Claire Danes’ performances as Temple Grandin in this biopic is a stunner.
Peter Jackson's “THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES”
Peter Jackson and crew should be proud of what they and WETA have created.
Stuart Beattie’s “I, FRANKENSTEIN”
If you want to put your mind in “park” for 90 minutes this is the film for you!
Wes Anderson's THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Highly entertaining, consistently funny, and quite charming overall with a healthy dose of craziness.
Paul Thomas Anderson's THE MASTER
The bond between the two characters is never clearly understood. Master and pupil (as the title implies)? Or two dissimilar peas in a pod, one reflecting the other?
Dustin Hoffman's QUARTET
It’s a feel-good movie beautifully produced with a heart and a conscience.
Steven Knight's REDEMPTION
This is not your typical Stathan action movie. I enjoyed it along with the excellent direction and beautiful nighttime photography. The thick English accents are a bit tough to follow at times but if you just follow the movement and the eyes you’ll be fine.
Roger Michell's HYDE PARK ON THE HUDSON
Does FDR come through as a major cad in how he relates to women? Absolutely. But also portrayed is how the women respond and adjust while still managing to pull strings. It’s a fascinating view of a time and place and reminds us that these gods of our history were human too.
Christopher Nolan's INTERSTELLAR
The only other movie within recent memory that packed a similar emotional wallop for me was TREE OF LIFE
Romanovskiy Mikhail's LONELY SOULS OF MICROBES
My favorite line of dialog: “She devours them like plums.”
Ilango Ramanathan's MOUNA VIZHITHTHULIGAL
This is as stunning and heartfelt a condemnation of war as I have ever seen.
Gareth Edwards' “GODZILLA”
Godzilla is much more “serious” and “realistic.” Death and destruction are much more immediate and visceral and less “cartoony.” You really sense that you are witnessing to something awful happening that humans just can’t deal with.
Toa Fraser's DEAN SPANLEY
When all is said and done, though, this is Peter O’Toole’s movie. The sensitivity of his performance is amazing to watch. We are fortunate to have a record of such performances
Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, & Lana Wachowski's CLOUD ATLAS
What a gorgeous movie to look at this is! Plus, the intertwining stories and jumps in time provide amazing and often confusing food for thought.
Akiva Goldsman's WINTER'S TALE
I’m a sucker for well done but romantic time travel films. This one compares favorably to the romantic classic Somewhere In Time.
Yasuomi Umetsu’s KITE
Kite from 1998 has an infamous reputation.
Francis Ford Coppola's "TWIXT"
I started out this film not realizing Francis Ford Coppola made it just a few years ago.
Ari Folman's THE CONGRESS
Ari Folman’s THE CONGRESS is a feast for the eye and the imagination. On it I hereby bestow my coveted ONE OF A KIND tag though I must admit that some of the other films in that category seem now to pale in comparison with Folman’s masterpiece.
Sandra Nettelbeck's LAST LOVE
What an engaging movie this is. Slow, deliberate, and ultimately, complex.