Drive

Ryan Gosling starred in 4 movies over the past year - Blue Valentine, Crazy Stupid Love, Ides of March and this psychological thriller. I adore his work in all 4 films, but he really raised his character-actor street cred in this one. He became the epitome of a soft-spoken psychopath with a heart. The movie itself is told through long, drawn-out scenes which ordinarily would bore and then annoy me. But, the film score is what sets the film apart from any other heist/thriller film I've seen. The new wave electronic music made the slow-paced scenes eerily enjoyable to watch. Bryan Cranston (of Breaking Bad fame - just getting into the first season right now) was amazing, as was Albert Brooks who I've never seen play such a slimy character before. Rating - a throwback to the 1980s heist/thriller films with a kick-ass movie score. Definitely worth an hour and a half of your time. Bootleg it like I did, or queue it up via netflix.