Tag: Samuel L. Jackson

An early take on a "geeks inherit the earth" story, True Romance turns its movie-adoring hero into a character in a pure Hollywood thriller.

Ernest Dickerson's Juice, starring young versions of Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur with a fantastic soundtrack, remains a powerful and gripping film 30 years later.

One of many pieces of '90s culture trying desperately to draw attention to inner city issues, Menace II Society still works in the modern day.

Attempting to bring intelligence into the sarcastic action genre, The Protege has moments of success between a familiar revenge story.

A sensational, smart comic book story, Unbreakable is better now than on release.

Exhausting in its pacing, Hitman's Bodyguard's Wife still brings the ridiculous laughs, pushed primarily by a vulgar Salma Hayek.

Nearly on point, Spiral misses its goal while falling into familiar cliches that condemn most procedural thrillers.

Still relevant, Spike Lee's masterpiece Do the Right Thing balances countless characters and personalities to create believable racial tension.

Revenge of the Sith pays off two movies worth of political maneuvering, delivering thematically and with its action.

Overwhelmed by the pitiful romance at its core, it's easy to miss or undervalue Attack of the Clones for certain storytelling successes.

Boh Bringing a story of self-doubt and identity to Marvel’s storyline, the second stand-alone Spider-Man has a lot of fun (too much arguably) selling action in droves, with the …

Son of the Son of Shaft If possible, look past the drug investigation plot of Shaft. It’s a menagerie of cliches, routine, and derivative non-surprises. Underneath that though comes …