Locke
★★★★★ Director: Steven Knight Year: 2013 Continuing my viewing habits of single location films, this was is not only simple but amazing dramatic. Tom Hardy is just brilliant as all he does ...
Death of a President
★★★★★ Director: Gabriel Range Year: 2006 First, let me say this isn't my typical 5-star film. I think the last quarter of the film got a little messy. But the ...
Life Itself
★★★★★ Director: Steve James Year: 2014 I think we all take for granted the impact and role models that Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel had in film making, ...
Finding Vivian Maier
★★★★★ Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Year: 2013 What an absolutely amazing story. The documentarian finds all of these amazing negatives at a storage locker auction. Posts it to ...
Tale of Desperaux
★★★★★ Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen Year: 2008 Wow, just plain wow. This is a gorgeous film. And not just for kids. It's stacked with talent: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Kevin ...
Ernest & Celest
★★★★★ Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner Year: 2012 I got this for the flight for the kids based on the solid reviews. Never read the kid's book and ...
Lone Survivor
★★★★★ Director: Peter Berg Year: 2013 I remember seeing endless trailors and behind the scenes interviews about this film and had no desire to watch it. But I ...
20 Feet from Stardom
★★★★★ Director: Morgan Neville Year: 2013 It's easy to see why this film won Best Documentary. It has a great premise, famous stars, great music and a feel ...
Cutie and the Boxer
★★★★★ Director: Zachary Heinzerling Year: 2013 It's easy to understand why this film won at Sundance and just how incredible the story and editing of the film is. ...
The Act of Killing
★★★★★ Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Year: 2012 Everyone knows how much I love documentaries and well, not only is this the best documentary of the year but it's one ...
Rush
★★★★★ Director: Ron Howard Year: 2013 I don't understand how this film DIDN'T get an Oscar nomination! I think it was brilliant. Not only in regards to film ...
Bus 44
★★★★★ Director: Dayyan Eng Year: 2001 I won't spoil the plot, just watch the film above. It's only 11 minutes and it was the first Chinese short film ...
Captain Phillips
★★★★★ Director: Paul Greengrass Year: 2013 I think I'm surprising myself by giving this film 5-stars. It's such a mainstream film. Even in the way the formulaic narrative ...
Black Mirror: Season
★★★★★ Creator: Charlie Brooker Year: 2011 All I can say is wow! This is the modern day Twilight Zone and all of it's opinions on the role of ...
Seven Days in May
★★★★★ Director: John Frankenheimer Year: 1964 I can't believe I never heard of this film nor seen it. It's absolutely brilliant. Great plot (a potential US military coup ...
Indie Game
★★★★★ Director: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky Year: 2012 What a beautifully crafted film. For one, I was a gamer in my 20s and I had no idea how ...
