Dead Like Me

A good series that was a little too soft to be great. But it does bring to the fore what I like best about vampire tales -- the lack of mortality and corporeality, while bypassing the grim blood lust -- and adds a hefty helping of spirituality. These are not your grandparents' grim reapers -- or maybe they are.

Dead Reckoning

Almost top drawer Bogart noir.

Border Incident

Even a half century ago, it was clear that the short term solution to illegal immigration was going after the employers that knowingly enable it. (The long term solution, greater economic opportunity, was a bit beyond this film, too.)

The Hurt Locker

If one defines a war movie as "good," based on the kinds of discussions it engenders, then The Hurt Locker is a good war movie.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

A surpisingly sympathetic portrait of a young man ahead of his time who became an old man behind the times -- who demonstrated comendable ethics throughout.

District 9

An awesome little "what if" kind of science fiction movie.