REVIEW: Liberal Arts

I rented this from Netflix because I find Elizabeth Olson very, very appealing, and indeed the movie works largely because of that. She and co-star/writer/director Josh Radnor have a very easygoing, vibrant rapport, so as long as the movie sticks with them, it works. Unfortunately, it takes too many side detours, with Zac Efron's comical/wise stoner being especially precious and superfluous. On the whole, though, this is a wise look at learning to live in the moment, even when you find the moment stifling.  Sometimes that other side isn't all it's cracked up to be because we aren't ready for it yet.

Liberal Arts IMDB entry.

Every movie I saw in 2013

On the Big Screen

1. Les Miserables B
2. This is 40 B-
3. The Impossible A
4. Not Fade Away C-
5. Promised Land B
6. Zero Dark Thirty A
7. Gangster Squad C
8. Mama B
9. Django Unchained A
10. Warm Bodies B
11. Oscar Nominated Shorts A-
12. Side Effects B+
13. A Good Day to Die Hard D
14. Silver Linings Playbook A+
15. Argo A+
16. Beasts of the Southern Wild B
17. Life of Pi A
18. Amour B-
19. Lincoln A
20. Jack the Giant Slayer C+
21. The Master B+
22. Oz the Great and Powerful B
23. The Call B-
24. Safe Haven C
25. The Croods B+
26. Stoker B+
27. West of Memphis A-
28. Olympus Has Fallen B+
29. The Gatekeepers B+
30. 56 Up A
31. Evil Dead (13) C+
32. 42 B
33. Oblivion B-
34. Mud A
35. The Sapphires A-
36. Iron Man 3 B
37. The Great Gatsby B+
38. Star Trek Into Darkness A
39. Fast and Furious 6 B+
40. To The Wonder C-
41. The Hangover Part III C+
42. Now You See Me B
43. Frances Ha A-
44. Man of Steel A+
45. Monsters University B
46. The Bling Ring A
47. This is the End A-
48. Much Ado About Nothing A
49. Before Midnight A
50. World War Z B
51. The Lone Ranger B-
52. The Heat A-
53. The East B
54. White House Down B-
55. The Apartment A+
56. Pacific Rim B+
57. The Princess Bride A
58. 20 Feet from Stardom A
59. Despicable Me 2 B+
60. The Conjuring A
61. The Way Way Back A-
62. Swing Time A+
63. Son of Dracula C+
64. The Black Cat A-
65. The Wolverine C+
66. Fruitvale Station A+
67. Blue Jasmine A
68. Good Ol’ Freda A
69. Elysium A-
70. The Magnificent Seven A-
71. Lee Daniels The Butler B
72. I’m No Angel B+
73. The Bank Dick B-
74. Beach Blanket Bingo B
75. The World’s End B-
76. The French Connection A+
77. The Spectacular Now B+
78. 2 Guns B-
79. Blackfish A-
80. Ain’t Them Bodies Saints B+
81. Short Term 12 A+
82. Drinking Buddies C+
83. You’re Next B+
84. The Family B
85. Insidious Chapter Two C
86. Prisoners A-
87. Rush A
88. Safety Last A+
89. Don Jon A-
90. We’re the Millers C-
91. Captain Phillips X2 A
92. Gravity X3 A+
93. Enough Said A-
94. Metallica: Through the Never B
95. 12 Years a Slave A
96. Carrie C
97. The Counselor D
98. The Fifth Estate C
99. Ender’s Game B
100. About Time B
101. Thor: The Dark World B
102. Dallas Buyers Club B+
103. All is Lost A-
104. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire  B+
105. Frozen A
106. Philomena A-
107. Saving Mr. Banks B+
108. The Hobbt: The Desolation of Smaug B+
109. Nebraska A
110. American Hustle X2 A
111. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty C+
112. The Wolf of Wall Street A+
     
     
     On the Small Screen 
     
     
     
     
     1. The Man Who Knew Too Much A-
     2. Compliance C+
     3. How to Survive a Plague B+
     4. Everything or Nothing A-
     5. Game Change A-
     6. Searching for Sugar Man A
     7. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  B
     8. The Killers (46) A
     9. Smashed A-
     10. The Killers (64) B
     11. Anastasia (56)  B+
     12. Peeping Tom A
     13. River of No Return B
     14. Baby Face B+
     15. Helter Skelter B+
     16. Storm Warning B+
     17. The Long Goodbye A-
     18. What’s Up Doc A-
     19. Public Enemies B+
     20. The Canyons D+
     21. $ellbrity B
     22. I Wanna Hold Your Hand A-
     23. Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out A-
     24. The Woman in Black C
     25. Making the Shining B
     26. Sound City B+
     27. Upstream Color D+
     28. 12 Angry Men A-
     29. Fast and Furious B
     30. Lovelace C
     31. Passion D+
     32. Brick B+