End Of The Month Review - August To September

Top 10 Films Of The Month

10. In The Loop

Director:

Armando Ianucci

Year:

2009

My review:

"Not only the single sharpest political satire that has graced the big screen since Dr. Strangelove, but it's also one of the funniest movies that recent cinema has brought us."

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09. Gone Baby Gone

Director:

Ben Affleck

Year:

2007

My review:

"As gripping, suspenseful and well constructed as any mystery story you are likely to encounter."

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08. The Kids Are All Right

Director:

Lisa Cholodenko

Year:

2010

My review:

"The Kids Are All Right has pretty much everything I look for in a movie and, therefore, being part of this family's life for two hours was thoroughly entertaining."

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07. Life Of Brian

Director:

Terry Jones

Year:

1979

My Review:

"The funniest film ever made and one so daring, intelligent and unique that it is rightly considered a classic."

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06. Man On Wire

Director:

James Marsh

Year:

2008

My Review:

"Every time I watch it, Man On Wire leaves me with my jaw on the floor. It's not only an incredibly gripping and entertaining work of cinema but it's one that will leave you completely stunned."

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05. A Single Man

Director:

Tom Ford

Year:

2009

My Review:

"The underrated A Single Man is a beautiful, spiritual, sad and ultimately uplifting movie about what it means to be alive."

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04. Brokeback Mountain

Director:

Ang Lee

Year:

2005

My Review:

"There are very few aspects about the movie that I would describe as anything other than perfection."

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03. The New World

Director:

Terrence Malick

Year:

2005

My Review:

"It's not something that you watch, it's something that happens to you and overwhelms you. Beautiful, poetic and jaw-dropping."

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02. No Country For Old Men

Director:

Joel and Ethan Coen

Year:

2007

My Review:

"Joel and Ethan Coen's masterpiece. One of the greatest movies of all time."

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01. Mulholland Drive

Director:

David Lynch

Year:

2001

My Review:

"Mulholland Drive is the work of one of the world's most artistic, unconventional, intelligent and unique directors at the very top of his game."

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