Just hours before the Super Bowl aired the Sunday before last, I was shocked -- as was all of Hollywood -- to hear of Philip Seymour Hoffman's sudden death, which was deemed a heroin overdose. Instead of mourning his death, let's celebrate his work in movies (and this is a movie-related blog, anyway). I'm going to list his best-reviewed movies, according to Rotten Tomatoes, as well as, in my opinion, his best film roles (there are many of his movies I haven't seen, of course, so excuse me for leaving them off that list). Best-Reviewed Movies 1. Mary & Max (2009) -- 95% 2. Moneyball (2011) -- 94% 3. Boogie Nights (1997) -- 92% 4. Nobody's Fool (1994) -- 91% 5. A Most Wanted Man (2014) -- 91% 6. Capote (2005) -- 90% 7. The Savages (2007) -- 89% 8. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) -- 89% 9. Almost Famous (2000) -- 88% 10. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) -- 88% Best Film Roles 1. Doubt -- Father Brendan Flynn 2. The Master --...
It's time for this petite aspie movie snob to get critical. (Let's face it: it's always time for that).