Watch What I Said 2

IMDb: 7.1

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

My Grade: A

So as part of adding content to this increasingly shitty blog, I've decided to include a weekly segment detailing a movie-a-week that people should check out. I know anyone that reads this blog does so primarily for my reviews, but I'm lazy and don't want to review anything right now. This weekly segment may also contain suggestions from other members of the Public Nerdity Podcast from time to time.

You'd be forgiven if you have no idea who J.C. Chandor is. He's not exactly a household name, nor does he make big budget movies you're clamouring to see. However, in the past couple of years, he's made All Is Lost (with Robert Redford) and A Most Violent Year (with Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain and David Oyelowo). So what I'm saying is that he makes damn good movies. So my pick for this week is his feature film debut, Margin Call. This film follows the 24 hour period before the 2008 financial meltdown that saw the economy flushed down the toilet. What this film does is take that giant mess and turn it into a tightly wound drama, featuring excellent performances from everyone in the cast. And, boy, what a cast Chandor got. This movie has Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Demi Moore, Simon Baker, and Stanley Tucci. Quinto, in particular, proves he can hold his own opposite heavyweights Spacey and Irons. The film was also nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar. This is a film that everyone should make time to see.

With a 7.1/10 score on IMDb and a strong 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, you're doing yourself a disservice to not, at least, give it a chance. Margin Call is currently available on Netflix.