Z for Zachariah. I liked it overall. Chris Pine has such a great blend of charm and menace. Accents are hit and miss. Biggest annoyance was the sets and costuming. The apocalypse looks a bit too much like a magazine spread. The score was written by the same woman who scored for the excellent, lovely-sounding, and harrowing Compliance. Good stuff.

A Most Violent Year. Solid. Gotta hang on to what you got. I like that the hero is a runner.

Felony. I like a story where people goof up and cover it up. But this was kinda bland. Jai Courtney surprisingly good as a straight-arrow type?

Predator. Holds up! I forgot how fluid and pleasing some of the camerawork is here. The scene where they unload a zillion bullets into the jungle has a strange formalist beauty. Final fight just a wee too long.

Take Shelter. Good lord I love this movie. Gut-wrenching to see a man surrounded by, and pushing away, people that care about him. (My first viewing was somehow five years ago?)

Sliding Doors. '90s movies are really growing on me. Paltrow and Lynch and Tripplehorn are such natural charmers.

Valkyrie. I... don't remember much about. It was fine?

Our Kind of Traitor. It was fine. Fairly standard spy intrigue stuff. I'm on board with that, but just ran out of steam somehow.

20th Century Women. I loved it. The '70s were weird but then again so was every time. Bening is a genius.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The Riders of Rohan are the best. Loved'em in the book. Love'em in the movies. I think they nailed the melodrama in this one. And the build-up to the spider set-piece is pretty great. I still think the song during the closing credits is a huge misfire. Should have gone instrumental!