Cop Out

Cop Out

★ Director: Kevin Smith Year: 2010 Wow, was this film bad. I figured I wanted to watch a really bad film on the plane. Didn't expect it to ...

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 ...

20 Feet from Stardom

20 Feet from Stardom

★★★★★ Director: Morgan Neville Year: 2013 It's easy to see why this film won Best Documentary. It has a great premise, famous stars, great music and a feel ...

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 Expendables 2

The Expendables 2

★★ Director: Simon West Year: 2012 It's amazing how formulaic all action films used to be. And with them getting intellectual, it's nice to grasp onto my childhood ...

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 ...

Cutie and the Boxer

Cutie and the Boxer

★★★★★ Director: Zachary Heinzerling Year: 2013 It's easy to understand why this film won at Sundance and just how incredible the story and editing of the film is. ...

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 ...

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

★★★★ Director: Robert Stevenson Year: 1964 After watching Saving Mr. Banks, I had to finally watch Mary Poppins. Never have my entire life. And you know what, the ...

The Act of Killing

The Act of Killing

★★★★★ Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Year: 2012 Everyone knows how much I love documentaries and well, not only is this the best documentary of the year but it's one ...

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 ...

Ender’s Game

Ender’s Game

★★ Director: Gavin Hood Year: 2013 I never read the book (nor would I want to). The film started out decent, almost reminded me of what I liked ...

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 ...