The Wrestler

That second fight! Ow. Ow. Ow. (Top of your game, Aronofsky. Where will you go from here?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125849/

A Better Tomorrow

It's like watching anime, sappy music and all.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092263/ (Original title: Ying Hung Boon Sik)

Heroes: Season 3, Volume 3

Way, way too complicated plot lines. Flesh out the characters for Volume 4?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813715/

Appaloosa

Your basic buddy cop flick.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800308/

Doctor Who: Season 2

I think they might be getting in the groove. The last serial had some true sci-fi promise to it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

A mix of The Two Towers and The Empire Strikes Back, with a healthy dose of Christianity thrown in (as to be expected).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499448/

An Angel at My Table

Inconceivable, that she avoided a lobotomy solely on the grounds of having won a national book prize. And the other mis-diagnosed patients?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099040/

Rumor Has It...

At least Aniston looks good in a ball dress. (Yeah, yeah, so I was tired of MI-5 and needed to watch something dumb.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398375/

The Visitor

Textbook definition of "unfair," without being preachy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857191/

Dexter: Season 2

Up through the second-to-last episode: perfection. Then: plot holes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/

Slumdog Millionaire

I'm all for Boyle single-handedly bringing Bollywood to the Western world.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/

Lust, Caution

Ang Lee: master of looking. Characters looking at each other, us looking at the characters-- looking and seeing ourselves in them.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808357/ (Original title: Se, Jie)

Horton Hears a Who!

The anime sequence is the tops. (And Carell and Carrey ain't chopped liver.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451079/

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.0

Not entirely unexpected ending. Many unexpected twists, especially: "JUMP!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/

The Breakfast Club

I used to love the kids' interactions more. Now I find the adults more interesting.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/

MI-5: Season 3

Markedly better season. Final episode expertly penned, especially Danny's speech.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160904/ (Original title: Spooks)

When Did You Last See Your Father?

Too close for comfort. For that reason, not so heart-wrenching for me personally.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829098/

Frost/Nixon

You woulda thought my parents would have chained me to the couch to watch these. (Even if I was only 12.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870111/

Shall We Dance

(The 1937 Fred Astaire version.) Ginger Rogers on roller skates. Nope, doesn't work.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029546/

The Sopranos: Season 5

Oh. My. God. Second to last episode is excruciating.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/

Pride & Prejudice

Oh what torture, to watch a beloved story in yet another adaptation. Oh what a relief, to watch it come to life on its own.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/

Pelle the Conqueror

Historic film themes are somewhat obvious, but seeing how folks lived then (especially in other countries) is most enlightening.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093713/
(Original title: Pelle Erobreren)

The Band's Visit

Purposefully intimate and slow, with funny fillips from the recent film school grad director.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1032856/ (Original title: Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)

You Kill Me

Sympathetic assassins are old news. Clever use of the AA world makes this version hilarious.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796375/

Sweet Land

What I imagine my mother might have gone through when arriving in this country.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428038/