War Horse

War Horse

★★★ Director: Steven Spielberg Year: 2011 I'm going to call this film for what it is: the Forrest Gump of horses! I'm not sure what the discussion ...

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead

Before the Devil Kno

★★ Director: Sidney Lumet Year: 2007 Another film that's been in my queue forever. I didn't know anything about it because the great cast. Unfortunately, the characters ...

Eros

Eros

★ Director: Michelangelo Antonioni, Steven Soderbergh, and Kar Wai Wong Year: 2004 I never thought I'd ever give a Wong Kar-Wai film only 1-star, but ...

Sabrina

Sabrina

★★★★ Director: Billy Wilder Year: 1954 A Billy Wilder film always has such great dialogue. My dream is to develop a modern film but with all of ...

The Bucket List

The Bucket List

★★ Director: Rob Reiner Year: 2007 So this is one of those films, just like The Shawshank Redemption, that's played on TNT/TBS all of the time but ...

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

★★★ Director: George Cukor Year: 1964 Everybody knows how much I LOVE Audrey Hepburn. And I'm surprised I never seen this. Granted, I've had it forever, but ...

Three Days of the Condor

Three Days of the Co

★★★ Director: Sydney Pollack Year: 1975 This was on TV and I had never seen it. It's such a simple storyline line. Or rather, that's how it ...

Battle of Algiers

Battle of Algiers

★★★★★ Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Year: 1966 This is one of the greatest films of all time! Absolutely amazing. Granted, I think you need to be in ...

The Ides of March

The Ides of March

★★★★ Director: George Clooney Year: 2011 This is a terrific film and I get why they released it when they did, just to get on the awards ...

The Help

The Help

★★★★ Director: Tate Taylor Year: 2011 It absolutely blows my mind that the subject and thoughts expressed in this film were actually the norm less than ...

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisb

★★★ Director: Jacques Becker Year: 1954 So I had to see this based upon Godard's comments on Rififi, that this was a much better film than that. ...

Contagion

Contagion

★★ Director: Steven Soderbergh Year: 2011 The trailer for this was so well done that it made me want to watch it. Unfortunately, the trailer was probably ...

Rififi

Rififi

★★★★★ Director: Jules Dassin Year: 1955 This has been a recommended film to me for almost three years but I never got around to view it. Not ...

Margin Call

Margin Call

★★★★ Director: J.C. Chandor Year: 2011 I didn't know anything about this film other than the amazing cast. And I gotta say, I really enjoyed it. First, ...

Hugo

Hugo

★★★★★ Director: Martin Scorsese Year: 2011 Hugo is such a surprise hit. The trailers looked so awful I had no intention of seeing it, but the positive ...

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Stre

★★ Director: George Seaton Year: 1947 I'm surprised I had never seen this Xmas classic. But all I could think about was, was this the turning point ...

Devil’s Double

Devil’s Double

★★★ Director: Lee Tamahori Year: 2011 Dominic Cooper deserves a best actor nomination for his performance in this grisly film. I think the fact that this is ...

The Artist

The Artist

★★★★★ Director: Michel Hazanavicius Year: 2011 This is the BEST film of the year. Period. Absolutely amazing, original and enjoyable. Everyone must watch this. Now, I'm a huge fan ...