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By the time Sudden Impact came around Clint Eastwood was comfortable playing Harry Callahan. He not only stars but also directs and many consider Sudden Impact the best Dirty Harry movie. Sudden Impact delivers all the action and violence one expects from a Dirty Harry movie. The plot is not complicated, but it does its job. The film is a collage of Harry moments, from his insubordination and denunciation of his superiors as paper-pushing idiots to his brutal confrontations with street scum. No one knows better than Eastwood what makes Harry work, and it's all here. Sudden Impact remains a viscerally effective, fast paced thriller. Unlike many of its contemporary cop movies, it avoids the most obvious signs of being dated and its themes about injustice and vigilantism, as thinly as they are spread, remain relevant. This is a great action film- typical 80's, and you'd be a fool to not give it a shot.

Ridley Scott's Prometheus has been very highly awaited by the science fiction community for not only is it a return to the scifi genre by the esteemed director, but also because Scott started the franchise in the first place. Prometheus is definitely better than most films in its category but then that is a given with the huge budget and Ridley Scott behind the camera. As part of the Alien canon however it might be a bit more complex. Alien fanboys might get offended with where Scott has taken the story and the entire bit with the space engineers will elicit opinion on the extremes. Visually the film is stunning and some scenes are truly awe inspiring. Irrespective of what you think of the film you will surely have an opinion to give.

Here is an effective scene in the opening but it is false promise and the film is a mediocre ghost slasher on a ship. Ghost Ship is essentially a movie about a bunch of anonymous characters stuck in a floating haunted house. In general, this kind of movie can be diverting if it's put together correctly. (Consider, for example, that Ridley Scott's Alien is essentially a haunted house movie, set on a spaceship.) Unfortunately, Ghost Ship shows little in the way of solid craftsmanship. Since the primary asset of a haunted house movie is rarely the plot, this sub-genre must rely on elements like shock tactics and suspense - two characteristics where Ghost Ship falls short. Aside from an occasional, half-hearted "boo!" moment, there's nothing scary about this movie. Nearly all of the characters in Ghost Ship are flat, underdeveloped, and uninteresting. The cinematography is meh and the CGI is barely tolerable.