Upper East Side Film

        The fifth installment in a series that should have quit after two. The only thing remaining in the spirit of the original "Di...

      The new thriller from director Steven Soderbergh has a great cast and a very clever plot that I can't discuss without spoilers. ...

      Donald Westlake's anti-hero "Parker" has been played in the past by Lee Marvin and Mel Gibson. Now it's Jason Stat...

       There have been many wonderful gangster movies over the years. This is not one of them. But that isn't to say you won't hav...

        The emotional and gut retching true story of one family's nightmare that was the tsunami of 2004. Naomi Watts and Ewan McGrego...

Best of 2012- 10)  The Dark Knight Rises - A fitting end to a wonderful trilogy. 9)  Skyfall - A return to form for Daniel Craig and t...

    I must admit, I'm not a big fan of screen musicals. I always believed musicals work better as live theater. "Le Miz", is...

     Writer/director David Chase (the creator of The Sopranos) turns his attention to film with this nostalgic look at growing up in the ...

        It's great fun to return to Middle Earth but the awe and magic of "The Lord of The Rings" trilogy is gone. Director ...

   Director Ang Lee and screenwriter David Magee pull off an amazing task with this wonderful adaptation of the best selling novel. Many s...

       Quentin Tarantino is a craftsman. He knows exactly what he wants and never compromises. The man has made only eight films in twenty...

     Director Kathryn Bigalow and screenwriter Mark Boal  pull off an amazing achievement. Based on real accounts, they have taken a ten ...

         The new French film from director/screenwriter Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) is a story of mismatched lovers ala Beauty & The ...

        Anthony Hopkins in a dead on portrayal of famed director Alfred Hitchcock is genius. Helen Mirren also stars as his wife, Alma and...

         Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence star in this new dramatic comedy from director David O. Russell. Mr. Cooper is Pat, a bi-pol...

     Impeccable acting all around is the only reason to see this history lesson brought to life by director Steven Spielberg. Daniel Day-L...

    The latest installment from over 50 years of James Bond adventures is an excellent addition to the series. Ian Fleming would be proud ...

                 On the surface, this is just another teenage "coming of age" movie but there is much more depth to this story t...

           The new film from director Robert Zemeckis is a powerful drama that is more about alcoholism and addiction than piloting a comm...

      Helen Hunt and John Hawkes star in an unconventional story of love based on the real life of crippled polio victim, Mark O'Brien...