Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Before the Devil Kno

★★ Director: Sidney Lumet Year: 2007 Another film that's been in my queue forever. I didn't know anything about it because the great cast. Unfortunately, the characters ...

Intolerable Cruelty

Intolerable Cruelty

★★★ Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Year: 2003 I've probably seen the beginning of this film about five times and never remembered the rest. But what I ...

Taken

Taken

★★★★ Director: Pierre Morel Year: 2008 This was the third time I've seen this film. It was on TV and my wife commented she had never seen ...

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisb

★★★ Director: Jacques Becker Year: 1954 So I had to see this based upon Godard's comments on Rififi, that this was a much better film than that. ...

Rififi

Rififi

★★★★★ Director: Jules Dassin Year: 1955 This has been a recommended film to me for almost three years but I never got around to view it. Not ...

Drive

Drive

★★★★ Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Year: 2011 All I can say is, Cliff Martinez's soundtrack is possibly the soundtrack of the year, if not one of the best ...

Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses

★★ Director: Seth Gordon Year: 2011 The best thing about this film is Kevin Spacey. He continues to be great in whatever roles he chooses for himself ...

How to Steal a Million

How to Steal a Milli

★★★★ Director: William Wyler Year: 1966 Everyone should know that I have a huge crush on Audrey Hepburn. She's one of my favorite actresses, ever. So it goes ...

Hanna

Hanna

★★★★ Director: Joe Wright Year: 2011 Such a great take on Little Red Riding Hood.  You didn't get that? Here's a character doing battle with the big bad ...

State of Play

State of Play

★★★★ Director: Kevin Macdonald Year: 2009 I don't remember this film coming out but it was a good find. It's very entertaining, almost like All the President's Men. ...

State of Grace

State of Grace

★★★ Creator: Phil Joanou Year: 1990 I'm not sure how I never heard of this film. An all-star cast set right here in Hell's Kitchen, just blocks from ...

Sin City

Sin City

★★★★★ Creator: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez Year: 2005 I'm not sure what took me so long to see this film. It's absolutely incredible. I never read the graphic ...

Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in

★★★★ Creator: Sergio Leone Year: 1984 I have never seen this masterpiece, always wanted to, just never had the time. Because it is a time investment, it's quite ...

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The Girl Who Played

★★★ Creator: Daniel Alfredson Year: 2009 So the second film in the Millenium series didn't hold up compared to the original. Granted, there were some new interesting characters ...

The Bank Job

The Bank Job

★★★ Creator: Roger Donaldson Year: 2008 The fact that this is based on a true story makes it that much more awesome. Set in the late 60s/early 70s, ...

Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

★★★ Creator: David Michôd Year: 2010 I suppose the biggest surprise about this film is Jacki Weaver's Oscar nomination. I was sure this film would have been nominated ...

Town, The

Town, The

★★★★ Creator: Ben Affleck Year: 2010 I have a completely different perception of Ben Affleck now. The guy knows how to direct and act in a film. This ...

Scarface

Scarface

★★★★ Director: Brian De Palma Year: 1983 So after sitting through a really bad and worse than chick-flick, I needed some testosterone filled flick. So pulled a classic ...