Chappaquiddick (2017)

Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

This movie's slickly made with excellent performances, but such a sober, unexcited depiction of the events, it doesn't reveal more than the facts already known.

Morgan (2016)

A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.

Above-average, well cast sci-fi drama delivers some shocks  with the android's irrational and violent behaviour; the twist ending, however, is is rather predictable.

The Martian (2015)

During a manned mission to Mars, a astronaut is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew, but he has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.

Highly entertaining sci-fi yarn which successfuly offers, suspenseful action, humour and some great  landscape photography of the planet.

Deadfall (2012)

 

 

Two siblings decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist. 

 

Well-cast and suspenseful thriller marred by a quite unlikely plot. 

Maltin**: "Unpleasant characters propel this well-plotted but extremely violent crime thriller."

Ironclad (2011)

In 13th-century England, a small group of Knights Templar fight to defend Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John.

English history on a schoolboy level: lots of sworld-weilding action, a wee bit of romance and the evil English King as caricature; one would suggest to introduce a new rating "not suitable for an audience above a certain age".

Maltin*1/2: "Potentially provocative historical epic wallows in one-dimensional theatrics, cornball dialogue, and in-your-face gore."

127 Hours (2010)

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive.

An unusual stoy about a terrifying misadventure is professionally handled with an imaginative inventory of cinematic tricks, but exactly all the cleverness in its production makes it artificial and only fairly engaging.

Maltin***: "Franco gives a fearless and emotionally engaging performance in this unusual film from Boyle...Squeamish viewers may want to avert their eyes during one key scene."