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  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

    Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004

    ★★★★ Added

    The greatest modern comedy. The writing is superb, the cast is stellar and the atmosphere is developed so well. You either buy in or you don't and this film is one I could watch anywhere, anytime. Simply brillant.

  • Young Adult Young Adult

    Young Adult 2011

    ★★½ Watched 24 Jun, 2012

    It was just as simple as I expected it to be based on the trailer. It has some interesting parts, but ultimately I guess I always expected just a little bit extra than what was in the trailer based on Juno, Up in the Air and Thank You for Smoking. Not Jason Reitman's finest work, but a watchable comedy.

  • Limitless Limitless

    Limitless 2011

    ★★ Added

    This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Into the Wild Into the Wild

    Into the Wild 2007

    ★ Added

    Self-indulgent crap.

    Ugh, my parents don't love eachother...I need to go find myself. Get fucked.

  • My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro

    My Neighbor Totoro 1993

    ★★★ Watched 28 Mar, 2013

    I know so many people who will hate me for this rating and review. I also know many who would agree...

    Poor man's Alice in Wonderland.

  • The Town The Town

    The Town 2010

    ★★ Added

    It's a heist film. They dress up in costumes. They have Boston accents.

    It's not clever. The characters are one-dimensional. You can see most of it coming. This is an average heist movie.

    The performances from Renner and Pete P. save this film...

  • The Town The Town

    The Town 2010

    ★★ Added

    It's a heist film. They dress up in costumes. They have Boston accents.

    It's not clever. The characters are one-dimensional. You can see most of it coming. This is an average heist movie.

  • Martha Marcy May Marlene Martha Marcy May Marlene

    Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011

    ★★★★ Watched 19 Nov, 2012

    A fantastic debut film, the psychology of the film is amazing - really puts the audience in the head of our protagonist. Is she crazy? Is the cult really that sociopathic? Are we crazy? Can we trust what we are seeing and what are protagonist is presenting to us? So many questions that are not meant to be answered, but are meant to be discussed. I welcome that discussion.

  • The Help The Help

    The Help 2011

    ★★★½ Watched 24 Feb, 2012

    The film does a good job of storytelling, backed up by very strong performances by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone. Personally, very impressed with the performance of Emma Stone, showing some range as not only a comedic actress but a serious dramatic actress as well.

    This film isn't about to win any technical awards as the cinematography etc was very standard, but from a pure storytelling point of view did a great job. I was impressed by the…

  • Tangled Tangled

    Tangled 2010

    ★★½ Added

    There seems to be a lot of love out there for this film but it is average. Singalongs and cliched fairytale stories I can do without. This lacks originality and the characters could be from any childs film in this subgenre.

  • Bernie Bernie

    Bernie 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 19 Jan, 2013

    Really interesting film - Jack Black is really, really good in this. Everyone is.

    The use of the real townsfolk in the film is very cool also. Another success from Richard Linklater.

  • The Simpsons Movie The Simpsons Movie

    The Simpsons Movie 2007

    ★★½ Added

    I wish this was made in the mid-90s...