Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

★★★★ Director: Sofia Coppola Year: 2003 So while on a flight back from Europe, I was looking through the massive collection of films to watch and decided on ...

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

★★★★ Creators: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss Year: 2011 The best show on TV. Period. Absolutely fun, unpredictable and addictive. I can't believe I have to wait another year ...

Bridesmaids

Bridesmaids

★★★★ Director: Paul Feig Year: 2011 This film was so crass, offensive and outright hilarious! Who thought women acted this way, much less thought this way.  Granted, I ...

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. ...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt.1

Harry Potter and the

★★★★ Director: David Yates Year: 2010 I forgot how much I enjoyed the Harry Potter books.  And this film made me so excited for Part 2, can't wait ...

Coraline

Coraline

★★★★ Director: Henry Selick Year: 2009 What an unbelievable film. So original, so smart and so dark. I'd say it starts as a children's film, but you definitely ...

90 Degrees South

90 Degrees South

★★★★ Creator: Alan Ravenscroft Year: 1933 Gotta love documentaries, especially something from so long ago. Not only is the footage just spectacular, but the witty narration is great ...

Zombieland

Zombieland

★★★★ Creator: Ruben Fleischer Year: 2009 This definitely isn't a horror film. It's the most perfect date movie ever! You have zombies, you have a good looking girl, ...

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 ...

Waiting for Superman

Waiting for Superman

★★★★ Creator: Davis Guggenheim Year: 2010 An amazing view into the America public school system. It'll frustrate you, but in the end, it made me want to rally ...

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 ...

Unstoppable

Unstoppable

★★★★ Creator: Tony Scott Year: 2010 Even with its simple premise, this is how you do a summer blockbuster. Tony Scott is the master of timing and this ...

You Don’t Know Jack

You Don’t Know

★★★★ Creator: Barry Levinson Year: 2010 Al Pacino should take more roles like this – playing a humble, powerless man. He did an incredible performance. Aside from the ...

Big

Big

★★★★ Creator: Penny Marshall Year: 1998 Again, was sick and lying in bed. And what better film to make you feel like a kid than Big. Love this ...

Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters)

Die Fälscher (The C

★★★★ Creator: Stefan Ruzowitzky Year: 2007 An incredible, true-story about a counterfeiting ring of Jews in a Nazi concentration camp. The fact that they pulled aside con-men, bank ...

Despicable Me

Despicable Me

★★★★ Creator: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Year: 2010 So how in the world did this film NOT receive an Oscar nomination? I found it to be amazingly original ...

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

★★★★ Creator: Derek Cianfrance Year: 2010 I gotta say this is one crazy film. If you happen to watch the trailer, you'd expect it to be one of ...

The King’s Speech

The King’s Spe

★★★★ Creator: Tom Hooper Year: 2010 Colin Firth was my favorite actor last year for A Single Man, so it's great seeing him get the Oscar nod again ...