Lucky Number Slevin

Lucky Number Slevin

★★★★★ Director:  Paul McGuigan Year: 2006 So I watched this again because I loved it the first time. Now, I realize just what a brilliant and under-rated film this ...

Blow Up

Blow Up

★★★★★ Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Year: 1966 Not sure why it took me so long to watch this film. I've always wanted to. Absolutely loved the formalities of old films especially ...

Gone Girl

Gone Girl

★★★ Director: David Fincher Year: 2014 > More Info

Death of a President

Death of a President

★★★★★ Director: Gabriel Range Year: 2006 First, let me say this isn't my typical 5-star film. I think the last quarter of the film got a little messy. But the ...

Transcendence

Transcendence

★★ Director: Wally Pfister Year: 2014 I'm not sure if this could have been any better. It was a good premise, but then it just go really ridiculous. Maybe it ...

Finding Vivian Maier

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 ...

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Re

★★ Director:  Kenneth Branagh Year: 2014 There was nothing to watch on the plane except this one that felt like a half-way decent action film. Boy, was I ...

Buried

Buried

★★★ Director: Rodrigo Cortés Year: 2010 How did I never hear of this film? Not only because it's Ryan Reynolds' best film, which is quite easy to do. But because ...

Exam

Exam

★★★★ Director: Stuart Hazeldine Year: 2009 Pretentious, yes. But I'm loving these single location films. Ever since I realized it was a theme, they're quite tedious for the ...

The Immigrant

The Immigrant

★★★ Director: James Gray Year: 2013 I'm a sucker for any New York film, especially one about the turn of the century. First, Marion Cotillard is amazing. Wow. I'm just ...

Non-Stop

Non-Stop

★★ Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Year: 2014 So this is Taken meets FlightPlan, or what I imagine since I never saw that. It tries a bit hard and at ...

True Detective

True Detective

★★★ Creator: Nic Pizzolatto Year: 2013 Really well done. A bit too slow at times but it works with the narrative. > More Info

The Game

The Game

★★★★ Director: David Fincher Year: 1997 I've been wanting to watch this for so long that I had forgotten. Ever since it came out with one of the ...

The Shining

The Shining

★★★★ Director: Stanley Kubrick Year: 1980 It's taken all of these years for me to finally see this masterpiece. Everyone is surprised I had never seen it. But ...

Oblivion

Oblivion

★★ Director: Joseph Kosinski Year: 2013 The best looking spaceships of any film I've seen. They're space age praying mantis's which are very cool. Also, it's nice to ...

Now You See Me

Now You See Me

★★ Director: Louis Leterrier Year: 2013 The film is sloppy. I love films about magic and this had such huge promise but it fell way too short. What's ...

The Prestige

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 ...

Atlas Shrugged Part 2: The Strike

Atlas Shrugged Part

★★ Director: John Putch Year: 2012 So I loved this book back in college, like most people. And was looking forward to the films. Was shocked that they ...