Night Shyamalan you have to meet the filmmaker halfway. A convoluted fairy tale that makes a few crucial missteps, Lady in the Water requires more work than most of his films, yet if you give it a chance you’ll be able to appreciate the film

6th Day, The (2000)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s working with a decent story this time around – he plays a helicopter pilot in the near future who’s illegally cloned – but he’s a long way from the cutting-edge special effects of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (that’s what happens when you lose your box-office clout and studios refuse to give you blockbuster

8 Mile (2002)

Drama Rated R

A dramatization of Eminem’s early days in Detroit, 8 Mile doesn’t justify the hateful violence in the rapper’s lyrics, but its depiction of his bleak background helps you understand where that rage comes from. As an impoverished factory worker struggling to make a name for himself in the hip-hop scene, Eminem doesn’t rap so much

13 Going on 30 (2004)

Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13

Jennifer Garner plays a gawky adolescent who magically turns 30 after making a wish on her 13th birthday, but she’s also turned into a petty and shallow woman. Could a reunion with her formerly sloppy friend from junior high (Mark Ruffalo) help her reclaim her youthful innocence? This is more of a romance than its

16 Blocks (2006)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

There are at least 16 ways the pressure-cooker situation at the center of 16 Blocks could be defused, but most of those would negate the movie’s reason for being: to pair aging action star Bruce Willis with rising talent Mos Def in a claustrophobic thriller plot. That plot is a series of contrivances, absurdities and

Argo (2012)

Drama Rated R

“…a deeply myopic view of the world, one focused through a distinctly – and distorted – American lens.”