Plus, the soundtrack is ace.
(Can we hey get a Letters to Cleo reunion tour?
He makes you feel his impact on the scope of cinema in a way no other director can.D.G.
Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks in ‘Splash’; Julia Stiles in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’; Whoopi Goldberg in ‘Sister Act’.Credit:Everett Collection (3)
A peak-era live-action Disney comedy perfect for the entire family,Blackbeards Ghostalso serves as a pristine time capsule.D.G.
Things unfurl as you would expect, but Hedges directs with a sure hand.
He lets the emotions come about naturally, while Binoche and Carell anchor the film with their unlikely chemistry.D.G.
Larisa Oleynik, Gabrielle Union, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in ‘10 Things I Hate About You’.Everett Collection
(If that sounds terribly heady, its not.)D.G.
Its also something of a cringe procedural, if thats a thing.
Continuously youll wonder of Honnolds efforts, “Is hereallygoing to do that?”
Kirk Douglas in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’.Mary Evans/Walt Disney Pictures/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection
or “Certainly he doesnt have the gall to do that!”
Anyone who says, after seeing his recentIndiana Jonesfivequel, that Mangold cant direct action should look here.
He brings an admirably ruthless aesthetic to this dusty, gory revisionist western.
Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley (both center) in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’.Christine Parry/Fox Searchlight
The biggest surprise, however, is the emotional wallop it packs.
Like a few movies on this list,Remember the Titansmakes gestures towards the whole family.
(Sorry Nicholas Hammond, but were talking cinematic Spider-Men.
Chadwick Boseman in ‘Black Panther’.Marvel Studios
after Homers dalliance with a pig and a farm filled with human waste creates an environmental disaster.
In fairness, thats entirely true.
Predictably, shes tasked with coaching the choir for an upcoming competition.
Peter Ustinov and Dean Jones in ‘Blackbeard’s Ghost’.Everett Collection
Its a perfect movie musical, and the breathtaking views of Austrian abbeys are worth the watch alone.D.G.
(Critically, you cant deny thats worth something.)
Plus, its the onlyStar Warsmovie withLaura Dern.D.G.
Steve Carell in ‘Dan in Real Life’.Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett
Rather than a movie about the festival, this is a deeply moving and visceral immersion into the event.
Ryan Reynolds in ‘Deadpool’.20th Century Fox Film/Everett Collection
Ryan Reynolds in ‘Free Guy’.Alan Markfield/20th Century Studios
Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Iron Man’.Everett Collection
Alex Honnold in ‘Free Solo’.Jimmy Chin/National Geographic
Jane Goodall in ‘Jane’.CBS via Getty Images
Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman in ‘Logan’.Everett Collection
Robin Williams in ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’.20th Century Fox/Everett
The Titans football players in ‘Remember the Titans’.Everett Collection
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Spider-Man’.Everett Collection
Marge, Maggie, Lisa, Bart, and Homer in ‘The Simpsons Movie’.Everett Collection
Kathy Najimy, Whoopi Goldberg, and Wendy Makkena in ‘Sister Act’.Everett Collection
Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews in ‘The Sound of Music’.Everett Collection
Daryl Hannah in ‘Splash’.Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Adam Driver in ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi’.Industrial Light & Magic/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd./Courtesy Everett Collection
Richard Farnsworth in ‘Straight Story’.Everett Collection
Sly Stone in ‘Summer of Soul’.Sundance Institute
Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler in ‘West Side Story’.Niko Tavernise/20th Century Studios
Bill Pullman in ‘While You Were Sleeping’.Everett Collection
