Jackie Brown
★★★ Director: Quentin Tarantino Year: 1997 Here's a film that gets better with age. I know that I had seen this way back when it came out but ...
My Week with Marilyn
★★★ Director: Simon Curtis Year: 2011 This has been on my to watch list forever. The best thing this film did was demonstrate just how much of an ...
The Parallax View
★★★ Director: Alan J. Pakula Year: 1974 As I continue catching up to old 70's classics, I found this one. The only one of the Pakula trilogies not ...
Barbara
★★★ Director: Christian Petzold Year: 2012 A German film set in East Germany in 1980. It was enjoyable, a bit mainstream as international films go. Not much tension, ...
We’re the Mill
★★★ Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Year: 2013 I'm starting to have some respect for Jason Sudeikis. The guy is funny. More so now than when he was on ...
The Grandmaster
★★★ Director: Wong Kar Wai Year: 2013 As most people know, Wong Kar Wai is one of my favorite directors. So why is it I prefer all ...
Ip Man: The Final Fi
★★★ Director: Herman Yau Year: 2013 I loved the original Ip Man series (Ip Man, Ip Man 2) much better than the other Herman Yau film, Ip Man ...
This is the End
★★★ Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Year: 2013 This is one of those stupid movies I will end up watching every time it's on rotation on TBS or ...
Arthur Newman
★★★ Director: Dante Ariola Year: 2012 I really love Colin Firth and Emily Blunt as actors. They're both incredible. And yet this film made me want more. It ...
Monsters University
★★★ Director: Dan Scanlon Year: 2013 Since this is set during college times, I'm sure some of it is difficult for kids to understand. But the characters are ...
Iron Man 3
★★★ Director: Shane Black Year: 2013 Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed this. As summer blockbusters go, this definitely had it all. And much better than Iron Man 2. As ...
The Adventures of Ro
★★★ Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Year: 1938 Watching this film right after a serious financial documentary sure shows how eclectic my tastes are. That's what happens when ...
Park Avenue –
★★★ Director: Alex Gibney Year: 2013 First off, you can watch the entire documentary above. It's an interesting take on all of the documentaries out about the financial ...
The Great Gatsby
★★★ Director: Baz Luhrmann Year: 2013 I had read all of the bad reviews and expected a horrible film. But it's not that bad. Partially, because the book ...
Bronson
★★★ Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Year: 2008 This film was not what I expected. I'd say the first 2 minutes of it was my expectation. And then it ...
Elysium
★★★ Director: Neill Blomkamp Year: 2013 I was a little torn whether this was a 3-star or 4-star film. But thinking about Matt Damon's performance, I forgot at ...
A Monster in Paris
★★★ Director: Bibo Bergeron Year: 2011 What an absolutely strange film. It mashes up The Fly and The Phantom of the Opera together in an animated kids film. ...
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★★★ Director: Brian Helgeland Year: 2013 I love baseball. I love baseball movies. The tradition, history and stats are ingrained in me. And Jackie Robinson, his story and ...
