McFarland, USA (2015) Movie Reviews

McFarland, USA (2015)

Jim White moves his family after losing his last job as a football coach. He sees that some of the students are worth starting a cross-country team and turns seven students with no hope into one of the best cross-country teams.

Mr. Turner (2014) Movie Reviews

Mr. Turner (2014)

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner’s life.

Monk with a Camera (2014) Movie Reviews

Monk with a Camera (2014)

Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland, and trained by Irving Penn to become a …

Manny (2014) Movie Reviews

Manny (2014)

A man who overcame insurmountable odds to become one of the most loved and respected athletes of all time. From a starving teenager who fought to feed his family, to a Congressman working …

American Sniper (2014) Movie Reviews

American Sniper (2014)

Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle’s pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can’t leave behind.

Selma (2014) Movie Reviews

Selma (2014)

A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

Big Eyes (2014) Movie Reviews

Big Eyes (2014)

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

The Imitation Game (2014) Movie Reviews

The Imitation Game (2014)

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Unbroken (2014) Movie Reviews

Unbroken (2014)

After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Wild (2014) Movie Reviews

Wild (2014)

A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

Low Down (2014) Movie Reviews

Low Down (2014)

A look at the life of pianist Joe Albany from the perspective of his young daughter, as she watches him contend with his drug addiction during the 1970s jazz scene.

The Theory of Everything (2014) Movie Reviews

The Theory of Everything (2014)

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

The Better Angels (2014) Movie Reviews

The Better Angels (2014)

The story of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood in the harsh wilderness of Indiana and the hardships that shaped him, the tragedy that marked him for ever and the two women who guided him to immortality.

Citizenfour (2014) Movie Reviews

Citizenfour (2014)

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Rosewater (2014) Movie Reviews

Rosewater (2014)

Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.

Tracks (2013) Movie Reviews

Tracks (2013)

A young woman goes on a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of West Australia with four camels and her faithful dog.

Kill the Messenger (2014) Movie Reviews

Kill the Messenger (2014)

Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid-1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA’s past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. that was…

The Last of Robin Hood (2013) Movie Reviews

The Last of Robin Hood (2013)

The last days in the life of legendary Hollywood actor Errol Flynn.