Pulp Fiction
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time. For our review of Pulp Fiction, click here.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Amanda Plummer Bruce Willis Eric Stoltz Harvey Keitel John Travolta Maria de Medeiros Samuel L. Jackson Tim Roth Uma Thurman Ving Rhames
Reservoir Dogs
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Chris Penn Edward Bunker Harvey Keitel Kirk Baltz Lawrence Tierney Michael Madsen Quentin Tarantino Randy Brooks Steve Buscemi Tim Roth
A Night at the Roxbury
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica and Cambi, and resolve to open a club of their own.
Director: John Fortenberry
Stars: Chris Kattan Dan Hedaya Elisa Donovan Eva Mendes Gigi Rice Jennifer Coolidge Loni Anderson Michael Clarke Duncan Richard Grieco Will Ferrell
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
Director: Henry Selick
Stars: Carmen Twillie Catherine O'Hara Chris Sarandon Danny Elfman Edward Ivory Glenn Shadix Ken Page Kerry Katz Paul Reubens William Hickey
Poltergeist III
Carol Anne has been sent to live with her Aunt and Uncle in an effort to hide her from the clutches of the ghostly Reverend Kane, but he tracks her down and terrorises her in her relatives' appartment in a tall glass building. Will he finally achieve his target and capture Carol Anne again, or will Tangina be able, yet again, to thwart him?
Director: Gary Sherman
Stars: Heather O'Rourke Joey Garfield Kipley Wentz Lara Flynn Boyle Nancy Allen Nathan Davis Richard Fire Tom Skerritt Zelda Rubinstein
Poltergeist II: The Other Side
The Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition as the Reverend Kane, a religeous zealot responsible for the deaths of his many followers. His goal is simple - he wants the angelic Carol Anne.
Director: Brian Gibson
Stars: Craig T. Nelson Geraldine Fitzgerald Heather O'Rourke JoBeth Williams John P. Whitecloud Julian Beck Oliver Robins Will Sampson Zelda Rubinstein
Poltergeist
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken dishes and furniture moving around by itself. However, when he realizes that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve calls in a team of parapsychologists led by Dr. Lesh to help before it's too late.
Director: Tobe Hooper
Stars: Beatrice Straight Craig T. Nelson Dominique Dunne Heather O'Rourke JoBeth Williams Martin Casella Michael McManus Oliver Robins Richard Lawson Virginia Kiser
Poltergeist
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
Director: Gil Kenan
Stars: Jane Adams Jared Harris Karen Ivany Kennedi Clements Kyle Catlett Nicholas Braun Rosemarie DeWitt Sam Rockwell Saxon Sharbino Susan Heyward
Jason X
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research the ancient, rusting artifacts of the long-gone civilizations. But it's not the harmful environment that could prove fatal to the intrepid, young explorers who have just landed on Old Earth. For them, it's Friday the 13th, and Jason lives!
Director: James Isaac
Stars: Chuck Campbell David Cronenberg Dov Tiefenbach Jonathan Potts Kane Hodder Lexa Doig Lisa Ryder Markus Parilo Melyssa Ade Todd Farmer
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Jason Voorhees, the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling! Tracked down and blown to bits by a special FBI task force, everyone now assumes that he's finally dead. But everybody assumes wrong. Jason has been reborn with the bone-chilling ability to assume the identity of anyone he touches. The terrifying truth is that he could be anywhere, or anybody. In this shocking, blood-soaked finale to Jason's carnage-ridden reign of terror, the horrible secret of his unstoppable killing instinct is finally revealed.
Director: Adam Marcus
Stars: Billy Green Bush Erin Gray John D. LeMay Kane Hodder Kari Keegan Leslie Jordan Richard Gant Rusty Schwimmer Steven Culp Steven Williams
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Rennie Wickham is celebrating her graduation aboard the S.S. Lazarus, along with her strict uncle, her favorite teacher, her boyfriend, Sean Robertson, all of her classmates, and a stowaway: hockey-masked serial killer Jason Voorhees. One by one, Jason slowly murders each classmate and sinks the ship, stranding the survivors in New York. Rennie and the few survivors now must face Jason to save their lives from impending doom.
Director: Rob Hedden
Stars: Ace Alex Diakun Barbara Bingham Jensen Daggett Kane Hodder Peter Mark Richman Tiffany Paulsen Tim Mirkovich Todd Caldecott Warren Munson
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly unchains the merciless, bloodthirsty Jason Voorhees from his watery grave.
Director: John Carl Buechler
Stars: Elizabeth Kaitan Heidi Kozak John Otrin Kane Hodder Kevin Spirtas Lar Park Lincoln Susan Blu Susan Jennifer Sullivan Terry Kiser William Butler
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal murders. Now it’s up to Tommy to stop the dark, devious and demented deaths that he unwittingly brought about.
Director: Tom McLoughlin
Stars: Alan Blumenfeld Ann Ryerson C.J. Graham Darcy DeMoss David Kagen Jennifer Cooke Renée Jones Thom Mathews Tom Fridley Tony Goldwyn
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Homicidal maniac Jason returns from the grave to cause more bloody mayhem. Young Tommy may have escaped from Crystal Lake, but he’s still haunted by the gruesome events that happened there. When gory murders start happening at the secluded halfway house for troubled teens where he now lives, it seems like his nightmarish nemesis, Jason, is back for more sadistic slaughters. But as things spiral out of control and the body count rises, Tommy begins to wonder if he’s become the killer he fears most.
Director: Danny Steinmann
Stars: Anthony Barrile Carol Locatell Caskey Swaim John Shepherd Juliette Cummins Marco St. John Melanie Kinnaman Richard Young Shavar Ross Vernon Washington
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
After the Crystal Lake Massacres, Jason is pronounced dead and taken to the hospital morgue, where he is mysteriously revived, allowing his diabolical killing spree to continue at the camp where the gruesome slaughtering began. But this time, in addition to terrified teenagers, he meets a young boy named Tommy who has a special talent for horror masks and make up, leading up to a horrifying, bloody battle! Has Jason finally met his match?
Director: Joseph Zito
Stars: Corey Feldman Crispin Glover Erich Anderson Joan Freeman Judie Aronson Kimberly Beck Lisa Freeman Peter Barton Thad Geer Tom Everett
Friday the 13th Part III
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naive counselors. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason who stalks them at every turn.
Director: Steve Miner
Stars: Catherine Parks Dana Kimmell David Katims Gloria Charles Jeffrey Rogers Larry Zerner Nick Savage Paul Kratka Rachel Howard Tracie Savage
Friday the 13th Part 2
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of counselors follow -- including child psychologist major Ginny. But Jason has been hiding out all this time, and now he's ready for revenge.
Director: Steve Miner
Stars: Adrienne King Amy Steel Bill Randolph John Furey Kirsten Baker Marta Kober Stuart Charno Tom McBride Walt Gorney Warrington Gillette
Friday the 13th
Ignoring the warnings of the locals, a group of teenage camp counselors takes on the job of reopening Camp Crystal Lake — on Friday the 13th no less, and raise the ire of Jason Voorhees, a masked, homicidal maniac.
Director: Marcus Nispel
Stars: Aaron Yoo Amanda Righetti Arlen Escarpeta Ben Feldman Danielle Panabaker Derek Mears Jared Padalecki Jonathan Sadowski Julianna Guill Travis Van Winkle
Friday the 13th
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Stars: Adrienne King Betsy Palmer Harry Crosby Jeannine Taylor Kevin Bacon Laurie Bartram Mark Nelson Peter Brouwer Rex Everhart Robbi Morgan
Freddy vs. Jason
In an attempt to free himself from a state of forgotten limbo, evil dream-demon Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) devises a plan to manipulate un-dead mass murderer Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzenger) into slicing-and-dicing his way through the teenage population of Springwood. But when the master of dreams loses control of his monster, a brutal fight to the death is the only way out in this long anticipated crossover between two of modern horror's most notorious killers!
Director: Ronny Yu
Stars: Brendan Fletcher Chris Marquette Jason Ritter Katharine Isabelle Kelly Rowland Ken Kirzinger Kyle Labine Lochlyn Munro Monica Keena Robert Englund
New Nightmare
In this meta horror film, a demonic entity uses the fictional character of Freddy Krueger to enter the real world and torment "Elm Street" heroine Heather Langenkamp and her family.
Director: Wes Craven
Stars: David Newsom Heather Langenkamp Jeff Davis John Saxon Matt Winston Miko Hughes Rob LaBelle Robert Englund Tracy Middendorf Wes Craven
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
Director: Rachel Talalay
Stars: Breckin Meyer Cassandra Rachel Friel Lezlie Deane Lindsey Fields Lisa Zane Ricky Dean Logan Robert Englund Shon Greenblatt Tobe Sexton Yaphet Kotto
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Alice, having survived the previous installment of the Nightmare series, finds the deadly dreams of Freddy Krueger starting once again. This time, the taunting murderer is striking through the sleeping mind of Alice's unborn child. His intention is to be "born again" into the real world. The only one who can stop Freddy is his dead mother, but can Alice free her spirit in time to save her own son?
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Stars: Burr DeBenning Danny Hassel Erika Anderson Joe Seely Kelly Jo Minter Lisa Wilcox Michael Ashton Nicholas Mele Robert Englund Valorie Armstrong
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Dream demon Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who can draw others into her dreams, wills her special ability to her friend Alice. Alice soon realizes that Freddy is taking advantage of that unknown power to pull a new group of children into his foul domain.
Director: Renny Harlin
Stars: Andras Jones Brooke Theiss Danny Hassel Ken Sagoes Lisa Wilcox Nicholas Mele Robert Englund Rodney Eastman Toy Newkirk Tuesday Knight
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with their dreams. Too bad Freddy's decided to herald his return by invading the kids' dreams and scaring them into committing suicide.
Director: Chuck Russell
Stars: Bradley Gregg Craig Wasson Heather Langenkamp Jennifer Rubin John Saxon Ken Sagoes Laurence Fishburne Patricia Arquette Robert Englund Rodney Eastman
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A new family moves into the house on Elm Street, and before long, the kids are again having nightmares about deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger. This time, Freddy attempts to possess a teenage boy to cause havoc in the real world, and can only be overcome if the boy's sweetheart can master her fear.
Director: Jack Sholder
Stars: Clu Gulager Hope Lange Kim Myers Mark Patton Marshall Bell Melinda O. Fee Robert Englund Robert Rusler Sydney Walsh Tom McFadden
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Director: Wes Craven
Stars: Amanda Wyss Charles Fleischer Heather Langenkamp Joe Unger John Saxon Johnny Depp Jsu Garcia Leslie Hoffman Robert Englund Ronee Blakley
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this twisted killer.
Director: Samuel Bayer
Stars: Christian Stolte Clancy Brown Connie Britton Jackie Earle Haley Katie Cassidy Kellan Lutz Kyle Gallner Lia D. Mortensen Rooney Mara Thomas Dekker
A Hologram for the King
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Director: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Alexander Black Amira El Sayed Ben Whishaw David Menkin Jane Perry Sarita Choudhury Sidse Babett Knudsen Tom Hanks Tom Skerritt Tracey Fairaway
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
This final installment of the recent Gamera trilogy begins with schoolgirl Ayana discovering a large egg in a cave that, according to legend, houses demons. The egg hatches into a small monster, which Ayana decides to raise and quickly develops a psychic bond with. As Ayana's monster, named Iris, grows to adulthood, the flying turtle Gamera begins to take an interest in this new potential threat. Who will be the victor in the final battle, and how much of Japan will be left standing at the end?
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Stars: Ai Maeda Ayako Fujitani Kei Horie Nozomi Ando Senri Yamazaki Shinobu Nakayama Tooru Teduka Yu Koyama Yukie Nakama Yukijiro Hotaru
Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion
A strange meteor lands in Japan unleashing hundreds of insect-like "legion" creatures which find their way into Tokyo. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary.
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Stars: Ayako Fujitani Hatsunori Hasegawa Hiroyuki Okita Miki Mizuno Mitsuru Fukikoshi Tamotsu Ishibashi Tomoro Taguchi Toshiyuki Nagashima Yukijiro Hotaru Yûsuke Kawazu
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
A hibernating species of giant carnivorous bird is awakened on a Japanese island shortly after the Japanese military encounters an unidentified mass moving beneath the water off-shore.
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Stars: Akira Kubo Akira Onodera Ayako Fujitani Hatsunori Hasegawa Hirotaro Honda Kôjirô Hongô Shinobu Nakayama Takashi Matsuo Tsuyoshi Ihara Yukijiro Hotaru
A Good Day to Die Hard
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.
Director: John Moore
Stars: Amaury Nolasco Bruce Willis Cole Hauser Jai Courtney Mary Elizabeth Winstead Radivoje Bukvić Roman Luknár Sebastian Koch Sergey Kolesnikov Yuliya Snigir
Live Free or Die Hard
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.
Director: Len Wiseman
Stars: Bruce Willis Christina Chang Cliff Curtis Justin Long Kevin Smith Maggie Q Mary Elizabeth Winstead Timothy Olyphant Yancey Arias Yorgo Constantine
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
Director: John McTiernan
Stars: Anthony Peck Bruce Willis Colleen Camp Graham Greene Jeremy Irons Kevin Chamberlin Larry Bryggman Nicholas Wyman Sam Phillips Samuel L. Jackson
Die Hard 2
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for every contingency except one: McClane’s smart-mouthed heroics.
Director: Renny Harlin
Stars: Art Evans Bonnie Bedelia Bruce Willis Dennis Franz Franco Nero Fred Dalton Thompson John Amos Reginald VelJohnson William Atherton William Sadler
Die Hard
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Director: John McTiernan
Stars: Alan Rickman Alexander Godunov Bonnie Bedelia Bruce Willis Clarence Gilyard Jr. De'voreaux White Hart Bochner Paul Gleason Reginald VelJohnson William Atherton
Rebirth of Mothra III
To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.
Director: Okihiro Yoneda
Stars: Aki Hano Atsushi Ônita Kôichi Ueda Megumi Kobayashi Misato Tate Sayaka Yamaguchi Shirô Namiki Tsutomu Kitagawa
Rebirth of Mothra II
Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.
Director: Kunio Miyoshi
Stars: Aki Hano Atsushi Okuno Hajime Okayama Hikari Mitsushima Maho Nonami Masaki Otake Megumi Kobayashi Mizuho Yoshida Sayaka Yamaguchi Shimada Maganao
Rebirth of Mothra
A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
Director: Okihiro Yoneda
Stars: Aki Hano Hiroko Tanaka Hitomi Takahashi Kazuki Futami Kenjirô Nashimoto Megumi Kobayashi Sayaka Yamaguchi
Shin Godzilla
From the mind behind Evangelion comes a hit larger than life. When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes. If you would like to see our review of the film, click here.
Director: Hideaki Anno
Stars: Hiroki Hasegawa Issey Takahashi Kanji Tsuda Kengo Kora Mikako Ichikawa Satomi Ishihara Satoru Matsuo Shinya Tsukamoto Toru Nomaguchi Yutaka Takenouchi
Godzilla: Final Wars
Evil Space Aliens called the Xilians unleashes all the Earth's monsters to lay waste to most of the world's major cities, including Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Shanghai and Paris. It is up to Godzilla and the Earth Defense Force to vanquish the monsters and aliens to rescue the world in the ultimate "Save the Earth" battle.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura
Stars: Akira Takarada Don Frye Kane Kosugi Kazuki Kitamura Kumi Mizuno Maki Mizuno Masahiro Matsuoka Masanobu Takashima Masatō Ibu Rei Kikukawa
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Forty-two years after her first visit in Tokyo, Mothra returns to warn mankind that they must return Mechagodzilla, along with Godzilla's bones, to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. If not, dire consequences will follow. However, Godzilla is once again on the rampage, and Mechagodzilla is Japan's only defense.
Director: Masaaki Tezuka
Stars: Akira Nakao Hiroshi Koizumi Koh Takasugi Kôichi Ueda Miho Yoshioka Mitzuki Koga Noboru Kaneko Norman England Tsutomu Kitagawa Yumiko Shaku
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
After the appearance of a new Gojira (Godzilla), the Japanese government builds a robotic Godzilla from the bones of the original monster that attacked Tokyo in 1954 to stop the beast.
Director: Masaaki Tezuka
Stars: Akira Nakao Kana Onodera Koh Takasugi Kôichi Ueda Kumi Mizuno Shin Takuma Tsutomu Kitagawa Yumiko Shaku