Basic (2003)
Rashomon-style investigation of a Panama training accident. Basic is John McTiernan's 2003 American military thriller.
Actor: Samuel L. Jackson
John C. ReillyHard Eight (1996)
Philip Baker Hall as an aging gambler taking in a stranger. Released as Sydney against PTA's wishes.
Bruce WillisPulp Fiction (1994)
Tarantino's 1994 anthology crime film. The film that made indie a commercial proposition.
Brie LarsonThe Marvels (2023)
The Marvels is the Captain Marvel sequel that team-ups Brie Larson with two female MCU successors. Megan McDonnell, Elissa Karasik.
Jeff GoldblumJurassic Park (1993)
David Koepp and Michael Crichton adapted Crichton's 1990 novel. The film made approximately one billion dollars worldwide on a sixty-three million dollar budget.
Jake GyllenhaalSpider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Review
Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio, the European tour, the basketball court Blip gag that confirmed the franchise wouldn't engage with its own catastrophe. The 6 reflects honest evaluation of a competent Phase Three closing film that operates as the franchise's first major…
Brie LarsonThe Marvels (2023) Review
The catastrophic $237 million loss that confirmed audience withdrawal. Body-swap premise, Captain Marvel continuation, and franchise collapse.
Gwyneth PaltrowIron Man (2008) Review
Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, and the cave construction sequence that built a franchise. The casting decision that built Marvel Studios.
Annette BeningCaptain Marvel (2019) Review
Flat performance, press tour damage, decorative feminism, and the protagonist who is actually the villain. The film does not reward straight-through viewing.