Upper East Side Film

Lars von Triers is one of my favorite directors. His films are always artistic and challenging. If you are looking for simple escapist...

Director Clint Eastwood does a wonderful job with his actors in an otherwise dull biography of J. Edgar Hoover. Leonardo DeCaprio is exc...

A heist movie where the audience gets robbed. Usually when you mix a high concept with a big time cast and director, the results fail ...

A star turn by Elizabeth Olsen in a fascinating story of a girl, who after living in a cult environment for two years, tries to reconne...

Johnny Depp channels his close friend Hunter S. Thompson in this film version of Mr. Thompson's novel. The book is based on Mr. T...

Michael Shannon is mesmerizing as Curtis LaForche, a blue collar working man in modern day Ohio who begins to have nightmares and visions o...

"The Thing" A totally unnecessary "prequel" to John Carpenter's vastly superior remake of the original '50...

It's very difficult to make a humorous film about cancer but "50/50" manages to balance both sensitivity and humor very w...

Another in a long line of political dramas that point out there is no such thing as an honest politician. George Clooney directs ...

The business of Baseball done in a most entertaining way. Based on a true story, the film stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the real lif...

"Don't Be Afraid of The Dark" Or rather, be very afraid of the dark as that's when the little creatures will c...

From the ads and trailer, you go in expecting a certain kind of movie but "Drive" turns this genre on it's head and takes yo...

Didn't we all see this movie already? The last time around it was called "Outbreak" and starred Dustin Hoffman. Before ...

Terrific performances from a wonderful ensemble cast are the heart and soul of this dramatic setting at the dawn of the civil rights mov...

Based on the trailers that seemed to be running forever, this film delivers on it's promise. While it may strain credibility a...

A smart script and some terrific CGI work make this prequel a plausible and exciting explanation for the eventual "planet o...

This film is based on the true story of Latif Yahia, a soldier in the Iraqi army who was almost a perfect double for Uday Hussein (...

Writer/ director John Michael McDonagh has his brother's sense of dark comedy but lacks the skill to pull it off as brilliantly as b...

This French import is a thriller that hits the ground running and never lets up. It is pretty much non-stop action that will keep you on t...

Stupid may be in the title but this is a smart script and a very enjoyable adult comedy/drama. In many ways, it addresses clichés head ...