Jewtopia (1/10)
Christian (Ivan Sergei) wants to marry a Jewish girl so he doesn't have to make any decisions about anything anymore for the rest of his life; except Chris isn't Jewish himself, so he asks for
Posthumous (4/10)
Posthumous starts out with the premise that an artist's work is only truly acknowledged and valued after death, and so struggling artist Liam Price decides to fake his own death. Brit Marling plays McKenzie Grain,
Brooklyn (5/10)
Brooklyn has three oscar nominations under its belt: Best Motion Picture, Best Lead Actress, and Best Writing. I can understand why it didn't win, but I am still scratching my head as to why on
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (4/10)
Minnie (Bel Powley) is a 15-year old girl growing up in 1970s San Francisco. Her mother Carol (Kristen Wiig) is a shallow hippie who spends most of her time not raising her daughter or setting
Carol (9/10)
The movie is set in December 1952, initially in New York. Therese is a young girl working in a department store who has ambitions to be a photographer, and has drifted into a relationship with
Before We Go (5/10)
Before We Go is the directorial debut of Chris Evans. He has chosen to do something completely different from his Captain America/Avengers franchise and go small. Maybe even too small as this movie lacks the
Notes on a Scandal (9/10)
In this small-scale drama, Judi Dench both narrates and stars as Barbara Coveet, a teacher reaching the end of here career in a rough London comprehensive school. A stone is thrown into the calm pool
Copenhagen (7/10)
Game of Thrones' Gethin Anthony plays the highly face-punchable William, an immature and selfish American travelling around Europe with his best friend Jeremy. Copenhagen isn't on the itinerary by accident: William's father, whom he feels
The One I Love (5/10)
The One I Love is billed as a 'comedy'. But I think the real problem this directorial debut of Charlie McDowell (son of) has is that it isn't quite sure what it is trying to
Frequencies (aka OXV: The Manual) (6/10)
This interesting indie movie is set in a world where people resonate at individual frequencies. The frequency is an absolute determinant of 'Good Fortune'; the higher the frequency, the more good luck the individual