The film, based on the Watergate scandal, does the impossible — it builds a compelling narrative out of mostly scenes of men in suits talking in rooms, and 45 years later it still stands as one of the best movies ever made about real journalism.
Michael Moore has basically been making the same politically charged documentaries for three decades now, and back in '02 he delivered his most prominent work in 'Bowling for Columbine.'
'Hoosiers', released 35 years ago, is one of the most beloved sports movies of all time, but some of its tropes have been put to renewed scrutiny over the recent years. Does this classic still hold up?
Jim Carrey exploded onto the scene of the mid-1990s as one of Hollywood's leading stars going on an impressive run of major hits, with his criminally underrated 'Liar Liar' coming right in the midst of it all.
George Clooney has been a movie star for 25 years now, but the best movie he's ever been a part of — 'Michael Clayton' — is one from 2007 that was a flop at the time of its release.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of some great movies from 1972, and while 'Night of the Lepus' (a horror pseudo-Western about giant bunnies attacking) isn't a great film by any stretch, it is a great oddity.
10 years ago last week saw the release of 'The Artist', a throwback film released 80 years after the end of the silent era that dominated the awards season, but has now all but disappeared from the public conscious.
Showtime’s 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' is a beautiful homage to David Bowie, from its quiet beginning to its ambitious ending Kurtzman injects every aspect of the production with Bowie’s DNA, from his music to his ideologies.
There was once a time, albeit brief, when Steven Seagal was actually both cool and a plausible movie star; with the best of his run being 1992's 'Under Siege.'
For one magical moment in November of 2011, The Muppets were on top of the world again with a movie that understood exactly what the beloved franchise was all about.
When 'Southland Tales' arrived in November of 2007, 15 years ago last month, it was an immediate flop, a strange movie that audiences couldn't make heads or tails of. But they were wrong.
Austin Butler's 'Elvis' biopic has been getting all the attention but my favorite Elvis movie remains 'Bubba Ho-Tep', an absurdist horror-comedy where he's secretly lived past his "official" death and fights a mummy.
While one could make many cases against 'Argo', it's still a wildly entertaining film that's deserving of its accolades and even more remarkable for what it did for Ben Affleck's career.
25 years ago, 'Fargo' was released in theaters; it's the best Coen brothers movie, the best Minnesota movie and, in my opinion, the best American film of the 1990s.
10 years ago Daniel Gelb delivered one of the truly great documentaries about food with 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi', a compelling portrait of a master at work.
Just over 25 years after 'Fargo', Delaware County, Pennsylvania, now has its own piece of popular entertainment to call its own, and its more than worth a viewing.
20 years ago this week, David Lynch released what many consider to be his magnum opus. 'Mulholland Dr.' embodies everything people love about that baffling Lynchian formula.
A lot of the Coens brothers' movies are dark, and a lot of them are violent, but none are as downright bleak as 'No Country for Old Men' - arguably the best film in their steep catalog.
Sometimes we come across films or TV shows that make us uneasy right from the start, and that’s exactly what happens with recent shows, 'The Curse' and 'Swarm.'
One day in mid-October, I saw two movies, both of them about female serial killers, and both directed by women. But they couldn't possibly have been more different.
'What About Bob?' was a much more subversive movie than what studios were typically churning out at the time. And while it's 1993's 'Groundhog Day' that's been endlessly analyzed, this Bill Murray film from two years earlier holds up nearly as well.
Released 10 years ago, 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' is one of the best teen movies of the 2010s, touching on mental illness and brimming with a promising young cast.
15 years ago this week, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay released 'Talladega Nights', a uniquely genius film about NASCAR that could appeal equally to people who are devoted fans of auto racing and those who hate and look down on it.
Wilco's transition into "Heavy Metal Drummer" has to be one of my favorite moment's in pop music, and that moment also happens to be the basis of two of the greatest moments of 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.'