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