Expendables, The

Expendables, The

★★★★ Director: Sylvester Stallone Year: 2010 Now this is one fun film. Not sure why it took so long to get these guys together, but Stallone did a ...

Eastbound & Down (Season 1)

Eastbound & Dow

★★★ Creators: Ben Best, Jody Hill, Danny McBride Year: 2009 So I've been told for over a year now by Barry to watch this show, but never got ...

Bangkok Dangerous

Bangkok Dangerous

★★ Director: Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang Year: 2008 What a disappointing film for the Pang Brothers. I was so looking forward to this film, only to realize ...

Oceans

Oceans

★★★★ Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud Year: 2009 This is simply a beautifully shot documentary. If you enjoyed Winged Migration, you'll love this. The only thing lacking is ...

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, ...

Grown Ups

Grown Ups

★ Director: Dennis Dugan Year: 2010 There is absolutely nothing redeeming about this film. It makes me question every comedian in this film as to what they think ...

Salt

Salt

★★★ Director: Phillip Noyce Year: 2010 So this did poorly in the theaters and with reviews. But I actually liked it.  Why? Because I saw it on a ...

Other Guys, The

Other Guys, The

★★★ Director: Adam McKay Year: 2010 There are some horrible films that try to recreate NYC, but it's painful to watch because some of the details are wrong. ...

Stone Reader, The

Stone Reader, The

★★★★★ Director: Mark Moskowitz Year: 2002 There are certain films that blow you away when you see them, both in story and style.  But this film was incredible ...

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

★★★★ Director: Clint Eastwood Year: 1992 So, I'm not a fan of Westerns, thus why I had been holding off watching this film.  But it was absolutely terrific.  ...

Art School Confidential

Art School Confident

★★ Director: Terry Zwigoff Year: 2006 I had huge expectations for a Daniel Clowes' film, but that got shot down. I could see his wry humor in the ...

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Superstar: The Life

★★★ Director: Chuck Workman Year: 1990 A quarter of the way through it, I realized I had seen this many years ago. It's a decent look into the ...

Scarface

Scarface

★★★★ Director: Brian De Palma Year: 1983 So after sitting through a really bad and worse than chick-flick, I needed some testosterone filled flick. So pulled a classic ...

Eat, Pray Love

Eat, Pray Love

★ Director: Ryan Murphy Year: 2010 Thanks to my Nestle clients, we were invited to a screening of the adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's brilliant novel. Unfortunately, this was ...

Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass

★★★★ Director: Matthew Vaughn Year: 2010 I didn't know what to expect, but Wow!  What a fun movie. It's such as a simple film with high-school humor that ...

The Runaways

The Runaways

★★★★ Director: Floria Sigismondi Year: 2010 I didn't know what to expect other than it's the Joan Jett story. Boy, was I wrong.  It's actually the story of ...

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 ...