By the time the attack commenced my pulse was racing to such a degree I was worried I might be having a heart attack. Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty is a triumph. See it at once.

There is no reason for Red Dawn to exist.

More than just an important piece of history, Lincoln is an enthralling sojourn into the mind of a leader driven to keep his nation intact and willing to do virtually anything to ensure those all residing within its borders achieve equality.

A Royal Affair is a tale of friendship, love and sacrifice the entire world needs to become more intimately familiar with.

A second half twist takes things down a path I never could have anticipated, Meir moving Sister into noir-like territory that forced me to sit up straight and pay closer attention to all that was happening.

Smashed tells a familiar story with subtle simplicity, never beating the audience over the head with its themes or ideas.

Flight isn’t an easy sit. It doesn’t offer up comforting answers to the many questions it raises or deal in exaggerated platitudes an audience might find simplistically comforting.

Chasing Mavericks comes amazingly close to being a very good film.

I was hypnotized by Cloud Atlas.