Ghost (1990)
Oct 19, 2002Man Returns as a Ghost
A popular hit in which Patrick Swayze is killed and becomes a ghost. Bruce Joel Rubin's script has enormous fun in interpreting aspects of the ghost story from the ghost's point-of-view.
Tony Goldwyn
Traces of Red (1992)
May 5, 2001Psycho-Sexual Thriller
A disappointingly poor copy of Basic Instinct with Lorraine Bracco giving a really bad performance as the Sharon Stone equivalent who may be killing people around detective James Belushi
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Jun 21, 2003Serial Killer Thriller
The first film adapted from James Patterson's books about forensic profiler Alex Cross, featuring standout performances from Morgan Freeman (cast as Cross) and Ashley Judd
Tarzan (1999)
Nov 6, 2012Jungle Hero/Disney Animation
This Disney animated adaptation treats the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel with surprising respect and faithfulness for the most part where the addition of talking animals even works for it. Fun and with a great deal of creative energy, one of the better films from the 90s Disney renaissance
The 6th Day (2000)
Nov 19, 2000Cloned Man/Action
Arnold Schwarzenegger revisits something of Total Recall in this modest and clever action film in which he discovers that a clone has stolen his life
Abandon (2002)
May 11, 2016Psycho-Thriller
Psycho-thriller that should have gotten better notice than it did. Katie Holmes plays an A-student at an Ivy League college who is stalked by a missing ex. Slick and coolly written, before arriving at an effective twist ending
The Last House on the Left (2009)
Jul 17, 2010Sadism and Revenge
A disappointing remake of the harrowing Wes Craven classic where the violence has been tamed down and the film is entirely missing the irony of the original's savage ending
Divergent (2014)
Mar 29, 2014Young Adult Dystopian Future
Designed as a copycat of The Hunger Games, this Young Adult film as a modest hit. The premise is fundamentally implausible as human psychology - and when there's no basic credibility, you cease to care about the contrived dramatics
The Belko Experiment (2016)
Jun 17, 2017Office Employees Trapped in a Deadly Elimination Game
Greg (Wolf Creek) McLean directs from a script by James Gunn. The Office by way of Battle Royale as 80 employees are locked in an office building with orders to eliminate one another