2013 in Review
- Gravity, A, well done space disaster movie
- Side Effects, A, well written movie with a good cast
- Mud, A-, nicely written indie movie with a great cast
- Her, A-, great concept and performances, kinda creepy
- Iron Man 3, A-, series improves by leaving baggage behind
- Bad Words, A-, Jason Bateman shines as an offensive jerk
- Star Trek Into Darkness, A-, a lot of action, great characters and story
- Upstream Color, B+, trippy, indie psychological thriller
- The Way, Way Back, B+, good characters drive a sweet and funny teen movie
- The Heat, B+, fun and funny cop movie
- American Hustle, B+, well made movie, but the material is a letdown
- The World's End, B+, similar but different Wright and Pegg flick
- Jodorowsky's Dune, B+, great story about not making a movie
- The Butler, B+, nice story of perseverance and incremental change
- Philomena, B+, good story about invisible victims
- Captain Phillips, B+, good true story brought to life
- Frozen, B+, not great, but still a pretty good Disney flick
- Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, B+, exciting animated movie, a little hectic
- Thor: The Dark World, B, lackluster Marvel effort still has some nice bits
- Lone Survivor, B, basically one big mostly fictional battle
- Red 2, B, not as good as the first, but still fun
- Inside Llewyn Davis, B, great performances, but plot is a mess
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, B, by the numbers, but enjoyable enough
- Blue Jasmine, B, good work from Allen and the cast, but a downer
- Saving Mr. Banks, B, not entirely pleasant story of making Disney magic
- Enough Said, B-, good acting and characters, but a flawed story
- Oz the Great and Powerful, B-, spectacular, disappointing, but somehow enjoyable
- The Wolf of Wall Street, B-, good story and performances, but too long
- Bad Grandpa, B-, uneven, but sometimes very funny reality movie
- Monsters University, B-, not Pixar's best, but a fun movie for kids
- The Great Gatsby, C, mostly style with too little substance
- Pacific Rim, C-, neat idea undermined by bad writing and delivery
- Dom Hemingway, C-, violent, quirky, awful, but still interesting
- Snowpiercer, D, horribly violent and stupid