Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Alien

★ Director: Jon Favreau Year: 2011 Wow, this film was so bad. It's such a great idea for a film, but the story was horrible, the acting possibly ...

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 ...

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

★★★ Director: Peter Jackson Year: 2009 I was shocked that Peter Jackson directed this, such an odd film for him. I'm not sure what I expected, but ...

The Guard

The Guard

★★★★ Director: John Michael McDonagh Year: 2011 I had seen trailers for this so many times and each time it didn't look entertaining and I had no ...

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

★★ Director: Bryan Singer Year: 2008 I can't believe this is a Bryan Singer film. He could have done so much with it. For one, it's a ...

The Debt

The Debt

★★★ Director: John Madden Year: 2010 This is quite an original story, almost to the point where it feels as if it was based upon a true ...

Super 8

Super 8

★★★★ Director: J.J. Abrams Year: 2011 This isn't the film everyone expected from the big name duo directing and producing this. But in the spirit of E.T., The ...

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 ...

Battle Royale

Battle Royale

★★★★ Director: Kinji Fukasaku Year: 2000 Wow, what a surprising and amazing film. Not only could it only work as a Japanese film, but so much of the ...

Deliverance

Deliverance

★★★ Director: John Boorman Year: 1972 I guess I'm on a huge early 70s kick. Another film that's been on my list but never got around to seeing.  ...

Source Code

Source Code

★★★★★ Director: Duncan Jones Year: 2011 I remember when I first saw the trailers, this didn't look that interesting. And then the reviews came in. RottenTomatoe's gives this ...

Match Point

Match Point

★★★ Director: Woody Allen Year: 2005 I think the first time I saw this film, I feel asleep and didn't pay attention whatsoever, because I didn't remember any ...

Equilibrium

Equilibrium

★★ Director: Kurt Wimmer Year: 2002 This film had so much promise. A great plot. Unfortunately, it just falls apart. I can't say where, but it tries to ...

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. ...

28 Weeks Later

28 Weeks Later

★★ Creator: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Year: 2007 If 28 Days was original and new, this sequel just fell apart. It definitely looks like the studios stating, we need ...

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 ...

28 Days Later

28 Days Later

★★★★ Creator: Danny Boyle Year: 2002 Lately, I haven't been able to watch many horror films. But this isn't really a horror film per se. It's more an ...

Limitless

Limitless

★★★ Creator: Neil Burger Year: 2011 I was so excited to see this, mostly because of the impactful trailer. Well, it's a great story with a terrific cast, ...