The Best Films of 2011

Ultimately, when starting to compile this list, I threw out my star ratings and just considered the titles that jumped out at me most—the on...

WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER

Typically, a movie gets just one opening gambit, and most are too scared to take the opportunity. Asghar Farhadi's A Separation gets tw...

Do US journalists even know the Constitution?

" Ron Paul Slams Barack Obama on drone strikes " (James Hohmann, POLITICO): Ron Paul accused President Barack Obama on Thursday...

2011: The Year in Film

I have mixed feelings about the film year that was 2011. On the one hand, there's a glaring lack of four-star titles. That said, I was r...

OH MAGGIE, I WISHED I'D NEVER SEEN YOUR FACE

Firstly, The Iron Lady is historically illiterate to a degree that shouldn't be allowed for a movie dramatising events that happened le...

LAST SEEN: BBC GREAT EXPECTATIONS - WHAT A GREAT BELATED CHRISTMAS GIFT!

Estella :  "I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape." (from the book) Let's start from the end. Yes, r...