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Warrior:  B+ Warrior, the new film by Gavin O'Connor, is all the more impressive because it reheats leftovers (to name a few - siblin...

A Better Life :  B    I see this movie, and I think of all the students and the families I've been fortunate to work beside these pa...

A Single Man : A- I spent the evening with A Single Man , and I found it to be maddening and hypnotic, not to mention wonderfully sad...

The Fighter (A-) Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride:  Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress...

I've been slacking when it comes to sitting down at the computer and actually writing about film.  All the guilty parties have been pre...

True Grit:  B+ Not on the same playing field as Coen brothers' classics like No Country for Old Men , Fargo , or (my personal f...

How Do You Know : F I guess I should have known.  But I try to remain optimistic, and I felt enthused about the prospect of Reese W...

Unstoppable: A- So many critics hate on Tony Scott.  They criticize his ADHD film-making style as assaultive, frenzied, incoherent; they...

127 Hours:  B+ Full disclosure:  I walked out during the climactic scene when the combination of electro-shock therapy sound effects an...

The Darjeeling Limited :  B+ ( Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums :  A+) The 1-2 punch of Rushmore and The Royal Tenebaums immediately p...

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist:  A- I feel like I'm rarely surprised by movies any more.  That's part of the problem wh...

Animal Kingdom:   C   Another victim of the hype machine, David Michod's Animal Kingdom is just a boilerplate cinematic recyclable th...

Descent :   C Hostel 2:  D   Note:  The picture above is not the exact photo shown on the DVD cover. The DVD cover shot intrigued me. A...