2022

Maid (TV Limited Series | Drama)

2021

Red Rocket
Licorice Pizza
Like A Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres (Music Documentary, Biography)
Brand New Cherry Flavor (TV Limited Series | Horror, Dark Comedy)

2020

The Last of Us 2 (Video Game | Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller)
A Thousand Cuts (Documentary, Philippines)
Birds Of Prey (Action, Adventure, Comedy | Margot Robbie, Ella Jay Basco)
Cheer (TV Docuseries)

2019

Unbelievable (TV Limited Series)
Bombshell
Parasite
* Brittany Runs A Marathon (Drama, Comedy, Heartfelt)
Yesterday (Comedy, Musical)
* A Woman’s Work: The NFL Cheerleader’s Problem (Documentary, Biography, Drama)
* Yellow Rose (Drama, Music | Eva Noblezada, Lea Salonga, Dir. Diane Paragas)
* Booksmart (Comedy, Coming-of-Age | Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Dir. Olivia Wilde)
* Aladdin (Comedy, Musical, Drama | Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott)
Staycation(Drama)
* Blinded By The Light (Comedy, Musical)

2018

* Matanga/Maya/M.I.A.: A Documentary (Documentary, War, Music | M.I.A.)
Expectations (Music | Hayley Kiyoko)

2017

Sitting: A Short Film (Music | Mitski)
Nobody Dies (Documentary | Thao Nguyen of The Get Down Stay Down)
Baka Bukas (Philippine Cinema, Coming-of-Age | Jasmine Curtis Lee)
Bangarang: A Short Film (Action, Comedy | Dante Basco)
* Wonder Woman (Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Dir. Patty Jenkins)

2016

* La La Land (Drama, Romantic, Musical, Comedy | Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Dir. Damien Chazelle)
Don’t Breathe (Thriller, Mystery | Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dir. Fede Alvarez)
Kubo (Drama, Animation | Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McCounaghey)
Nerve (Thriller, Mystery, Crime | Emma Roberts, Dave Franco)
Lights Out (Horror | Teresa Palmer, Maria Bello, Gabriel Bateman)

2015

Joy (Drama | Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro, Bradley Cooper)
The Intern (Comedy, Drama | Anne Hathaway, Robert DeNiro)
While We’re Young (Comedy, Drama | Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Driver)

2014

Selma (Biography, Drama, History | David Oyelowo, Dir. Ava DuVernay)
* Wild (Biography, Drama | Reese Witherspoon)
American Sniper  (Action, Drama, Biopic | Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Dir. Clint Eastwood) [Article featured in The New University]
Big Eyes (Biography, Drama | Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz)
Gone Girl (Drama, Thriller | Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike)
* Whiplash (Drama, Music | Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons)
Birdman (Dark Comedy, Drama | Michael Keaton, Emma Stone)
Lucy (Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman)
* Boyhood (Drama | Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Dir. Richard Linklater) [Article featured in The New University]
Life Partners (Comedy | Leighton Meester, Gillian Jacobs, Adam Brody)
Third Person (Drama, Romance | Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Liam Neeson, Dir. Paul Haggis)
* Begin Again (Music Comedy Drama | Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine, Dir. John Carney) [Article featured in The New University]
Chef (Comedy | Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara, Robert Downey Jr.)
Divergent (Action-Adventure, Drama, Thriller | Shailene Woodley, Theo James Franco, Miles Teller, Kate Winslet)

2013

* Her (Comedy, Drama, Romance | Dir. Spike Jonze, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson)
American Hustle (Crime, Drama | Dir. David O. Russell, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence)
* Drinking Buddies (Romantic Comedy, Drama | Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston)
* Don Jon (Comedy, Drama | Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore)
The Spectacular Now (Drama, Comedy, Romance | Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson)
We’re The Millers (Comedy | Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter)
The Way, Way Back (Dramedy, Coming-of-Age | Liam James, Steve Carell, Anna Sophia Robb, Sam Rockwell)
The Great Gatsby (Romantic Drama | Dir. Baz Luhrmann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan)
* Spring Breakers (Drama, Dark Comedy | Dir. Harmony Korine, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, James Franco) [Featured in Exhibit at UCI Spring 2013 Magazine]
* Lovelace (Biographical Drama | Amanda Seyfried)
Zero Dark Thirty (War, Drama, History, Thriller| Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, Jessica Chastain)

2012

* Silver Linings Playbook (1|2) (Comedy, Drama, Romance | Dir. David O. Russell, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence)
Ruby Sparks (Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano)
The Words (Mystery, Romantic Drama | Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde)
The Dark Knight Rises (Superhero, Action, Thriller | Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
* Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Comedy Drama | Keira Knightley, Steve Carell)
Safety Not Guaranteed (Comedy | Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass)

2011

The Hunger Games (Sci-Fi Adventure | Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth)
New Year’s Eve (Rom-Com| Hilary Swank, Zac Efron, Lea Michele, Jessica Biel)
Drive (Crime Drama | Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan)
Midnight In Paris (Rom-Com, Fantasy | Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Dir. Woody Allen)

2010

* Daydream Nation (Drama, Romance | Kat Dennings, Reece Thompson, Josh Lucas)
Last Night (Drama, Romance | Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, Guillaume Canet)
* The Runaways (Biography, Drama, Music| Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart)

2009

Up In The Air (Comedy-Drama | George Clooney, Anna Kendrick)

2003

* Lost In Translation (Melodrama, Drama | Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Dir. Sofia Coppola)

2002/2004

*  A Walk To Remember / The Notebook (Romance, Drama)

1998

Great Expectations (Romance, Drama | Ethan Hawke, Gwenyth Paltrow)

1966

* The Battle of Algiers (Drama, History, War | Dir. Gillo Pontecorvo)

* = notable favorite