Ordinary People Review
A family devastated by a personal loss inflicts their pain on the rest of us.
A family devastated by a personal loss inflicts their pain on the rest of us.
Good cake that makes you long for great cake.
Director Christopher Nolan’s take on the comic book hero finally gets the tone right, putting the ‘Dark’ squarely back in the Dark Knight.
Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon end up intertwined in an unusual relationship of underworld intrigue and lemons.
Mildly amusing spy vs. spy comedy never quite gels but garners a few good laughs thanks solely to the intense attractiveness of its two leads.
I liked this movie better before, when it was called ‘Backdraft.’
Congratulations to the French who seem to have discovered the early 80s American Horror genre. That’s not necessarily a good thing.
Russell Crowe, in another fine performance, fights to make this solid but pedestrian James Braddock biopic a heavyweight Oscar contender.
Actor turned writer-director Thomas McCarthy crafts a quietly moving tale of four outcasts in rural New Jersey.
Sean Penn gives an astonishing and astonishingly restrained performance as Sam Bicke, a little man whom Job would have pitied.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |