The Immigrant

The Immigrant

★★★ Director: James Gray Year: 2013 I'm a sucker for any New York film, especially one about the turn of the century. First, Marion Cotillard is amazing. Wow. I'm just ...

Top Hat

Top Hat

★★★ Director: Mark Sandrich Year: 1935 I really like musicals. It's one of those little things that make me smile. Just the innocence, dated nature of old Hollywood coming ...

The Amazing Spider Man

The Amazing Spider M

★★★ Director: Marc Webb Year: 2012 Do we really need more reboots? If this Spider Man is a good example, then yes. But only to be premiered on ...

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic wit

★★★ Director: Wes Anderson Year: 2004 I love Wes Anderson but this is one of his films I've never been able to get through. So I tried it ...

Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarette

★★★ Director: Jim Jarmusch Year: 2003 I had always wanted to watch this film, mostly for the variety of characters as well as I like Jim Jarmusch. But ...

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Hunger Games: Catchi

★★★ Director: Francis Lawrence Year: 2013 I enjoyed Hunger Games and thought the series would be a fun continuation. But the fact that they broke this up into ...

True Detective

True Detective

★★★ Creator: Nic Pizzolatto Year: 2013 Really well done. A bit too slow at times but it works with the narrative. > More Info

The Darjeerling Limited

The Darjeerling Limi

★★★ Director: Wes Anderson Year: 2007 I absolutely love Wes Anderson films and yet, this is one of his films I just never wanted to watch. It just ...

The Rape of Europa

The Rape of Europa

★★★ Director: Richard Berge, Bonni Cohen, Nicole Newnham Year: 2006 The documentary that inspired The Monuments Men. I didn't see that film, but this told an amazing ...

The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now

★★★ Director: James Ponsoldt Year: 2013 This is a very ballsy film. I suppose it represents where our youth is now. It's definitely not a John Hughes film ...

All is Lost

All is Lost

★★★ Director: J.C. Chandor Year: 2013 I'll admit it that this was a film I had no intention of watching. The trailer made it look like Cast Away ...

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of W

★★★ Director: Ben Stiller Year: 2013 I really wanted to like this movie. It's visually gorgeous. Stuart Dryburgh did an amazing job. And the fact that this is ...

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Str

★★★ Director: Martin Scorsese Year: 2013 Yet another film I had high hopes for. Not only do I love Scorsese films but I love films about New York ...

Fantasia

Fantasia

★★★ Director: Norman Ferguson Year: 1940 Amazingly had never seen this. But I do remember it from college when people mentioned that you had to see this high, ...

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me

Big Star: Nothing Ca

★★★ Director: Drew DeNicola, Olivia Mori Year: 2012 I first discovered Big Star when I was in college listening to This Mortal Coil. Listening to Alex Chilton on ...

American Hustle

American Hustle

★★★ Director: David O. Russell Year: 2013 I really wanted to like this film because the storyline is brilliant. However, as with great promising films, I only saw ...

Frozen

Frozen

★★★ Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee Year: 2013 Another film that had such great promise and yet fell short. If they would have only cast Broadway singers/performers rather ...

The World’s End

The World’s En

★★★ Director: Edgar Wright Year: 2013 Sometimes you just need to watch a Simon Pegg film to unwind. They're stupid but hey, you don't watch them for brilliance. ...