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 ...
The Iron Giant
★★★★★ Director: Brad Bird Year: 1999 Finally able to share this film with the kids. This must have been the 4th time I've seen it and it ages ...
Sherlock Holmes: A G
★★ Director: Guy Ritchie Year: 2011 I thought the first version of the film was incredibly original with its cinematography and especially it's end credits. But as a ...
A Night to Remember
★★★★ Director: Roy Ward Baker Year: 1958 James Cameron got a ton of source material for his version of Titanic from this film. It's absolutely stunning to see ...
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 ...
21 Jump Street
★★ Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller Year: 2012 Yes, I watched this. So what? I loved the TV show and grew up with it. It obviously helped that ...
The Return of the Je
★★★ Director: Richard Marquand Year: 1983 Called the weakest of the original trilogy. But it was one of the first memorable films I had seen at the cinemas ...
Brave
★★★ Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Year: 2012 This is one of the few Pixar films that I've wanted to see and then was disappointed by. It ...
The Empire Strikes B
★★★★★ Director: Irvin Kershner Year: 1980 And continuing kid's movie night, the second in the classic. And still the best of entire series and possibly one of the ...
Star Wars: A New Hop
★★★★★ Director: George Lucas Year: 1977 My kids are at the age where they can now watch and enjoy Star Wars. So to start them off, against ...
The Avengers
★★★ Director: Joss Whedon Year: 2012 Like everyone, I was so psyched to watch this. But it's a mess of a film for the first half. Granted, I ...
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, ...
G-Force
★★ Director: Hoyt Yeatman Year: 2009 Oh yeah, I saw this with the kids. It's basically Jerry Bruckheimer for kids. This is the film he made for ...
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 ...
The Hunger Games
★★★ Director: Gary Ross Year: 2012 It's difficult to call this a rip-off of Battle Royale, since it's based upon a successful book trilogy, but it's definitely ...
The Adventures of Ti
★★★ Director: Steven Spielberg Year: 2011 Visually, this film is unique and the camera movements and tracking are incredible. There's a gorgeous sequence where Tin Tin ...
Tower Heist
★★ Director: Brett Ratner Year: 2011 I was in the mood for a really stupid, mainstream film. And this definitely fits the bill. Ben Stiller was pretty ...
