Director: Steve McQueen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/
Review: Perfectly pitched and well paced with beautiful imagery and an exceptionally strong central performance.
Watch it if: You can handle some very harrowing scenes of cruelty.
And if you liked: There Will Be Blood, A Serious Man, Atonement, Cry Freedom
Check this out: Twelve Years a Slave
Sunday, January 19
Saturday, January 18
The Wolf of Wall Street
Director: Martin Scorsese
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
Review: An engaging, energetically performed and put together film that never drags despite being far too long.
Watch it if: You can handle a lot of drug use and nudity in a film.
And if you liked: The Departed, Spring Breakers, Wall Street
Check this out: Jordan Belfort
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
Review: An engaging, energetically performed and put together film that never drags despite being far too long.
Watch it if: You can handle a lot of drug use and nudity in a film.
And if you liked: The Departed, Spring Breakers, Wall Street
Check this out: Jordan Belfort
Nebraska
Director: Alexander Payne
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821549/
Review: A little too long but moves along nicely with plenty of humour and a lovely denouement.
Watch it if: You're ok with a slower moving film.
And if you liked: About Schmidt, The Straight Story, This Must Be the Place
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821549/
Review: A little too long but moves along nicely with plenty of humour and a lovely denouement.
Watch it if: You're ok with a slower moving film.
And if you liked: About Schmidt, The Straight Story, This Must Be the Place
Sunday, January 12
American Hustle
Director: David O. Russell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/
Review: Quite messy by design and suffering from a few odd choices but holds together fairly well largely due to its strong performing cast.
Watch it if: You can handle a film that takes a while and some meandering to get where it's going.
And if you liked: American Gangster, The Fighter, Mean Streets
Check this out: Abscam
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/
Review: Quite messy by design and suffering from a few odd choices but holds together fairly well largely due to its strong performing cast.
Watch it if: You can handle a film that takes a while and some meandering to get where it's going.
And if you liked: American Gangster, The Fighter, Mean Streets
Check this out: Abscam
Saturday, January 11
They Live
Director: John Carpenter
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
Review: Pretty solidly put together with a fun premise and great straight-forward action.
Watch it if: You enjoy a particular type of blunt 80s filmmaking.
And if you liked: A Scanner Darkly, Day of the Dead, The World's End, The Matrix
Check this out: Eight O'Clock in the Morning
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
Review: Pretty solidly put together with a fun premise and great straight-forward action.
Watch it if: You enjoy a particular type of blunt 80s filmmaking.
And if you liked: A Scanner Darkly, Day of the Dead, The World's End, The Matrix
Check this out: Eight O'Clock in the Morning
Tuesday, January 7
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Director: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/
Review: Filled with laughs and charm with some great timing and really funny voice performances.
Watch it if: You're ok with a large amount of silliness.
And if you liked: The Incredibles, 21 Jump Street, Monsters Inc.
Check this out: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844471/
Review: Filled with laughs and charm with some great timing and really funny voice performances.
Watch it if: You're ok with a large amount of silliness.
And if you liked: The Incredibles, 21 Jump Street, Monsters Inc.
Check this out: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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