Detachment
{5/5} “I understand you are angry. I used to be very angry too.” Detachment, released in 2012 Adrien Brody plays Henry, a substitute teacher who tries to keep a detachment from all the people in his life. But he’s a great teacher, and as the kids at the school he’s at become attached to him […]
World’s Greatest Dad
{4.5/5} “If you don’t act right at dinner, I’ll stab you in the face.” World’s Greatest Dad, released in 2009 Lance (played by Robin Williams) has written several novels but none of them has sold — he tells himself he will give up on this dream if he gets another rejection. In the meantime he’s […]
Get Low
{4.5/5} “We like to imagine that good and bad, right and wrong, are miles apart. But the truth is, very often they are all tangled up with each other.” Get Low, released in 2010 In the 1930s Felix is a hermit who puts up “no trespassing” signs and scares kids away by shooting his rifle […]
The Way Back
{5/5} “Kindness… That can kill you here.” The Way Back, released in 2010 It’s 1940 and in the Soviet Union political prisoners are sent to Siberia. Janusz, who is Polish, is sent there because after his wife was tortured she accused him of being a spy. The prisoners are made to cut down trees and […]
A Single Man
{4/5} “If there’s going to be a world where there’s no time for sentiment, then that’s a world I don’t want to live in.” A Single Man, released in 2009 George’s partner of 16 years, Jim, has died and he’s been drifting through life ever since. We follow George through his interactions with various people […]
The Wackness
{4/5} “Sometimes it’s right to do the wrong thing, and right now is one of those times.” The Wackness, released in 2008 I never understood the desire to do drugs. I don’t want to be someone else — I want to be myself. The friends I hang out with, I like who they are — […]
In the Line of Fire
{4.5/5} “Do you make an effort to be obnoxious, or is it a gift?” In the Line of Fire, released in 1993 Clint Eastwood and John Malkovich are the ones to watch in this movie from 1993. Eastwood plays Frank, a Secret Service agent, and Malkovich plays Leary, a former CIA assassin who’s out to […]
An Education
{4.5/5} “Knowing a famous author is better than becoming one. It shows you’re connected.” An Education, released in 2009 Jenny is a 16-year-old girl in Britain in 1961. An older guy named David shows an interest in her and sweeps her off her feet. David is able to trick her parents into letting her spend […]
The Station Agent
{4.5/5} “Well, there are people called train chasers. They follow a train and they film it.” The Station Agent, released in 2003 Fin works in a model train shop with his good friend Henry. When Henry dies he leaves Fin some land in the country with an abandoned train station on it. Fin is a […]
Awkward. (season 1)
{4.5/5} “Watching an emotional train wreck was awesome unless you’re the one getting hit.” Awkward. season 1, aired in 2011 This is another show about high school students, so why did I start watching it? Because a friend of mine uses the word “awkward” a lot. Once I started watching, I wanted to find out […]