Spoiler: Movies Seen in Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct/Nov Cowboys & Aliens- DVD Rise of the Planet of the Apes - DVD Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - free screenin' Limitless - Netflix Instant The Next Three Days - Netflix Instant Man on a Ledge - free screenin' Red State - Netflix Instant Mars Needs Moms - Netflix Instant S.W.A.T.: Firefight - Netflix Instant Red Tails - free screenin' Resident Evil: Degeneration - Netflix Instant The Last Exorcism - Netflix Instant Frozen - Netflix Instant The Perfect Host - Netflix Instant Tucker & Dale vs Evil - Netflix Instant Brooklyn's Finest - Netflix Instant Stone - Netflix Instant The Woman in Black - free screenin' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - free screenin' Haywire - free admission The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - free admission The Artist - free admission Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - free admission Ted & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie - tech screenin' Hugo - free admission Safe House - free screenin' The Captains - Netflix Instant Troll Hunter - Netflix Instant The Evil Dead (1981) - Netflix Instant Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D - tech screenin' Underworld Awakening 3D - free admission We Need to Talk About Kevin - free admission The Innkeepers - free admission Big Miracle - free admission Chronicle - free admission Underworld: Unrated Extended Cut - DVD The Grey - free admission Contraband - free admission Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D - free admission One for the Money - free admission The Ouija Experiment - free admission Ghost Rider - Extended Cut - DVD The Secret World of Arrietty - free admission Bullhead - free admission Underworld Evolution - DVD Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D- free admission Castle in the Sky - free admission Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Live Action: Pentacost, Raju, The Shore, Time Freak & Tuba Atlantic - free admission This Means War - free admission Alien Trespass - Netflix Instant My Neighbor Totoro - free admission Rampart - free admission Dr Suess' The Lorax 3D - free screenin' Comin' At Ya! 3D - free admission Wanderlust - free admission Act of Valor - free admission Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Animated: A Morning Stroll, Dimanche/Sunday, La Luna, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore & Wild Life - free admission Dune (1984) - free admission Doctor Strange - DVD Project X (2012) - free admission Martha Marcy May Marlene - free admission Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - free admission Friends with Kids - free admission The Lincoln Lawyer - Netflix Instant Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy - Netflix Instant John Carter 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Silent House - free admission 21 Jump Street - free screenin' Casa de Mi Padre - free admission Support Your Local Gunfighter - Netflix Instant The Grudge: Unrated Extended Director's Cut - DVD Jeff, Who Lives at Home - free admission My Bloody Valentine (2009) - DVD Battle Royale (2000) - Alamo Drafthouse Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocal - discount theater The Butterfly Effect - DVD The Butterfly Effect 2 - DVD Sound of Noise - free admission The FP - free admission Harold & Maude - free admission The Double - Netflix Instant No Strings Attached - Netflix Instant Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey - Netflix Instant Louis C.K. 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Saw it for four bucks at Wal-Mart the other night...and felt robbed when it was over. It was an interestin' idea, but the muggin' for the camera from Chevy Chase, Courtney Cox's pratfalls, and the general "screw this" Tim Allen just oozes throughout the movie...plus, the kids castin' sucked and why was there a Wendy's commercial right in the middle of it? Went to see The Hobbit in 2D the other day. I enjoyed it, especially since Ian McKellan got to kick some ass as Gandalf. I'll be goin' to see it in 3D and the HFR soon, too, since I can get into 'em for free. Took three tries, but I finally got through #Slevin on DVD. Great cast, but not a great movie. Hitchcock was an alright movie about the makin' of Psycho. Still think there could have been more to tell about that movie & its production, that this movie just hits the highlights without really talkin' about it, or informin' the audience about anything they wouldn't already know. And, finally, the documentary After Porn Ends, which takes a look at different porn stars, how they got into the industry, what they did while there, and what they are doin' now that they aren't porn stars. Watched it on Netflix last night after work. Did y'all know Asia Carrerra is in Mensa?
Spoiler: the rest of my list. 1. My Week With Marilyn (B-) 2. Fantasia 2000 (B+) 3. Blade Runner (B) 4. The Hidden Fortress (A-) 5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+) 6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+) 7. The Descendants (A-) 8. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 9. The Prestige (A+) 10. Blood Simple (A-) 11. The Big Lebowski (B+) 12. West Side Story (A-) 13. The Hours (A-) 14. Lady and the Tramp (B) 15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B) 16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A) 17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-) 18. Spellbound (B+) 19. Seven Samurai (A+) 20. X-Men: First Class (A) 21. Do The Right Thing (N/A) 22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. LA Confidential (A) 25. Young Adult (B) 26. Children of Men (B+) 27. Gaslight (B+) 28. North By Northwest (A+) 29. American Beauty (A-) 30. Revolutionary Road (A-) 31. Being There (B) 32. Coriolanus (C+) 33. To Catch A Thief (B+) 34. A Separation (A+) 35. The Hunger Games (B+) 36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A) 37. Saturday Night Fever (A-) 38. The Tree of Life (A-) 39. Hero (B-) 40. Boogie Nights (A+) 41. Magnolia (A-) 42. The Lives of Others (A) 43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-) 44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A) 45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A) 46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A) 47. Downfall (A+) 48. In Darkness (B+) 49. Cabaret (C+) 50. The Avengers (A) 51. The Incredible Hulk (B) 52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-) 53. Alien (A) 54. Mystic River (A) 55. Amadeus (A+) 56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B) 57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C) 58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+) 59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B) 60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-) 61. Field of Dreams (A+) 62. The Conversation (B) 63. American Gangster (A) 64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+) 65. Damsels in Distress (B+) 66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+) 67. Star Trek (A) 68. Thelma & Louise (A) 69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B) 70. Brave (B+) 71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-) 72. Where Do We Go Now? (B) 73. The Night of the Hunter (C) 74. Dangerous Liasons (A) 75. Amelie (A) 76. Glory (A) 77. Savages (B) 78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+) 79. There Will Be Blood (A) 80. Memento (A) 81. Nine (C) 82. Insomnia (B) 83. Batman Begins (A+) 84. Margaret (A-) 85. The Dark Knight (A+) 86. The Dark Knight Rises (A) 87. Inception (A) 88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 89. The Aviator (A-) 90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+) 91. The Quiet American (B+) 92. The Piano (B) 93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B) 94. Intouchables (A-) 95. The Seven Year Itch (B+) 96. Born on the Fourth of July (B) 97. 12 Angry Men (A+) 98. Wild Strawberries (A) 99. Broadcast News (A-) 100. Jaws (A) 101. Ikiru (A-) 102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+) 103. Lawless (B-) 104. The Rules of the Game (B+) 105. Tokyo Story (B+) 106. Burn After Reading (B+) 107. Brokeback Mountain (A+) 108. Looper (A+) 109. The Master (B+) 110. Nosferatu (N/A) 111. Argo (A) 112. Farewell, My Queen (B+) 113. King Kong (1933) (A) 114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B) 115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-) 116. Cloud Atlas (B+) 117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+) 118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+) 119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-) 120. Dracula (C-) 121. Frankenstein (B) 122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 123. Flight (A-) 124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+) 125. The Room (F) 126. Sabrina (A-) 127. Skyfall (A) 128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+) 129. Funny Face (C+) 130. Killer Joe (B+) 131. Midnight's Children (B-) 132. Life of Pi (A) 133. Sunset Boulevard (A+) 134. Lincoln (A-) 135. Killing Them Softly (C+) 136. Strangers on a Train (A-) 137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A) 138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-) 139. The Sessions (B+) 140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-) 141. Holy Motors (?) 142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+) 143. Empire of the Sun (A-) Another of Steven Spielberg's early straight dramas, starring a young Christian Bale (as well as John Malkovich, in a rare non-crazy role, and Miranda Richardson) as a British schoolboy trying to survive in Shanghai following the Japanese invasion in World War II. As one would expect from Spielberg, it's technically excellent, and features a great performance from Bale, displaying all the potential he would go on to fulfill in his later career (a rare male child actor to become an adult star). 144. This Is 40 (B+) Judd Apatow has directed only four movies, but I suspect casual moviegoers would probably guess he's done a lot more, given how widespread his influence on the comedy genre has been, thanks to his many writing and producing gigs, and the proliferation of his disciples (including, recently, Lena Dunham, who cameos here, alongside expected figures like Jason Segel and Bridesmaids' Chris O'Dowd). This is a "sort of" sequel to Knocked Up, focusing on Katherine Heigl's character's sister and brother-in-law (Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd), but I think they'd honestly have been better-off without that connection, because it really raises more questions than it answers, both in terms of where Heigl and Rogen are despite this movie centering on a big family gathering (Heigl, obviously, was unlikely to return; perhaps as a consequence, Rogen misses an Apatow movie for the first time), and because this movie's Pete and Debbie don't really remind me of what I remember of the earlier movie's couple at all. That said, it's a fun comedy. Apatow's movies are generally criticized for being overlong, and certainly I could edit this down further fairly easily (excising the stuff with Debbie's employees would be the easiest subplot to ditch), but I didn't think the runtime was a big issue. The movie as a whole is generally observational in style, so it doesn't have a strong plot to begin with. Rudd and Mann are both in top form, and the expansive supporting cast (enabled by the aforementioned runtime) provides for plenty of good moments. The most emotionally affecting work is done by Albert Brooks and John Lithgow as their fathers. Cinema: 51 (+1) Home Video: 80 (+1) Computer: 13
It was too kid friendly for my tastes, but it does have heart and I like the concept, story and casting enough to want to get it when I can. Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV 3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD 4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD 13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV 14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV 19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD 20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV 25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV 27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD February 31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet 32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD 33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD 35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV 36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD 38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD 39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV 42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV 43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD 44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV 51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV March 53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD 54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV 57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD 59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD 60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV 61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD 62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD 66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV 67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV 68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV 71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand 73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV 76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD 80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD 81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV 86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV 87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD 89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD 90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand 91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand 92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV 94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV April 96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV 98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD 99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD 101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV 103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV 105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV 111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD 112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV 114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD 117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD 119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD 120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV 121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet 123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD 125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV 126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD May 127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD 128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD 129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV 131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand 132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV 133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand 134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV 135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV 136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD 138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD 139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV 140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD 141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD 142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV 143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand 144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand 145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD 146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD 147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV 154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV 155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD 156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD 157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV 158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet June 162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD 163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV 165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV 167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD 168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD 169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV 170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV 171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV 172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD 173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet 175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV 178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV 179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV 180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV 181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD 186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD 187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV 188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV 190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD 191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD 192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD 193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV 195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD July 196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre 199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV 203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV 204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV 205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV 206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV 207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD 209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD 210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD 211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD 213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD 216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD 217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD August 218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre 221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD 222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD 223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand 224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand 225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre 228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV 229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand 231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand 232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand 233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV 234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD 237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD 238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD 239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD 240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV 241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD September 242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV 247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD 248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD 250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV 251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV 253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD 256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre 260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV 261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV 263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD 265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand 266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD 268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV 269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV 271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD 273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD 274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD 275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV 276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV October 278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD 279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD 280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD 281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV 283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV 284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD 285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD 286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV 293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV 294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD 295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD 300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV 301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand November 303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 305. The Château (✩✩) - DVD 306. Skyfall (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 307. p.s. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 308. Creation (✩✩✩) - DVD 309. The Tree of Life (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 310. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (✩½) - Live TV 311. Astro Boy (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 312. Source Code (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 313. Robotech: The Sentinels (✩✩✩½) - DVD 314. What's Your Number? (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 315. Dragonball: Evolution (✩✩✩) - DVD 316. Perfect Sense (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 317. Red Dawn (✩✩✩) - Theatre 318. Silver Linings Playbook (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 319. Proof (✩✩✩½) - DVD 320. Dream House (✩✩✩) - DVD 321. Sound of My Voice (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 322. Aquamarine (✩✩½) - Live TV 323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (✩✩) - Live TV 324. Fierce People (✩✩✩) - Live TV 325. Liz & Dick (✩½) - Live TV 326. Return to Me (✩✩✩) - DVD 327. Solaris (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 328. The Beaver (✩✩✩½) - DVD December 329. Five Million Years to Earth (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 330. Letters to Juliet (✩✩½) - Live TV 331. Reindeer Games (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 332. Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 333. Now & Forever (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 334. The Captains (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 335. Scream 4 (✩✩½) - DVD 336. Bad Santa (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 337. Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV 338. It's Kind of a Funny Story (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 339. Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV 340. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (✩✩½) - DVD 341. Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV 342. A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV 343. I Do (But I Don't) (✩½) - DVD 344. Charlie St. Cloud (✩✩) - Live TV 345. Finding Neverland (✩✩½) - Live TV 346. Let Me In (✩✩✩) - Live TV 347. Snow (✩✩½) - DVD 348. Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD 349. Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV 350. Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV 351. Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV 352. Supergirl (✩✩✩) - DVD - I recently purchased this one on DVD. It's a shame that it wasn't included in the Superman movie set or even released on blu-ray, but hopefully someday it will be. I'm reviewing this because I got the version with the extra 10 minutes, bringing the runtime to 124 minutes. I hope to get the longest version at some point just to have, but what I saw was adequate. I like Helen Slater as Supergirl and I liked Faye Dunaway as the wannabe sorceress. It's a decent story and an underrated movie if you get past the Salkind-style camp. The intro is kind of catchy… [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlI9I-FhVME[/yt] Can't believe it cost $1 milion to make. 353. Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV - Mrs. Claus travels to Las vegas to help a woman in need, and following along is Santa himself to find out what she's up to. Stars Mira Sorvino and Will Sasso. Due to some magic that allows them to blend into society, the actors spend much of the movie looking like themselves. Not a great movie, but not bad either. 354. Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - A career woman named Krissy Kringle was just fired from her job and accidentally gets Santa's Naughty or Nice list (in the form of a book) mailed to her. The book is magic and contains everyone's secrets which she uses to her advantage. Krissy's parents were played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter of Family Ties fame. I thought that was a nice touch. I tuned in expecting your usual lame Hallmark TV movie, but this one was actually really good. A little more effort was put into crafting a story more complex than your usual TV movie fare. This would have made a pretty good big budget picture. I plan to get this on DVD. I like Christmas movies and this one is worthy of my collection. Theatre: 22 DVD/Blu-ray: 137 Live TV: 141 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 45 Internet: 4
Spoiler: the rest of my list. 1. My Week With Marilyn (B-) 2. Fantasia 2000 (B+) 3. Blade Runner (B) 4. The Hidden Fortress (A-) 5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+) 6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+) 7. The Descendants (A-) 8. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 9. The Prestige (A+) 10. Blood Simple (A-) 11. The Big Lebowski (B+) 12. West Side Story (A-) 13. The Hours (A-) 14. Lady and the Tramp (B) 15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B) 16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A) 17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-) 18. Spellbound (B+) 19. Seven Samurai (A+) 20. X-Men: First Class (A) 21. Do The Right Thing (N/A) 22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. LA Confidential (A) 25. Young Adult (B) 26. Children of Men (B+) 27. Gaslight (B+) 28. North By Northwest (A+) 29. American Beauty (A-) 30. Revolutionary Road (A-) 31. Being There (B) 32. Coriolanus (C+) 33. To Catch A Thief (B+) 34. A Separation (A+) 35. The Hunger Games (B+) 36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A) 37. Saturday Night Fever (A-) 38. The Tree of Life (A-) 39. Hero (B-) 40. Boogie Nights (A+) 41. Magnolia (A-) 42. The Lives of Others (A) 43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-) 44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A) 45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A) 46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A) 47. Downfall (A+) 48. In Darkness (B+) 49. Cabaret (C+) 50. The Avengers (A) 51. The Incredible Hulk (B) 52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-) 53. Alien (A) 54. Mystic River (A) 55. Amadeus (A+) 56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B) 57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C) 58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+) 59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B) 60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-) 61. Field of Dreams (A+) 62. The Conversation (B) 63. American Gangster (A) 64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+) 65. Damsels in Distress (B+) 66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+) 67. Star Trek (A) 68. Thelma & Louise (A) 69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B) 70. Brave (B+) 71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-) 72. Where Do We Go Now? (B) 73. The Night of the Hunter (C) 74. Dangerous Liasons (A) 75. Amelie (A) 76. Glory (A) 77. Savages (B) 78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+) 79. There Will Be Blood (A) 80. Memento (A) 81. Nine (C) 82. Insomnia (B) 83. Batman Begins (A+) 84. Margaret (A-) 85. The Dark Knight (A+) 86. The Dark Knight Rises (A) 87. Inception (A) 88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 89. The Aviator (A-) 90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+) 91. The Quiet American (B+) 92. The Piano (B) 93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B) 94. Intouchables (A-) 95. The Seven Year Itch (B+) 96. Born on the Fourth of July (B) 97. 12 Angry Men (A+) 98. Wild Strawberries (A) 99. Broadcast News (A-) 100. Jaws (A) 101. Ikiru (A-) 102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+) 103. Lawless (B-) 104. The Rules of the Game (B+) 105. Tokyo Story (B+) 106. Burn After Reading (B+) 107. Brokeback Mountain (A+) 108. Looper (A+) 109. The Master (B+) 110. Nosferatu (N/A) 111. Argo (A) 112. Farewell, My Queen (B+) 113. King Kong (1933) (A) 114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B) 115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-) 116. Cloud Atlas (B+) 117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+) 118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+) 119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-) 120. Dracula (C-) 121. Frankenstein (B) 122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 123. Flight (A-) 124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+) 125. The Room (F) 126. Sabrina (A-) 127. Skyfall (A) 128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+) 129. Funny Face (C+) 130. Killer Joe (B+) 131. Midnight's Children (B-) 132. Life of Pi (A) 133. Sunset Boulevard (A+) 134. Lincoln (A-) 135. Killing Them Softly (C+) 136. Strangers on a Train (A-) 137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A) 138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-) 139. The Sessions (B+) 140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-) 141. Holy Motors (?) 142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+) 143. Empire of the Sun (A-) 144. This Is 40 (B+) 145. Rashomon (A+) Akira Kurosawa's first big international success, which introduced a whole new style of storytelling. It holds up exceptionally well. The 50s style of Japanese acting featured in Kurosawa's films can take a bit of getting used to, but once you do the calibre of the work is easy to appreciate. Machiko Kyo is the real star of this one, aided by the fact that her character changes the most pronouncedly between the tellings. It's also an interesting movie to watch from the perspective of a law student. 146. Three Kings (A) This is, in my estimation, the best film made about the Gulf War, but I can only think of three (this, Courage Under Fire, and Jarhead), so perhaps that's not that big a distinction. That said, still a terrific movie -- a more dramatic Kelly's Heroes for the 1990s (or maybe a grittier precursor to George Clooney's Ocean's 11). Much like David O. Russell's later The Fighter (and Silver Linings Playbook, if the reviews are to believed), it takes a pretty standard story arc ("guys engaged in immoral/self-interested conduct suddenly get a crash course in empathy and become real heroes"), but delivers it in a fresh, engaging way. It also functions as an interesting time capsule, given what happened later. Cinema: 51 Home Video: 82 (+2) Computer: 13
Two days, two cities, two very different films. Spoiler: the rest of my list. 1. My Week With Marilyn (B-) 2. Fantasia 2000 (B+) 3. Blade Runner (B) 4. The Hidden Fortress (A-) 5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+) 6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+) 7. The Descendants (A-) 8. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 9. The Prestige (A+) 10. Blood Simple (A-) 11. The Big Lebowski (B+) 12. West Side Story (A-) 13. The Hours (A-) 14. Lady and the Tramp (B) 15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B) 16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A) 17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-) 18. Spellbound (B+) 19. Seven Samurai (A+) 20. X-Men: First Class (A) 21. Do The Right Thing (N/A) 22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. LA Confidential (A) 25. Young Adult (B) 26. Children of Men (B+) 27. Gaslight (B+) 28. North By Northwest (A+) 29. American Beauty (A-) 30. Revolutionary Road (A-) 31. Being There (B) 32. Coriolanus (C+) 33. To Catch A Thief (B+) 34. A Separation (A+) 35. The Hunger Games (B+) 36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A) 37. Saturday Night Fever (A-) 38. The Tree of Life (A-) 39. Hero (B-) 40. Boogie Nights (A+) 41. Magnolia (A-) 42. The Lives of Others (A) 43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-) 44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A) 45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A) 46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A) 47. Downfall (A+) 48. In Darkness (B+) 49. Cabaret (C+) 50. The Avengers (A) 51. The Incredible Hulk (B) 52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-) 53. Alien (A) 54. Mystic River (A) 55. Amadeus (A+) 56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B) 57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C) 58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+) 59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B) 60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-) 61. Field of Dreams (A+) 62. The Conversation (B) 63. American Gangster (A) 64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+) 65. Damsels in Distress (B+) 66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+) 67. Star Trek (A) 68. Thelma & Louise (A) 69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B) 70. Brave (B+) 71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-) 72. Where Do We Go Now? (B) 73. The Night of the Hunter (C) 74. Dangerous Liasons (A) 75. Amelie (A) 76. Glory (A) 77. Savages (B) 78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+) 79. There Will Be Blood (A) 80. Memento (A) 81. Nine (C) 82. Insomnia (B) 83. Batman Begins (A+) 84. Margaret (A-) 85. The Dark Knight (A+) 86. The Dark Knight Rises (A) 87. Inception (A) 88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 89. The Aviator (A-) 90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+) 91. The Quiet American (B+) 92. The Piano (B) 93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B) 94. Intouchables (A-) 95. The Seven Year Itch (B+) 96. Born on the Fourth of July (B) 97. 12 Angry Men (A+) 98. Wild Strawberries (A) 99. Broadcast News (A-) 100. Jaws (A) 101. Ikiru (A-) 102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+) 103. Lawless (B-) 104. The Rules of the Game (B+) 105. Tokyo Story (B+) 106. Burn After Reading (B+) 107. Brokeback Mountain (A+) 108. Looper (A+) 109. The Master (B+) 110. Nosferatu (N/A) 111. Argo (A) 112. Farewell, My Queen (B+) 113. King Kong (1933) (A) 114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B) 115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-) 116. Cloud Atlas (B+) 117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+) 118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+) 119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-) 120. Dracula (C-) 121. Frankenstein (B) 122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 123. Flight (A-) 124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+) 125. The Room (F) 126. Sabrina (A-) 127. Skyfall (A) 128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+) 129. Funny Face (C+) 130. Killer Joe (B+) 131. Midnight's Children (B-) 132. Life of Pi (A) 133. Sunset Boulevard (A+) 134. Lincoln (A-) 135. Killing Them Softly (C+) 136. Strangers on a Train (A-) 137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A) 138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-) 139. The Sessions (B+) 140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-) 141. Holy Motors (?) 142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+) 143. Empire of the Sun (A-) 144. This Is 40 (B+) 145. Rashomon (A+) 146. Three Kings (A) 147. Les Miserables (A) Tom Hooper's followup to The King's Speech has proved critically divisive (though audiences seem to approve so far), for a variety of reasons. To an extent, the knives have been out for him since he had the temerity to beat David Fincher in 2010; the musical genre itself has detractors (and this one in particular); and Hooper makes some bold stylistic choices that will understandably attract supporters and critics. I think the style choices work, emphasizing the confined circumstances the characters always find themselves in (despite Les Miserables generally being thought of as an epic, it's really only epic in toto, rather than scene-to-scene). Among the actors, Jackman, Hathaway, Barks, and Redmayne are the top tier (as well a superb cameo by the original Jean Valjean, Colm Wilkinson). I also thought Seyfried was quite good, in a part that is rather thankless (the actress who originated her jokingly described her as "the most boring soprano ever in an 80s musical"). Baron Cohen is, weirdly, doing a French accent despite everyone else doing English ones. Crowe isn't a great singer, but he serves well enough, I think. The immediacy of the live-singing really works, and there are a number of changes made that on the whole work well (as well as reincorporating various parts of the novel that weren't in the musical); there's one addition at the end that works wonders. I saw this in Sydney, Cape Breton, on Christmas Day with my cousin Maggie, who had no knowledge of either the musical or the book, and she also loved it. It has flaws as a film, but as populist entertainment to invoke big emotions, it's a huge success, and I loved it. 148. Django Unchained (A) The following day, after driving home to Charlottetown (which took about seven hours) to attend a family Boxing Day event, I went to the late showing of Tarantino's latest. Tarantino's filmography might be broken down into tree parts: the 1990s crime films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown), the early 2000s era of 1970s cinema homages (Kill Bill 1 & 2, Death Proof), and now the historical epics (which also have homage elements, of course). This is another historical revenge fantasy (albeit without the heavy historical revisionist elements; perhaps we'll get a sequel where Django takes down Nathan Bedford Forrest). The cast is uniformly strong, beginning with Christoph Waltz, who once again shows his effortless command of Tarantino's language (whilst playing a character the audience doesn't have to feel conflicted about liking). Jamie Foxx, in the title role, is much more subdued than most of the other actors (he's supposed to be the man of few words), but he's strong, and sells all the key moments. As the main bad guys, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson both deliver the goods. The latter delivers on one of my main hopes for the film, that Tarantino could get something new out of Jackson, who has been phoning it in for years; count on Quentin, I guess, since it was his Pulp Fiction that established his persona to begin with. Kerry Washington is fine, but the role is rather underwritten for the main female in a Tarantino film. Structurally the movie is a bit undisciplined (and I imagine there's been stuff cut out; Amber and Russ Tamblyn appear in the opening scenes in the background, without any dialogue), and there's a moment that feels like the climax, but isn't (though I can see the story reason why). Nonetheless, it's a lovely canvas, and Tarantino's music choices are as good as ever (Jim Croce's "I Got A Name" being my favourite). Cinema: 53 (+2) Home Video: 82 Computer: 13
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+ Overall a well acted, written film just not perfect. I'd seen some commentary online where people said they had a hard time following the story as it jumps around as the investigation into the mole proceeds. I thought their were noticeable verbal queues and in some places musical queues to let you know from when we went from the "present('73)" and to the past. I do feel like the movie felt every bit it's running length. I good movie but no so good I'd want to own it. Doesn't have high re-watchability imo. Worth some awards for sure.
The Sound of My Voice ✭✭✭½ - I watched it twice to see what I missed the first time. It's a very good movie that I never have noticed if it wasn't mentioned on here. I don't want to spoil anything about it. Go watch it. The Campaign ✭✭✭ Snow White and the Huntsman ✭✭✭ Despicable Me ✭✭½ - Aside from the minions and the youngest daughter's antics, this movie is kind of a bore House at the End of the Street ✭✭ - somebody at the core, there's a good movie dying to get out. Making it a scareless (literally) teen horror film was a mistake.
Updates in Bold: Spoiler: Full List 2 Fast 2 Furious (8) 47 Ronin (7) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (8) The Amazing Spider-man (7) Argo (8) The Avengers (10) Bad Boys (8) Battle of Los Angles (9) Battleship (9) Big Wars (8) Blade of the Phantom Master (8) The Bourne Legacy (9) Cloud Atlas (9) The Dark Knight Rises (10) Daybreakers (5) Die Hard (9) Die Hard II (8) Die Hard: With a Vengeance (8) Django Unchained (8) Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (7) The Expendables 2 (8) Fargo (6) The Fast and the Furious (8) The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (7) Fast and Furious (2009) (8) Fast Five (10) First Blood (8) First Squad: The Moment of Truth (8) Flight (9) Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (8) Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (7) Gantz: Perfect Answer (7) Garasu no Usagi (Glass Rabbit) (7) Gattaca (8) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence (6) Golgo 13: The Professional (6) Golgo 13: Queen Bee (6) Green Hornet (6) .hack//The Movie: Beyond The World (7) Haywire (7) Heaven's Lost Property: The Angeloid of Clockwork (5) Hellboy: Blood and Iron (8) Hellboy: Sword of Storms (6) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (8) Hunger Games (4) Jack Reacher (9) John Carter (9) Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (8) Justice League: Doom (7) Justice League: New Frontier (6) Justice League: Starcrossed (8) Killing Them Softly (5) King of Thorn (9) K-ON!: The Movie (8) L.A. Confidential (9) Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (9) Legend of the Millennium Dragon (7) A Letter to Momo (8) Lockout (8) Looper (8) Lupin the 3rd: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (9) Lupin the 3rd: Return of Pycal (7) Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (Director's Cut) (9) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion (Director's Cut) (9) Men In Black III (8) The Men Who Stare at Goats (7) Mercury Rising (7) Mystic River (6) Negima!: Final (7) Nydenion (7) The Prestige (10) Prometheus (5) Rambo: First Blood Part II (8) Rambo III (8) The Raven (9) Redline (10) Resident Evil (4) Robotech II: The Sentinels (6) Safe House (2012) (8) Salt (7) Scott Pilgrim VS The World (8) Skyfall (9) Space Battleship Yamato (2010) (8) Starship Troopers: Invasion (6) Superman: Doomsday (8) Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (8) Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (9) Taken 2 (8) Time Traveler: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (8) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (5) Total Recall (2012) (8) Towanoquon Movie 1 (9) Towanoquon Movie 2 (9) Towanoquon Movie 3 (9) Towanoquon Movie 4 (9) Towanoquon Movie 5 (9) Towanoquon Movie 6 (9) Toward the Tera (1980) (6) Tropic Thunder (7) Underworld: Awakening (8) Wrath of the Titans (7) Yojimbo (9) Grand Total: 102
Spoiler: the rest of my list. 1. My Week With Marilyn (B-) 2. Fantasia 2000 (B+) 3. Blade Runner (B) 4. The Hidden Fortress (A-) 5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+) 6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+) 7. The Descendants (A-) 8. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 9. The Prestige (A+) 10. Blood Simple (A-) 11. The Big Lebowski (B+) 12. West Side Story (A-) 13. The Hours (A-) 14. Lady and the Tramp (B) 15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B) 16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A) 17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-) 18. Spellbound (B+) 19. Seven Samurai (A+) 20. X-Men: First Class (A) 21. Do The Right Thing (N/A) 22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. LA Confidential (A) 25. Young Adult (B) 26. Children of Men (B+) 27. Gaslight (B+) 28. North By Northwest (A+) 29. American Beauty (A-) 30. Revolutionary Road (A-) 31. Being There (B) 32. Coriolanus (C+) 33. To Catch A Thief (B+) 34. A Separation (A+) 35. The Hunger Games (B+) 36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A) 37. Saturday Night Fever (A-) 38. The Tree of Life (A-) 39. Hero (B-) 40. Boogie Nights (A+) 41. Magnolia (A-) 42. The Lives of Others (A) 43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-) 44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A) 45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A) 46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A) 47. Downfall (A+) 48. In Darkness (B+) 49. Cabaret (C+) 50. The Avengers (A) 51. The Incredible Hulk (B) 52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-) 53. Alien (A) 54. Mystic River (A) 55. Amadeus (A+) 56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B) 57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C) 58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+) 59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B) 60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-) 61. Field of Dreams (A+) 62. The Conversation (B) 63. American Gangster (A) 64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+) 65. Damsels in Distress (B+) 66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+) 67. Star Trek (A) 68. Thelma & Louise (A) 69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B) 70. Brave (B+) 71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-) 72. Where Do We Go Now? (B) 73. The Night of the Hunter (C) 74. Dangerous Liasons (A) 75. Amelie (A) 76. Glory (A) 77. Savages (B) 78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+) 79. There Will Be Blood (A) 80. Memento (A) 81. Nine (C) 82. Insomnia (B) 83. Batman Begins (A+) 84. Margaret (A-) 85. The Dark Knight (A+) 86. The Dark Knight Rises (A) 87. Inception (A) 88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 89. The Aviator (A-) 90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+) 91. The Quiet American (B+) 92. The Piano (B) 93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B) 94. Intouchables (A-) 95. The Seven Year Itch (B+) 96. Born on the Fourth of July (B) 97. 12 Angry Men (A+) 98. Wild Strawberries (A) 99. Broadcast News (A-) 100. Jaws (A) 101. Ikiru (A-) 102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+) 103. Lawless (B-) 104. The Rules of the Game (B+) 105. Tokyo Story (B+) 106. Burn After Reading (B+) 107. Brokeback Mountain (A+) 108. Looper (A+) 109. The Master (B+) 110. Nosferatu (N/A) 111. Argo (A) 112. Farewell, My Queen (B+) 113. King Kong (1933) (A) 114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B) 115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-) 116. Cloud Atlas (B+) 117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+) 118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+) 119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-) 120. Dracula (C-) 121. Frankenstein (B) 122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 123. Flight (A-) 124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+) 125. The Room (F) 126. Sabrina (A-) 127. Skyfall (A) 128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+) 129. Funny Face (C+) 130. Killer Joe (B+) 131. Midnight's Children (B-) 132. Life of Pi (A) 133. Sunset Boulevard (A+) 134. Lincoln (A-) 135. Killing Them Softly (C+) 136. Strangers on a Train (A-) 137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A) 138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-) 139. The Sessions (B+) 140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-) 141. Holy Motors (?) 142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+) 143. Empire of the Sun (A-) 144. This Is 40 (B+) 145. Rashomon (A+) 146. Three Kings (A) 147. Les Miserables (A) 148. Django Unchained (A) 149. Anna Karenina (B-) This will be my final new theatrical experience for the year, based on what's scheduled to come in. Joe Wright's first two movies were brilliant, but he got tons of flack from people accusing him of being the return of James Ivory, which led to him straying off to prove them wrong by making The Soloist, which I didn't see (like most people), and Hanna, which was quite interesting; even now, returning to classic literature adaptation in an historical setting, he was motivated to throw out his plans for a traditional version in favour of this highly experimental staging. It...kind of works. I'd kind of like to see what the more traditional approach would have looked like. The deliberately stagey approach is interesting, and seems like a shoo-in for the Production Design Oscar, but it also calls attention to the artifice of the proceedings, so it's hard to care about the characters a lot of the time. Though regardless they would have to deal with the miscasting of Vronsky, which is, needless to say, a problem. Keira Knightley does very well as the title character, and there's a knockout supporting performance from Alicia Vikander (also in A Royal Affair this year, which I haven't seen yet but plan to), among many familiar faces Wright has recruited (including Knightley's Pride & Prejudice love interest Matthew Macfadyen, amusingly playing her brother here. Jude Law is also very strong, as Anna's jilted husband, who the movie plays as a sympathetic character (moreso than Anna, even), a decidedly unusual choice. Cinema: 54 (+1) Home Video: 82 Computer: 13
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV 3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD 4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD 13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV 14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV 19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD 20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV 25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV 27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD February 31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet 32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD 33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD 35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV 36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD 38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD 39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV 42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV 43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD 44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV 51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV March 53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD 54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV 57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD 59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD 60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV 61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD 62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD 66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV 67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV 68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV 71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand 73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV 76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD 80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD 81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV 86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV 87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD 89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD 90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand 91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand 92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV 94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV April 96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV 98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD 99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD 101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV 103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV 105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV 111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD 112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV 114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD 117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD 119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD 120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV 121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet 123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD 125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV 126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD May 127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD 128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD 129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV 131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand 132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV 133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand 134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV 135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV 136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD 138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD 139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV 140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD 141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD 142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV 143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand 144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand 145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD 146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD 147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV 154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV 155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD 156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD 157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV 158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet June 162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD 163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV 165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV 167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD 168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD 169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV 170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV 171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV 172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD 173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet 175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV 178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV 179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV 180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV 181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD 186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD 187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV 188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV 190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD 191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD 192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD 193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV 195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD July 196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre 199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV 203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV 204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV 205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV 206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV 207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD 209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD 210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD 211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD 213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD 216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD 217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD August 218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre 221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD 222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD 223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand 224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand 225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre 228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV 229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand 231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand 232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand 233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV 234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD 237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD 238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD 239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD 240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV 241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD September 242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV 247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD 248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD 250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV 251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV 253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD 256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre 260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV 261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV 263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD 265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand 266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD 268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV 269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV 271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD 273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD 274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD 275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV 276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV October 278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD 279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD 280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD 281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV 283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV 284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD 285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD 286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV 293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV 294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD 295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD 300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV 301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand November 303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 305. The Château (✩✩) - DVD 306. Skyfall (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 307. p.s. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 308. Creation (✩✩✩) - DVD 309. The Tree of Life (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 310. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (✩½) - Live TV 311. Astro Boy (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 312. Source Code (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 313. Robotech: The Sentinels (✩✩✩½) - DVD 314. What's Your Number? (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 315. Dragonball: Evolution (✩✩✩) - DVD 316. Perfect Sense (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 317. Red Dawn (✩✩✩) - Theatre 318. Silver Linings Playbook (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 319. Proof (✩✩✩½) - DVD 320. Dream House (✩✩✩) - DVD 321. Sound of My Voice (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 322. Aquamarine (✩✩½) - Live TV 323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (✩✩) - Live TV 324. Fierce People (✩✩✩) - Live TV 325. Liz & Dick (✩½) - Live TV 326. Return to Me (✩✩✩) - DVD 327. Solaris (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 328. The Beaver (✩✩✩½) - DVD December 329. Five Million Years to Earth (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 330. Letters to Juliet (✩✩½) - Live TV 331. Reindeer Games (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 332. Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 333. Now & Forever (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 334. The Captains (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 335. Scream 4 (✩✩½) - DVD 336. Bad Santa (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 337. Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV 338. It's Kind of a Funny Story (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 339. Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV 340. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (✩✩½) - DVD 341. Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV 342. A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV 343. I Do (But I Don't) (✩½) - DVD 344. Charlie St. Cloud (✩✩) - Live TV 345. Finding Neverland (✩✩½) - Live TV 346. Let Me In (✩✩✩) - Live TV 347. Snow (✩✩½) - DVD 348. Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD 349. Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV 350. Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV 351. Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV 352. Supergirl (✩✩✩) - DVD 353. Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV 354. Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 355. Sorority Row (✩✩½) - DVD - Some girls pull a prank and one of them ends up dead. They then decide to cover it up. Months later, someone who knows what they did starts coming after them. It's Pretty Little Liars in a two-hour movie. It was a watchable thriller but it lacked a clever ending. The girls were hot though and I got to see Briana Evigan in a starring role. She's the daughter of Greg Evigan. 356. Into the Wild (✩✩✩½) - DVD - The story of Chris McCandless, the guy who left the modern world behind to roam around in the woods. I heard about his story on Oprah a while back. Sean Penn, who produced this movie, wanted Leonardo DiCaprio but got Emile Hirsch instead. He did good and looked like the real McCandless. I was also surprised to see that this thing had a pretty substantial supporting cast that included Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt. I don't remember seeing Galifianakis. As for the story itself, it starts slow but grabs you eventually. 357. The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV - Another Christmas TV movie. A boy needs a heart transplant and a lot of people and the right events come together to make it happen. It was alright. 358. Arbitrage (✩✩✩½) - On Demand - Richard Gere plays a hedge fund billionaire who accidentally kills his mistress in a car accident and then tries to cover it up. This is on top of his troubles with some Madoff-style fraud that he's also trying to cover up. It's a good thriller. Some things unfolded a little too easily for the sake of expedience but the meat of the movie, which was about a rich man's power and his attempt to make his troubles go away was pretty decent. I also enjoyed seeing Laetitia Casta in an acting role for the first time. Then there's Brit Marling. This is the first time I've seen her in a mainstream role. It's good to see her realizing her goals of using her independent films to jumpstart a career in film. Theatre: 22 DVD/Blu-ray: 139 Live TV: 142 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 46 Internet: 4
Christmas movies rewatched… About a Boy - Blu-ray Christmas Caper - DVD Die Hard - Blu-ray Die Hard 2 - Blu-ray Gremlins - Blu-ray Love Actually - Blu-ray The Santa Clause - Blu-ray The Santa Clause 2 - Blu-ray The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause - Blu-ray Too Cool For Christmas - DVD Christmas movies seen for the first time… A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV Bad Santa (Badder Santa) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV Reindeer Games (Director's Cut) (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray Snow (✩✩½) - DVD Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV
Spoiler: Rest of List 1. Holy Rollers (B-) 2. The Kids Are All Right (B) 3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-) 4. Blazing Saddles (A+) 5. Scarface [1932] (B-) 6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A) 7. Rampart (B+) 8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+) 9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+) 10. They Live (B-) 11. Darling Companion (D) 12. A Dangerous Method (B-) 13. Haywire (C+) 14. Mission: Impossible (B+) 15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+) 16. Twixt (C+) 17. Burn After Reading (B+) 18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-) 19. Drive (A) 20. Crazy Stupid Love (A) 21. The Omega Man (D) 22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. Lady and the Tramp (B) 25. Hugo (A-) 26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B) 27. Twelve Angry Men (A) 28. Act of Valor (F) 29. Walker (A) 30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-) 31. Executive Action (C) 32. Three Colors: Blue (A) 33. Bright Leaves (A) 34. Photographic Memory (A) 35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-) 36. Avatar (B-) 37. The Life of Reilly (A-) 38. Limitless (B-) 39. Star Wars (A) 40. The Empire Strikes Back (A) 41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A) 42. Machete (C+) 43. Unmasking The Idol (D-) 44. Alien (A+) 45. The Raid: Redemption (B-) 46. Attenberg (B) 47. 21 Jump Street (C+) 48. Piranha 3D (C+) 49. The Hunger Games (C-) 50. This Filthy World (B) 51. Bad Fever (C-) 52. The Conspirator (C) 53. We The Party (C-) 54. My Darling Clementine (C+) 55. Freakonomics (C+) 56. Sound of My Voice (A-) 57. Tales from the Script (C-) 58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+) 59. Me and Orson Welles (B) 60. Everything Must Go (B+) 61. The Avengers (C) 62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B) 63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B) 64. Starship Troopers (A) 65. Alien (A+) 66. Aliens (A) 67. Into the Abyss (B) 68. The Expendables (D) 69. Dumbo (B+) 70. Bullet in the Head (B-) 71. City Streets (D) 72. Hard Boiled (A) 73. Burn After Reading (B+) 74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+) 75. A Few Good Men (B) 76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A) 77. RoboCop (A-) 78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-) 79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-) 80. Your Sister's Sister (A) 81. The Gunfighter (B+) 82. The Sting (A-) 83. The Thin Blue Line (A) 84. Rango (A) 85. The Killing (B+) 86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F) 87. Jaws (A) 88. Marley & Me (B-) 89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B) 90. Prometheus (B-) 91. Collaborator (B-) 92. The Island of Lost Souls (B) 93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+) 94. High Anxiety (C+) 95. Carlos (A-) 96. Stargate (B) 97. Ben-Hur (B+) 98. Bringing up Baby (A) 99. The Trip (B+) 100. Observe and Report (D-) 101. The Conversation (A) 102. TRON (C) 103. Cat Ballou (B) 104. Monsters, Inc. (B) 105. Torn Curtain (C) 106. Marnie (A-) 107. Three Colors: White (A-) 108. Logan's Run (C+) 109. Horrible Bosses (B+) 110. Hotel for Dogs (C) 111. Election (B) 112. Independence Day (A) 113. Batman Begins (A-) 114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+) 115. Winnie the Pooh (A) 116. Sleeper (B) 117. Total Recall [1990] (B+) 118. Topaz (C-) 119. Stealth (F) 120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A) 121. Frenzy (B) 122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+) 123. Primary (B-) 124. Kick-Ass (C-) 125. The Puffy Chair (C+) 126. Hopscotch (B) 127. Visioneers (C-) 128. Vertigo (A) 129. Che (B) 130. Spin (B-) 131. My Dinner with Andre (B) 132. District 9 (B+) 133. The Rescuers (B-) 134. Anatomy of a Murder (A) 135. The Tigger Movie (B-) 136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A) 137. Three Colors: Red (A) 138. The Tourist (D) 139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+) 140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B) 141. Spies Like Us (D) 142. Mr. Mom (F) 143. Inside Man (B+) 144. 12 Monkeys (B+) 145. North by Northwest (A) 146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+) 147. Bottle Rocket (B) 148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-) 149. Some Like It Hot (A) 150. The Joneses (C+) 151. The House I Live In (B+) 152. Troll 2 (F) 153. The Right Stuff (A-) 154. Shadows and Fog (B-) 155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+) 156. The Front Page (B-) 157. Argo (B+) 158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-) 159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A) 160. The Man From Planet X (C-) 161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-) 162. The Invisible Man (B) 163. Chinatown (A+) 164. I Love You, Man (B+) 165. Hollywoodland (B-) 166. The Thin Red Line (B+) 167. Return of the Jedi (B) 168. The Facts of Life (C) 169. Where the Wild Things Are (B) 170. Apollo 13 (A) 171. Silver Linings Playbook (B) 172. Sunset Blvd. (A) 173. Something in the Air (A-) 174. Berberian Sound Studio (A-) 175. Tarantula (C+) 176. The Green Berets (F) 177. La Haine (A) 178. Throw Mama From the Train (C+) 179. Horrible Bosses (B) 180 Skyfall (B+) 181. One Eyed Jacks (C-) 182. The Man Nobody Knew (B) 183. Aliens (A) 184. Bernie (B+) 185. Inheritance (C+) 186. Fatal Attraction (D+) 187. Apocalypse Now (A) 188. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A) 189. The Rescuers Down Under (B+) 190. The Great Mouse Detective (A) 191. Death Wish (D+) 192. Outrage (B) 193. The Amazing Spider-Man (C+) 194. The Eiger Sanction (B-) 195. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 196. The Hobbit (A-) 197. Galaxy Quest (A+) 198. Dave (B) 199. Soylent Green (B-) 200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B) Dave: Although slight, and with a premise that takes some machinations to swallow, this is a funny romantic comedy with larger, more adult aims than most of what the genre has produced in the past decade. Kevin Kline's work-for-all legislation might have been plausible as presidential policy in the early 1990s, but it would be denounced by the right and cable news as Stalinism today, which is depressing. Soylent Green: Parts of this movie are exceptional cinema -- Edward G. Robinson's final scene, the opening montage which appropriates the editing of Cuban cinema of the 60s, and the chaos of the long food lines which turn into riots. Parts of the movie are terrible cinema -- Heston's hilariously large New York apartment in a world where space is supposed to be at a premium, the clumsy staging of Heston's supposedly stealthy entrance into the Soylent factory, the awful 70s fashion raised to the limit (because this is the future!), and others I won't list. There's a great movie waiting to be found in this material, but the makers only foud an okay one in it. How to Kill your Neighbor's Dog: At times this verges on sentimentality, but most of the emotion feels earned, and the gleeful dickishness of Kenneth Branagh (apologies for the spelling) is amusing throughout. It nails Los Angeles, too, even though I am not convinced it was made there. Theatres: 61 Home Video: 124+3 Computer: 13
Spoiler: the rest of my list. 1. My Week With Marilyn (B-) 2. Fantasia 2000 (B+) 3. Blade Runner (B) 4. The Hidden Fortress (A-) 5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+) 6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+) 7. The Descendants (A-) 8. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 9. The Prestige (A+) 10. Blood Simple (A-) 11. The Big Lebowski (B+) 12. West Side Story (A-) 13. The Hours (A-) 14. Lady and the Tramp (B) 15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B) 16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A) 17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-) 18. Spellbound (B+) 19. Seven Samurai (A+) 20. X-Men: First Class (A) 21. Do The Right Thing (N/A) 22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. LA Confidential (A) 25. Young Adult (B) 26. Children of Men (B+) 27. Gaslight (B+) 28. North By Northwest (A+) 29. American Beauty (A-) 30. Revolutionary Road (A-) 31. Being There (B) 32. Coriolanus (C+) 33. To Catch A Thief (B+) 34. A Separation (A+) 35. The Hunger Games (B+) 36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A) 37. Saturday Night Fever (A-) 38. The Tree of Life (A-) 39. Hero (B-) 40. Boogie Nights (A+) 41. Magnolia (A-) 42. The Lives of Others (A) 43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-) 44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A) 45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A) 46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A) 47. Downfall (A+) 48. In Darkness (B+) 49. Cabaret (C+) 50. The Avengers (A) 51. The Incredible Hulk (B) 52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-) 53. Alien (A) 54. Mystic River (A) 55. Amadeus (A+) 56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B) 57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C) 58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+) 59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B) 60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-) 61. Field of Dreams (A+) 62. The Conversation (B) 63. American Gangster (A) 64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+) 65. Damsels in Distress (B+) 66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+) 67. Star Trek (A) 68. Thelma & Louise (A) 69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B) 70. Brave (B+) 71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-) 72. Where Do We Go Now? (B) 73. The Night of the Hunter (C) 74. Dangerous Liasons (A) 75. Amelie (A) 76. Glory (A) 77. Savages (B) 78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+) 79. There Will Be Blood (A) 80. Memento (A) 81. Nine (C) 82. Insomnia (B) 83. Batman Begins (A+) 84. Margaret (A-) 85. The Dark Knight (A+) 86. The Dark Knight Rises (A) 87. Inception (A) 88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+) 89. The Aviator (A-) 90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+) 91. The Quiet American (B+) 92. The Piano (B) 93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B) 94. Intouchables (A-) 95. The Seven Year Itch (B+) 96. Born on the Fourth of July (B) 97. 12 Angry Men (A+) 98. Wild Strawberries (A) 99. Broadcast News (A-) 100. Jaws (A) 101. Ikiru (A-) 102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+) 103. Lawless (B-) 104. The Rules of the Game (B+) 105. Tokyo Story (B+) 106. Burn After Reading (B+) 107. Brokeback Mountain (A+) 108. Looper (A+) 109. The Master (B+) 110. Nosferatu (N/A) 111. Argo (A) 112. Farewell, My Queen (B+) 113. King Kong (1933) (A) 114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B) 115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-) 116. Cloud Atlas (B+) 117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+) 118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+) 119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-) 120. Dracula (C-) 121. Frankenstein (B) 122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 123. Flight (A-) 124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+) 125. The Room (F) 126. Sabrina (A-) 127. Skyfall (A) 128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+) 129. Funny Face (C+) 130. Killer Joe (B+) 131. Midnight's Children (B-) 132. Life of Pi (A) 133. Sunset Boulevard (A+) 134. Lincoln (A-) 135. Killing Them Softly (C+) 136. Strangers on a Train (A-) 137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A) 138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-) 139. The Sessions (B+) 140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-) 141. Holy Motors (?) 142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+) 143. Empire of the Sun (A-) 144. This Is 40 (B+) 145. Rashomon (A+) 146. Three Kings (A) 147. Les Miserables (A) 148. Django Unchained (A) 149. Anna Karenina (B-) 150. It's A Wonderful Life (A+) I had originally planned to watch this before Christmas, but I was vacationing with relatives who turned out not to have a Blu-ray player (my cousin there has never seen this, either). But as a result it ended up being my 150th film of the year, which is a nice place to be. I've reviewed this in earlier years, so not much to say about it, really, other than it's obvious why it has endured for nearly 70 years. Cinema: 54 Home Video: 83 (+1) Computer: 13 If there's any genre that is in desperate need of resuscitation right now, it's the romantic comedy, which has fallen far even from the 1990s.
Spoiler: Rest of List 1. Holy Rollers (B-) 2. The Kids Are All Right (B) 3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-) 4. Blazing Saddles (A+) 5. Scarface [1932] (B-) 6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A) 7. Rampart (B+) 8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+) 9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+) 10. They Live (B-) 11. Darling Companion (D) 12. A Dangerous Method (B-) 13. Haywire (C+) 14. Mission: Impossible (B+) 15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+) 16. Twixt (C+) 17. Burn After Reading (B+) 18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-) 19. Drive (A) 20. Crazy Stupid Love (A) 21. The Omega Man (D) 22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. Lady and the Tramp (B) 25. Hugo (A-) 26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B) 27. Twelve Angry Men (A) 28. Act of Valor (F) 29. Walker (A) 30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-) 31. Executive Action (C) 32. Three Colors: Blue (A) 33. Bright Leaves (A) 34. Photographic Memory (A) 35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-) 36. Avatar (B-) 37. The Life of Reilly (A-) 38. Limitless (B-) 39. Star Wars (A) 40. The Empire Strikes Back (A) 41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A) 42. Machete (C+) 43. Unmasking The Idol (D-) 44. Alien (A+) 45. The Raid: Redemption (B-) 46. Attenberg (B) 47. 21 Jump Street (C+) 48. Piranha 3D (C+) 49. The Hunger Games (C-) 50. This Filthy World (B) 51. Bad Fever (C-) 52. The Conspirator (C) 53. We The Party (C-) 54. My Darling Clementine (C+) 55. Freakonomics (C+) 56. Sound of My Voice (A-) 57. Tales from the Script (C-) 58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+) 59. Me and Orson Welles (B) 60. Everything Must Go (B+) 61. The Avengers (C) 62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B) 63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B) 64. Starship Troopers (A) 65. Alien (A+) 66. Aliens (A) 67. Into the Abyss (B) 68. The Expendables (D) 69. Dumbo (B+) 70. Bullet in the Head (B-) 71. City Streets (D) 72. Hard Boiled (A) 73. Burn After Reading (B+) 74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+) 75. A Few Good Men (B) 76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A) 77. RoboCop (A-) 78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-) 79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-) 80. Your Sister's Sister (A) 81. The Gunfighter (B+) 82. The Sting (A-) 83. The Thin Blue Line (A) 84. Rango (A) 85. The Killing (B+) 86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F) 87. Jaws (A) 88. Marley & Me (B-) 89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B) 90. Prometheus (B-) 91. Collaborator (B-) 92. The Island of Lost Souls (B) 93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+) 94. High Anxiety (C+) 95. Carlos (A-) 96. Stargate (B) 97. Ben-Hur (B+) 98. Bringing up Baby (A) 99. The Trip (B+) 100. Observe and Report (D-) 101. The Conversation (A) 102. TRON (C) 103. Cat Ballou (B) 104. Monsters, Inc. (B) 105. Torn Curtain (C) 106. Marnie (A-) 107. Three Colors: White (A-) 108. Logan's Run (C+) 109. Horrible Bosses (B+) 110. Hotel for Dogs (C) 111. Election (B) 112. Independence Day (A) 113. Batman Begins (A-) 114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+) 115. Winnie the Pooh (A) 116. Sleeper (B) 117. Total Recall [1990] (B+) 118. Topaz (C-) 119. Stealth (F) 120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A) 121. Frenzy (B) 122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+) 123. Primary (B-) 124. Kick-Ass (C-) 125. The Puffy Chair (C+) 126. Hopscotch (B) 127. Visioneers (C-) 128. Vertigo (A) 129. Che (B) 130. Spin (B-) 131. My Dinner with Andre (B) 132. District 9 (B+) 133. The Rescuers (B-) 134. Anatomy of a Murder (A) 135. The Tigger Movie (B-) 136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A) 137. Three Colors: Red (A) 138. The Tourist (D) 139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+) 140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B) 141. Spies Like Us (D) 142. Mr. Mom (F) 143. Inside Man (B+) 144. 12 Monkeys (B+) 145. North by Northwest (A) 146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+) 147. Bottle Rocket (B) 148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-) 149. Some Like It Hot (A) 150. The Joneses (C+) 151. The House I Live In (B+) 152. Troll 2 (F) 153. The Right Stuff (A-) 154. Shadows and Fog (B-) 155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+) 156. The Front Page (B-) 157. Argo (B+) 158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-) 159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A) 160. The Man From Planet X (C-) 161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-) 162. The Invisible Man (B) 163. Chinatown (A+) 164. I Love You, Man (B+) 165. Hollywoodland (B-) 166. The Thin Red Line (B+) 167. Return of the Jedi (B) 168. The Facts of Life (C) 169. Where the Wild Things Are (B) 170. Apollo 13 (A) 171. Silver Linings Playbook (B) 172. Sunset Blvd. (A) 173. Something in the Air (A-) 174. Berberian Sound Studio (A-) 175. Tarantula (C+) 176. The Green Berets (F) 177. La Haine (A) 178. Throw Mama From the Train (C+) 179. Horrible Bosses (B) 180 Skyfall (B+) 181. One Eyed Jacks (C-) 182. The Man Nobody Knew (B) 183. Aliens (A) 184. Bernie (B+) 185. Inheritance (C+) 186. Fatal Attraction (D+) 187. Apocalypse Now (A) 188. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A) 189. The Rescuers Down Under (B+) 190. The Great Mouse Detective (A) 191. Death Wish (D+) 192. Outrage (B) 193. The Amazing Spider-Man (C+) 194. The Eiger Sanction (B-) 195. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 196. The Hobbit (A-) 197. Galaxy Quest (A+) 198. Dave (B) 199. Soylent Green (B-) 200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B) 201. Trek Nation (C-) Trek Nation: This documentary has been in the works for nearly a decade, which only makes the end result all the more frustrating. Its principle problem is one of indecision - is this a movie about a son finding out about his father who he barely knew, or is it a movie about the Star Trek phenomenon that his father created? The movie never decides; it seems as if it began as one film and morphed into another during production, but that no one could choose which direction to ultimately take in editing. The result of this is a mixed bag. There are home videos and unedited interview clips that suggest a Gene Roddenberry the publicity machine could never allow. There are also a parade of talking heads praising Roddenberry's vision, even crediting him for the decisions of others (including the infamous interracial kiss during the original series' third year), as well as a parade of the wackiest of fans. These latter elements are really a distraction from Rod Roddenberry's attempt to understand his father, and, worse, old hat. Other elements are just missed opportunities; an interview with Majel Barrett before her death lets her be evasive and vague and an interview with George Lucas never seems to have a purpose or substance. Production values are top notch, but they can't provide this film with a focus. Theatres: 61 Home Video: 124 Computer: 14+1
21 Grams ✭✭✭✭ Drama 5 Star Day ✭✭½ Drama A Separation ✭✭✭✭ Foreign Albatross ✭✭ Drama Beatles Stories ✭✭✭✭ Documentary Brave ✭✭½ Animated Cemetery Junction ✭✭½ Drama Chalet Girl ★★★ Comedy Clash of the Titans 2010 ✭✭ SF&F Dark Shadows 2012 ✭✭ SF&F Despicable Me ✭✭½ Animated Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ✭ Horror Everything Must Go ★★★ Drama happythankyoumoreplease ✭✭½ Drama Horrible Bosses ✭✭✭ Comedy Jaws ✭✭✭½ Horror Lars and the Real Girl ★★★ Drama Liberal Arts 2012 ★★★ Drama Like Crazy 2012 ✭✭✭✭ Drama Looper 2012 ✭✭✭½ SF&F Lost in Translation ✭✭ Drama Love and Other Drugs ✭✭✭✭ Drama Moonrise Kingdom 2012 ✭✭ Comedy Office Space ✭✭½ Comedy On the Road 2012 ✭✭ Drama Open House ✭✭ Horror Paranormal Activity 4 2012 ✭✭ Horror Phantom of the Opera (Argento) ✭ Horror Prometheus 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F Quarantine ★★★ Horror Religulous ✭✭✭ Documentary Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F Scream 4 ✭✭ Horror Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 2012 ✭✭✭½ Drama Session 9 ½ Horror Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 ★★★ SF&F Thankskilling ½ Comedy The Amazing Spider-Man ✭✭✭½ SF&F The Avengers 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F The Ballad of Jack and Rose ✭✭½ Drama The Beaver ✭✭✭ Drama The Cabin in the Woods 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F The Campaign 2012 ★★★ Comedy The Canyon ✭✭ Drama The Chameleon ✭✭½ Drama The Changeling ✭✭ Horror The Five-Year Engagement 2012 ✭✭✭½ Comedy The Mummy ✭✭✭✭ Horror The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 ✭✭✭½ Drama The Reef ✭✭✭ Horror The Sound of My Voice 2012 ★★★ SF&F The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ✭✭✭½ Horror The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ✭✭✭ Horror Thunderstruck 2012 ✭ Comedy The Hangover Part II 2011 ★★★ Comedy Absentia ✭✭✭½ Horror Battle: Los Angeles ★ SF&F Battleship 2012 SF&F Being Elmo ★★★★ Documentary Bonnie and Clyde ✭✭✭ Drama Chronicle 2012 ★★★½ SF&F Downfall ✭✭✭✭ Foreign Drive 2011 ★★★ Drama Easy A ✭✭✭½ Comedy Fear Island ✭ Horror Hugo 2011 ★★★½ SF&F In Time 2011 ★★★ SF&F Ip Man 2008 ★★★★ Foreign Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ½ Horror Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 ★★★½ Drama Men in Black III 2012 ★★★ SF&F Mission Impossible ✭✭✭½ Drama Mission Impossible II ✭✭ Drama Mission Impossible III ★★★ Drama Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 2011 ✭✭✭½ Drama Morning Glory 2010 ★★★½ Comedy My Week With Marilyn 2011 ★★★ Drama No Strings Attached 2011 ★★★ Comedy Paranormal Activity 3 2011 ★★★ Horror Rabbit Hole 2010 ★★★½ Drama Real Steel 2011 ★★★½ SF&F Retreat 2011 ★★ Horror Saved! ★★★ Comedy Shark Night ✭ Horror Sleepaway Camp ✭✭½ Horror Special 2005 ★★★½ Drama Take Shelter 2011 ★★★ SF&F Ted 2012 ★★★ Comedy The Adventures of Tintin 2011 ★★ Animated The Dark Knight Rises ✭✭✭✭ SF&F The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011 ★★½ Drama The Innocents ★★★ Horror The Muppets 2011 ★★★½ Comedy The Rum Diary 2011 ★★½ Drama The Tree of Life 2011 ★★★ Drama TiMER 2009 ★★★ SF&F Total Recall 2012 ★★★ SF&F Trust 2010 ★★★ Drama Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 2011 ★★½ SF&F Vertigo 1958 ★★★½ Drama
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV 3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD 4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD 13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV 14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV 19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD 20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV 25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV 27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD February 31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet 32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD 33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD 35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV 36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD 38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD 39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV 42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV 43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD 44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV 51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV March 53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD 54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV 57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD 59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD 60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV 61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD 62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD 66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV 67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV 68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV 71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand 73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV 76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD 80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD 81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV 86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV 87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD 89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD 90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand 91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand 92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV 94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV April 96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV 98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD 99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD 101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV 103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV 105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV 111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD 112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV 114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD 117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD 119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD 120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV 121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV 122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet 123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV 124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD 125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV 126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD May 127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD 128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD 129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV 131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand 132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV 133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand 134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV 135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV 136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD 138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD 139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV 140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD 141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD 142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV 143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand 144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand 145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD 146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD 147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV 154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV 155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD 156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD 157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV 158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet June 162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD 163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV 165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV 167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD 168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD 169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV 170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV 171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV 172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD 173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet 175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV 178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV 179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV 180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV 181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV 182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD 183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD 186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD 187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV 188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV 190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD 191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD 192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD 193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV 195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD July 196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre 199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD 200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV 203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV 204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV 205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV 206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV 207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD 209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD 210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD 211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD 213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD 216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD 217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD August 218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre 221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD 222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD 223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand 224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand 225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre 228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV 229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand 231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand 232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand 233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV 234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD 236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD 237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD 238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD 239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD 240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV 241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD September 242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV 247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD 248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD 250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV 251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV 253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD 256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre 260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV 261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV 263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD 265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand 266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD 268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV 269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV 271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD 273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD 274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD 275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV 276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV October 278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD 279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD 280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD 281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre 282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV 283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV 284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD 285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD 286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV 290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV 293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV 294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD 295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD 300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV 301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand November 303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 305. The Château (✩✩) - DVD 306. Skyfall (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 307. p.s. (✩✩✩½) - DVD 308. Creation (✩✩✩) - DVD 309. The Tree of Life (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 310. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (✩½) - Live TV 311. Astro Boy (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 312. Source Code (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 313. Robotech: The Sentinels (✩✩✩½) - DVD 314. What's Your Number? (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 315. Dragonball: Evolution (✩✩✩) - DVD 316. Perfect Sense (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand 317. Red Dawn (✩✩✩) - Theatre 318. Silver Linings Playbook (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 319. Proof (✩✩✩½) - DVD 320. Dream House (✩✩✩) - DVD 321. Sound of My Voice (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand 322. Aquamarine (✩✩½) - Live TV 323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (✩✩) - Live TV 324. Fierce People (✩✩✩) - Live TV 325. Liz & Dick (✩½) - Live TV 326. Return to Me (✩✩✩) - DVD 327. Solaris (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 328. The Beaver (✩✩✩½) - DVD December 329. Five Million Years to Earth (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 330. Letters to Juliet (✩✩½) - Live TV 331. Reindeer Games (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 332. Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 333. Now & Forever (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 334. The Captains (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 335. Scream 4 (✩✩½) - DVD 336. Bad Santa (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 337. Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV 338. It's Kind of a Funny Story (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 339. Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV 340. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (✩✩½) - DVD 341. Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV 342. A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV 343. I Do (But I Don't) (✩½) - DVD 344. Charlie St. Cloud (✩✩) - Live TV 345. Finding Neverland (✩✩½) - Live TV 346. Let Me In (✩✩✩) - Live TV 347. Snow (✩✩½) - DVD 348. Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD 349. Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV 350. Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV 351. Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV 352. Supergirl (✩✩✩) - DVD 353. Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV 354. Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV 355. Sorority Row (✩✩½) - DVD 356. Into the Wild (✩✩✩½) - DVD 357. The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV 358. Arbitrage (✩✩✩½) - On Demand 359. The Words (✩✩✩½) - On Demand - A struggling writer becomes famous after finding and publishing someone else's manuscript as if it were his own. Stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. The movie didn't get rave reviews, but I thought it was pretty good for the most part. In hindsight, parts of it do seem a bit half-baked though, so I can see where some of the criticism lies. Still, I recomend it. It's worth a look. 360. Employee of the Month (✩✩✩½) - Live TV - Two employees who work at a Costco-style warehouse store compete for employee of the month as well as the affections of the hot new cashier. Stars Dax Shepard, Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. I liked this movie. The comedic performances and wacky hijinks, especially from Dax, were pretty good. And Jessica Simpson played a genuine character. This is the kind of movie that's easy to dismiss at first glance, but I'm glad I saw it. This concludes my movie reviews for 2012. Theatre: 22 DVD/Blu-ray: 139 Live TV: 143 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 47 Internet: 4
December Rundown (32 Movies) 5 Stars None 4½ Stars Ben-Hur - DVD The Captains - DVD 4 Stars Bad Santa - Blu-ray Naughty or Nice - Live TV Now & Forever - DVD 3½ Stars Arbitrage - On Demand Employee of the Month - Live TV Five Million Years to Earth - Live TV Into the Wild - DVD It's Kind of a Funny Story - Live TV Reindeer Games - Blu-ray The Words - On Demand 3 Stars Baby's First Christmas - Live TV Christmas Mail - Live TV Let Me In - Live TV Supergirl - DVD 2½ Stars A Christmas Kiss - Live TV Call Me Mrs. Miracle - Live TV Finding Mrs. Claus - Live TV Finding Neverland - Live TV Holiday in Handcuffs - Live TV Holiday Spin - Live TV Letters to Juliet - Live TV Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles - DVD Scream 4 - DVD Snow - DVD Snow 2: Brain Freeze - DVD Sorority Row - DVD The Christmas Heart - Live TV Under the Mistletoe - Live TV 2 Stars Charlie St. Cloud - Live TV 1½ Stars I Do (But I Don't) - DVD 1 Star None ½ Star None 0 Stars None
Spoiler: Rest of List 1. Holy Rollers (B-) 2. The Kids Are All Right (B) 3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-) 4. Blazing Saddles (A+) 5. Scarface [1932] (B-) 6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A) 7. Rampart (B+) 8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+) 9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+) 10. They Live (B-) 11. Darling Companion (D) 12. A Dangerous Method (B-) 13. Haywire (C+) 14. Mission: Impossible (B+) 15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+) 16. Twixt (C+) 17. Burn After Reading (B+) 18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-) 19. Drive (A) 20. Crazy Stupid Love (A) 21. The Omega Man (D) 22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+) 23. The Artist (A-) 24. Lady and the Tramp (B) 25. Hugo (A-) 26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B) 27. Twelve Angry Men (A) 28. Act of Valor (F) 29. Walker (A) 30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-) 31. Executive Action (C) 32. Three Colors: Blue (A) 33. Bright Leaves (A) 34. Photographic Memory (A) 35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-) 36. Avatar (B-) 37. The Life of Reilly (A-) 38. Limitless (B-) 39. Star Wars (A) 40. The Empire Strikes Back (A) 41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A) 42. Machete (C+) 43. Unmasking The Idol (D-) 44. Alien (A+) 45. The Raid: Redemption (B-) 46. Attenberg (B) 47. 21 Jump Street (C+) 48. Piranha 3D (C+) 49. The Hunger Games (C-) 50. This Filthy World (B) 51. Bad Fever (C-) 52. The Conspirator (C) 53. We The Party (C-) 54. My Darling Clementine (C+) 55. Freakonomics (C+) 56. Sound of My Voice (A-) 57. Tales from the Script (C-) 58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+) 59. Me and Orson Welles (B) 60. Everything Must Go (B+) 61. The Avengers (C) 62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B) 63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B) 64. Starship Troopers (A) 65. Alien (A+) 66. Aliens (A) 67. Into the Abyss (B) 68. The Expendables (D) 69. Dumbo (B+) 70. Bullet in the Head (B-) 71. City Streets (D) 72. Hard Boiled (A) 73. Burn After Reading (B+) 74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+) 75. A Few Good Men (B) 76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A) 77. RoboCop (A-) 78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-) 79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-) 80. Your Sister's Sister (A) 81. The Gunfighter (B+) 82. The Sting (A-) 83. The Thin Blue Line (A) 84. Rango (A) 85. The Killing (B+) 86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F) 87. Jaws (A) 88. Marley & Me (B-) 89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B) 90. Prometheus (B-) 91. Collaborator (B-) 92. The Island of Lost Souls (B) 93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+) 94. High Anxiety (C+) 95. Carlos (A-) 96. Stargate (B) 97. Ben-Hur (B+) 98. Bringing up Baby (A) 99. The Trip (B+) 100. Observe and Report (D-) 101. The Conversation (A) 102. TRON (C) 103. Cat Ballou (B) 104. Monsters, Inc. (B) 105. Torn Curtain (C) 106. Marnie (A-) 107. Three Colors: White (A-) 108. Logan's Run (C+) 109. Horrible Bosses (B+) 110. Hotel for Dogs (C) 111. Election (B) 112. Independence Day (A) 113. Batman Begins (A-) 114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+) 115. Winnie the Pooh (A) 116. Sleeper (B) 117. Total Recall [1990] (B+) 118. Topaz (C-) 119. Stealth (F) 120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A) 121. Frenzy (B) 122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+) 123. Primary (B-) 124. Kick-Ass (C-) 125. The Puffy Chair (C+) 126. Hopscotch (B) 127. Visioneers (C-) 128. Vertigo (A) 129. Che (B) 130. Spin (B-) 131. My Dinner with Andre (B) 132. District 9 (B+) 133. The Rescuers (B-) 134. Anatomy of a Murder (A) 135. The Tigger Movie (B-) 136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A) 137. Three Colors: Red (A) 138. The Tourist (D) 139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+) 140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B) 141. Spies Like Us (D) 142. Mr. Mom (F) 143. Inside Man (B+) 144. 12 Monkeys (B+) 145. North by Northwest (A) 146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+) 147. Bottle Rocket (B) 148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-) 149. Some Like It Hot (A) 150. The Joneses (C+) 151. The House I Live In (B+) 152. Troll 2 (F) 153. The Right Stuff (A-) 154. Shadows and Fog (B-) 155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+) 156. The Front Page (B-) 157. Argo (B+) 158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-) 159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A) 160. The Man From Planet X (C-) 161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-) 162. The Invisible Man (B) 163. Chinatown (A+) 164. I Love You, Man (B+) 165. Hollywoodland (B-) 166. The Thin Red Line (B+) 167. Return of the Jedi (B) 168. The Facts of Life (C) 169. Where the Wild Things Are (B) 170. Apollo 13 (A) 171. Silver Linings Playbook (B) 172. Sunset Blvd. (A) 173. Something in the Air (A-) 174. Berberian Sound Studio (A-) 175. Tarantula (C+) 176. The Green Berets (F) 177. La Haine (A) 178. Throw Mama From the Train (C+) 179. Horrible Bosses (B) 180 Skyfall (B+) 181. One Eyed Jacks (C-) 182. The Man Nobody Knew (B) 183. Aliens (A) 184. Bernie (B+) 185. Inheritance (C+) 186. Fatal Attraction (D+) 187. Apocalypse Now (A) 188. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A) 189. The Rescuers Down Under (B+) 190. The Great Mouse Detective (A) 191. Death Wish (D+) 192. Outrage (B) 193. The Amazing Spider-Man (C+) 194. The Eiger Sanction (B-) 195. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B) 196. The Hobbit (A-) 197. Galaxy Quest (A+) 198. Dave (B) 199. Soylent Green (B-) 200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B) 201. Trek Nation (C-) 202. Men In Black 3 (B) 203. A Bronx Tale (B-) Men In Black 3: After the first sequel, my expectations for this installment were pretty low, but it turned out to be pretty entertaining. Josh Brolin was an inspired casting choice for the role of young Agent K, and there are also nice supporting turns from Michael Stuhlbarg and Bill Hader. It is still lesser than the original, of course, but unlike the second film, worth a rental. A Bronx Tale: The first hour of this movie is awfully reminiscent of Goodfellas, but the second half goes off in a much more interesting direction that examines the relations between the Italian American community and the black community in the late 1960s. Unfortunately, the more interesting part is hampered by a couple of weak performances in key roles. Theatres: 61 Home Video: 126+2 Computer: 14
This is the last of my list for 2012. As I said at the beginning I have only added films that I watched for the first time. 199. The Gay Divorcee 200. In Bruges 201. The Snowman and the Snowdog 202. Keith Lemon: The Film 203. The Girl 204. Trek nation 205. The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey (and running time) Best films I saw this year were 'Shame', 'Invincible Shaolin', 'Tyrannosaur'.