Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone

★★★★ Creator: Debra Granik Year: 2010 Now this is a heavy film. It's slow, plays up some stereotypes of why I wouldn't want to drive through some parts ...

Ghost Writer, The

Ghost Writer, The

★★★★ Creator: Roman Polanski Year: 2010 This was a sleeper film for 2010. I had never heard of it until I read some articles on the best films ...

Town, The

Town, The

★★★★ Creator: Ben Affleck Year: 2010 I have a completely different perception of Ben Affleck now. The guy knows how to direct and act in a film. This ...

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street: Money N

★★ Creator: Oliver Stone Year: 2010 I was so looking forward to this film. I'm like the scene from the Boiler Room where they can recite every line ...

Boardwalk Empire (Season 1)

Boardwalk Empire (Se

★★★★★ Creator: Terence Winter Year: 2010 To call this the best new show on TV is an understatement. It received a lot of hype with Martin Scorsese directing ...

Please Give

Please Give

★★★ Director: Nicole Holofcener Year: 2010 So, I hadn't heard much about this film until the end of year pub's started making their top films list and this ...

Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The

Diving Bell and the

★★★★★ Director: Julian Schnabel Year: 2007 Wow, this has been on my list for a number of years now and I just never could find the time to ...

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Rig

★★★ Director: Lisa Cholodenko Year: 2010 I was expecting so much after reading such positive reviews. The first half of the film was terrific but there's a plot ...

Fair Game

Fair Game

★★★ Director: Doug Liman Year: 2010 Doug Liman always surprises me.  Here's a guy who did films like Swingers, Go, The Bourne Identity and The O.C..  All his ...

The Social Network

The Social Network

★★★ Director: David Fincher Year: 2010 Some of you may wonder why I'm only giving this film 3-stars when on Rotten Tomatoes, this thing scored a 97/100 which ...

Solitary Man

Solitary Man

★★★★ Director: Brian Koppelman, David Levien Year: 2009 Michael Douglas is incredible in this role. I didn't know anything about this film but I quickly realized he plays ...

Zodiac

Zodiac

★★★ Director: David Fincher Year: 2007 This being a David Fincher film, I knew it would rock. But it's definitely more so in the true-story which is pretty ...

Sweet Smell of Success

Sweet Smell of Succe

★★★ Director: Alexander Mackendrick Year: 1957 It's ironic that I saw this two days before Tony Curtis's death. But what started as curiosity of this film's J.J. Hunsecker ...

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

★★★★★ Director: Mark Romanek Year: 2010 Originally, I had given this film 4-stars. But the more I think about it, it just gets better and better. Not only ...

Wonder Boys

Wonder Boys

★★ Director: Curtis Hanson Year: 2000 I never got around to watching this adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel. And there's something humorous now seeing both Spiderman and Iron ...

Thomas Crown Affair, The

Thomas Crown Affair,

★★★ Director: Norman Jewison Year: 1968 So I'm a huge fan of the Pierce Brosnan remake, so I thought I should watch the original. Unfortunately, Steve McQueen's character ...

Single Man, A

Single Man, A

★★★★★ Director: Tom Ford Year: 2009 To state that this film is visually beautiful is an understatement. Every little detail, every little prop on the desks, their movements, ...

Pride and Glory

Pride and Glory

★★ Director: Gavin O'Connor Year: 2008 I really wanted to like this film, especially based upon the trailers when it first came out. The problem is, the plot ...