I have long been known among friends and family as a classic film snob (way more than just buff). In fact, I became so disillusioned with modern films during the mid 90s that I stopped seeing new movies altogether. However, in the last few years I've opened up and discovered the 2000s brought a spate of really wonderful movies. Here's some of my favorite films that do not fall into the "classics" category--yet.

Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, and Josh Brolin in Men in Black³ (2012)

There are some magnificent treasures out there in the movies that you may not have ever heard of. Here are my favorites.

As a native Texan myself, I wanted to acknowledge the actors and actresses who are also proud to be Texan and who, in this Texan's opinion, make us proud.

This list is in no particular order, as some of these actors are held in equally high regard in my mind. To me, the hallmark of an incredible actor is when a complex moment, with all the inherent human emotion, can be conveyed merely by watching the face of the actor. It tells me that the actor (or actress) not only honestly felt the range of emotions that we complex humans feel in any given situation, but are vulnerable enough to let the camera, and thus the audience, actually SEE it in their faces. Those are moments of cinematic rapture; they can be watched innummerable times without any loss of intensity. This is, sadly, a rarer commodity these days than it was in the classic Hollywood era.

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, and Tova Stewart in Take Shelter (2011)

Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, and Juliette Lewis in Kalifornia (1993)

David James Elliott and Emma Caulfield Ford in Confined (2010)

Kathleen Robertson and Andrea Roth in Last Exit (2006)

Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, DMX, Rachelle Leah, and Michael Matthias in The Bleeding (2009)

Tori Spelling and Patrick Muldoon in Deadly Pursuits (1996)

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Men in Black³

Return to what makes MIB great

Dark Fields

One redeeming quality--only one

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Disturbing backwards oedipus complex

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