Hugh Jackman plays the ‘X-Men’ hero for the ninth and final time in this powerful epitaph directed by James Mangold. It’s a well-told story with a human story–and human stakes–at its core.
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David Cronenberg’s ‘Shivers’ free on Hoopla
This low-budget early feature from Cronenberg is a subversive horror film that charts a social breakdown by tearing through our most intrinsic taboos.
‘Waitress’ with Keri Russell on Hulu
Before it was a Broadway musical, ‘Waitress’ was a sweet romantic drama from filmmaker Adrienne Shelly, costarring Nathan Fillion.
‘Blazing Saddles’ – Mel Brooks spoofs the western on HBO Max
More than simply a loving spoof of Hollywood westerns, this is one of the funniest movies ever made and one of the most audacious satires of racism to come out of Hollywood.
Al Pacino is ‘Danny Collins’ on HBO Max and Kanopy
Pacino plays a former rock star on a redemption tour in this low-key comic drama that gives the actor an opportunity to both play off and play down his knack for big, showy performances.
‘Crimson Peak’ – Guillermo Del Toro’s Gothic ghost story on Netflix
Mia Wasikowska, Tom Hiddleston, and Jessica Chastain star in this Gothic romance with notes of horror and bathed in the unreal and magical colors of a baroque Italian horror.
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ – Guillermo del Toro’s dark fairy tale on Netflix
This elemental ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is both an escape from and a fantastical reflection of the horrors of Francisco Franco’s reign of terror in 1944 Spain.
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ on Amazon Prime
Guillermo del Toro directed this haunting ghost story, set in a remote orphanage in Spain, against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Are we not men? – ‘Island of Lost Souls’ on Criterion Channel
“Are we not men?” Charles Laughton stars in the first screen version of the H.G. Wells novel and (for all the changes from the novel) still the defining one.
Steven Spielberg directs ‘The Adventures of Tintin’
Steven Spielberg’s first foray into motion capture filmmaking turns the legendary boy journalist and globe-trotting adventurer of the early graphic novels of Herge into a big screen hero.