That Thing You Do
Cheering, actually. And Tom Everett Scott looks like Baby Hanks.
Key Largo
Bogey and Bacall do the islands, with fire in the belly, and elsewhere.
Nobody’s Fool
Too bad Paul N. and Jack N. never made it into the same movie.
The Upside of Anger
Improbably, Joan Allen and Kev Costner make a midlife story work.
Runaway Train
Konchalovsky's movie, but Kurosawa is holding the trump cards.
The Family Man
Spoiled businessman forced to consider how things "might" have been. Oh, well.
Apocalypse Now
When the horror is the sum of confused parts... Oh, and a war.
A Beautiful Mind
Hard to see Russell try so hard with so little to work with.
Titanic
On top of the world, under the water, all that's digital quivers.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tommy Lee Jones is a taciturn taskmaster in his own superb movie.
In Her Shoes
Underrated Toni Collette sinks her teeth into this and never lets go.
Requiem for a Dream
Aronofsky brings the descent into drug addiction to life in a terrifying way.