Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD 3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV 8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD 10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download 15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre February 17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV 18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV 19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV 20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV 21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download 22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download 23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download 24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD 25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre 27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD 28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV 30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD 32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD 33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download 34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download March 35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download 36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD 39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download 40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download 43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download 44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download 45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV 48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download 49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download 50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD 51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre April 52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download 53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download 54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD 55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download 58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download 59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download 60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download 62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD 63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download 64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download 65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download 66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download 67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download May 68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download 69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download 71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV 72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD 73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download 74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download 75. The Darkest Hour (✩✩✩) - Download 76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download 77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download 78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV 79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD 80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 81. Cosmopolis (✩✩) - Download 82. Margaret (✩✩✩½) - Download 83. The Fast and the Furious (✩✩✩) - Download 84. Turbo-Charged Prelude (to 2 Fast 2 Furious) (✩✩✩✩) - YouTube 85. 2 Fast 2 Furious (✩✩) - Download 86. Los Bandoleros (✩✩✩) - Download 87. Fast & Furious (✩✩✩½) - Download 88. Fast Five (✩✩✩✩) - Download 89. Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 90. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (✩✩✩½) - Download 91. The Hangover Part III (✩✩✩) - Theatre 92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download 93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 94. Side Effects (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 95. Parker (✩✩✩½) - Download 96. I Am a Sex Addict (✩✩✩) - Download 97. Snitch (✩✩✩✩) - Download 98. Now is Good (✩✩✩½) - Download June 99. Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 100. After Earth (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 101. Bride of Frankenstein (✩✩✩) - Live TV 102. Creature from the Black Lagoon (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 103. Predators (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 104. Starter for 10 (✩✩✩) - DVD 105. This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 106. Super (✩✩✩✩) - Download 107. Superman: Unbound (✩✩✩½) - Download 108. Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 109. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (✩✩) - Download 110. Identity Thief (✩✩½) - Download 111. Bad Teacher (✩✩✩) - Download 112. World War Z (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 113. Death Defying Acts (✩✩) - Download July 114. Inside Job (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. The Kids Are All Right (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 116. Cashback (✩✩✩) - Netflix 117. The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 118. Superman (The Expanded Edition) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 119. Superman II (The Donner Cut) (✩✩½) - Blu-ray 120. The Host (✩✩✩✩) - Download 121. Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 122. Doomsday Prophecy (✩) - Live TV 123. The Sessions (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 124. Spring Breakers (✩✩✩✩) - Download 125. Hesher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 126. Tiny Furniture (✩✩✩) - Netflix 127. The Wolverine (✩✩✩) - Theatre 128. Upstream Color (✩✩✩) - Download 129. 13 (✩✩✩½) - Download 130. Jack Reacher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download August 131. Twilight (✩✩✩) - Download 132. New Moon (✩✩½) - Download 133. Eclipse (✩✩½) - Download 134. Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 135. Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 136. The Apparition (✩✩✩½) - Download 137. The Surrogacy Trap (✩✩✩) - Download 138. Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 139. Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 140. Charly (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 141. Flowers for Algernon (✩✩✩½) - Download 142. Wind (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 143. Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 144. Assault on Wall Street (✩✩✩✩) - Download 145. I Melt With You (✩✩½) - Netflix September 146. Riddick (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 147. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (✩✩✩) - Download 148. The Bling Ring (✩✩) - Download 149. I Give It a Year (✩✩✩) - Download 150. Europa Report (✩✩✩½) - Download 151. Earth's Final Hours (✩) - Download 152. Marooned (✩✩) - Download 153. Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (✩✩✩) - Download 154. The Place Beyond the Pines (✩✩✩½) - Download 155. Don Jon (✩✩✩✩) - Screening - I got a free pass to this movie last week at the comic shop. It was written by, directed by and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and includes Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Tony Danza among the cast. It's about a guy who's love of porn is ruining the experience of sex with real women. The exploration of real sex vs the fantasy of porn was done quite well. It was both seen and described by Levitt's character in explicit yet humorous detail. Levitt really put himself out there with both his character's private time with porn as well as with some steamy and graphic sex scenes with some rather attractive ladies. He's certainly not afraid to embarrass himself for his art. I liked his directorial debut. He did well at hitting the right beats to get the right response from the audience like a good comedian does. Glad I saw it with a packed house so that I could see the timely and positive reactions. The performances were top notch (the cast played some pretty good Jersey Shore guido types) but as far as the writing, I was afraid that Levitt wouldn't be able to wrap things up properly and sure enough, he didn't. At least that's how I felt. He made the point he was trying to make, but it still felt like he had a great idea but didn't quite know how to finish it. Still, it's a great movie and I highly recommend it. One of the surprising things about the film is that it fits with the times. It doesn't demonize casual sex despite trying to tackle the porn issue. Theatre: 23 Blu-ray: 10 DVD: 21 Netflix: 5 Live TV: 17 Download: 75 YouTube: 3 Screening: 1
1) This Is 40 - C+ 2) Easy A - A- 3) The Bounty Hunter - B+ 4) Crazy, Stupid, Love. - B- 5) What To Expect When You're Expecting - B+ 6) Contagion - C 7) Identity Thief - A 8) We Bought A Zoo - A- 9) The Ides of March - B+ 10) Top Gun - C+ 11) It Could Happen To You - B+ 12) Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close - A+ 13) Mirror, Mirror - A 14) Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - A 15) Inglorious Basterds - B+ 16) Independence Day - B+ 17) Star Trek – Into Darkness - B+ 18) Kick-Ass - B 19) The Heat - B- 20) Monsters Inc. - B+ 21) White House Down - B+ 22) Saving Private Ryan - A 23) Air Force One - A- 24) MASH - B+ 25) Airplane! - B+ 26) The Island - B 27) Love, Actually - A- 28) Kickass 2 - C+ 29) 28 Days - C 30) Mamma Mia - B+ 31) I Do (And I Don't) - F 32) Admission - D- 33) The Upside Of Anger - D- Was I missing something here? Imdb is rating it at 6.9/10 and I've seen a lot of positive reviews. But this was boring as paste. Joan Allen's character automatically thinks her husband has run off to Sweden? Could you bother to look for him? She spends the whole movie being spiteful and never checks if her husband was actually disloyal. Is this supposed to be story line because I didn't find it entertaining one bit. The only scene saving this from an F is when Kevin Costner's emasculated male lead takes two kicks to bust a door off its hinges and then stands there looking like he's going to pass out. I was howling in laughter.
Much Ado About Nothing - On Demand - I have been waiting with much anticipation to see this since first learning of this secret project of Josh Whedon's. First, I'm a huge Much Ado About Nothing fan. It is my favorite of all of Shakespeare's works. I own almost all the different versions of this, I'm missing a few but will eventually, hopefully add them to my collection. The movie never played near me to see in the theater, because thats where I would have preferred to see it. I really enjoyed this updated version, shot with a shoe string budget, with only 12 days to film. A lot of usual Whedon folks grace this film, making it very relatable from the start. Overall the acting is superb, with some real interesting takes on the characters. This movie is why as a whole I really like remakes. They take something familiar, add their own take on it and you have a wholly new and interesting version of something you are intimately familiar with. For me most of the choices really work, the house while being large really makes it intimate. Showing it in black and white, how certain scenes are framed and shot. I also loved the updated version of Sigh No More by Maurissa Tancharoen. After watching the movie, I immediately downloaded the sound track from iTunes. I also liked a lot the switching of Conrad to being a woman. Made the relationship between Don John and Conrad a lot more interesting. There are also some problems with the movie, most notably some performances are lacking. I imagine with the 12 days film shoot, they had a limited amount of takes. Also I disliked the actor who played Claudio, I think if they switched him with the actor who played Borachio things may have been a little better, maybe. The one aspect that I actually didn't like at all was the overt comedy when Benedict and Beatrice where they were "overhearing" how the other loved them. It really pulled me out the movie, like being hit by a train. However they got me back in a big way with the scene where Beatrice asks Benedict to kill Claudio over what happen. That was without a doubt the finest part of the movie. Well acted by Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof. While I would still say that Kenneth Branagh Much Ado is still my favorite version, I can definitely see myself opting for this on those days when I want to watch it again.
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) 61. Blue Jasmine (A+) 62. 21 Jump Street (B+) 63. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 64. This Is The End (A-) 65. Fruitvale Station (B+) 66. The Shawshank Redemption (A+) 67. The Spectacular Now (A) One of the biggest successes at this year's Sundance festival, arriving in Kingston shortly after fellow Sundance success Fruitvale Station. The story starts out as being, basically a teen romance, but in the last thirty minutes or so becomes much heavier (some of the kernels of this are obvious in the lead-up; but there's a particular moment that was so unexpected that it produced audible surprise in the theatre I saw it in). The film's ending diverges from the novel's somewhat, and I've seen people interpreting it as a straight happy ending, but I don't agree -- the author has remarked that the adapters have considerable fondness for The Graduate, and I think watching the expressions play across Shailene Woodley's face convey considerable ambiguity. Woodley and costar Miles Teller are both terrific in the lead roles. This was one of Roger Ebert's last new film reviews, and I think it was his last four-star review, which would be a nice bit of history. Cinema: 25 (+1) Home Video: 38 Computer: 4
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through August Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. 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DVD The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray The Canyons - free admission The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Act of Killing - free admission Flesh Pier - free admission The Horizon Glitters - free admission Adjust Your Tracking - free admission Planes 2D - free admission 2 Guns - free admission Elysium - free admission Kick-Ass 2 - free admission Five Easy Pieces - free admission Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission Jobs - free admission Paranoia- free admission Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission We're the Millers - free admission Blue Jasmine - free admission Clear History - HBO The Apparition - HBO Great White Shark 3D - IMAX Somewhere in Time - Netflix Instant A Haunted House - Netflix Instant Our Idiot Brother - Netflix Instant Dark Tide - Netflix Instant The First Wives Club - Netflix Instant The African Queen - Netflix Instant The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - theater Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Netflix Instant Spy Kids: All the Time in the World- Showtime on Demand Arthur Christmas - Showtime on Demand Gideon's Army - HBO on Demand Home on the Range - Starz on Demand The Darkest Hour - Showtime on Demand Think Like a Man - DVD The Vow - DVD Puppetmaster - DVD Apollo 18 - Showtime on Demand Flipper (1996) - Encore on Demand Horrible Bosses - HBO on Demand Legal Eagles - HBO A Sound of Thunder - HBO The Land That Time Forgot - TCM on Demand Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talking About- Showtime on Demand The Descendants - HBO on Demand He Said, She Said - Epix on Demand Phunny Business - Showtime on Demand Brother Bear - Epix on Demand The Parent Trap (1998) - HBO Nine Innings from Ground Zero - HBO on Demand J. Edgar - Cinemax on Demand Hyde Park on Hudson - HBO A Thousand Words - HBO War Horse - Showtime on Demand Chimpanzee - Starz on Demand Phil Spector - HBO on Demand Muppet Treasure Island - HBO Highlander: Endgame - Encore The Haunted Mansion - Encore on Demand Harold & Kumar go to White Castle - Starz Game Change - HBO What's Your Number? - HBO Bob Saget: That Ain't Right - HBO Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour - Showtime A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2D - Cinemax on Demand Firestarter - Encore The Sugarland Express - Cinemax Pillow Talk- Encore The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Encore XXX: State of the Union - Starz Gozilla vs King Ghidorah (1991) - Encore Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1993) - Encore Jaws 2 - Cinemax We Bought a Zoo - Encore Louis C.K.: Oh My God - HBO Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk - DVD Stand Up Guys - Epix on Demand Pupper Master 2 - DVD Free Willy - Starz George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano - HBO on Demand The Emperor's New Groove - Netflix Instant Rush (2013) - matinee Picked up UWvsH for ten bucks at a Wal-Mart last week. I thought it was alright, not great. The animated comic is split into six parts, since it was a six issue comic series. I watched 'em all in row, so it counts. SUG was alright...not the best work from Pacino, Arkin or Walken, but good enough to be entertainin'. And Walken was especially toned down, so it was a nice surprise. PM2 sucked out loud, even worse than the first. FW was a cute movie for the kids to watch. DVR'ed the first two sequels, too, but didn't have time to watch 'em this past week. The George Lopez special was one that originally broadcast live from San Antonio, Texas. It got a bit preachy there towards the end of the hour & a half, but still worth watchin'. Got back out to my sister's last night, and she has Netflix, but not cable...or even network television. Watched TENG last night, between episodes of Burn Notice. I didn't care too much for it, thought it was too self aware and broke the fourth wall way too much. The nephews were watchin' the sequel for it this mornin', but we didn't finish it. Took the nephews over to Lufkin this afternoon. They went to see The Wolverine 3D while I went to see Rush. I guess I would have figured the movie would be better if I gave a damn about racin'....I did like Chris Hemsworth, though. I don't think he's done a bad movie yet. Back to watchin' Burn Notice right now, may watch a movie or two before I call it a night tonight, though.
Spoiler: Full 2013 List 009 Re;Cyborg (10) After Earth (8) Asura (4) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Berserk: The Golden Age I: The Egg of the King (7) Berserk: The Golden Age II: Battle for Doldrey (7) Berserk: The Golden Age III: Decent (7) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Blue Exorcist: The Movie (8) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion (8) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) The Departed (7) Dragonball Z Movie 14: Battle of the Gods (7) Dragon Lord (6) Elysium (8) Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9) Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8) Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8) Fast and Furious 6 (9) From Up on Poppy Hill (10) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) The Grey (8) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (4) Initial D: 3rd Stage (9) Initial D: Drift Racer (live action) (7) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) The Lone Ranger (6) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) Man of Steel (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (7) Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) (10) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Now You See Me (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Pacific Rim (8) Parker (8) Phantom (2013) (8) The Princess and the Pilot (8) Puela Magi Madoka Magica I: Beginnings (9) Puela Magi Madoka Magica II: Eternal (9) RED 2 (10) Riddick (10) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) The Wolverine (8) Updates: True Grit (2010) (8) Current Total: 69
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through August Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Behind the Candelabra - HBO Inhumans - DVD The Hangover Part III - free admission Enter the Dragon - free admission Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission Epic 2D - free admission The Jensen Project - DVD Risky Business - free admission Screwballs - free admission Stay Tuned - free admission 12 Angry Men - DVD Fast & Furious 6 - free admission Now You See Me - free admission After Earth - free admission The Last Unicorn - blu ray The Internship - free admission The Purge - free admission The Deadly Spawn - free admission Before Midnight - free admission Wargames - free admission Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission Les Miserables (1998) - DVD Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Sexy Beast - DVD Jaws 3-D - free admission King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Joysticks - free admission The Keep - free admission Mortuary - free admission White House Down - free admission The Heat - free admission Finding Neverland - free admission A Band Called Death - free admission Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission Valley Girl - free admission Scarface - free admission Downloaded - free admission This is the End - free admission Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee Super - Netflix Instant Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant Monsters University 2D - free admission World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Tower Heist - DVD Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Grown Ups 2 - free admission The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant Mulan - Netflix Instant Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant The Conjuring - free admission R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission Red 2 - free admission Drive - Netflix Instant Only God Forgives - free admission Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand Fruitvale Station - free admission Cheap Thrills - employee screenin' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand The Way, Way Back - free admission Turbo 2D - free admission The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission The Sitter - HBO on Demand Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand Carnage - Starz on Demand Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission Trainspotting - free admission Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray The Canyons - free admission The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Act of Killing - free admission Flesh Pier - free admission The Horizon Glitters - free admission Adjust Your Tracking - free admission Planes 2D - free admission 2 Guns - free admission Elysium - free admission Kick-Ass 2 - free admission Five Easy Pieces - free admission Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission Jobs - free admission Paranoia- free admission Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission We're the Millers - free admission Blue Jasmine - free admission Clear History - HBO The Apparition - HBO Great White Shark 3D - IMAX Somewhere in Time - Netflix Instant A Haunted House - Netflix Instant Our Idiot Brother - Netflix Instant Dark Tide - Netflix Instant The First Wives Club - Netflix Instant The African Queen - Netflix Instant The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - theater Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Netflix Instant Spy Kids: All the Time in the World- Showtime on Demand Arthur Christmas - Showtime on Demand Gideon's Army - HBO on Demand Home on the Range - Starz on Demand The Darkest Hour - Showtime on Demand Think Like a Man - DVD The Vow - DVD Puppetmaster - DVD Apollo 18 - Showtime on Demand Flipper (1996) - Encore on Demand Horrible Bosses - HBO on Demand Legal Eagles - HBO A Sound of Thunder - HBO The Land That Time Forgot - TCM on Demand Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talking About- Showtime on Demand The Descendants - HBO on Demand He Said, She Said - Epix on Demand Phunny Business - Showtime on Demand Brother Bear - Epix on Demand The Parent Trap (1998) - HBO Nine Innings from Ground Zero - HBO on Demand J. Edgar - Cinemax on Demand Hyde Park on Hudson - HBO A Thousand Words - HBO War Horse - Showtime on Demand Chimpanzee - Starz on Demand Phil Spector - HBO on Demand Muppet Treasure Island - HBO Highlander: Endgame - Encore The Haunted Mansion - Encore on Demand Harold & Kumar go to White Castle - Starz Game Change - HBO What's Your Number? - HBO Bob Saget: That Ain't Right - HBO Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour - Showtime A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2D - Cinemax on Demand Firestarter - Encore The Sugarland Express - Cinemax Pillow Talk- Encore The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Encore XXX: State of the Union - Starz Gozilla vs King Ghidorah (1991) - Encore Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1993) - Encore Jaws 2 - Cinemax We Bought a Zoo - Encore Louis C.K.: Oh My God - HBO Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk - DVD Stand Up Guys - Epix on Demand Pupper Master 2 - DVD Free Willy - Starz George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano - HBO on Demand The Emperor's New Groove - Netflix Instant Rush (2013) - matinee Parker - Netflix Instant Same Time, Next Year - Netflix Instant Highlander: The Final Dimension - Netflix Instant That Guy...Who Was in That Thing - Netflix Instant Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again - Netflix Instant The Seven Year Itch - Netflix Instant How to Marry a Millionaire - Netflix Instant I started to watch Parker Sunday night, fell asleep durin' it. Had to start again Monday mornin', and it felt like the movie took forever to get goin'. Probably one of the weakest action movie Jason Statham has made. I have seen STNY in bits & pieces, but for the first time start to finish Monday afternoon. I still like it, 'cause of Alan Alda. And Monday night, I watched the third Highlander film. Didn't much care for it...the first one is still the best of the three I've seen. The first movie I've seen in the month of October was the documentary TGWWITT. Pretty interestin' look at male character actors, full of familiar faces. I'd be interested to see a similar documentary for actresses. Followed that with a standup performance from Kathleen Madigan, filmed in Detroit, Michigan. And the 350th "new to me" movie of the year is only the second Marilyn Monroe I've ever watched, The Seven Year Itch. I didn't much care for it. Of course, she looked beautiful, but her ditzy blonde routine was just too much to make it enjoyable. I liked Some Like It Hot a lot more. Watchin' How to Marry a Millionaire now...inadvertent Monroe Marathon!
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B 48. The Heat: C+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A 76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B- 77. Pi: C- 78. Riddick: B+ 79. Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief: B 80. The World's End: C+ 81. The Other Woman: B 82. The Other Guys: B- 83. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: C+ The live action homage to Fantasia starring Nicolas Cage, Alfred Molina, Jay Baruchel and Teresa Palmer with minor roles by Monica Bellucci and Alice Krige. My biggest problem was seeing Baruchel in the hero role. He just never sold me. I found Cage as Balthazar to be quite 'tame' and serviceable actually. Alfred Molina as the bad guy owned his scenes. The plot had to do with Molina's evil Horvath trying to release Krige's Morgan LeFey who Merlin had trapped into some Russian stacking dolls. Each layer of doll was an evil magician. Bellucci's character and a fellow Merlin apprentice sacrificed herself by merging with Krige. The movie frankly would've benefited by more Bellucci and Krige actually. Glad I saw it and the dancing mop/brooms sequence was well done. Still, once you see it it's largely forgettable but not nearly the train wreck I was expecting. I seem to recall it getting scathing reports at the time.
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD 3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV 8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD 10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download 15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre February 17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV 18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV 19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV 20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV 21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download 22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download 23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download 24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD 25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre 27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD 28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV 30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD 32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD 33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download 34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download March 35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download 36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD 39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download 40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download 43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download 44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download 45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV 48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download 49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download 50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD 51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre April 52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download 53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download 54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD 55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download 58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download 59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download 60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download 62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD 63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download 64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download 65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download 66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download 67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download May 68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download 69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download 71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV 72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD 73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download 74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download 75. The Darkest Hour (✩✩✩) - Download 76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download 77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download 78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV 79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD 80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 81. Cosmopolis (✩✩) - Download 82. Margaret (✩✩✩½) - Download 83. The Fast and the Furious (✩✩✩) - Download 84. Turbo-Charged Prelude (to 2 Fast 2 Furious) (✩✩✩✩) - YouTube 85. 2 Fast 2 Furious (✩✩) - Download 86. Los Bandoleros (✩✩✩) - Download 87. Fast & Furious (✩✩✩½) - Download 88. Fast Five (✩✩✩✩) - Download 89. Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 90. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (✩✩✩½) - Download 91. The Hangover Part III (✩✩✩) - Theatre 92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download 93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 94. Side Effects (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 95. Parker (✩✩✩½) - Download 96. I Am a Sex Addict (✩✩✩) - Download 97. Snitch (✩✩✩✩) - Download 98. Now is Good (✩✩✩½) - Download June 99. Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 100. After Earth (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 101. Bride of Frankenstein (✩✩✩) - Live TV 102. Creature from the Black Lagoon (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 103. Predators (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 104. Starter for 10 (✩✩✩) - DVD 105. This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 106. Super (✩✩✩✩) - Download 107. Superman: Unbound (✩✩✩½) - Download 108. Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 109. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (✩✩) - Download 110. Identity Thief (✩✩½) - Download 111. Bad Teacher (✩✩✩) - Download 112. World War Z (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 113. Death Defying Acts (✩✩) - Download July 114. Inside Job (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. The Kids Are All Right (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 116. Cashback (✩✩✩) - Netflix 117. The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 118. Superman (The Expanded Edition) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 119. Superman II (The Donner Cut) (✩✩½) - Blu-ray 120. The Host (✩✩✩✩) - Download 121. Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 122. Doomsday Prophecy (✩) - Live TV 123. The Sessions (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 124. Spring Breakers (✩✩✩✩) - Download 125. Hesher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 126. Tiny Furniture (✩✩✩) - Netflix 127. The Wolverine (✩✩✩) - Theatre 128. Upstream Color (✩✩✩) - Download 129. 13 (✩✩✩½) - Download 130. Jack Reacher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download August 131. Twilight (✩✩✩) - Download 132. New Moon (✩✩½) - Download 133. Eclipse (✩✩½) - Download 134. Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 135. Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 136. The Apparition (✩✩✩½) - Download 137. The Surrogacy Trap (✩✩✩) - Download 138. Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 139. Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 140. Charly (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 141. Flowers for Algernon (✩✩✩½) - Download 142. Wind (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 143. Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 144. Assault on Wall Street (✩✩✩✩) - Download 145. I Melt With You (✩✩½) - Netflix September 146. Riddick (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 147. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (✩✩✩) - Download 148. The Bling Ring (✩✩) - Download 149. I Give It a Year (✩✩✩) - Download 150. Europa Report (✩✩✩½) - Download 151. Earth's Final Hours (✩) - Download 152. Marooned (✩✩) - Download 153. Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (✩✩✩) - Download 154. The Place Beyond the Pines (✩✩✩½) - Download 155. Don Jon (✩✩✩✩) - Screening 156. World Without End (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - Four astronauts end up back on Earth in the 26th century only to find most of man wiped out. Very similar to The Time Machine. Comments here. 157. The Omega Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV - Not the best take on I Am Legend. Comments here. 158. People Like Us (✩✩✩½) - Download - A contrived plot but Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks were pretty good in their roles. 159. Scarface (✩✩✩) - Download - I wanted to wait until after Breaking Bad was over to see this. It wasn't worth the hype but Al Pacino was pretty good. 160. What to Expect When You're Expecting (✩✩) - Download - Stupid ensemble movie about pregant characters expecting children. If you want kids, you won't after seeing this. Or maybe you'll just forget about this bad movie and want them anyway. Chris Rock and Anna Kendrick stood out but that's about it. 161. Goats (✩✩✩✩) - Download - A coming of age movie about a kid who went away to private school. It's not as dull as it sounds. It has a colorful cast of characters that includes Vera Farmiga as the kid's hippy new age mom and David Duchovny as the bearded pot-smoking out-of work goat trekker who's been living with them for decades. Duchovny's oddball character really makes the movie. It's why it's called Goats. 162. Gravity (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre - Visually stunning and Sandra Bullock really delivered. My poin by point review is here. Theatre: 24 Blu-ray: 10 DVD: 21 Netflix: 5 Live TV: 19 Download: 78 YouTube: 3 Screening: 1
September Rundown (14 Movies) 5 Stars None 4½ Stars None 4 Stars Don Jon - Screening Riddick - Theatre World Without End - Live TV 3½ Stars Europa Report - Download People Like Us - Download The Place Beyond the Pines - Download 3 Stars I Give It a Year - Download Scarface - Download Star Trek: Of Gods and Men - Download The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - Download The Omega Man - Live TV 2½ Stars None 2 Stars Marooned - Download The Bling Ring - Download 1½ Stars None 1 Star Earth's Final Hours - Download ½ Star None 0 Stars None
It was good to see Michelle Pfieffer in a movie again, too. Totally worth watchin' for Pine & Banks, though. Saw it for the first time just a few months ago. I enjoyed it. Yeah, its hyped up all to hell, but still worth watchin'. I thought Chris Rock was just performin' his stand up in the movie. Anna Kendrick was alright, but Elizabeth Banks was better, especially her rant towards the end. Also, the digital posters we used at the Alamo Drafthouse I worked at when the movie came out showed a pregnant Anna Kendrick, and that's just messed up once ya see the movie. Hopin' to see it this weekend!
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) 61. Blue Jasmine (A+) 62. 21 Jump Street (B+) 63. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 64. This Is The End (A-) 65. Fruitvale Station (B+) 66. The Shawshank Redemption (A+) 67. The Spectacular Now (A) 68. Gravity (A+) This is that rare movie that absolutely demands to be seen on the biggest screen you can find, in 3D. This would not be the same movie in 2D, let alone on a TV. It took Alfonso Cuaron years to make this, and it shows; this is virtuoso stuff, merging the absolute best movie-making technology with some wonderfully humanistic storytelling. Sandra Bullock gives the best performance I've ever seen from her. Cinema: 26 (+1) Home Video: 38 Computer: 4
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through September Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. 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free admission The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant Mulan - Netflix Instant Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant The Conjuring - free admission R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission Red 2 - free admission Drive - Netflix Instant Only God Forgives - free admission Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand Fruitvale Station - free admission Cheap Thrills - employee screenin' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand The Way, Way Back - free admission Turbo 2D - free admission The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission The Sitter - HBO on Demand Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand Carnage - Starz on Demand Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission Trainspotting - free admission Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray The Canyons - free admission The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Act of Killing - free admission Flesh Pier - free admission The Horizon Glitters - free admission Adjust Your Tracking - free admission Planes 2D - free admission 2 Guns - free admission Elysium - free admission Kick-Ass 2 - free admission Five Easy Pieces - free admission Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission Jobs - free admission Paranoia- free admission Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission We're the Millers - free admission Blue Jasmine - free admission Clear History - HBO The Apparition - HBO Great White Shark 3D - IMAX Somewhere in Time - Netflix Instant A Haunted House - Netflix Instant Our Idiot Brother - Netflix Instant Dark Tide - Netflix Instant The First Wives Club - Netflix Instant The African Queen - Netflix Instant The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - theater Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Netflix Instant Spy Kids: All the Time in the World- Showtime on Demand Arthur Christmas - Showtime on Demand Gideon's Army - HBO on Demand Home on the Range - Starz on Demand The Darkest Hour - Showtime on Demand Think Like a Man - DVD The Vow - DVD Puppetmaster - DVD Apollo 18 - Showtime on Demand Flipper (1996) - Encore on Demand Horrible Bosses - HBO on Demand Legal Eagles - HBO A Sound of Thunder - HBO The Land That Time Forgot - TCM on Demand Bob Saget: That's What I'm Talking About- Showtime on Demand The Descendants - HBO on Demand He Said, She Said - Epix on Demand Phunny Business - Showtime on Demand Brother Bear - Epix on Demand The Parent Trap (1998) - HBO Nine Innings from Ground Zero - HBO on Demand J. Edgar - Cinemax on Demand Hyde Park on Hudson - HBO A Thousand Words - HBO War Horse - Showtime on Demand Chimpanzee - Starz on Demand Phil Spector - HBO on Demand Muppet Treasure Island - HBO Highlander: Endgame - Encore The Haunted Mansion - Encore on Demand Harold & Kumar go to White Castle - Starz Game Change - HBO What's Your Number? - HBO Bob Saget: That Ain't Right - HBO Patton Oswalt: Finest Hour - Showtime A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas 2D - Cinemax on Demand Firestarter - Encore The Sugarland Express - Cinemax Pillow Talk- Encore The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Encore XXX: State of the Union - Starz Gozilla vs King Ghidorah (1991) - Encore Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1993) - Encore Jaws 2 - Cinemax We Bought a Zoo - Encore Louis C.K.: Oh My God - HBO Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk - DVD Stand Up Guys - Epix on Demand Pupper Master 2 - DVD Free Willy - Starz George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano - HBO on Demand The Emperor's New Groove - Netflix Instant Rush (2013) - matinee Parker - Netflix Instant Same Time, Next Year - Netflix Instant Highlander: The Final Dimension - Netflix Instant That Guy...Who Was in That Thing - Netflix Instant Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again - Netflix Instant The Seven Year Itch - Netflix Instant How to Marry a Millionaire- Netflix Instant Do the Right Thing - Netflix Instant Evil Dead 2: Dead Before Dawn - Netflix Instant Escape from Planet Earth - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Whelmed, But Not Overly - Netflix Instant Grave Encounters - Netflix Instant Grave Encounters 2 - Netflix Instant Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away - Netflix Instant Brother Bear 2 - Netflix Instant Gravity 3D - theater How to Marry a Millionaire was a cute movie about three women who plot to hook up with a rich husband, but wind up marryin' for love, instead. Watched Spike Lee's first major film the other night. I thought it was pretty good, if a bit random. I liked seein' the source for Sal's Pizza seen in Inside Man and Red Hook Summer, too. Finally saw ED2! That's three out of four films in the franchise I've seen, all that's left is Army of Darkness! EFPE was a cute kids' movie, remindin' me a bit of Planet 51 from a few years ago. Havin' William Shatner voice the "Earth First" type general was a nice bit of irony. And I spotted the name "Odo" among the alien signatures, too. The Kevin Nealon stand up was a bit better than his first one. Watched the two GE horror films. Both are "found footage" movies. The first is about a reality show film crew findin' real terror in an old asylum. The second is about a fan of the first film goin' to the same asylum and findin' out that it wasn't just a movie. Both are bad movies, the second worse than the first. The elevator trick was bad enough, but it really goes off the rails when the ghosts start carryin' cameras around to film what's goin' on. The Steven Wright stand up was okay. The first half was him on stage, the second half a self-aware Civil War story, with an old home video of one of his performances in Boston. I liked the stage show, not so much the Civil War thing. Watched BB2 just 'cause its on Netflix and I watched the first last month with my brother's kids. Also, because its Rick Moranis's last screen credit, unless he comes out of retirement. The first was about family love & sacrifice, this was about romantic love. Also, it should be noted that I watched 353 "new to me" movies in 2012. Brother Bear 2 was the 354 "new to me" movie this year. And I went out to Nacogdoches's Carmike Six to see Gravity in 3D last night. Freakin' awesome movie! I wish seein' it on an IMAX-type screen was an option, but the closest one is in Louisiana. Back to watchin' Burn Notice's fourth season via Netflix Instant right now...and there are still some movies playin' a the theater I wanna see, like Don Jon & The Family, Prisoners, Riddick & Runner Runner.
I have only seen 3 movies so far this year-Olympus has fallen,star trek:into darkness and rush.other movies have been on dvd.
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B 48. The Heat: C+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A 76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B- 77. Pi: C- 78. Riddick: B+ 79. Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief: B 80. The World's End: C+ 81. The Other Woman: B 82. The Other Guys: B- 83. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: C+ 84. Catfish: A- So I decided it was time to watch the movie that coined the phrase "Catfishing" as it was popularized by the college football "dead girlfriend" shenanigans. I forget the player and don't care to google it. I found it to be a surprisingly engrossing documentary about how this woman in Michigan created an elaborate ruse using Facebook and stealing a semi-professional models pictures from Model Mayhem and other things about the net to build this fake world in order to get the attention of a modest NY photo and filmmaker. I kept waiting and waiting for how Catfish came into play and near the very, very end this woman's husband tries to make a parallel with how catfish somehow preserved cod as it was transported across the ocean in containers. Something about the catfish taking the bad and preserving the good. I honestly am not sure if or how much that applied to what his wife was doing. Anyway, I found it to be engaging all the same. Well crap. I was going to save this for DVD. So seriously, it's big screen worthy of my theater dollars? I didn't doubt the quality but wasn't sure it screamed "must see big screen". But it is worthy of my $12 then?
^ I paid $12 to see it last night, and after it was over, I wished I could have paid more to see it at an IMAX theater. Well worth seein' on a theater screen, may not even be worth watchin' on a television.
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) 61. Blue Jasmine (A+) 62. 21 Jump Street (B+) 63. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 64. This Is The End (A-) 65. Fruitvale Station (B+) 66. The Shawshank Redemption (A+) 67. The Spectacular Now (A) 68. Gravity (A+) 69. Captain Phillips (A) I got to see this in a sneak peek at Empire, a week in advance of its wide release. This is Paul Greengrass' first film since the flop of Green Zone back in 2010, and, for my money, this is easily his best work that I've seen, and one of the year's best films. Tom Hanks was one of the biggest stars of the late 1980s and 1990s, but in the 2000s he largely (and gracefully) slipped out of the spotlight, spending his time lining his shelves with Emmys for producing HBO miniseries and doing smaller movies that mostly didn't attract attention. This is his best role in a very long time, up there with the work he was doing in his peak years, and is a lock to earn him his first nomination since Cast Away. The other significant performance, Barkhad Abdi as the leader of the Somali pirates, is equally worthy of recognition (and this is his debut performance). The rest of the cast is filled out with largely unknowns (Catherine Keener makes a brief appearance as Mrs. Phillips at the start of the movie). Last year, Argo and Zero Dark Thirty got a lot of praise for taking a well-known situation and milking genuine suspense out of it -- Captain Phillips exceeds either of those on that score, in my opinion. Greengrass' visual aesthetic doesn't always work for me (and I think it's had a largely negative effect on how Hollywood shoots action movies), but it's perfectly deployed here. On the demerit side, the opening few scenes are a bit creaky in places, indulging in bits of heavy-handed foreshadowing that the rest of the film eschews. The film does an excellent job of balancing the situation, I think; we get a sense of the Somalis' sympathetic motives, without suggesting they're really just victims (though there's undeniably something very pathetic of seeing these violent but hapless guys being targeted by the multi-billion-dollar national security apparatus of the world's most powerful state; they clearly have no idea what they're doing or how badly the odds are against them). Cinema: 27 (+1) Home Video: 38 Computer: 4 If any movie in the last few years demands to be seen on the big screen, it's this one. It's hands down the best 3D I've ever seen.