How I Live Now
{4.5/5} “Mom’s in Switzerland. Nothing ever happens in Switzerland.” In the near future the world is a dangerous place. Security is in evidence everywhere. When Daisy goes to England to stay with her cousins for the summer, war breaks out. As an American citizen she gets a ticket home — but she decides to stay […]
American Hustle
{5/5} “You’re nothing to me until you’re everything.” Irving and Syndey are con artists, who are caught by FBI agent Richie. Richie forces them, in lieu of going to jail, to help him catch bigger fish — politicians and mobsters. Irving has second thoughts when he grows to like one of the politicians he’s conning. […]
Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe
{4.5/5} “We’re building a bomb, so you do the opposite of what the warning label says.” Sam, a commander in the Navy Seals, inadvertently sleeps with an admiral’s wife. The admiral finds out and sends him as far away as he can — on a mission to Venezuela. Sam quickly discovers that the people he’s […]
Saving Mr. Banks
{5/5} “I know what he’s going to do to her. She’ll be cavorting, and twinkling, careening towards a happy ending like a kamikaze.” In 1961 Pamela is running out of money — she’s known as P. L. Travers to her fans, as author of several books about Mary Poppins. She reluctantly agrees to go to […]
The Company Men
{4.5/5} “I can’t have you challenging me in front of senior staff. They respect you. Question my judgement, you undermine my authority. I need to know, can I count on your full support? Good.” Bobby goes to work one day and is shocked to find that the company is getting rid of hundreds of workers […]
The Italian Job
{5/5} “There are two kinds of thieves in this world. The ones who steal to enrich their lives, and the ones who steal to define their lives. Don’t be the latter. Makes you miss out on what’s really important in this life.” A team of thieves pull off a brilliant heist in Venice — $35 […]
Hearts in Atlantis
{4.5/5} “It will be the kiss by which all others in your life will be judged… and found wanting.” When Bobby was 11 he wanted a bike for his birthday. His mom couldn’t afford it — as she reminded him, his dad left them with too many debts when he died. But Bobby has fun playing […]
16 Blocks
{4.5/5} “I believe life’s too long and guys like you make it even longer.” Detective Jack Mosley is tired after working all night. His lieutenant gives him one last task — take a witness from jail over to the courthouse. It’s only 16 blocks — what could go wrong? The witness is Eddie, who’s very […]
The Spectacular Now
{4.5/5} “I like to think there’s more to a person than just one thing.” Sutter is a partier whose last girlfriend broke up with him over a misunderstanding. He’s been hanging out with Amiee, a nice girl whom he’s grown to like a lot. They’re about to graduate high school, and he doesn’t think their […]
Burn Notice (season 4)
{5/5} “Michael, I hope you’re never in a situation where your survival depends on your ability to understand relationships. You’ll be dead in seconds.” Michael is now working with the people who burned him, in an effort to defeat a dangerous foe. A new person joins the team — Jesse, a counter-intelligence agent Michael unintentionally […]