Apollo 13 (1995) Review
The film rewards repeat viewing because the substance is procedural instead of dramatic in the conventional sense. The film is adapted from Lost Moon, the 1994 memoir by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger.
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DramaArgo (2012) Review
Ben Affleck directed and starred. The film adapts the historical events of the 1980 Canadian Caper, when six American diplomats escaped the Iranian hostage crisis through a CIA operation involving a fake Hollywood production.
Action
ActionMemento (2000) Review
Christopher Nolan's directorial breakthrough. Guy Pearce's career-defining performance.
ActionBasic Instinct (1992) Review
Paul Verhoeven's foundational erotic thriller. Sharon Stone's career-defining performance.
ActionNo Country for Old Men (2007) Review
Coen Brothers' perfect Best Picture winner. Bardem's Oscar-winning Anton Chigurh.
ActionThe Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) and The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Review
Two substantial adaptations of John Godey's subway hijacking novel. 1974 Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw foundational.
Action
ActionCaptain America: Brave New World (2025) Review
Sam Wilson's Captain America cannot inherit Steve Rogers's moral authority. Decorative political signaling.
ActionCaptain America: Civil War (2016) Review
The Phase 3 inflection point where moral clarity became moral confusion. Spider-Man and Black Panther's introductions as franchise expansion vehicles.
ActionCaptain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Review
The Russo brothers' 1970s political thriller in superhero clothing. Robert Redford, Chris Evans, and the MCU's peak film.
Science FictionThe Andromeda Strain (1971) Review
Crichton's first major bestseller, Robert Wise's procedural patience, and Kate Reid's underrated Dr. Leavitt. The 6.5 reflects what those incomplete viewings have confirmed: the film is terrifying in a slow, low-key way that few other 1971 science fiction films attempted,…