To give you an idea of the rating system, you can check the “About Site” page or “Film Ratings” page. The films in bold print are strongly recommended.
A
Across the Universe (***) The Amateurs (*** ½)
American Gangster (***)
The Assassination of Jesse James… (** ½)
Atonement (***) Away from Her (*** ½)
B
Bee Movie (***) Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (****) Black Book (***)
Black Snake Moan (** ½)
Blades of Glory (** ½)
The Brave One (** ½)
Breach (***)
Broken English (***)
Brooklyn Rules (**)
The Bucket List (** ½)
C
Charlie Wilson’s War (** ½)
Colour Me Kubrick (**) The Counterfeiters (*** ½)
Crazy Love (** ½)
D
Dan in Real Life (***) Death at a Funeral (*** ½)
Death Sentence (** ½)
Dedication (***)
Diggers (* ½)
Disturbia (**) The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (*** ½)
Fay Grim (**)
Feast of Love (***)
Fired! (**)
First Snow (** ½) 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (***)
1408 (** ½) Fracture (***)
Fred Claus (***)
Freedom Writers (***)
G
Golden Door (** ½)
Gone Baby Gone (** ½)
Good Luck, Chuck (** ½)
Goya’s Ghosts (** ½)
Grace is Gone (***) The Great Debaters (***)
Great World of Sound (** ½)
H
Hannibal Rising (**)
He Was A Quiet Man (**)
The Heartbreak Kid (**) The Hoax (***)
The Host (**)
I
I Am Legend (**) I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (***)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (** ½)
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (** ½)
I’m Not There (** ½) In the Land of Women (***) In the Valley of Elah (***)
Interview (**)
Into Great Silence (**) Into the Wild (*** ½)
The Italian (***)
J
Juno (** ½)
K
The King of California (** ½) The Kite Runner (*** ½)
Knocked Up (** ½)
L
Lars & the Real Girl (*** ½)
The Last Mimzy (** ½)
Lions for Lambs (** ½) The Lookout (****)
Lucky You (**)
Lust, Caution (**)
Lynch (**)
M
Margot at the Wedding (***)
Martian Child (***) Meet the Robinsons (***) Michael Clayton (***)
A Mighty Heart (**) The Mist (****)
Mr. Brooks (**)
Mr. Woodcock (**)
N
The Namesake (***) No Country for Old Men (*** ½)
Norbit (* ½)
The Number 23 (**)
O
Ocean’s Thirteen (**) Once (***)
P
Paris je Taime (** ½) Persepolis (***)
P.S. I Love You (**)
R
Rails & Ties (*** ½) Ratatouille (***)
The Reaping (**)
Reign Over Me (** ½)
Rescue Dawn (***)
Reservation Road (** ½) Resurrecting the Champ (***)
Rocket Science (** ½)
S
Sacco & Vanzetti (** ½) The Savages (*** ½)
Shooter (**)
Show Business: The Road to Broadway (** ½)
Shrek the Third (**)
The Simpsons Movie (***) Snow Cake (*** ½)
Spiderman 3 (* ½) Starting Out in the Evening (***)
Stephanie Daley (** ½) Super Bad (***)
Surf’s Up (** ½) Sweeney Todd (*** ½)
Syndromes & A Century (*)
T
Talk to Me (***) Taxi to the Dark Side (*** ½)
The Ten (**) There Will Be Blood (****) Things We Lost in the Fire (*** ½)
300 (**)
3:10 to Yuma (***)
Trade (***) The TV Set (***) 2 Days in Paris (***)
Two Weeks (***)
U
An Unreasonable Man (*** ½)
V
Vacancy (* ½)
The Valet (** ½) la Vie en Rose (***)
W
Waitress (** ½)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (** ½) We Own the Night (*** ½)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (** ½)
Y
Year of the Dog (*** ½) You Kill Me (*** ½)
Youth Without Youth (** ½)
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