Boardwalk Empire – Season 3
By the end of Season 2, Nucky Thompson had a great future ahead of him. 15 months later, however, Season 3 puts Nucky on a downward spiral in many ways.
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Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
A surprisingly brazen and mature debut from a teenager who seems to be on a completely different plane than his peers.
For A Good Time, Call…
A fun, female-driven comedy that delivers plenty of laughs and a surprising touch of sentimentality.
Cranes Are Flying, The
A young couple is separated by war in this stunning piece of cinematic history by Mikhail Kalatozov of the play by Viktor Rozov.
Royal Affair, A (2012)
Denmark’s Oscar nominee proves to be a solid and beautiful period piece led by three strong performances.
Jaejoong Kim – I
Kim Jaejoong’s debut mini-album is definitely a gamble for someone not exactly schooled in the genre. But, man, does he ever deliver some brilliant music.
Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, A
Roman Coppola’s sophomore piece is one heck of a journey inside the mind of a broken-hearted asshole.
Kimbra – Vows
I’m actually almost at a loss for words. This woman’s voice and her ability to fuse the expected with the experimental makes this debut as brilliant as any I’ve heard from some of my favorite artists.
Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
Rurouni Kenshin follows an ex-assassin called Kenshin Himura (Sato) during the Meiji period (1868-1912) trying to find atonement for his past deeds by protecting those around him.
Doctor Zhivago (Russian Miniseries)
Russia has taken back what is theirs with a serialized version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago at the hand of Aleksandr Proshkin, which lasts 11 episodes, clocking in at a little bit over 400 minutes of running time, making it the most faithful adaptation of Pasternak’s novel to date.
