Critics Consensus: Murtaugh and Riggs remain an appealing partnership, but Lethal Weapon 3 struggles to give them a worthy new adventure as it cranks up the camp along with the mean-spiritedness.

Synopsis: Veteran police detective Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is only days away from retiring when he and his tough partner, Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson), are roped... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo

Directed By: Richard Donner

Critics Consensus: A competent, if sometimes by-the-numbers entry to the 007 franchise, Tomorrow Never Dies may not boast the most original plot but its action sequences are genuinely thrilling.

Synopsis: Media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) wants his news empire to reach every country on the globe, but the Chinese government will not allow him... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher

Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode

Critics Consensus: Unevenly echoing the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Basic Instinct contains a star-making performance from Sharon Stone but is ultimately undone by its problematic, overly lurid plot.

Synopsis: The mysterious Catherine Tramell, a beautiful crime novelist, becomes a suspect when she is linked to the brutal death of a rock star. Investigated by... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Directed By: Paul Verhoeven

Critics Consensus: George of the Jungle is faithful to its source material -- which, unfortunately, makes it a less-than-compelling feature film.

Synopsis: George (Brendan Fraser) has raised himself since he was a baby and a plane crash stranded him in an African jungle. Now an adult, George... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Richard Roundtree

Directed By: Sam Weisman

Critics Consensus: The Lost World demonstrates how far CG effects have come in the four years since Jurassic Park; unfortunately, it also proves how difficult it can be to put together a truly compelling sequel.

Synopsis: Four years after "Jurassic Park," mathematician Ian Malcolm ventures onto a second island to save his girlfriend from becoming dinosaur bait.

Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Critics Consensus: Pocahontas means well, and has moments of startling beauty, but it's largely a bland, uninspired effort, with uneven plotting and an unfortunate lack of fun.

Synopsis: This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young American Indian woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Capt. John Smith (Mel Gibson),... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Irene Bedard, Judy Kuhn, Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt

Directed By: Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg

Critics Consensus: Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington are a compelling team in the overlong Pelican Brief, a pulpy thriller that doesn't quite justify the intellectual remove of Alan J. Pakula's direction.

Synopsis: Taut thriller about a young law student whose legal brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices causes her to be targeted by killers.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard

Directed By: Alan J. Pakula

Critics Consensus: Provides lots of laughs with Myers at the healm; as funny or funnier than the original.

Synopsis: In his second screen adventure, British super spy Austin Powers must return to 1969, as arch-nemesis Dr. Evil has ventured back to that year and... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner

Directed By: Jay Roach

Critics Consensus: Jet Li's arrival breathes fresh life into a tired franchise formula -- but not enough to put Lethal Weapon 4 on equal footing with its predecessors.

Synopsis: Detective Riggs (Mel Gibson) tries to settle down with his pregnant girlfriend, Lorna (Rene Russo), while his partner, Murtaugh (Danny Glover), comes to grips with... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo

Directed By: Richard Donner

Critics Consensus: A feast for the eyes with a somewhat malnourished plot, Jumanji is an underachieving adventure that still offers a decent amount of fun for the whole family.

Synopsis: A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter and Judy Shepherd. While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robin Williams, Jonathan Hyde, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce

Directed By: Joe Johnston

Critics Consensus: Burdened by exposition and populated with stock characters, The Phantom Menace gets the Star Wars prequels off to a bumpy -- albeit visually dazzling -- start.

Synopsis: Experience the heroic action and unforgettable adventures of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. See the first fateful steps in the journey of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd

Directed By: George Lucas

Critics Consensus: Plagued by mediocre writing, uneven acting, and a fairly by-the-numbers plot, The World Is Not Enough is partially saved by some entertaining and truly Bond-worthy action sequences.

Synopsis: Bond (Pierce Brosnan) must race to defuse an international power struggle with the world's oil supply hanging in the balance. Elektra King (Sophie Marceau), is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards

Directed By: Michael Apted

Critics Consensus: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves brings a wonderfully villainous Alan Rickman to this oft-adapted tale, but he's robbed by big-budget bombast and a muddled screenplay.

Synopsis: Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of fellow prisoner Azeem, a Moor, and travels back home to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater

Directed By: Kevin Reynolds

Critics Consensus: A meandering, mindless family movie that frequently resorts to special effects and transparent sappiness.

Synopsis: Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson) is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey (Bill Pullman) arrives to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle

Directed By: Brad Silberling

Critics Consensus: First Wives Club is headlined by a trio of comedic dynamos, but the script lets them down with tepid plotting and a fatal lack of satirical bite.

Synopsis: Despondent over the marriage of her ex-husband to a younger woman, a middle-aged divorcée plunges to her death from her penthouse. At the woman's funeral,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith

Directed By: Hugh Wilson

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: On his birthday, mechanic George Malley (John Travolta) sees a flash of light and proceeds to exhibit extraordinary mental abilities. He becomes a genius, even... View Full Synopsis

Starring: John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, Jeffrey DeMunn

Directed By: Jon Turteltaub

Critics Consensus: Cliche story with lack of chemistry between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts.

Synopsis: (CC) Catch Her If You Can. 'Roberts and Gere confirm their status as an eternal screen team' in this delightful laugh-filled romantic comedy. Roberts plays... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, Héctor Elizondo

Directed By: Garry Marshall

Critics Consensus: A tidal wave of melodrama sinks Deep Impact's chance at being the memorable disaster flick it aspires to be.

Synopsis: A comet is hurtling toward Earth and could mean the end of all human life. The U.S. government keeps the crisis under wraps, but crack... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave

Directed By: Mimi Leder

Critics Consensus: Eraser's shoot-'em-up action might show off some cutting edge weaponry, but its rote story is embarrassingly obsolete.

Synopsis: John "The Eraser" Kruger is the top gun in the US Marshall Witness Protection scheme; he erases their past and deals with their future. His... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa Williams, James Coburn

Directed By: Chuck Russell

Critics Consensus: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is exactly as advertised: one-liners, brawls, and general silliness. Good for the young at heart, irritating for everyone else.

Synopsis: In New York, mysterious radioactive ooze has mutated four sewer turtles into talking, upright-walking, crime-fighting ninjas. The intrepid heroes -- Michelangelo (Robbie Rist), Donatello (Corey... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Michelan Sisti

Directed By: Steve Barron

Critics Consensus: Doctor Dolittle finds some mirth in the novelty of wisecracking critters, but this family feature's treacly tone is made queasy by a reliance on scatological gags that undercut the intended warmth.

Synopsis: After a fender bender, Dr. John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) gets back his childhood ability to converse with animals. But the gift turns out to be... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Ossie Davis, Oliver Platt, Peter Boyle

Directed By: Betty Thomas

Critics Consensus: Neat performance from Glenn Close aside, 101 Dalmatians is a bland, pointless remake.

Synopsis: Fashion designer Anita and computer-game writer Roger meet, fall in love and marry along with their dalmatians Perdita and Pongo. The dogs' puppies are kidnapped... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright

Directed By: Stephen Herek

Critics Consensus: Adam Sandler acquits himself admirably, but his charm isn't enough to make up for Big Daddy's jarring shifts between crude humor and mawkish sentimentality.

Synopsis: Thirty-two-year-old Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man, he's got to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adam Sandler, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Dylan Sprouse

Directed By: Dennis Dugan

Critics Consensus: Loud, excessively busy, and often boring, Batman Forever nonetheless has the charisma of Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones to offer mild relief.

Synopsis: Batman (Val Kilmer) faces off against two foes: the schizophrenic, horribly scarred former District Attorney Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones), and the Riddler... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman

Directed By: Joel Schumacher

Critics Consensus: Lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the movie's antagonist, Armageddon slickly sums up the cinematic legacies of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay.

Synopsis: When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) determines the only way to stop it is to drill... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck

Directed By: Michael Bay

Critics Consensus: The Bodyguard is a cheesy, melodramatic potboiler with occasional moments of electricity from Whitney Houston.

Synopsis: Best-selling pop diva Rachel Marron has a stalker whose obsession has risen to the level of disturbing threats. At the urging of her manager, Rachel... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs

Directed By: Mick Jackson

Critics Consensus: A change of venue -- and more sentimentality and violence -- can't obscure the fact that Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a less inspired facsimile of its predecessor.

Synopsis: After snarky youth Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) loses track of his father at the airport, he mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O'Hara

Directed By: Chris Columbus

Critics Consensus: Lurid but acted with gusto, Indecent Proposal has difficulty keeping it up beyond its initial titillating premise.

Synopsis: David (Woody Harrelson) and Diana Murphy (Demi Moore) are a loving couple with a bright future. David is a talented architect; Diana is a top-notch... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Oliver Platt

Directed By: Adrian Lyne

Critics Consensus: This is an insult to its genre with low humor and cheap gags.

Synopsis: Raised by his overprotective mother, Helen, Bobby Boucher Jr. is the water boy for a successful college football team coached by Red Beaulieu. When Beaulieu... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk

Directed By: Frank Coraci

Critics Consensus: The look of Hook is lively indeed but Steven Spielberg directs on autopilot here, giving in too quickly to his sentimental, syrupy qualities.

Synopsis: When his young children are abducted by his old nemesis, Capt. Hook (Dustin Hoffman), middle-aged lawyer Peter Banning (Robin Williams) returns to his magical origins... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Critics Consensus: A talented cast fails to save this unremarkable thriller.

Synopsis: Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, Annabeth Gish

Directed By: Bruce Beresford

Critics Consensus: The Flintstones wastes beloved source material and imaginative production design on a tepid script that plunks Bedrock's favorite family into a cynical story awash with lame puns.

Synopsis: Big-hearted, dim-witted factory worker Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) lends money to his friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) so that he can adopt a baby. As... View Full Synopsis

Starring: John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell

Directed By: Brian Levant

Critics Consensus: A game Julia Roberts gives it her all, but Sleeping with the Enemy is one stalker thriller that's unlikely to inspire many obsessions of its own.

Synopsis: After faking her death in order to flee from her violent husband, Martin (Patrick Bergin), Laura Burney (Julia Roberts) leaves Cape Cod and moves to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, Kevin Anderson, Elizabeth Lawrence

Directed By: Joseph Ruben

Critics Consensus: Contrived performances and over-the-top sequences offer little real drama.

Synopsis: When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell (Leslie Stefanson) is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner (John Travolta)... View Full Synopsis

Starring: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton

Directed By: Simon West

Critics Consensus: Syrupy performances and directing make this dramedy all too obvious.

Synopsis: After struggling with depression in a mental hospital, Hunter "Patch" Adams decides he wants to become a doctor. He enrolls at Virginia Medical University but... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robin Williams, Daniel London, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Directed By: Tom Shadyac

Critics Consensus: Nature Calls in this Ace Ventura sequel, and it's answered by the law of diminishing returns.

Synopsis: Legendary pet detective Ace Ventura returns for another adventure when he's coerced out of retirement while on a soul-searching retreat in the Himalayas. He must... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi

Directed By: Steve Oedekerk

Critics Consensus: Without compelling characters or heart, Godzilla stomps on everything that made the original (or any monster movie worth its salt) a classic.

Synopsis: During a nuclear test, the French government inadvertently mutates a lizard nest; years later, a giant lizard makes its way to New York City. Dr.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria

Directed By: Roland Emmerich

Critics Consensus: Bombastic, manic, and largely laugh-free, Wild Wild West is a bizarre misfire in which greater care was lavished upon the special effects than on the script.

Synopsis: When President Ulysses S. Grant (Kevin Kline) learns that diabolical inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) is planning to assassinate him, he orders Civil War... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Salma Hayek

Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld

Critics Consensus: Joel Schumacher's tongue-in-cheek attitude hits an unbearable limit in Batman & Robin resulting in a frantic and mindless movie that's too jokey to care much for.

Synopsis: This superhero adventure finds Batman (George Clooney) and his partner, Robin (Chris O'Donnell), attempting to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman

Directed By: Joel Schumacher