OLR: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

A good ole '80s slasher flick wrapped up in Christmas cheer (I got an extra kick out of seeing the Christmas toys from when I was 7 on the shelves of the toy store). (7/10)

d. Charles E. Sellier Jr.

OLR: Don't Open Till Christmas (1984)

Some of the Santa kills were well done and the manner in which the killer was dispatched at the end was unexpected, but the film is kind of a mess otherwise. (6/10)

d. Edmund Purdom & Derek Ford & Ray Selfe

OLR: You Better Watch Out (1980)

Good direction and a great performance from Brandon Maggart save what would otherwise be a relatively lifeless Christmas horror movie. (7/10)

d. Lewis Jackson

Guest OLR: Femme Fatale (2002)

Many half-baked ideas converging at a location far from terrible, somehow. (6/10)

Brian de Palma

Guest OLR: Mission to Mars (2000)

Okay, well, he can confidently film something in space, at least. (3/10)

d. Brian de Palma

OLR: Black Christmas (1974)

It occurs to me that they don't make understated slasher flicks like this anymore and that's a shame. (7/10)

d. Bob Clark

OLR: Scrooge (1935)

Man, Seymour Hicks is just awful as Scrooge once Scrooge stops being an a-hole. (6/10)

d. Henry Edwards

OLR: Star Trek (2009)

Though not possessed of a deep science fiction plot by any stretch, it is just the big ball of fun the franchise needed at this time. (8/10)

d. J.J. Abrams

Guest OLR: Snake Eyes (1998)

The sneaking suspicion that you're watching a bad movie won't hit you until you're about halfway through. (4/10)

d. Brian de Palma

Guest OLR: Mission: Impossible (1996)

Well-staged sequences sometimes, but oddly cold and unengaging most of the time. (6/10)

d. Brian de Palma

OLR: El topo (1970)

I'm gonna need to watch this again when I'm more awake, but I don't know if that'll help or hurt the experience. (6/10)

d. Alejandro Jodorowsky

OLR: Appaloosa (2008)

A fresh take on the "good gunfighters clean up the town" cliche. (7/10)

d. Ed Harris

OLR: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Clancy Brown, Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly back as voices with Superman and Batman beating the crap out of people… what's not to like? (7/10)

d. Sam Liu

OLR: The Third Man (1949)

Overrated, but I have to admit Orson Welles is great and the photography is beautiful. (7/10)

d. Carol Reed

Guest OLR: Carlito's Way (1993)

The anti-Scarface in that the acting/directing/writing are all top-notch and characters don't travel miles out of their way to do something stupid. (7/10)

d. Brian de Palma