Coriolanus

Ralph Fiennes missed the mark with this - by making it so modern he renders it incomprehensible & obsolete. 2.5/5

Coriolanus on Netflix

Sarah's Key

What an amazing story told so exquisitely! Kristin Scott Thomas is wonderful in this very powerful & dark tale. 4/5

Sarah's Key on Netflix

On The Town

I'm sorry, but this classic musical didn't do much for me - I think Fred Astaire ruined Gene Kelly for me. 2.5/5

On The Town on Netflix

The Way

A bit more sentimental than most of Estevez's recent work, but the cast, especially Sheen & Nesbitt, were lovely. 3.5/5

The Way on Netflix

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

This is a devastatingly powerful film with a brilliant performance by Thomas Horn. Wow. 4.5/5


Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close on Netflix

Morning Glory

I don't know, I don't think I get the appeal of Hepburn. This was just fine, but Best Actress? Not to my mind. 3/5


Morning Glory on Netflix

Flypaper

This patently ridiculous comedic heist film is only watchable because of the decent acting. The plot, not so much. 2/5

Flypaper on Netflix

We Bought a Zoo

What's happened to Cameron Crowe? This, like "Elizabethtown", is painfully average with very good acting. Meh. 3/5


We Bought a Zoo on Netflix

The Third Man

Simply brilliant - this is noir at its best. The direction was wonderful & Welles & Cotten are fabulous. 4.5/5

The Third Man on Netflix

Shame

For the 1st half I kept wondering why I was watching. For the 2nd I couldn't take my eyes off it. Mulligan was amazing. 3.5/5

Shame on Netflix

War Dance

What a beautiful, inspirational & uplifting movie that still doesn't shy away from the horrors on war in Uganda. 4/5

War Dance on Netflix

The Vow

This tender romance didn't set off any of my people-behaving-badly bells - it was sweet, charming & well acted. 3.5/5

The Vow on Netflix

Albert Nobbs

Close & Waisikowska are just spectacular in this drama, but the plot was loosely threaded a bit often for me. 3.5/5

Albert Nobbs on Netflix

Baghead

This movie wasn't even remotely the film I was expecting. I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Interesting though. 3/5

Baghead on Netflix

Suspicion

A classic Hitchcock thriller - I liked it better than "Rebecca" at times although Fontaine's Lena was a bit baffling 4/5

Suspicion on Netflix

I Am Legend

Smith was excellent but the writer/director kept getting in of his way. Not bad, alternate ending was FAR better 3.5/5


I Am Legend on Netflix

Into the Abyss

This Herzog documentary wavered between emotionally gut-wrenching & overly preachy. I miss his even-handedness. 3.5/5

Into the Abyss on Netflix

Babylon A.D.

Wow, this was pretty colossally awful in pretty much every way imaginable except for the fact that it was pretty. 2/5

Babylon A.D. on Netflix

Bringing Up Baby

I'm sorry AFI but I truly disliked the rampaging lunacy of this classic screwball comedy. Not for me, thanks. 2/5


Bringing Up Baby on Netflix

W.E.

The acting was great, especially Cornish, but Madonna couldn't get out of her own way to allow this film to develop. Meh. 3/5

W.E. on Netflix

Twist

An absolutely inspired & incredibly dark retelling of Oliver Twist - Dickens couldn't help but approve. The decision to never show Bill on screen was just marvelous and both Stahl & Close were amazing. Brilliant. 4.5/5

Twist on Netflix

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter

This Errol Morris documentary is both riveting & profoundly affecting in its portrayal of Fred Leuchter. Haunting. 4/5


Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter on Netflix

Ugetsu

This Japanese classic is strangely beautiful & oddly hypnotic. I wish I understood more about the period 3.5/5

Ugetsu on Netflix

Angels Crest

The characters are underdeveloped & the plot littered with gaping holes in this could-have-been-great drama. 2.5/5

Angels Crest on Netflix

J. Edgar

I actually found this "bio pic" of Hoover & DiCaprio's acting in it quite solid & interesting throughout. 3.5/5


J. Edgar on Netflix