10 Movies You May Have Missed

It's a slow movie week so far. I'll be renting a few movies on Tuesday and seeing a couple in the theater on Thursday, but until then, I present to you a list of movies you may have missed. These are the recent(last couple of years) movies that you probably saw on the New Release rack but never bothered to rent them, whether it be due to bad publicity, independent producers, or foreign location. Well, I'm here to tell you that you need to.

- Zwartboek(Black Book) Paul Verhoeven(Robocop, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers) directs this sensual, dirty, and very visceral movie about a female spy for the Dutch underground who seduces a German captain near the end of WWII. It's a great foreign film that didn't even get an Oscar nomination last year. 85/100

- El Maquinista(The Machinist) Before Christian Bale became the Caped Crusader, he did this independent movie that studios hated so much they had to film it in Spain so the director could have full creative control. It's a puzzling psycho thriller in the vein of Psycho and Mulholland Dr. 89/100

- Primer True cerebral science fiction films don't come around very often, but this 80 minute independent thriller/drama uses some of the best science and inserts it into a real-life situation to make the most plausible(if not near-impossible to understand) time travel movie. 80/100

- Feast One mother of a horror movie. It's the most recent "Project Greenlight" movie. It features horny mutants, maggot-infested rednecks, buckets of gore, and a cast including Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins, and Jason Mews. It's a classic cheesball grossout horror-comedy. 85/100

-Cache/Hidden Michael Haneke directs this unusual but potent psychological thriller that gives you the heebie-jeebies. There is one particular scene that just surprises you in it's shocking glory. 76/100

- Idiocracy Mike Judge's killer comedic mind goes overboard in this politically motivated comedy showing what our society will look like in 500 years- a pool of 60 IQ near-monkeys named after commercial products. I just love the fact that Carl Jr's sells "Extra Big-Ass Fries" 84/100

- Unknown A thriller crossbreed of Saw and The Usual Suspects sporting a cast including Paul Giamatti, Jeremy Sisto, and Jim Caviziel- how could this not have made at least 50 million dollars? When, it didn't, and it snuck quietly into rentals stores nationwide and barely made a peep. Rent it now. 82/100

-Renaissance This is a great neo-noir/sci-fi drama that puts you in a visually stunning and beautifully animated world. It has a potent message and just an overall sleek and hypnotic effect. Features the voice talents of Bond himself, Daniel Craig. 78/100

- The Proposition THE best western since Unforgiven and Tombstone back in the early nineties. This Australian movie stars Guy Pearce of Memento fame and follows a man hired to hunt down and kill one of his outlaw brothers in order to save his other brother. Amazing visuals and a downright brutal expereince. 91/100

- Brick A true neo-noir starring one of the best young actors around- Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It has some fantastic dialogue and a unique, interesting, and highly entertaining story. One of the best scripts I've ever seen turned into a movie It's really one of my favorite movies. 95/100

There you go. 10 good to amazing movies you need to get out and rent. i hope you have some extra cash laying around. Maybe dig around in your couch.