The Prestige
★★★★ Director: Christopher Nolan Year: 2006 I'm not sure how I missed this film. I love Christopher Nolan films and this was after Memento. Absolutely phenomenal. Hugh Jackman ...
The Man Who Knew Too
★★★ Director: Alfred Hitchcock Year: 1934 I actually thought I would be watching the 1956 version of the film. Crazy that Hitchcock remade his own film. Anyway, assuming ...
The French Connectio
★★★★ Director: William Friedkin Year: 1971 I had never seen this classic. Only afterwards did I realize just how many awards this film won. As always, it's a ...
Lockout
★ Director: James Mather, Stephen St. Leger Year: 2012 Could go down as one of the worst. films. ever. made. Piece of crap. The only reason I saw ...
Chronicle
★★ Director: Josh Trank Year: 2012 The premise is interesting, a bit like a back story to a super hero comic. But only if it followed that path. ...
We Own the Night
★★★★ Director: James Gray Year: 2007 Been holding off watching this one. Yes, yet another NYC film about the crazy, drug influenced club scenes of the 80s. But ...
The Brave One
★★★ Director: Neil Jordan Year: 2007 It goes without saying that I'm a huge Jodie Foster fan. She's just a very determined actor and think she's in her ...
In Time
★★★ Director: Andrew Niccol Year: 2011 This is a film that pisses you off. Only because it's such a brilliant premise, it's gorgeously shot and yet the editing, ...
Pickup on South Stre
★★★ Director: Samuel Fuller Year: 1953 I was in the mood for a noir film. But this one played out differently. I'm surprised this got a Criterion treatment ...
The Girl Who Kicked
★★★ Director: Daniel Alfredson Year: 2009 So I finally got around to watching the finale of the Millennium series. Well, it's not as good as the others. I ...
Mission Impossible 4
★★ Director: Brad Bird Year: 2011 I'm a huge Brad Bird fan. And a JJ Abrams fan. So why was it I didn't like this film at ...
Tinker Tailor Soldie
★★★★ Director: Tomas Alfredson Year: 2011 I had to watch the first 30 minutes of this film twice in order to understand what was happening. This is ...
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 ...
Taken
★★★★ Director: Pierre Morel Year: 2008 This was the third time I've seen this film. It was on TV and my wife commented she had never seen ...
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 ...
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, ...
