Having apparently decided that his character is Welsh, Downey channels the voice, if not the genius, of the late Richard Burton.

It plays with the audience’s sympathy in strange ways.

Heavy on plot complexity, it leads to a conclusion worth the wait.

Directed beautifully, it pays special tribute to Alcott’s work, while repackaging it to stress its modernity.

Characters mature; there’s good role acting; and it has some philosophical messages - like the virtue of “belongingness”, and the need to maintain one’s real identity.

The doc offers an intimate portrait of Catholic activist Dorothy Day.

The filmmaker’s perspective is telegraphed. But many who do not know the Church likely will be touched and inspired.

Do we serve for the ‘medal’, or for some higher purpose or calling?

Not the stunning encore that Toy Story 3 surprised us with, but it walked the tightrope fairly well.

Jordan plays the brilliant and empathetic young attorney with verve and commitment.

Joker begs for understanding and kindness, of which there is hardly any in the film. Phoenix should finally win an Oscar.

It’s not perfect, but it’s probably as good a conclusion as we could have hoped for. Back to fan service.

There can be two kinds of responses to films like this – the crusading response, the educating response.

Eventually, after the controversies, the question would be raised whether these films are worth this kind of attention.

The result is to create an unsettling mix of highly sophisticated technology with the seductive power of an extremely good musical.

A creative amalgamation of seemingly dissonant themes that end up combining surprisingly well.

Disaster might be seen from the outside long before it happens on the inside. 

It moves at an appropriate snails’ pace. I mean that as a compliment for Mr. Rogers and the persons he encounters deserve full attention.

Both swarthy Italians and fair-skinned Irish eventually face the same God.

The Titanic of finance; focus on one group scrambling all night to survive gives us the collapse’s emotional heartbeat.