Recent reviews

• Twelve O'Clock High

  Twelve O'Clock High 1949

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Mar, 2012

  Not your typical gung-ho hero war picture, it's more concerned with the effects of battle on a group of fliers. Gregory Peck is good, if a little stiff, and Dean Jagger won the Supporting Actor Oscar for what is only mediocre work. Overall, though, the film is intelligent and well-made.

• WUSA

  WUSA 1971

  ★½ Added

  Right wing conspiracy theory wrapped up in leftover scenes from "The Manchurian Candidate". Not even the powerhouse combo of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward can save this one from mediocrity.

• Drive

  Drive 2011

  ★★½ Added

  Plays like a slick, occasionally gory car commercial; stylishly directed, but Gosling's blank expression and stretches of silence left me wanting more. Albert Brooks deserved his accolades for his fine work, but Carey Mulligan was utterly wasted.