Recommended Movies & Television

Things we've seen. What we've thought.

500 Days of Summer

Genre: Films, Romantic Comedy
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 4 out of 5 Broken Hearts

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in 500 Days of Summer

Love hurts. Not being loved… well, that hurts even more.

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Moon

Genre: Films, Science Fiction
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: A Waxing Gibbous, 3/4

Sam Rockwell plays Sam Bell in Duncan Jones' new movie, Moon

While Jones is new to feature films, he handles the job masterfully while Sam Rockwell completes the puzzle in this seemingly one–man show.

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Angels and Demons

Genre: Films, Drama, Thriller
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 6/10

Statue from the film Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons is the follow–up to Dan Brown’s epic The Da Vinci Code, at least as far as movies go. In literary history, Angels and Demons takes place and was written before The Da Vinci Code, and while the latter takes on religion in France, the former takes place in Vatican City. Though The Da Vinci Code was still a box–office success despite its many problems (critics were definitely mixed on the film), I believe the film rode on the books gargantuan success. In coming weeks, we will see if its counterpart can do the same.

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Star Trek

Genre: Films, Action, Science Fiction
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 9/10

Title card for Star Trek 2009

Excellent. Just really, really excellent.

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Fighting

Genre: Films, Action, Drama
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 3/5

Movie Poster for Fighting

There are certain things I have to do. For example, a movie with the title, Fighting, I have to go see on principle.

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Lie to Me

Genre: Television, Crime & Mystery
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 8/10

Tim Roth from Lie to Me

Cal Lightman (played by Tim Roth) is an expert in uncovering deception through analysis of micro–expressions and behavior mannerisms. Based upon the real–life Facial Action Coding System created by Paul Eckman, Lie to Me follows The Lightman Group (Cal’s firm of deception experts) on a series of cases to determine who’s lying and what their motivations are.

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Fringe

Genre: Television, Crime & Mystery, Science Fiction
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 4/5

FRINGE Title Text

Do you remember the old X–Files? I mean, when it was really good? FOX’s latest Sci–Fi show Fringe reminds me a lot of that show I used to watch way back when, where creepy unknowns had infiltrated the earth and went bump in the night.

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State of Play

Genre: Films, Action, Drama
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 4/5

Movie still of actors Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, and Russell Crowe in State of Play

State of Play is a really solid conspiracy thriller that reminds me a lot of the movies from the 90’s like The Pelican Brief, The Firm, etc. It’s entertaining throughout with a great cast of actors (minus Ben Affleck), and manages to pull the viewer through a series of twists and turns to a satisfying end.

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Adventureland

Genre: Films, Comedy, Drama
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 8/10

Movie still of main characters James and Em from Adventureland

Having just graduated from college, James Brennan’s plans hit a startling snag as his dream trip to Europe is grounded and he is forced to find a summer job to pay for his upcoming graduate studies in the fall. While earnest in his attempts to find work, a reality sets in, “What am I supposed to do. I’m not even qualified for manual labor.” The answer: Adventureland.

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The Dark Knight

Genre: Films, Action, Drama
Recommended By: jonny.gotham
Rating: 8/10

Heath Ledger as the Joker from The Dark Knight

Heath Ledger gives a phenomenal performance as the Joker in this epic film by Christopher Nolan.  Becoming the second highest grossing box–office film of all time, The Dark Knight achieved the feat of bringing the superhero genre to a wider audience while showing that comics and graphic novels could be presented in a legitimate, serious, and compelling manner.  The first motion picture to film sequences with IMAX, the final result is nothing short of stunning.

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