Sweet and Lowdown
★★★ Director: Woody Allen Year: 1999 Here's some Woody Allen films I never saw but am rediscovering after the documentary. It's a terrific faux-documentary film about this ...
Devil’s Double
★★★ Director: Lee Tamahori Year: 2011 Dominic Cooper deserves a best actor nomination for his performance in this grisly film. I think the fact that this is ...
Curb Your Enthusiasm
★★★ Creator: Larry David Year: 2011 I never really watched this show other then season 7 because of the Seinfeld reunion. I find him to be so ...
Rio
★★★ Director: Carlos Saldanha Year: 2011 This is my daughter's favorite film. Probably because she knows all of the characters and scenes after watching it twice on a ...
Hollywood Ending
★★★ Director: Woody Allen Year: 2002 This is one of those vintage Woody characters. But it's also a film that you feel like you've seen before. And ...
Melancholia
★★★ Director: Lars von Trier Year: 2011 I was all psyched to see this, given Kirsten Dunst's win for Best Actress at Cannes. Well, let's just say, it is ...
Conan O’Brien
★★★ Director: Rodman Flender Year: 2011 Even if you don't like Conan, you know about his plight and the summer tour that he took. This documentary follows ...
Troubadours
★★★ Director: Morgan Neville Year: 2011 What's great about this documentary is that I had no idea about this singer/songwriter movement in the early '70s. It's a ...
Summertime
★★ Director: David Lean Year: 1955 So as much as I love Audrey Hepburn, I've never been a huge Katharine Hepburn fan. Maybe in a couple of ...
Dr. Bronner’s
★★★ Director: Sara Lamm Year: 2006 We started using Dr. Bronner's soap when M. was a baby as we were told this 'magic soap' would get out ...
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 ...
Paul
★★★ Director: Greg Mottola Year: 2011 Continuing on alien films, here's a great film that takes a completely different approach to what an extra terrestrial should behave ...
Captain America: The
★★★ Director: Joe Johnston Year: 2011 As summer blockbuster's went, I wasn't that interested in watching this. Granted, I never read any of the comics growing up. ...
Everything Must Go
★★★ Director: Dan Rush Year: 2010 I don't ever remember hearing or seeing this at the theaters. But the premise is so simple, the set and location ...
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 ...
It’s Kind of a
★★★ Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Year: 2010 Thanks to Bryan for recommending this film. It's quirky and the trailer is absolutely beautiful. The story is okay, but ...
Thor
★★★ Director: Kenneth Branagh Year: 2011 This has got to be the biggest surprise hit of the year. Because the trailers looked so awful, but the film was ...
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. ...
