Dallas Buyers Club (2013) Movie Reviews

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

12 Years a Slave (2013) Movie Reviews

12 Years a Slave (2013)

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

The Fifth Estate (2013) Movie Reviews

The Fifth Estate (2013)

A dramatic thriller based on real events that reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.

Captain Phillips (2013) Movie Reviews

Captain Phillips (2013)

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Blue Caprice (2013) Movie Reviews

Blue Caprice (2013)

An abandoned boy is lured to America and drawn into the shadow of a dangerous father figure. Inspired by the real life events that led to the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks.

Rush (2013) Movie Reviews

Rush (2013)

The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda.

The Act of Killing (2012) Movie Reviews

The Act of Killing (2012)

A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) Movie Reviews

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family, and American society.

Lovelace (2013) Movie Reviews

Lovelace (2013)

The story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Fruitvale Station (2013) Movie Reviews

Fruitvale Station (2013)

The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

The Bling Ring (2013) Movie Reviews

The Bling Ring (2013)

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Renoir (2012) Movie Reviews

Renoir (2012)

Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir — son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste — returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his …

The Iceman (2012) Movie Reviews

The Iceman (2012)

The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession.

42 (2013) Movie Reviews

42 (2013)

This movie is about Jackie Robinson and his journey to becoming a Brooklyn Dodger and his life during that time.

Into the White (2012) Movie Reviews

Into the White (2012)

Norway, WWII: A group of British and German soldiers find themselves stranded in the wilderness after an aircraft battle. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to place the rules of war aside.

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) Movie Reviews

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

A Royal Affair (2012) Movie Reviews

A Royal Affair (2012)

A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician – and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.

Hitchcock (2012) Movie Reviews

Hitchcock (2012)

The relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.