Gran Torino

Rating: 2

Like a Hallmark Channel movie of the week.

Frost/Nixon

Rating: 6

With a ham-fisted script involving lots of clumsy exposition, the movie is worthwhile for Michael Sheen's wonderful performance as David Frost. Frank Langella's Nixon is creepily overacted, maybe because he adapted the role from the stage.

Doubt

Rating:7.5

Great performances by Meryl Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams, with cinematography by the brilliant Roger Deakins.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Rating: 4

Plods.

Milk

Rating: 9

Milk is reason number 762 that I adore James Franco. It's actually really great, even though it's a biopic.