Safety Not Guaranteed

It takes too long to realize it's a farce, and the main actress is just all wrong, but it becomes the right thing in the end.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/

Arbitrage

I think the moral of this story is that everybody sucks. And everybody's more complicated than that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764183/

Lawless

Bored, boring, bored, bored, bored. Oh, and also, who cares?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/

Doctor Who: Season 19

That last episode seems to have been a very expensive advertisement for the Concorde.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

ParaNorman

This opened the middle of August? What, Focus Features couldn't compete for a Halloween opening?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623288/

Game of Thrones: Season 1

For someone who has read the books, this alternates between redundant and intriguing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/

Premium Rush

I'm sure they got the bike messenger culture correct, unfortunately otherwise it's standard fare.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547234/

People Like Us

From the screenwriter of Cowboys & Aliens. I would like to see the process behind both films to see how this one succeeded and that one tanked.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1716777/

A League of Their Own

(Rewatch.) Besides the no-crying-in-baseball quote, the "it's supposed to be hard" speech is something we often forget to attribute to Marshall/Hanks.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/

Mixed Nuts

All comedies should have Madeline Kahn stuck in an elevator.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110538/

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

I really want to say that Andy Serkis is worth the 2.75 hour wait, but I just... can't.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/

Restless (mini-series)

Now why would the author, who wrote the screenplay, add something to the movie that makes his protagonist more, well, evil?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241676/

The Amazing Cynicalman

This is a hoot, especially if you've visited Hamtramck.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2366153/

Doctor Who (new): Season 7, Part 1

More dinosaurs on a spaceship, please. Or, actually, more of that writer, please.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/

To Live

Not to be flippant, but this resonates as a Japanese "It's a Wonderful Life."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/ (Original title: Ikiru)

Doctor Who: Season 18

Bye-bye, Mr. Baker. You were getting a little too weird by the end.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

I was pretty sure that nothing could be catchier than I Like to Move It. Damn you, Chris Rock.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277953/

Weekend

If A.O. Scott says this is one of the best films of 2011, will you see it? You really should.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714210/

Arthur Christmas

The Christmas spirit is alive and well at Sony/Aardman/Columbia.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430607/

Upstairs Downstairs (2010): Season 2

And the further trouble with this series is that they are simply jumping on the period-drama bandwagon without forethought.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1782352/

The Expendables 2

Those aren't movie homages, those are tired old cliches. (Plus, Rotten Tomatoes? You sucked on this recommendation.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764651/

Men in Black 3

You know I love any movie with a rocket launch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409024/

Prometheus

Never. Never is there a sci-fi film where the scientists simply make mistakes, instead of being utter idiots (and not scientists at all).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/

Doctor Who: Season 17

I am dangerously close to saying that Tom Baker is the best Doctor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

Skyfall

Fortunately, there is the Broccoli franchise that understands its viewers and precisely what they want.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/

The Amazing Spider-Man

Is not amazing in any possible way. If it weren't for Joss Whedon, I would be despondent over the state of the comic book action film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season 1

Nana Visitor is either a genius actor or one of the worst I've seen.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106145/

30 Rock: Season 6

What a far better live version than the previous one! Are they sure they don't want to keep going as they're getting better?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

The Big Bang Theory: Season 5

What's disappointing in Klingon?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898266/

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

It's like a Bollywood film without the dancing and with lauded British actors.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1412386/

Mad Men: Season 5

The more I watch this series, the angrier I get that Don's feet are solidly planted in the past.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804503/

Doctor Who: Season 16

I almost missed that The Pirate Planet was penned by Douglas Adams. Not surprisingly, best episode so far.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

The Legend of Boggy Creek

Scared the bejeezus out of a friend of mine when he was 7. Sadly, not as scary when viewed after 40.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068837/

The Battle of Algiers

If for no other reason, watch this for Morricone's musical realization of the word "anxiety". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/ (Original title: La Battaglia di Algeri)

Being Human (UK series): Season 3

Gah! Same problem as Misfits-- they're getting rid of my favorite actors. How can I bear to watch the next season?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349938/

Being Human (UK series): Season 2

OK, I get it. The season finales are over the top, but the remaining episodes are more poignant than most everything on TV.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349938/

Bernie

Is there such a genre as mock docudrama? Because I think Linklater has a lock on it here.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704573/

Headhunters

Leave it to the Norwegians to fashion an emotionally moving thriller.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/ (Original title: Hodejegerne)

30 Rock: Season 5

The actress who plays Jenna may drive me nuts, but her side projects are side-splitting.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

Safe

Statham movies are enjoyable precisely because they don't pretend to be something they are not.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656190/

Looper

Whoops... plot hole. When does Willis get in the time machine the second time?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276104/

Being Human (UK series): Season 1

Intriguing and relevant, right up to but not including the last episode.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349938/

Sleepwalk with Me

Sweet, cuddly and really, really funny. And true! Really!!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2077851/

The Lorax

It's probably true that a kid's film doesn't need to state the reason behind its moral to sell its message.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1482459/

Certified Copy

Sometimes walking and talking is intriguing, mysterious and entrancing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020773/ (Original title: Copie Conforme)

The Secret World of Arrietty

What is wrong with animation studios? It all started going downhill since Princess Mononoke and The Incredibles. If we've hit rock-bottom, can we start trending up again?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568921/ (Original title: Kari-gurashi no Arietti)

The Hunger Games

Did anyone else have dreams about being chased afterwards?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 7

Right up there in the top 10 of last lines of a TV series (and last shot).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/

The Walking Dead: Season 2

This is a soap, wrapped in a Christian morality play, sandwiched between gore and guts.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Don't really care that Tennant is voicing Darwin-- you can't do that to the man!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430626/

Doctor Who: Season 15

Yes, that solves that mystery. Everything about the Baker episodes is reflected in the Tennant episodes, including the bizarre plot twists.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 6

Time to give this series a bump in my ratings. Aside from SGU, there's never been a better, more cerebral sci-fi series.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/

The Dark Knight Rises

I want, want, want the retractable cat ears slash driving goggles. (And Hathaway? She's the best thing about this flick.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/

Persuasion (2007)

The scene in the shop 20 minutes from the end... That's why you watch Austen. (Only not this one: it pales in comparison to the Hinds-Root version.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844330/

The Raid: Redemption

At its core, this is just a jumped-up 80s Hong Kong action flick.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/ (Original title: Serbuan Maut)

Northanger Abbey (2007)

Wait. So, it's okay in Northanger Abbey for Isabella to very clearly have premarital sex with almost no consequences, but in Pride & Prejudice it causes everyone's downfall. Austen definitely didn't finish this story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844794/

Lockout

Guy Pearce is a perfect action and/or sci-fi star. How about someone give him a worthy vehicle?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592525/

Sense & Sensibility (2008)

Both Hattie Morahan and the cottage setting (a real cottage this time, not a dumbed down manor house) make this a marvelous adaptation.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847150/

Get Low

I loved Bill Cobbs in That Thing You Do in 1996, I love him even more here 13 years later. (And everyone else in this sweet film.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194263/

Warehouse 13: Season 3

Whoa. Way to bait the hook, guys.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132290/

Doctor Who: Season 14

Anyone else find the Robots of Death episode so very like the later Oud episodes? And hey, what about the end of The Face of Evil-- Life, the Universe and Everything, no? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

Misfits: Season 3

How is Nathan Stewart-Jarrett going to feel as the "old" misfit in the next season? (I'd have moved on.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/

Upstairs Downstairs (2010): Season 1

The trouble with following up a beloved television series is that there is little chance you will be equal (or better) to the task.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1782352/

Warehouse 13: Season 2

This show would be stellar if only there was better chemistry between those leads. Separately they're pretty great.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132290/

Warehouse 13: Season 1

Not at all surprised that Allison Scagliotti graduated to permanent cast member in Season 2. Maybe because of stuff like this: "I'll give it an 8.5, but next time you gotta stick the landing."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132290/

The Woman in Black

There is zero subtlety to this horror flick. No wonder Radcliffe has so little to work with.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596365/

Poetry

A Girl with a Pearl Earring was to Vermeer painted on the screen as Shi is to all forms of poetry, spoken and unspoken, and as layered as you want to dig.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1287878/ (Original title: Shi)

Trust

Yes, the subject matter is horrifying. Yes, the film could be a lot less teachy and preachy and obvious.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529572/

Inside Job

Carl Levin may be my new hero. (Wait, he kind of already was.)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645089/

Sarfarosh

Wet t-shirts, jitterbugging, flower eating. One of the stranger, more serious (yea, actually) Bollywood movies ever.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200087/

The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires

We miss you, Steve Jobs: "The thing about Microsoft is, they have no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398/

Brave

This is a wee little film by Pixar standards.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/

30 Rock: Season 4

This is the show that makes me say "what?!" at the TV almost every 5 seconds.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

The Lost Prince

I'm finding it pretty hard to believe this has won numerous awards. Sleep-inducing, that's what I found it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349747/

Cranford: Season 1 & Special

Those final two (special) episodes were some of the noodliest plot-finagling I've ever seen. But, the original 5 episodes rank right up there with the best of British romantic drama.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974077/

Chuck: Season 5

Just when I get severely disappointed with this show, it pulls out a series ending like that one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934814/

Bill Cunningham New York

Verve, charisma, adorability, history, and above all, fashion. What more could you want from a New Yawk documentary?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621444/

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

More tramping through wet fields than necessary, but a serviceable portrayal of a deeply disturbing novel.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186342/

30 Minutes or Less

I liked the Datsun joke until I saw the Datsun. (A 280Z is spanky. We had a clunky little 510.)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1622547/

Slums of Beverly Hills

It was worth it just to see a menstrual belt again. (Man, that hearkens back.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120831/

Longford

It's good to know there are some truly kind people in this world.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0759612/

Submarine

I can't believe British parents are really that stolid. That's part of the joke, right?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/

Four Lions

Humor really is the best of antidotes to the sad state of our world.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341167/

Chronicle

And that, boys and girls, is why superheroes like to live in anonymity.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706593/

The Grey

Just in case I'm ever stuck in Alaska, I hope that this movie had some real science behind it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1601913/

The Whistleblower

I wasn't able to watch this with subtitles, and it really made no difference whatsoever.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896872/

The Guard

Och, who cares how predictable it is. It's the Irish Fargo.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540133/

The Rum Diary

Ribisi does what no other actor does: create brilliantly insane characters that are only that way because he's acting his ass off.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376136/

The Muppets

While it's a clever attempt to cash in on all the nostalgia films, it's sweet enough not to matter.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204342/

Contraband

Is it the illicit nature of what we watch that we enjoy (vicarious) or is it stars being predictably entertaining that we enjoy (routine)?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524137/

Mr. Brooks

Really? A serial killer randomly meeting another serial killer?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780571/

Edge of Darkness

Mr. Gibson, who cannot be discounted due to his action chops, is not well serviced by the script here.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226273/

Glee: Season 3

Um, when did Sue Sylvester's evil twin leave the building?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327801/

Fracture

Way to telegraph the ending 20 minutes beforehand.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0488120/

My Week with Marilyn

What kind of preparation does it take to get a role just right?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655420/

House, M.D.: Season 8

On the last episode: Good, he couldn't go back to his old life. But bad, Cuddy didn't reappear.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/

Our Idiot Brother

It's a cross between "Liar, Liar" and "Yes Man", minus a Carrey and plus a Rudd.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637706/

Frozen

Would people in dire situations like this truly make as many stupid choices as they did?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323045/

Doctor Who: Season 13

With Baker's arrival, I've nearly reached the point where I don't have to be doing my stitchery while I'm "watching."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

Sherlock: Series 2

That second episode is always a dog. Literally, in this case.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/

Modern Family: Season 3

The new Lily is about 5000 times better, Vergara just keeps growing on me, and is it just me or is Bowen's hyper-kineticism too much to bear at times?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 5

Sure sounds stupid when you say it out loud, but yea, Patrick Stewart is truly an excellent actor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/

The Kingdom

From the beginning to the very end, the most obvious of storytelling devices to evoke sympathy for both sides.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/

30 Rock: Season 3

Consistently enjoyable, if not consistently amusing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

From Paris with Love

No, no, Luc Besson movies only work when Besson himself is writing and directing. Otherwise? Cheap knock-offs.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179034/

The Conspirator

This film is precisely what it looks like on the surface: betrayal, redemption, pedantism.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0968264/

The White Ribbon

Yes, this film is about all forms of terrorism, but I'd rather say it's about bad dads.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/ (Original title: Das Weiße Band: Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte)

The Avengers

So much I could say, but I'll say this instead. I'd love to have Hiddleston's hair.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/

Puss in Boots

I wonder if Banderas pushed at all to subtitle the entire film in Spanish.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448694/

Misfits: Season 2

So much to recommend in this show: the opening song, Socha's accent, the fabulous morph ability of Rheon, jeepers, just watch it, okay?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/

The Boxing Girls of Kabul

For once, a doc that is too short! You get the flavor of the myriad problems facing these girls, but you want more of an outcome.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2391069/

McCullin

Big ol' warning: some graphically shocking material is in this doc about a war photographer.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2354205/

Laura

I feel for our director here. What was he supposed to do when the film turned back on himself, other than insert himself in the doc?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2160265/

Despite the Gods

It's a rare doc that starts out with me not caring about the protagonist (Jennifer Lynch of Boxing Helena fame) and ends with me adding her to my have-dinner-with fantasy list.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319819/

J. Edgar

DiCaprio successfully inhabits the role, but the entire film feels like name dropping and little else.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1616195/

Misfits: Season 1

What category to place this in? I know: it's dramatic comedic horror with filthy language.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/

A Dangerous Method

What is this, really? A repudiation of psychoanalysis or a more subtle mirror to its art?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571222/

Martha Marcy May Marlene

That droning hum you hear in the background? Imagine the film without it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441326/

Numb3rs: Season 6

Geez, they took their time getting to the D.B. Cooper episode.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/

Doctor Who: Season 12

Tom Baker has not hit his stride yet in this, his first season, but he's by far funnier than the prior Doctors.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

The Five-Year Engagement

In the Apatow sub-genre, this one lands towards the bottom: some brilliant scenes, some abysmal (or just boring) ones.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1195478/

Numb3rs: Season 5

The math remains the only decent thing about this show, but that alone makes it like crack to watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/

21 Jump Street

I just don't get it. Why can't all films be as clever as this one?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232829/

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Sadly, this one lacks social commentary, so it ends up just a stoner movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268799/

The Cabin in the Woods

I wouldn't say you don't see it coming, but at least you get a bellyful of laughs along the way.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/

Drive

There's something even more engaging about Gosling's stillness on screen than, say, Pacino's or De Niro's.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/

Meek's Cutoff

A triumph of sound engineering: details a woman's life in old America, putting the listener in her shoes while the men discuss everything important.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1518812/

THX 1138

The only time I'm going to agree with Lucas re-technologizing his past film: result is a far more evil dystopian future.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/

Star Trek: Insurrection

Blech. Explain again why the entire UNIVERSE isn't going to want what the Ba'ku have?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120844/

The Names of Love

A film that proves we truly are in the enlightened 21st century. (And it's thought-provoking and hysterical to boot.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646974/ (Original title: Le Nom des Gens)

Answer This!

Feels vaguely peeping-tom-like to watch this flick. (Plus, it fails pretty badly in the plotting department.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1488164/

Doctor Who: Season 11

Likely just saw the last Doctor with real, old-fashioned dignity, I'd guess.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

Take Shelter

Emphatically not the film to watch after a tornado destroys homes 15 miles from your own house.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192/

30 Rock: Season 2

This season highlights even more the versatility of one Mr. Alec Baldwin.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

Young Adult

That's a pretty hefty left turn at the end: in keeping with the theme, but a poor final message.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1625346/

Tower Heist

That's not bad. That's just a modernized Preston Sturges comedy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/

Numb3rs: Season 4

Pretty much par for the course, wobbling between excellent and sufficient. I really liked the episode about Comic-Con, not surprisingly.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/

Offside

Here's a film that needs a director's cut: what did he have in mind as the alternate ending?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499537/

John Carter

So, this is cheese that knows it's cheese, so instead of real cheese you get childlike delight.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/

Senna

For a film that has surprises at every turn, it's surprising that it never heralds those.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424432/

Ra.One

Not the first Bollywood film I've seen that messes with stereotypes to build humor. Definitely the most fun of them all, though.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1562871/

13 Tzameti

Be forewarned: the second half of this is way darker than the first half.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475169/

Like Crazy

It's clear we have another sub-genre: copycat, sub-standard "(500) Days of Summer" flicks.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758692/

The Big Bang Theory: Season 4

Looks like they're changing up the formula, but that doesn't mean it isn't still hysterical.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898266/

MI-5: Season 10

Thanks for tearing my heart out, you rotten TV show. (You're awesome.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160904/ (Original title: Spooks)

Downton Abbey: Season 2

This show, as much of a soap opera as it truly is, is as addictive as crack.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/

30 Rock: Season 1

Poop. Monkey butt. Blurg!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0496424/

Chuck: Season 4

I have a special relationship with this series. I just want to pinch its little cheeks and say "you are the cutest thing!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934814/

Killer Elite

Um, ditto my review for The Mechanic, only this time it's De Niro and Statham.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1448755/

The Debt

A much more satisfying ending than I expected from tried-n-true Holocaust thriller territory.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226753/

The Big Bang Theory: Season 3

I believe this season contains the best episode so far: "The Gorilla Experiment" (Sheldon teaching Penny physics).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898266/

Midnight in Paris

This is either a mood poem or an explanation or an admonition. (All three?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605783/

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Purgatory it definitely is. Could there be a sadder, more bittersweet ending ever?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2028530/

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 4

Holy moley. I feel for those who had to endure the last 10 seconds of this season and then WAIT for the next one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/

Cowboys & Aliens

Not that it excuses the piss-poor writing or directing, but I get what Favreau was doing here in hearkening back to the age of the stately Western.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409847/

Contagion

I'm stocking up on fresh water tomorrow.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1598778/

The Artist

I got four words for you: "I can't stan 'im!"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655442/

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

I'm not with the other critics. I think this outing was more fun and funny than the previous one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Fincher at his best. (Plus, every girl's revenge fantasy. Well, hopefully not every girl.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/

War Horse

While it's definitely about the horse, it's more of an oblique way to talk about war and its effect on humankind.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568911/

Hugo

OH behind me in theater as credits were rolling: "Oh, Méliès was a real guy!" Sigh.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970179/

The Adventures of Tintin

The first, and best, of Hergé on screen: an adaptation worthy of his work.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0983193/

Slings and Arrows: Season 3

That was an uncomfortable season. Cancelation has to be every actor's biggest nightmare.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387779/

Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut

Heartwarming for any true geek. But! So many Toy Story references and not one Doctor Who?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199603/

Real Steel

A robot dancing like a robot? Heh. (You can miss the rest.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433035/

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 3

You know you're in the future because Dr. Crusher never has to get her hands actually physically dirty.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/

For a Good Time, Call...

You could say this is 800 one-liners about phone sex, but that would cheapen it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1996264/

The Ides of March

Not a Sorkin picture; he never wrote anything so idealistic and by-the-numbers. (Clooney, stick to directing. And acting.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1124035/

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 2

Shoot. I thought we were finally getting to the good stuff with "Pen Pals" and then it sinks back into trite again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 2

This series does what Fawlty Towers did for me: makes me twitch all over.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472954/

Slings and Arrows: Season 2

Oh, I get it now. This series is about how to enact good Shakespeare. And it requires absolutely stellar actors who can play it both ways.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387779/

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Their use of animal behaviorists is commendable. Their completely predictable plot is shame-worthy.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1318514/

Dexter: Season 5

Absolutely satisfying season. I can't believe a series about a serial killer is one of the best shows I watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0773262/

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I have a weird brain. The plot was close to impenetrable, but the filmic elements? I got every one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Look, I never saw the original, so don't know how it compares. This one has (slow, scary, creepy) atmosphere a plenty.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270761/

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Crawling up the tallest building in the world does in fact look terrifying (CGI notwithstanding).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229238/

Numb3rs: Season 3

I like this show (especially that last doozy of an episode). I don't like that it would barely be possible without the Patriot Act.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433309/

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Inscrutable? Yes, the script is. No, the action and the acting aren't.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1123373/ (Original title: Di Renjie)

Doctor Who: Season 10

Finally! At the very end of Season 10, after 69 serials, a real story without plastic monsters (well, ok, plastic maggots). Plus, it's funny and poignant and has a moral ending.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/

Gimme Shelter

I wouldn't say a thing about kids these days until you watch this classic.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065780/

Fright Night

Colin Farrell was definitely born to play a vampire.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438176/

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

This is The Indian Hangover, down to the stunningly handsome leading man. (What are they, twins?)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1562872/

Mongol

Despite this rather romantic view of the great Khan, I'd rather not forget that he slaughtered millions and millions of people.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416044/