20 years ago, Jean-Claude Van Damme made the most machismo sci-fi movie ever

Mediocre but mesmerizing, Universal Soldier offers insight into the spectacle monger that Roland Emmerich would become.

15 years ago, Bruce Willis made his most preposterous action thriller ever

You either re-invent a franchise, or you kill it.

40 years ago, Steven Spielberg made the scariest suburban thriller ever

Poltergeist’s Hooper-Spielberg collaboration has been debated. Its terror has not.