Good friends whose opinions I respect highly have told me for the last 10+ years that I must make Grave of the Fireflies a priority on the immediate watchlist. Those who know me well understand how difficult it can be to convince me to gather enough anticipation to seek out an animated film, because I just have never connected to that style as much as others. I'm not saying that I haven't absolutely loved certain animated movies...because I definitely have...it's…

In 2012 I came to the realization that I didn't dislike Josh Radnor as much as I previously assumed I did. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I adored his sophomore writing & directing effort, Liberal Arts, so much that I completed a 180 degree turn on my thoughts toward him. I initially wrote him off as one-dimensional, wooden, and lifeless actor based solely on seeing him in a few episodes of How I Met Your Mother, a show which…

No film this year took me by bigger surprise than Silver Linings Playbook, a dazzling romantic comedy featuring the type of dysfunctional people that reside in David O. Russell's wheelhouse as a filmmaker. Not since Three Kings and Flirting With Disaster has he been so in tune with his strengths, and it resulted in what might be his crowning achievement.

As much as both The Fighter and I Heart Huckabees are enormously appreciated by most people, I found each of…

I saw this on opening night, but I've waited two days to write down some of my thoughts on it and it already feels like I'm late to the party. There have been countless reviews logged in on here as of late, so I feel compelled to keep this semi-short and ultra-sweet, because its outrageous brilliance is no longer a mystery.

We knew it would only be a matter of time before Tarantino would create an epic spaghetti western, and…