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 ...

Mud

Mud

★★★★ Director: Jeff Nichols Year: 2012 If it wasn't for Dallas Buyer's Club, this is by far Matthew McConaughey's best performance. The film is beautifully paced and makes ...

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 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 ...

About Time

About Time

★★★★ Director: Richard Curtis Year: 2013 So I'm not a big RomCom fan, but somehow, anything having to do with time travel just kicks ass. And I really ...

Rush

Rush

★★★★★ Director: Ron Howard Year: 2013 I don't understand how this film DIDN'T get an Oscar nomination! I think it was brilliant. Not only in regards to film ...

Bus 44

Bus 44

★★★★★ Director: Dayyan Eng Year: 2001 I won't spoil the plot, just watch the film above. It's only 11 minutes and it was the first Chinese short film ...

Inside Llewyn Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis

★★★★ Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Year: 2013 This is such the non-Coen Brother's film. Granted, it has the same speed as their films but the limited subject ...

Blue Jasmine

Blue Jasmine

★★★★ Director: Woody Allen Year: 2013 I wasn't sure what to expect out of this, but wow, Cate Blanchett definitely deserves the Oscar. She's neurotic, but not in ...

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

★★★★★ Director: Paul Greengrass Year: 2013 I think I'm surprising myself by giving this film 5-stars. It's such a mainstream film. Even in the way the formulaic narrative ...

Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

★★★★ Director: John Lee Hancock Year: 2013 What's with me and Tom Hanks films? And what's with him with two films in release at the same time. This one ...

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 ...

Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

★★★★ Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Year: 2013 An incredible story that's unfamiliar to most people, including myself. It was amazing to see the AIDS epidemic shown in macho Texas ...

Her

Her

★★★★ Director: Spike Jonze Year: 2013 I really wanted to love this film. But it just wasn't there. It's still an amazingly smart film but I think I ...

Pruitt-Igoe Myth

Pruitt-Igoe Myth

★★★★ Director: Chad Freidrichs Year: 2011 Having gone to school, let alone architecture school, in St. Louis, I've always known about Pruitt-Igoe, the housing project that won a ...