The Wrestler 4.3/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (413 votes) Amazon Drama Darren Aronofsky delivers yet another unforgettable allegory, starring Mickey Rourke as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, an aging professional wrestler long past his prime. He is … more
Nothing But the Truth -/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (1 vote) Amazon Drama / Mystery Free journalism versus government control is an issue that most of us feel strongly about, but it’s not often that we hear about people fighting … more
Ip Man 4.5/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (459 votes) Netflix Action / Drama It’s been acclaimed as one the best Kung Fu movies ever made. You are probably wondering why this contemporary movie made that short list when … more
Two Lovers -/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (4 votes) Amazon Drama / Romance This is the most practical romantic movie I have seen though many would disagree with its ending. It’s a triangular love story that trades cashable means of … more
Happy-Go-Lucky 3.5/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (6 votes) Amazon Comedy Happy-Go-Lucky is a Mike Leigh feel-good movie tells the story of Poppy, a North London teacher, whose story we follow through a number of different … more
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.2/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (74 votes) Amazon Family You’ve probably watched and heard about enough Holocaust films to expect a formula, but you might want to put all that aside going into The Boy … more
Departures (Okuribito) 4.6/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (168 votes) Netflix Drama Death is a weird and scary concept. Ironically, however, the only way movies have been successful in covering it was through humor (Sunshine Cleaning and … more
Sunshine Cleaning 4.2/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (191 votes) Amazon Comedy / Drama Sunshine Cleaning is a great addition to that unidentified genre of grown-up comedies populated by other great entries like Your Sister’s Sister and Enough Said. It is however, less … more
Keith 4.5/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (21 votes) Rent on iTunes Drama / Romance I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked this film. I’ll be honest and say I did not really expect much given that it … more
Let the Right One In 4.5/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (390 votes) Amazon Drama / Horror Somehow an art house film, horror, and romance all in one, Let the Right One In explores the boundaries of its genres with unprecedented finesse, … more
The Bank Job 3.7/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (25 votes) Amazon Drama / Mystery A thrilling and fun film about a British working class bunch who find themselves in confrontation with the rich and powerful. This happens when their … more
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 4.6/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (556 votes) Netflix Documentary / Drama You will not come out of this movie the same person you were going into it. Get ready to cry your eyes out, scream in … more
Trouble the Water 4/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (26 votes) Prime Documentary Nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature. On the day before Hurricane Katrina, a young aspiring rap singer in the 9th Ward turns her new video … more
ICYMI: In Bruges 4.5/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (1268 votes) Amazon Comedy In Bruges is a dark comedy about two Irish assassins in a ‘boring’ continental European city. The dark crimes that haunt them and their ineffably … more
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog 4.5/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (465 votes) Amazon Comedy / Sci-Fi & Fantasy A 42 minute musical super-villain tragicomedy blog. How much stranger can a movie’s description be? Dr. Horrible (Neil Patrick Harris) is an aspiring super-villain hoping … more
Food, Inc 4.2/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (244 votes) Netflix Documentary An equally interesting and terrifying must-watch documentary about the state of food in the United States, Food Inc is a sobering tour of where the … more
The Wackness 4.1/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (98 votes) Amazon Comedy / Drama A period comedy set in New York in the summer of 1994, the Wackness is a coming of age story about Luke Shapiro (Joshua Peck), … more
Man on Wire 4.2/5 (User rating. Click to vote) Rate film (252 votes) Prime Netflix Documentary Man on Wire is a true technical masterpiece. You can almost feel the director telling the cameraman what angle to choose, or thinking about the … more
