In Secret

This is a dark, depressing, tragic drama, there's no doubt about that. The innate misery of the plot seems to have turned off most reviewers, but I appreciated the tragedy of this film. Isaac, Olsen, Lange, and Felton all did magnificent jobs in the lead roles - you could almost feel their collective pain melting off the screen. I have always loved Olsen, but I'm a new fan of Isaac, who was a marvel in this. i really enjoyed this film, pay no attention to the naysayers. 4/5

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Mojave

The weight of this movie and whether it succeeds or fails rest entirely on the two lead actors, Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac. If these two fell down on the job, this movie would have been an utter disaster, but it surely was not. Hedlund is smoldering and unerringly fallible as Tom. However, the revelation for me was Isaac as the drifter. He was simply astounding in this. He delivered his dialogue as poetry, and he burned so brightly in his intensity that I couldn't look away. It was an amazing performance that totally sold the film. This is a solid piece of work by two actors in their prime - I recommend this one.  4/5

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Ex Machina

This sci-fi film is certainly intriguing & makes a poignant statement on the nature of god & man. Interesting. 4/5

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Inside Llewyn Davis

It's a pretty film with good music & JT was great but this was a non-event for me - it never went anywhere. 3/5

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