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, ...

Bus 174

Bus 174

★★★ Creator: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda Year: 2002 This documentary is shot and edited so well that it feels like you were actually in Rio when the people ...

GasLand

GasLand

★★★ Creator: Josh Fox Year: 2010 This film is nominated for best documentary in this year's Oscars. The story itself is absolutely fascinating as it's something I wasn't ...

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dr

★★★ Creator: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders Year: 2010 I'm not sure how this got nomiated for Best Animated Film while Despicable Me wasn't. Sure, it's a good film, ...

Casino Jack

Casino Jack

★★★ Creator: George Hickenlooper Year: 2010 The best part of this film is that Jack Abramoff comes across as a likable guy. Someone you can go hang and ...

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 ...

Black Swan

Black Swan

★★★ Creator: Darren Aronofsky Year: 2010 I had expected the ballet version of The Wrestler. But it wasn't meant to be. This is quite psycho in it's approach, ...

Tron Legacy

Tron Legacy

★★★ Creator: Joseph Kosinski Year: 2010 So I saw this film on opening night, not really haven seen the original Tron (or rather not remembering if I had ...

Please Give

Please Give

★★★ Director: Nicole Holofcener Year: 2010 So, I hadn't heard much about this film until the end of year pub's started making their top films list and this ...

A-Team, The

A-Team, The

★★★ Director: Joe Carnahan Year: 2010 At first, I just wasn't sure how one of my favorite TV shows would translate to the big screen.  Not to mention, ...

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Rig

★★★ Director: Lisa Cholodenko Year: 2010 I was expecting so much after reading such positive reviews. The first half of the film was terrific but there's a plot ...

Fair Game

Fair Game

★★★ Director: Doug Liman Year: 2010 Doug Liman always surprises me.  Here's a guy who did films like Swingers, Go, The Bourne Identity and The O.C..  All his ...

The Legend is Born: Ip Man

The Legend is Born:

★★★ Director: Herman Yau Year: 2010 Here's the last of the trilogy, although I'm not sure if you could really call it a trilogy since this film looks ...

North Face (Nordwand)

North Face (Nordwand

★★★ Director: Philipp Stölzl Year: 2008 This was a film recommendation from Jan. And I've had the most difficult time trying to watch it since I could only ...

Ip Man 2

Ip Man 2

★★★ Director: Wilson Yip Year: 2010 So, I was all excited about this sequel. There's some incredible fight sequences, but the film just spent too much time on ...

The Social Network

The Social Network

★★★ Director: David Fincher Year: 2010 Some of you may wonder why I'm only giving this film 3-stars when on Rotten Tomatoes, this thing scored a 97/100 which ...

Zodiac

Zodiac

★★★ Director: David Fincher Year: 2007 This being a David Fincher film, I knew it would rock. But it's definitely more so in the true-story which is pretty ...

Get Him to the Greek

Get Him to the Greek

★★★ Director: Nicholas Stoller Year: 2010 I didn't care to see this film until someone mentioned it and I realized, it's actually the perfect airplane film.  It's comedic, ...