9 (2009)
9 is the full-length version of director Shane Acker’s 11-minute mostly dialogue-less computer-animated short film from 1995 that went on to garner an Academy Award nomination. Producer Tim Burton became a fan of Acker’s vision...
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind proves that Hollywood can actually deliver romantic films that aren’t saddled with formula antics and schmaltzy resolutions. I suppose at its core, it is the old tale of...
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
In case you want perspective, I had read Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and “The Hobbit” as a young teenager, and I consider them among my favorite stories of any medium –...
The Faculty (1998)
In an Ohio high school, the faculty begins exhibiting strange behavior including dressing sexy and drinking copious amounts of H2O. The behavior seems to be spreading to the students as well, and soon the...
Deep Impact (1998)
Note to Hollywood: would you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop bombarding us with the same old “Earth is about to be destroyed so please watch two hours of people hugging and crying because they’re all...