2013 Oscar Checklist – Silver Linings Playbook & Django Unchained

Silver Linings Playbook is a rare romantic comedy, not just because it’s good, but also because it works beyond the confines of the genre.

2012 Fall Preview: 25 Films I Can’t Wait to See #20-16

The countdown continues, here are 5 more films to lookout for.

Bryan’s Top 10 of 2010

Once again my list is a little later than most, but I had some catching up to do. I tried my hardest to watch the most well received (and some not so much) films of the year. If you think something is missing or doesn’t belong, please feel free to start a discussion (argument) in the comments. As always, I don’t include documentaries, and I try to stick with films theatrically released in the U.S. last year.

Not Your Stepping-Stone – Review: The Fighter

I’m going to try really hard not make any obvious boxing puns or analogies while writing this. I will, however, compare The Fighter and director David O. Russell to the phoenix. Much like the phoenix, arising anew from the ashes, Russell seems to reinvent himself with each new film. From Spanking the Monkey to Flirting with Disaster to Three Kings then I Heart Huckabees and now The Fighter, he seems, like most great artists, to be perpetually evolving, with the one constant being that he makes great films.