Looper

A dark and brutal
Drama disguised as sci-fi,
A thriller with brains,

 Looper will make you
Think, just not about happy,
Fun, or pleasant things.

Top-notch direction
And a nicely streamlined plot
Keep it all moving.

While a unique take
On time travel makes up for
The super-grim tone.

Sleepwalk With Me

Mike Birbiglia's
Charming, bittersweet tale of
A sleep disorder

And how it caused him
To (eventually) be
A better man and

Do better on stage.
A fairly lightweight story
Taken mostly from

His standup routines
It is cute, funny, well made,
And winningly short.

Resident Evil: Retribution (IMAX 3D)

Not a good movie
But at least a fun one, it
Shares a lot with the

Last movie I saw
In IMAX, Avatar. Both
Have bad acting, great

Action, and I found
The ridiculousness was
Rather endearing.

RE wins out though,
It doesn't take itself at
All seriously.

The Expendables 2

The dumbest movie 

To be released this year, I

Really enjoyed it.

Less a movie, more

The best videogame I'll

Never get to play.

Better action than

Part one, with more silly one-

Liners and even

Worse dialogue. It

Has everything you'd expect,

Both the good and bad.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

An original
And unflinching (though somehow
Not pretentious) tale

Of a girl finding
Her place in the universe,
It is a creole

Winter's Bone with a
Much younger yet equally
Intense lead actress.

Q* Wallis carries
The whole movie on tiny,
Impressive shoulders.


*Her first name is actually Quvenzhané, I'm guessing it is four syllables, but I wasn't confident enough to try to include the whole thing.

Moonrise Kingdom

Even if you don't
Like Wes Anderson's style,
You've got to admit,

He sure knows how to
Do a lot with a little.
Here his overly

Precise direction,
Lyrical storytelling
And eccentric cast

Combine to make a
Charming, funny tale of young
Love and adventure.

Prometheus

The superb acting
And directing deserve a
Better script, one with

Good dialogue and
Character development
Luckily I tend

To have a soft spot
For sci-fi that tries to be
More than just action

Prometheus TRIES,
Very hard, for greatness but
Never quite makes it