The Top 15 Movies You Probably Haven't Tried (That You Should Try)

Some movies unfortunately don't get the recognition they deserve. Whether they end up getting a horrible distribution line-up, terrible marketing, or a straight-to-DVD release can determine the fate of a movie that remains to be completely unseen by the general public. Thankfully, there are lots of hardcore film nerds that like to give the smaller films support, and some of them end up becoming cult classics. But, believe it or not, there are movies that even the biggest movie snob has never heard of. And even if they heard of it, there's no guarantee that they've even actually tried it. So this is a list that is dedicated to the dark horses of the industry. 15 films that even the most knowledgeable movie snobs can admit to not really trying, even if they may have heard of it.

With that in mind, let's begin our odyssey into the unknown...

CinEffect Episode #7: Rubber, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Catherine, Cyrus, and more The Tree of Life

Welcome to the CinEffect Podcast. In this podcast of constant douchebaggery, me (Chris), Alex, and Brady talk about film, games, and everything in between. This week, we discuss Brady's unconditional dedication to Mass Effect, The Duplass Brothers' Cyrus, our childhood experiences with the Harry Potter franchise and it's final installment, more of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, and we finish it off with a descent into the insanity that is Rubber.

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Captain America: The First Avenger Movie Review

[Captain America: The First Avenger
Directed by Joe Johnston
Starring: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, and Haley Atwell
MPAA: PG-13 - For Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Action and Violence]

Rubber Movie Review

 

[Rubber

Directed by Quentin Dupieux

Starring Stephen Spinella, Jack Plotnick, and Wings Hauser 

MPAA: R: For some violent images and language]

CinEffect Episode 6: The Tree of Life, X-Men: First Class, Operation Rainfall, Trenched, and Triangle

Welcome to the CinEffect Podcast. In this podcast of constant douchebaggery, me (Chris), Alex, and Brady talk about film, games, and everything in between. This week, we review X-Men: First Class, discuss the hidden direct-to-video gem Triangle, get into heated debates about the Operation Rainfall boycott of Nintendo and the Supreme Court ruling of video games as a legitimate art-form, and finally conclude with a philosophically charged in-depth review of Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. A profound episode, to say the least. 

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CinEffect Episode #5: Super 8, L.A. Noire, I Saw The Devil, Metro 2033, and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Welcome to the Cineffect Podcast. In this podcast of constant douchebaggery, me (Chris), Alex, and Brady talk about film, games, and everything in between.

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I Saw The Devil Movie Review

[I Saw The Devil
Directed by Kim Ji-Woon
Starring: Choi Min-Sik, and Byung Hun-Lee
MPAA: Unrated - Contains graphic violence, nudity, sexuality, and language]

Midnight In Paris Movie Review

 

[Midnight In Paris

Directed by Woody Allen

Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Marion Cotillard

MPAA: PG-13 - For some sexual references and smoking]

Super 8 Movie Review

[Sorry there hasn't been a review for a while, but I've been busy with stuff like vacations, visiting Washington D.C., oh yeah, and I had a birthday last Wednesday. But fear not, I have seen a movie and it is ready for reviewing, so...better late than never. Enjoy.]

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[Super 8
Directed by JJ Abrams
Starring: Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney and Elle Fanning
MPAA: PG-13 - For intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language, and some drug use]

The Tree of Life Movie Review

[The Tree of Life
Directed by Terrence Malick
Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, and introducing Hunter McCracken
MPAA: PG-13: For some thematic material]

Is it possible to review a movie that is, for all intents and purposes, indescribable? Can I properly describe a film in a way that doesn't confine it from the multiple interpretations of its meaning? A film like this, and especially this film in particular, can mean completely different things for completely different kinds of people. Is it a simple family drama? An existentialist journey? A subconscious meditation of memory, both of one's life and the life of the universe? A metaphysical odyssey? A philosophical allegory?

It is all these things and more, which brought me to this encompassing conclusion: The Tree of Life is about everything. About life, nostalgia, love, loss, hatred, anger, nature, grace, forgiveness, redemption, and everything else mentioned in the above paragraph. The Tree of Life is simply a film about all life and everything around it.