Filmage
★★★★ Director: Deedle Lacour, Matt Riggle Year: 2013 I absolutely love the Descendents. And I knew the relationship with All but never knew the full story. And it's great hearing ...
Million Dollar Arm
★★★ Director: Craig Gillespie Year: 2014 I'm a sucker for sports films. They're quite entertaining especially when it's from a time when I was a huge fan. And this story ...
Burt’s Buzz
★★★ Director: Jody Shapiro Year: 2013 This was on sale on iTunes so I figured, why not. Didn't really know much about Burt's Bees. I don't even use ...
Life Itself
★★★★★ Director: Steve James Year: 2014 I think we all take for granted the impact and role models that Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel had in film making, ...
Finding Vivian Maier
★★★★★ Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel Year: 2013 What an absolutely amazing story. The documentarian finds all of these amazing negatives at a storage locker auction. Posts it to ...
Senna
★★★★ Director: Asif Kapadia Year: 2010 Been wanting to watch this forever but never had the time on Netflix, etc. But I'm glad I did. Not only is ...
Lone Survivor
★★★★★ Director: Peter Berg Year: 2013 I remember seeing endless trailors and behind the scenes interviews about this film and had no desire to watch it. But I ...
The Monuments Men
★★ Director: George Clooney Year: 2014 This film was inspired by the documentary The Rape of Europa, which was 20x better, as they always are. Anyway, it's entertaining but ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Wolf of Wall Str
★★★ Director: Martin Scorsese Year: 2013 Yet another film I had high hopes for. Not only do I love Scorsese films but I love films about New York ...
My Week with Marilyn
★★★ Director: Simon Curtis Year: 2011 This has been on my to watch list forever. The best thing this film did was demonstrate just how much of an ...
The Grandmaster
★★★ Director: Wong Kar Wai Year: 2013 As most people know, Wong Kar Wai is one of my favorite directors. So why is it I prefer all ...
12 Years a Slave
★★★★ Director: Steve McQueen Year: 2013 This is one of the most original stories I had read/scene and it's even more surprising (although not so much) that it's ...
