"Primer was supposed to be like Upstream Color, but the studio made me dumb it down and add a plot" - Made up quote from Shane Carruth

Upstream Color is a difficult movie. It's main goal is to be confusing, and that is my central issue with the film. It is unnecessarily obtuse, and it feels like a gimmick. I get that some people enjoy that, the act of dissecting and trying to figure it out, but for me it…

Wow.

5 Broken Cameras is not what I expected. I was glued to the TV for the entire film, watching this fascinating and horrifying documentary. It's sometimes slow, but never boring, and always powerful. And in terms of its significance, this shames just about every other documentary out there. The scope and insight director/cameraman Emad Burnat gives us is incredible. The 5 broken cameras may seem like a gimmick but it's not, and it represents 4 years of footage that…

Let's be real, this is more a work of art than anything some old French or Italian dude painted a bunch of years ago. You don't have to watch any other movie to know that this is the best Sci-Fi movie ever made. One of the best movies, period. Amazing shot after amazing shot, through the entire film. It only takes you about five minutes into the movie to realize you are watching something truly amazing, and Kubrick doesn't disappoint.…

This is a very powerful movie, led by a strong lead performance by Peter Mullan. He stars as Joseph, a rageful and violent man who is starting to see his own flaws but can't seem to change. He meets a woman, Hannah, and the movie documents a transitioning time in both their lives.

I kind of put off watching this, these intense emotionally painful movies are not what I'm usually in the mood to watch, but this wasn't as hard…