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In Bruges (2008)

In Bruges stars Collin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.  It is about  two hitmen who botch a job and then have to wait for their fate in Bruges. This was a very well-done and witty movie.  It was a little too over the top, but was still very enjoyable.  I wasn’t crazy about Ralph Fiennes as [...]

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Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan was directed by Darren Aronofsky and had five Academy Award nominations.  Natalie Portman won Best Actress for her performance.  The film is about a fragile mentally-ill ballerina and her performance in the biggest moment of her career. This movie was interesting and so tensely captivating.  Overall, I found it to be somewhat confusing, [...]

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Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Reservoir Dogs is a Quentin Tarantino film.  It revolves around a botched diamond heist with plenty of violence and dialogue like all Tarantinos. This movie was very good.  It had the feel of a play on the screen.  I thought it was very quirky and highly captivating.  The movie had a very real glimpse into [...]

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The Salton Sea (2002)

The Salton Sea is a thriller type drug movie starring Val Kilmer.  It follows a meth junkie snitch that tries to set up a huge drug deal. I stumbled onto this movie late one night on HBO.  It left me feeling liked I had watched a pretty solid movie, but it was so late that [...]

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