Comedy Tragedy Marriage

Steven Spielberg turns back the clock and revisits a tumultuous time in American politics and journalism in 2017’s “The Post” starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk and more.

The romantic fantasy gets the Steven Spielberg touch with 1989’s “Always” starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and the final film appearance by Audrey Hepburn.

A boy from a broken home finds an unexpected friend in the woods from out of town…WAY out of town, in Steven Spielberg’s classic 1982 film “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

A troubled marriage, a mysterious death and a contentious trial make for a simmering legal thriller in 2023’s “Anatomy of a Fall.”

A president in the midst of a tight reelection campaign is facing a potential sex scandal. That’s when he calls in a fixer and a Hollywood producer to deflect the public’s attention to a fake war in “Wag the Dog.”

Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell and more star in a classic look at stifling suburban conformity, mental illness and time travel in “Donnie Darko.”

Tom Cruise and Demi Moore get the bulk of screen time, but Jack Nicholson’s performance is the one you’ll remember from 1992’s “A Few Good Men.”

A ship in deep space faces a threat unlike anything in human history. They don’t paid enough for this garbage. Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton and more star in “Alien.”

If you went to the movies, or rented movies, in the 1980’s, you’ve likely seen films starring one or more members of the Brat Pack. In a new documentary, Pack member Andrew McCarthy looks at how that name, and the implications with it, affected him personally and his fellow actors.

When a promising jazz musician, on the verge of his big break, has an accident and is on the edge of death, his spirit goes on an adventure in the 2020 Disney/Pixar film “Soul.”

A stacked cast, including Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters and Ernest Borgnine, and Oscar-winning special effects highlight the 1972 disaster epic “The Poseidon Adventure.”

A giant beast wreaks havoc on Japan already decimated by a just concluded World War II while a soldier deals with the loss of his family and guilt over his inactions when first faced with the monster in “Godzilla Minus One.”

Three men plus a small boat and a big shark is the formula for the first summer blockbuster known as “Jaws.”

Ryan Reynolds is back in the red and black suit but it’s not all fun and games as the Merc with the Mouth is on a mission…to find his heart. Yeah, I just puked a little in my mouth too. This episode is “Deadpool 2.”

Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland star as two southern belles each with their own secrets in the surprisingly good 1964 psychological thriller “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte.”

Ryan Reynolds takes on the role he was born to play in “Deadpool.”

A young woman whose family has a long history of sexual abuse shines a light in the darkest corners of trauma in the documentary “Great Photo, Lovely Life.”

A wealthy family welcomes a new member via marriage with its own unique, and sinister, tradition of the wedding night game in 2019’s “Ready or Not” starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien and Andie MacDowell.

A family with a history of poverty, mental illness, partner abuse and more has one member trying to break the cycle in the Netflix film “Hillbilly Elegy.”

Jordan Peele, at the time better known for his sketch comedy with Keegan-Michael Key, wowed audiences worldwide with his first film about race, neoliberalism and class disparity in 2017’s “Get Out.”

Jeffrey Hunter, Rip Torn, Robert Ryan and a cast of thousands come together to tell the story of Jesus in 1961’s “King of Kings.”

Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef and Mark Ruffalo star in the story of a strange woman finding her way and herself in the world in Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”

When two average people see UFO’s they are left with the feeling they have been left a message they must figure out in Steven Spielberg’s 1977 classic “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

A hard Ozark’s life with an absent father, mentally ill mother and two younger siblings gets potentially impossible with the threat of homelessness for 17-year old Ree in 2010’s “Winter’s Bone.”

Marian Anderson lived at a time when African-Americans were treated as second class citizens. She didn’t want to be a civil rights fighter, but her voice put her at the frontlines of the beginning of a movement.