‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ – this time it’s personal on Paramount+ and Peacock
The sequel to the first live-action Transformers movie, 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' is bigger, louder, more furiously edited and animated, and sadly less fun.
‘Napoleon Dynamite’ – high school eccentrics arise on Hulu
The cult comedy 'Napoleon Dynamite' stars Jon Heder as the quintessential high school misfit, a special kind of hero at home in his eccentricities.
John Cusack tries ‘Being John Malkovich’ on Prime Video
Spike Jonze directs a devastatingly funny portrait of unhappiness, desperation, desire, and the vicious things we do for love with 'Being John Malkovich.'
‘Interstellar’ – quantum science fiction on Paramount+ and Peacock
Christopher Nolan directs the ambitious science fiction tale 'Interstellar' starring Matthew McConaughey and Jessica Chastain.
‘Timecrimes’ – time travel madness on Prime Video
Nacho Vigalondo’s dark and demented little psychodrama 'Timecrimes' is an ingenious time travel into madness.
‘Rush’ – undercover with Jason Patric and Jennifer Jason Leigh on Paramount+ and MGM+
A tough adaptation of undercover narcotics agent Kim Wozencraft’s memoir, 'Rush' is one of the grittiest and grimmest portraits of undercover work made for the big screen.
‘Madagascar’ – back to the wild on Netflix
Ben Stiller and Chris Rock headline the voice cast of the animated comic odyssey 'Madagascar,' of four New York City zoo animals shipped back to the wilds of Africa, where they have no idea how to survive.
Brian De Palma’s ‘Blow Out’ on Prime Video and MGM+
John Travolta delivers his best performance as a movie sound technician who inadvertently records a murder in the conspiracy thriller 'Blow Out.'
Robert Bresson’s ‘Pickpocket’ – crime and redemption on Criterion Channel
The austere drama "Pickpocket" is inspired by "Crime and Punishment" but executed in the minimalist, removed style disctinctive to Robert Bresson.
‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ – Andrew Garfield spins his web on Disney+ and HBO Max
The second big screen incarnation of the wall-crawling hero, 'The Amazing Spider-Man' reinvents the origin story and costars Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy.
‘The Ring’ – The American take on Japanese horror on Paramount+ and Criterion Channel
Naomi Watts stars in Gore Verbinski's remake of the Japanese cult horror film, an eerie, unnerving curse thriller relocated to Seattle .
‘The Knack… and How to Get It’ – goofing on swinging London on Prime Video and MGM+
Richard Lester brought the same acrobatic, tongue-in-cheek style of 'A Hard Day's Night' to 'The Knack... and How to Get It,' a frivolous comedy of swinging London and the sexual revolution
Ben Stiller struts the catwalk as ‘Zoolander’ on Paramount+ and MGM+
Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell costar in the goofy spoof of male models and the fashion industry 'Zoolander,' directed by and starring Ben Stiller.
The United States of ‘Zombieland’ on Netflix
Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, and Emma Stone team up to survive the zombie apocalypse in the gory road movie comedy 'Zombieland.'
‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ – supernatural high school drama on Hulu
Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the high school cheerleader who battles vampires and demons in the TV action fantasy 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' which became a cultural phenomenon.
‘Beach Red’ – the savagery of war in the Pacific on Prime Video and MGM+
Cornel Wilde directs and stars in 'Beach Red,' a visceral, vivid, and at times intimate World War II drama set in the jungles of the South Pacific islands.
‘The Way of the Dragon’ – Bruce Lee takes on Italy, free on Kanopy
Bruce Lee is a Chinese country boy in Italy in his third martial arts thriller 'The Way of the Dragon,' where he battles Chuck Norris in the Roman Coliseum.
‘The Score’ – Robert DeNiro undertakes on one last heist on Paramount+ and Peacock
Robert De Niro is an old school safecracker who reluctantly teams up with arrogant young mastermind Edward Norton in the heist drama 'The Score.'
Michael Fassbender is ‘Steve Jobs’ on Peacock
Danny Boyle directs the portrait of the founder of Apple 'Steve Jobs,' starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet.
‘Pork Chop Hill’ – Gregory Peck in Korea on Prime Video
Gregory Peck plays a commander ordered into a meaningless battle in Lewis Milestone's 1959 Korean War drama 'Pork Chop Hill.'
‘Spring Breakers’ – good girls gone bad on HBO Max and free on Kanopy
Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens are college girls caught up in the rush of sex, drugs, and crime in Harmony Korine's cultural satire 'Spring Breakers.'
‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ – Gothic Sherlock Holmes on Prime Video
Peter Cushing is the great detective in the 1959 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' a mix mystery and supernatural horror from Hammer Films.
‘Soul Kitchen’ – cooking up a community on MUBI
Fatih Akin's multicultural comedy of a community restaurant in Hamburg, 'Soul Kitchen' is lively and fun and joyous.
‘Casino’ – the mob in Las Vegas on HBO Max and MGM+
Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci star in 'Casino,' Martin Scorsese's sprawling mob epic of organized crime in 1970s Las Vegas.
‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’ in Romania on Criterion Channel and AMC+
Cristian Mungiu’s beautiful and harrowing Romanian drama '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
‘Something Wild’ – a 1962 rediscovery on Prime Video
Ralph Meeker and Carroll Baker star in the unusually frank and sensitive drama 'Something Wild,' about a teenage girl recovering from sexual assault.
Meryl Streep is ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ on Paramount+
A loving comedy of a generous, arts-loving heiress in 1940s New York City who may be worst singer you've ever heard, 'Florence Foster Jenkins' is based on a true story.
‘Two Lovers’ – Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow on Prime Video and Criterion Channel
James Gray's discomfortingly honest drama of the frustrations of love and desire, 'Two Lovers' offers Joaquin Phoenix one of his best roles.
‘Burn Notice’ – DIY spycraft in Miami on Hulu
Jeffrey Donovan is a former CIA agent with his status revoked who makes ends meet as an unlicensed P.I. in the lively series 'Burn Notice.'
Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man 2’ on HBO Max and Disney+
'Spider-Man 2' is a real supe-opera with young adult turmoil pushed into the realms of comic-book mythology with zippy action and spectacular set pieces.