Disney’s 1979 foray into big-budget sci-fi was the company’s first PG movie and an expensive flop that has become a cult movie for its impressive imagery.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this caper film that heists dreams instead of treasure. It is surely the most cerebral action thriller to become a blockbuster.
J.J. Abrams helped create this science fiction conspiracy thriller through alternate dimensions and fringe science. Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, and John Noble lead the way.
The original ‘The Matrix’ has become such a touchstone of American pop culture—referenced, copied, parodied, and parroted)—that it’s hard to remember just how new and different and distinctive it was when it debuted in 1999.
William Shatner returned to the captain’s chair for six big screen ‘Star Trek’ features with his original bridge crew, then handed command to the ‘Next Generation’ crew who continued on through four addition movies.
