Da Vinci Code
Remarkably mediocre. A great story (even if it gets history wrong in almost every way possible) and it should have been a great thiller. But it's almost tedious. Hanks and Tautou sleepwalk through the piece; Zimmer's score just makes matters worse. Where's the tension? Where's the surprise?
Downfall
If you are even faintly curious about what Hitler and his circle were like, this film takes you inside their final days, which also lend insight into who they were, all along.
Playtime
Sure, it's not an ordinary movie (Is there a plot?) but it's a joyous, slow meditation on the quirks of modern life we take for granted but that, when you step back, truly are STRANGE and unnatural.
In This World
Absolutely fabulous view into a world that is sadly more common than our own.
Nacho Libre
Forget about it. Jack Black is the only good thing here, and he cannot carry it. Watch Napolean Dynamite, again, instead.
The Smartest Guys in the Room
What's fun, as you are watching this, is to remember: This isn't left wing, anti-capital agitprop. This film is the product of conservative writers from Fortune magazine digging into what went wrong.
Candy
Good, not great. Won't displace Trainspotting or Requiem for a Dream, for example, as the uber drug movies, but has perhaps the best detox scenes put on film in a long time. (Not fun.) Reminds me of my needle-sharing ex, so it possesses enough versimilitude.
