By generating no real suspense about what’s happening or how it’ll play out, The Invisible Man seems content to be a psychological drama dressed in the clothes of a horror film rather than to fire on both cylinders at once.

It's a fascinating character study, couched in a tight script of legal and moral intrigue, and bolstered by nuanced directing that brings out the best of an outstanding cast.

Today, you’ll likely find more competent action filmmaking among direct-to-video flicks than in most Hollywood blockbusters, and John Hyams’ Universal Soldier: Regeneration embodies that ideal with gunmetal grace.

Walking a tightrope between comedy and tragedy, Air Doll is a warm-hearted dissection of the emptiness of human life that wears its depth lightly

In this under-loved third installment of the Pirates franchise, the world is so batshit that Captain Jack could only get in the movie’s way if he blundered through it in great noisy slapstick scenes.

Repeated viewings reveal the film to be, not only a very good superhero movie, but a high watermark for the genre.

The folk horror franchise’s third installment relishes in the gonzo freedom of direct-to-video horror and the practical-effects mastery that matured throughout the 1980s.

Message in a Bottle almost exists in a different realm entirely—one on the precipice of a new millennium while still continually stuck in the age of ‘90s rom-coms.

The blend of Cormac McCarthy’s cowboy navel-gazing and Ridley Scott’s insistence to play things both perfectly straight and absolutely absurd makes it stand out from the filmmaker’s storied and wildly inconsistent filmography.

Some of the most delicate work Eastwood has ever done.