In this low budget independent road trip drama, Josh and Emily go to fetch a recliner for his father’s birthday, stopping to invite Rhett, his little brother, along for the adventure. With a raw style, this quirky drama features solid acting, a decent script, and plenty of crazy unexpected moments.

Grade: B.

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Clint Eastwood plays a gunnery sergeant sanctioned for insubordination and placed in charge of training a platoon of recon recruits. Eastwood’s character, Gunny Highway, is a hard-nosed leader and offers the actor multiple opportunities for masterful sneers, grumpy battle-hardened one-liners, and showing those kids who’s in charge.

Grade: C+.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers brings Henry VIII to vivid life in the engrossing four-season series that follows the daily life of the King of England, from the beginning of his reign to the end of his life. The episodes are beautifully filmed, sometimes quite steamy, and filled with rich detail.

Grade: A++.

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This masterpiece miniseries by the makers of Band of Brothers follows the service of three enlisted Marines and their units through the Pacific theatre in World War II. Gritty, realistic battle scenes are in all the episodes, exposing audiences to a glimpse of the reality of what these men encountered.

Grade: A++.

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When Ben Tyler is diagnosed with Stage IV Cancer, he decides to buy a motorcycle and go on an epic journey across Canada, against the wishes of his fiancée. This beautiful, introspective independent drama is full of poignant moments, features a perfect cast, and tells a vast gorgeous adventure story.

Grade: A-.

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Ted Crisp is a manager at a large evil corporation, Veridian Dynamics, and works with the most hilariously motley group of corporate drones, mad scientists, and miscreants. This intelligent comedy about working at the parody of the evil corporation features smart writing, hilarious banter, and the most imaginatively unlikely misadventures.

Grade: A+.

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Lewis Black delivers a hilarious set of political critiques, pop culture observations, and bewildered musings in this scathing and intelligent stand-up comedy special. His off-kilter delivery, twitchy mannerisms, and sheer exasperated breathless surprise at the targets of his comedy contribute to an engrossing set of snarky, barbed commentary.

Grade: B.

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This low-budget documentary bemoans the demise of a large number of independent record stores in the face of increased music sales online. While the subject matter is interesting, this film doesn’t deliver any explanations or solutions, instead settling on a series of whining rants by store owners and employees.

Grade: C-.

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A Native American woman has visions of repressed memories of her abusive treatment in a Catholic boarding school on her reservation. This gripping film touches on systematic cultural repression of Native people to try to get them to conform to an American persona at the cost of their own identity.

Grade: B.

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A documentary film crew is embedded aboard the USS Nimitz as she deploys to the Persian Gulf on a six-month cruise. We follow crewmembers of various departments in their daily duties, from galley workers to fighter pilots to the command, and get to know them and their stateside families.

Grade: A.

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