Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Behind the Candelabra - HBO Inhumans - DVD The Hangover Part III - free admission Enter the Dragon - free admission Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission Epic 2D - free admission The Jensen Project - DVD Risky Business - free admission Screwballs - free admission Stay Tuned - free admission 12 Angry Men - DVD Fast & Furious 6 - free admission Now You See Me - free admission After Earth - free admission The Last Unicorn - blu ray The Internship - free admission The Purge - free admission The Deadly Spawn - free admission Before Midnight - free admission Wargames - free admission Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission Les Miserables (1998) - DVD Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Sexy Beast - DVD Jaws 3-D - free admission King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Joysticks - free admission The Keep - free admission Mortuary - free admission White House Down - free admission The Heat - free admission Finding Neverland - free admission A Band Called Death - free admission Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission Valley Girl - free admission Scarface - free admission Downloaded - free admission This is the End - free admission Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee Super - Netflix Instant Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant Monsters University 2D - free admission World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Tower Heist - DVD Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Grown Ups 2 - free admission The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant Mulan - Netflix Instant Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant The Conjuring - free admission R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission Red 2 - free admission Drive - Netflix Instant Only God Forgives - free admission Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand Fruitvale Station - free admission Cheap Thrills - employee screenin' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand The Way, Way Back - free admission Turbo 2D - free admission The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission The Sitter - HBO on Demand Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand Carnage - Starz on Demand Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission Trainspotting - free admission Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray The Canyons - free admission The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Act of Killing - free admission Flesh Pier - free admission The Horizon Glitters - free admission Adjust Your Tracking - free admission Planes 2D - free admission 2 Guns - free admission Elysium - free admission Kick-Ass 2 - free admission Five Easy Pieces - free admission Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission Jobs - free admission Paranoia- free admission Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission We're the Millers - free admission Blue Jasmine - free admission Clear History - HBO The Apparition - HBO Great White Shark 3D - IMAX My sister & her boys came down to Austin Friday night. Part of yesterday's fun included a trip to the IMAX theater at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum. Got there just in time for a documentary about the great white shark population & how its studied, narrated by Bill Nighy. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and my sister did, too, though the oldest nephew felt a bit ill and had to walk out, the younger one was reachin' up at the screen durin' some parts.
Dark Shadows - HBO go on Apple TV - Its a rainy, grey day here and I was looking for something to watch. I found Judge Dredd on Amazon Prime but couldn't stream it through the Apple TV and I didn't want to watch it on my iPhone. So I switched over to HBO go and I was weighing watching either Dark Shadows or The Watch and Dark Shadows won out. I have to say, I'm glad that I chose Dark Shadows for I really enjoyed it. I know a lot of people were disappointed in the movie and I can see why but for me it just worked. The fish out of water was over done just a bit and there were maybe too many Tim Burtonisms woven throughout out the movie. Still it is a good telling of the Dark Shadows story usually told via a TV soap opera format, covered nicely in a movie. Some how the writers go almost everything into it without it feeling bogged down with too much. Some characters aren't developed enough or go missing for large chunks of time, however that happens when you take something like this and make it a movie. Unlike his performance in Willy Wonka, Johnny Depp really works here as Barnabas Collins.
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B 48. The Heat: C+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A The two tele-films that wrap up the Stargate SG-1 television series.
1) This Is 40 - C+ 2) Easy A - A- 3) The Bounty Hunter - B+ 4) Crazy, Stupid, Love. - B- 5) What To Expect When You're Expecting - B+ 6) Contagion - C 7) Identity Thief - A 8) We Bought A Zoo - A- 9) The Ides of March - B+ 10) Top Gun - C+ 11) It Could Happen To You - B+ 12) Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close - A+ 13) Mirror, Mirror - A 14) Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - A 15) Inglorious Basterds - B+ 16) Independence Day - B+ 17) Star Trek – Into Darkness - B+ 18) Kick-Ass - B 19) The Heat - B- 20) Monsters Inc. - B+ 21) White House Down - B+ 22) Saving Private Ryan - A 23) Air Force One - A- 24) MASH - B+ 25) Airplane! - B+ 26) The Island - B 27) Love, Actually - A- 28) Kickass 2 - C+ It was nice to see the characters again, but this movie was just painful to sit through. McLovin is just irritating to listen to and it just seems to go for the racist joke to be edgy. I also sat through the entire thing being irritated with Jim Carrey, unable to separate his asinine comments about violence and this movie. Meanwhile, his character clubs people with a baseball bat and sicks his dog on a guy's penis. He didn't have even an inkling what he was getting into? And so much for his message when half the theatre I was in was under 18, some of which coming with their parents. The only reason this wasn't a D was because it was cheap night.
Favorite new movies seen in 2013: 1) Before Midnight 2) Leviathan 3) The World's End 4) Blue Jasmine Other good films: Iron Man 3 Something In The Air Frances Ha Other decent films: Star Trek Into Darkness The Place Beyond The Pines Best old film I've seen for the first time this year is The Human Condition, easy. The ones I'm looking forward to most this year are Ender's Game, Gravity and Nymphomaniac.
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - 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First up, SiT, an old Christopher Reeve film about a guy in 1979 who thinks his way back in time to meet an actress in 1914. Christopher Plummer had an interestin' supportin' role. And apparently its the first film for both George Wendt & William H. Macy. AHH was a dumb horror parody in the same vein as the Scary Movie franchise, without even one good joke in the whole film. OIB wasn't much better. A couple of jokes were okay, but I got about tired of that subplot about the stoner's dog named Willie Nelson. DT was next on the list of stuff to watch. The only good thing it has goin' for it is Halle Berry in a wet suit. 'cause, ya know, damn. Watched TFWC this mornin'. It was alright, not great, though. And I've got TAQ playin' now. So far, so good...
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) Harmony Korine's "experiment in not repulsing audiences", as the AV Club put it, is a reasonably amusing parody of modern hedonism and amorality. It drew headlines for involving former Disney stars like Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, but they at least picked an artistically interesting (if not entirely successful) vehicle for trying to 'act out' (compare it to the recent Miley Cyrus performance at the VMAs). 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) Speaking of misuse of Disney property. It's amazing that this film ever got made, and I somehow suspect that Zemeckis would never succeed in wrangling the rights loose today to include all the Disney and WB characters. The film is a marvel, technically, even if it does look a bit dated now. Hoskins does a great job, particularly given that he's essentially pioneering green-screen acting well before it became common in Hollywood. Cinema: 20 (+1) Home Video: 35 (+1) Computer: 4
Dredd - Amazon Prime on my iPad - First, they really need a Amazon Prime app for the Apple TV, like the HBO go app. Second, this maybe the best movie I have seen this year. While I wouldn't call Dredd a great movie, it is pretty darn close. While very violent and a bit gory, its done in a style not to over romanticize it. Karl Urban did an excellent job as Dredd, way better then Stallone. I didn't cringe at all when Urban said, "I am the law." Watching this after announcing Affleck as Batman, how did Karl Urban not get considered for the roll. After seeing this, he would make a great Batman and Bruce Wayne. This is one of those movies that you see at home and wish that you saw in the movie theater. I really do hope that they make a sequel and expand the scope a little bit. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Amazon Prime on my iPad - I like Tom Cruise as an actor. As much as I liked Mission Impossible 3, this one is way better. Finally a threat that doesn't come from within IMF. Yes the bad guy was a bit generic and under developed but this one had the best use of team. I enjoyed it, cant wait to see the next one.
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B 48. The Heat: C+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A 76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B- This film, that apparently not many are seeing, is another forray by a studio in an attempt to reclone Potter, Narnia or Twilight. Narnia petered out and other attempts like Percy Jackson look to also go that route. The story mixes a wide range of mythology. The protagonist is descended from a line of Shadowhunters, who seemingly hunt demons. Why not demon hunters? It's just one of things glossed over in the narrative which makes it for a frustratingly but semi-enjoyable movie experience. Shadowhunters were created by one of the Host Angels after he created a cup and had selected humanity drink from it in order to have the strength and power necessary to fight the demons let loose on the land. The cup is held sacred but one of their own steals it in order to purify the Order. How he's able to corrupt the power of the cup isn't explained that I recall, which is another moment of huh, in the film for me. If it was someone help me out. Another is we are told Shadowhunters are a dying breed....so make more, you've had the cup for centuries, it only recently in the last 20yrs went missing. The bulk of the movie is spent safe guarding Lilly Collins character Clary. She's just coming into her power but watching her being dragged through 4/5ths of the film as "dead weight", which one character points out, was a bit of drag. I realize it's tough to have an original idea in a genre like this, it's the execution that's important. The book my sell it well, however I felt the film gave us lots of narrative points with too many elements glossed over and not fully explained. The film seemingly borrows themes you know from elsewhere from Star Wars, Stargate, Twilight and basic horror elements. I will say it's bullshit that zombies are the one thing that "don't really exist". Maybe that's commentary by the author or screenplay on what is deemed currently hot?
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) Morgan Neville's popular documentary about backup singers (largely black female ones) and how they changed music from the 1960s to the 1980s is a really fascinating story. For starters, you learn the range of songs that people like Darlene Love participated on; or Merry Clayton, the female voice on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter". A number of major musicians, such as Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, and Mick Jagger put in appearances -- Jagger, in particular, discusses his work with a number of the women featured in the documentary. It touches on topics as diverse as the civil rights movement (and how Love felt about singing on "Sweet Home Alabama", for instance, a song whose politics she found highly disagreeable), and the difficulty of transitioning from being a backup singer to a star, which is as much psychological as anything else. Though it can't help when people like Phil Spector appear to be actively working to screw you over. Cinema: 21 (+1) Home Video: 35 Computer: 4
Spoiler: The rest of my list... 1. Jack Reacher (C+) 2. The Help (B+) 3. The Silver Linings Playbook (A-) 4. Kramer vs. Kramer (A-) 5. Super 8 (B+) 6. Hugo (B+) 7. Zero Dark Thirty (A) 8. Miss Bala (A-) 9. Monsieur Lazhar (A) 10. Trainspotting (B+) 11. True Grit (A) 12. Casino Royale (A-) 13. Le Mepris (D) 14. On the Road (B) 15. Barbara (B+) 16. Side Effects (B+) 17. Tom Jones (B+) 18. Les Miserables: Part 1: Tempest in a Skull (A-) 19. Les Miserables: Part 2: The Thenardiers (A-) 20. Les Miserables: Part 3: Liberty, Sweet Liberty (A) 21. Rust and Bone (B) 22. GoldenEye (A+) 23. Argo (A) 24. Cool Hand Luke (B+) 25. The Wild Bunch (A) 26. Quantum of Solace (B-) 27. Contact (B+) 28. Wooden Crosses (A-) 29. American Graffiti (A-) 30. The Silence of the Lambs (A) 31. Gone Baby, Gone (A) 32. A Royal Affair (A-) 33. Exotica (B+) 34. Peter Pan (B) 35. Amour (A-) 36. Moulin Rouge (B) 37. The Artist (A-) 38. Les Miserables (A+) 39. A Serious Man (A) 40. Slumdog Millionaire (A) 41. Mulan (A-) 42. Pitch Perfect (B) 43. Schindler's List (A+) 44. Iron Man 3 (B+) 45. Man of Steel (B+) 46. Lincoln (A-) 47. Beautiful Creatures (C-) 48. Pacific Rim (B+) 49. Apocalypse Now (B) 50. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A-) 51. The Sapphires (B) 52. The Wolverine (B+) 53. Much Ado About Nothing (B+) 54. Elysium (C+) 55. Kick-Ass 2 (B) 56. Before Midnight (A+) 57. The Butler (B) 58. Spring Breakers (B-) 59. Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (A-) 60. 20 Feet from Stardom (A) 61. Blue Jasmine (A+) Woody Allen is in absolute top form here, easily his best film since at least Match Point, and possibly earlier (it will take some rewatches to know how it holds up). This has been compared to A Streetcar Named Desire fairly extensively in reviews, but that comparison really only goes so far; there's definitely a similarity in the basic setup, but the story develops in ways that have very little to do with it. In particular, there's no single equivalent to Stanley; this is all Blanche. Speaking of which, Cate Blanchett is phenomenal in the lead role -- this could very easily be this year's Best Actress winner. Sally Hawkins also deserves a nomination, and given Allen's track record with Supporting Actress nominations, may well get one. Cinema: 22 (+1) Home Video: 35 Computer: 4
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Behind the Candelabra - HBO Inhumans - DVD The Hangover Part III - free admission Enter the Dragon - free admission Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission Epic 2D - free admission The Jensen Project - DVD Risky Business - free admission Screwballs - free admission Stay Tuned - free admission 12 Angry Men - DVD Fast & Furious 6 - free admission Now You See Me - free admission After Earth - free admission The Last Unicorn - blu ray The Internship - free admission The Purge - free admission The Deadly Spawn - free admission Before Midnight - free admission Wargames - free admission Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission Les Miserables (1998) - DVD Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Sexy Beast - DVD Jaws 3-D - free admission King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Joysticks - free admission The Keep - free admission Mortuary - free admission White House Down - free admission The Heat - free admission Finding Neverland - free admission A Band Called Death - free admission Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission Valley Girl - free admission Scarface - free admission Downloaded - free admission This is the End - free admission Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee Super - Netflix Instant Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant Monsters University 2D - free admission World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Tower Heist - DVD Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Grown Ups 2 - free admission The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant Mulan - Netflix Instant Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant The Conjuring - free admission R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission Red 2 - free admission Drive - Netflix Instant Only God Forgives - free admission Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand Fruitvale Station - free admission Cheap Thrills - employee screenin' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand The Way, Way Back - free admission Turbo 2D - free admission The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission The Sitter - HBO on Demand Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand Carnage - Starz on Demand Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission Trainspotting - free admission Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray The Canyons - free admission The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Act of Killing - free admission Flesh Pier - free admission The Horizon Glitters - free admission Adjust Your Tracking - free admission Planes 2D - free admission 2 Guns - free admission Elysium - free admission Kick-Ass 2 - free admission Five Easy Pieces - free admission Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission Jobs - free admission Paranoia- free admission Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission We're the Millers - free admission Blue Jasmine - free admission Clear History - HBO The Apparition - HBO Great White Shark 3D - IMAX Somewhere in Time - Netflix Instant A Haunted House - Netflix Instant Our Idiot Brother - Netflix Instant Dark Tide - Netflix Instant The First Wives Club - Netflix Instant The African Queen - Netflix Instant The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - theater Well, The African Queen was pretty good. The "green screen" (what did they used to call it? rotoscope or something?) work for the rapids & wildlife was pretty obvious, but still, a good story and the leads had chemistry. Took my nephews out of to the movies last night, they went to see Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 3D while I went to see TMI: CoB. Fourth movie I've paid money to see this year. Jared Harris was pretty cool as one of the supportin' adult characters, but there was a lot of ground to cover to set up the rules for the mythology, and the endin' seemed to go on too long. There was also a subplot about the "mundane" (normal) guy, but it got dropped. I stuck around waitin' for a bonus scene or something durin' or after the credits, to see it if was used to set up a sequel, but nothin'. Still, angelic demon hunters allied with werewolves fightin' with vampires & monsters...seems like a cool idea. Too bad the majority of the cast were teenagers in leather goth gear.
^ Its on Netflix Instant, if ya have it. And its a restored version from Paramount, the version they did for the blu ray a couple of years ago.
Spoiler: Full 2013 movie list 009 Re;Cyborg (10) After Earth (8) Asura (4) Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman (7) Beck-Mongolian Chop Squad (2010) (10) Berserk: The Golden Age I: The Egg of the King (7) Berserk: The Golden Age II: Battle for Doldrey (7) Berserk: The Golden Age III: Decent (7) Bleach Movie 4: Hell Verse (9) Blood-C: The Last Dark (6) Blue Exorcist: The Movie (8) Broken City (7) Bullet to the Head (7) Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7) Dead Man Down (8) Dragon Lord (6) Elysium (8) Evangelion 3.33: You Can [Not] Redo (9) Fafner: Heaven and Earth (8) Fairy Tail: Priestess of the Pheonix (8) Fast and Furious 6 (9) Gangster Squad (8) GI Joe: Retaliation (8) A Good Day to Die Hard (7) The Grey (8) Hoshizora Kiseki (7) The Illusionist (10) Initial D: 3rd Stage (9) Initial D: Drift Racer (live action) (7) Iron Man 3 (9) Jack Reacher (8) K-ON: The Movie (8) The Last Stand (8) Library War: Wings of Revolution (9) The Lone Ranger (6) Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9) Man of Steel (9) The Man With the Iron Fists (6) Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9) Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6) Nerawareta Gakuen (Psychic School Wars) (10) Niji-iro Hotaru (Rainbow Fireflies) (9) Now You See Me (9) Oblivion (8) Olympus Has Fallen (8) Operation Condor (7) Operation Condor 2: Armour of God (5) Pacific Rim (8) Parker (8) Phantom (2013) (8) Puela Magi Madoka Magica I: Beginnings (9) Puela Magi Madoka Magica II: Eternal (9) RED 2 (10) Rurouni Kenshin (2012) (8) Star Trek: Into Darkness (10) Tripping the Rift: The Movie (6) Tucker and Dale VS Evil (6) Twin Dragons (7) Why Worry? (1923) (8) The Wolverine (8) Updates: The Princess and the Pilot (8) Current Total: 61
Spoiler: Movies Seen in January through July Playback - Netflix Instant Parenthood (1989) - DVD Young Adult - Netflix Instant Django (1966) - free admission Django Unchained (2012) - free admission Housesitter - DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) - YouTube The Sting - free admission This is 40 - free admission The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D/HFR - free admission/free admission Parental Guidance - free admission The Sting II - Netflix Instant Abduction - Netflix Instant Dial M for Murder 3D - free admission Gangster Squad - free admission Zero Dark Thirty - free admission Treasure Planet - Netflix Instant The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption - Netflix Instant Commando - Netflix Instant Battle Royale II - Netflix Instant The Invisible War - Netflix Instant Texas Chainsaw 3D - free admission Lawrence of Arabia - free admission Ron White: A Little Unprofessional - DVD Valkyrie - DVD Our Man Flint - DVD Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap - Netflix Instant Margin Call - Netflix Instant In Like Flint - DVD Purple Rain - free admission Mama - free admission The High and the Mighty - DVD Dave Chappelle's Block Party - DVD Black X-Mas (2006) - DVD Bad Teacher - DVD They Live - free admission Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Inglourious Basterds - DVD The Last Stand - free admission The Night of the Hunter - free admission Warm Bodies - free admission P.S. I Love You - DVD The Lake House - DVD Alonzo Bodden: Who's Paying Attention? - Netflix Instant Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 - Netflix Instant Side by Side - free admission Pennies from Heaven - free admission Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid- DVD The Lonely Guy - DVD Batman: The Dark Knigth Returns, Part Two - DVD Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt - DVD Side Effects - free admission Funny Girl - free admission Christopher Titus: Neverlution - YouTube Ralphie May: Just Correct - YouTube Top Gun 3D - IMAX Fourplay: Tales of Sexual Intimacy - free admission 'Salem's Lot(2004) - DVD Body of Lies - DVD 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Animated - free admission 2013 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Live Action - free admission A Good Day to Die Hard - free admission Last Chance Harvey - DVD Paul Williams Still Alive - free admission The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - DVD Invasion of the Blood Farmers - free admission Safety Not Guaranteed - Netflix Instant One Life - free admission Identity Thief - free admission The Switch - Netflix Instant John Dies at the End - free admission Singin' in the Rain - free admission Benny & Joon - free admission Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater - Netflix Instant I'm No Dummy - Netflix Instant The Adventures of Tintin - Netflix Instant Beautiful Creatures - free admission Snitch - free admission Dark Skies - free admission The Queen - USA Network A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III - free admission Safe - DVD The Mechanic - DVD Jack the Giand Slayer 3D - free admission Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - free admission The Wiz - free admission Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome - Unrated Exteded Edition - DVD Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under - Netflix Instant Lewis Black: In God We Rust - Netflix Instant Jackass: The Movie - Unrated - Netflix Instant Mardi Gras Massacre - free admission Battle Beyond the Stars - Netflix Instant Oz the Great and Powerful 3D - free admission Nashville - free admission Fat Man Little Boy - Netflix Instant Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help - Netflix Instant Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - free admission Josie and the Pussycats - free admission Millennium - Netflix Instant Trek Nation - Netflix Instant Indecent Proposal - Netflix Instant This Film is Not Yet Rated - Netflix Instant The People vs George Lucas - Netflix Instant Everybody's Fine - Netflix Instant The Incredible Burt Wonderstone - free admission The Call- free admission Spring Breakers - employee screening Mad Dog and Glory - Netflix Instant The Wild Bunch - free admission Trekkies - Netflix Instant Bad Teacher - Unrated - DVD Salt - Unrated Director's Cut - DVD 30 Minutes or Less - DVD Burn After Reading - DVD Straw Dogs(2011) - DVD The Croods 3D - free admission The ABC's of Death - free admission G.I. Joe: Retaliation 3D/2D - free admission/free admission Admission - free admission Come Out and Play - free admission The Host - free admission The Buddy Holly Story - free admission Trekkies 2 - Netflix Instant Machete Maidens Unleashed! - Netflix Instant Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore - Netflix Instant Wrong - free admission Winnebago Man - Netflix Instant Kevin Nealon: Now Hear Me Out - Netflix Instant Pocahontas - Netflix Instant Barbarella - Netflix Instant Girls Gone Dead - Netflix Instant Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - Netflix Instant Bill Burr: Let It Go - Netflix Instant Jim Gaffigan: Mr Universe - Netflix Instant Stolen- Netflix Instant Jurassic Park 3D - free admission Faire: An American Renaissance - free admission Bobcat Goldthwait: You Don't Look the Same Either - Netflix Instant The Comedians of Comedy: The Movie - Netflix Instant Doctor Detroit - Netflix Instant C.H.U.D. - Netflix Instant Evil Dead (2013) - free admission Bully - Netflix Instant Trance - free admission Bye Bye Birdie - free admission Rise of the Zombies - Netflix Instant In Time - DVD The Place Beyond the Pines - free admission 42 - free admission Leviathan (1989) - Netflix Instant The Conversation - Netflix Instant London's West End: Great Expectations - free admission Oblivion - free admission Upstream Color - free admission Cars 2 - Starz on Demand Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Best of Both Worlds - Fathom Events Anonymous - Starz on Demand Year of the Dragon - free admission Heaven's Gate - free admission Mud - free admission To the Wonder - free admission Graceland - free admission Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - HBO on Demand Pain & Gain - free admission Iron Man Three 2D/3D - free admission/free admission On the Town - free admission Public Enemies - DVD New York, I Love You - DVD The World Before Her - free admission The Legend of Billy John - free admission Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX/3D/2D - free screening/free admission/free admission The Great Gatsby 3D (2013) - free admission Iron Man: Rise of Technovore - DVD Cabaret - free admission The Source Family - free admission Detention (2011) - free admission Turkish Star Trek (1973) - free admission Pieta - free admission Superman Unbound - DVD Behind the Candelabra - HBO Inhumans - DVD The Hangover Part III - free admission Enter the Dragon - free admission Nightmares in a Damaged Brain - free admission Epic 2D - free admission The Jensen Project - DVD Risky Business - free admission Screwballs - free admission Stay Tuned - free admission 12 Angry Men - DVD Fast & Furious 6 - free admission Now You See Me - free admission After Earth - free admission The Last Unicorn - blu ray The Internship - free admission The Purge - free admission The Deadly Spawn - free admission Before Midnight - free admission Wargames - free admission Man of Steel 2D/3D - employee screening/free admission Les Miserables (1998) - DVD Letters from Iwo Jima - DVD Sexy Beast - DVD Jaws 3-D - free admission King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Joysticks - free admission The Keep - free admission Mortuary - free admission White House Down - free admission The Heat - free admission Finding Neverland - free admission A Band Called Death - free admission Godzilla vs the Smog Monster - free admission Valley Girl - free admission Scarface - free admission Downloaded - free admission This is the End - free admission Much Ado About Nothing (2013) - free admission The Lone Ranger (2013) - free admission Despicable Me 2 3D - free admission The Man Who Wasn't There - matinee Super - Netflix Instant Dead Like Me: Life After Death - Netflix Instant Johnny Carson: King of Late Night - NEtflix Instant Yankee Doodle Dandy - free admission Playing for Keeps - Netflix Instant Monsters University 2D - free admission World War Z 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Tower Heist - DVD Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days - HBO on Demand Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic - Showtime on Demand Puss in Boots - HBO on Demand Crazy on the Outside - Netflix Instant Pacific Rim 2D/3D - free admission/free admission Grown Ups 2 - free admission The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Netflix Instant Mulan - Netflix Instant Hercules (1997) - Netflix Instant The Conjuring - free admission R.I.P.D. 3D - free admission Red 2 - free admission Drive - Netflix Instant Only God Forgives - free admission Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone - free admission The Wolverine2D/3D - free admission/free admission The Iron Lady - Showtime on Demand Judge Dredd (1995) - Showtime on Demand Fruitvale Station - free admission Cheap Thrills - employee screenin' Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox - DVD Before Sunrise - Encore on Demand The Way, Way Back - free admission Turbo 2D - free admission The Smurfs 2 3D - free admission The Sitter - HBO on Demand Mean Girls - Showtime on Demand Carnage - Starz on Demand Ghost Story of Yotsuya- free admission Ghost Cat of Otama Pond- free admission Trainspotting - free admission Charlie Bartlett - Netflix Instant Pitch Black: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury - DVD The Chronicles of Riddick - bluray The Canyons - free admission The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director's Cut - bluray The Act of Killing - free admission Flesh Pier - free admission The Horizon Glitters - free admission Adjust Your Tracking - free admission Planes 2D - free admission 2 Guns - free admission Elysium - free admission Kick-Ass 2 - free admission Five Easy Pieces - free admission Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2D - free admission Jobs - free admission Paranoia- free admission Lee Daniels' The Butler - free admission We're the Millers - free admission Blue Jasmine - free admission Clear History - HBO The Apparition - HBO Great White Shark 3D - IMAX Somewhere in Time - Netflix Instant A Haunted House - Netflix Instant Our Idiot Brother - Netflix Instant Dark Tide - Netflix Instant The First Wives Club - Netflix Instant The African Queen - Netflix Instant The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - theater Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Netflix Instant And the last movie watched in August was the first Spy Kids sequel... The first movie put me to sleep, but I watched this one anyway. I don't know why I bothered, because it was all just too much. Too much greenscreen, too much color, too much CGI. About the only thing goin' for it was that Khan Singh had a supportin' role. Even confined to a wheelchair, that dude was hardcore.
Spoiler: The rest of my list. January 1. You Again (✩✩½) - Live TV 2. Vanishing Point (✩✩✩½) - DVD 3. Cyrus (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 4. The Thing (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 5. Zero Dark Thirty (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 6. Django Unchained (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 7. Inglourious Basterds (✩✩✩) - Live TV 8. American Splendor (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 9. Soul Surfer (✩✩✩) - DVD 10. 30 Minutes or Less (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 11. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 12. Moby Dick (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 13. Just Go With It (✩✩✩) - Live TV 14. Battle Los Angeles (✩) - Download 15. Mama (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 16. Gangster Squad (✩✩✩½) - Theatre February 17. The Lucky Ones (✩✩✩) - Live TV 18. The Tourist (✩✩½) - Live TV 19. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (✩✩) - Live TV 20. The Watcher (✩✩✩) - Live TV 21. After Sex (✩✩✩) - Download 22. Sex and Breakfast (✩✩✩) - Download 23. Textuality (✩✩✩½) - Download 24. I Am Number Four (✩✩½) - DVD 25. Waiting for "Superman" (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 26. A Good Day to Die Hard (✩✩✩) - Theatre 27. Dorian Gray (✩✩✩) - DVD 28. Cougars Inc. (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 29. Tasmanian Devils (✩) - Live TV 30. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 31. The Promotion (✩✩) - DVD 32. Barney's Version (✩✩✩½) - DVD 33. The Best and the Brightest (✩✩½) - Download 34. Upside Down (✩✩✩✩) - Download March 35. Seven Psychopaths (✩✩½) - Download 36. Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 37. Oz the Great and Powerful (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 38. And Soon the Darkness (2010) (✩✩½) - DVD 39. And Soon The Darkness (1970) (✩✩✩✩) - Download 40. Jack (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 41. Please Give (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 42. Compliance (✩✩✩) - Download 43. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part I (✩✩✩) - Download 44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part II (✩✩✩) - Download 45. Midnight in Paris (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 46. Happy Accidents (✩✩✩½) - DVD 47. All Good Things (✩✩✩) - Live TV 48. This Is 40 (✩✩✩) - Download 49. The Good Guy (✩✩✩) - Download 50. Running Scared (✩✩✩) - DVD 51. G.I. Joe: Retaliation (✩✩✩) - Theatre April 52. Everything Must Go (✩✩✩✩) - Download 53. My Awkward Sexual Adventure (✩✩✩✩) - Download 54. The Oh in Ohio (✩✩) - DVD 55. Surviving My Mother (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD 56. Oblivion (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 57. Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (✩✩✩) - Download 58. Premium Rush (✩✩✩½) - Download 59. The Pill (✩✩✩✩) - Download 60. The Grey (✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 61. Robot & Frank (✩✩✩✩) - Download 62. The Last House on the Left (✩✩✩) - DVD 63. Womb (✩✩✩✩) - Download 64. Life Happens (✩✩½) - Download 65. Smashed (✩✩✩✩) - Download 66. Step Up Revolution (✩✩✩) - Download 67. Trust (✩✩✩) - Download May 68. The Oranges (✩✩✩½) - Download 69. Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 70. The High Cost of Living (✩✩✩✩) - Download 71. The Mechanic (✩✩✩) - Live TV 72. Vanishing on 7th Street (✩✩✩½) - DVD 73. Uncertainty (✩✩✩½) - Download 74. 10 Years (✩✩) - Download 75. The Darkest Hour (✩✩✩) - Download 76. The First Time (✩✩✩½) - Download 77. Your Sister's Sister (✩✩✩) - Download 78. The Bouquet (✩½) - Live TV 79. Blue Valentine (✩✩✩) - DVD 80. Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 81. Cosmopolis (✩✩) - Download 82. Margaret (✩✩✩½) - Download 83. The Fast and the Furious (✩✩✩) - Download 84. Turbo-Charged Prelude (to 2 Fast 2 Furious) (✩✩✩✩) - YouTube 85. 2 Fast 2 Furious (✩✩) - Download 86. Los Bandoleros (✩✩✩) - Download 87. Fast & Furious (✩✩✩½) - Download 88. Fast Five (✩✩✩✩) - Download 89. Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 90. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (✩✩✩½) - Download 91. The Hangover Part III (✩✩✩) - Theatre 92. Starflight One (✩✩✩✩) - Download 93. Floored (✩✩✩½) - YouTube 94. Side Effects (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 95. Parker (✩✩✩½) - Download 96. I Am a Sex Addict (✩✩✩) - Download 97. Snitch (✩✩✩✩) - Download 98. Now is Good (✩✩✩½) - Download June 99. Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 100. After Earth (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 101. Bride of Frankenstein (✩✩✩) - Live TV 102. Creature from the Black Lagoon (✩✩✩½) - Live TV 103. Predators (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 104. Starter for 10 (✩✩✩) - DVD 105. This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 106. Super (✩✩✩✩) - Download 107. Superman: Unbound (✩✩✩½) - Download 108. Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre 109. 4:44 Last Day on Earth (✩✩) - Download 110. Identity Thief (✩✩½) - Download 111. Bad Teacher (✩✩✩) - Download 112. World War Z (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 113. Death Defying Acts (✩✩) - Download July 114. Inside Job (✩✩✩) - DVD 115. The Kids Are All Right (✩✩✩✩) - DVD 116. Cashback (✩✩✩) - Netflix 117. The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 118. Superman (The Expanded Edition) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray 119. Superman II (The Donner Cut) (✩✩½) - Blu-ray 120. The Host (✩✩✩✩) - Download 121. Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 122. Doomsday Prophecy (✩) - Live TV 123. The Sessions (✩✩✩✩) - Netflix 124. Spring Breakers (✩✩✩✩) - Download 125. Hesher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 126. Tiny Furniture (✩✩✩) - Netflix 127. The Wolverine (✩✩✩) - Theatre 128. Upstream Color (✩✩✩) - Download 129. 13 (✩✩✩½) - Download 130. Jack Reacher (✩✩✩✩½) - Download August 131. Twilight (✩✩✩) - Download 132. New Moon (✩✩½) - Download 133. Eclipse (✩✩½) - Download 134. Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 135. Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (✩✩✩✩) - Download 136. The Apparition (✩✩✩½) - Download 137. The Surrogacy Trap (✩✩✩) - Download 138. Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre 139. Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray 140. Charly (✩✩✩✩½) - Download 141. Flowers for Algernon (✩✩✩½) - Download 142. Wind (✩✩✩½) - Netflix 143. Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre 144. Assault on Wall Street (✩✩✩✩) - Download - A man loses everything due to economic troubles and takes it upon himself to punish those at the top. Yes, it's very much like The Punisher. Stars Dominic Purcell. It's not considered a great movie, but it's pretty good as a guilty pleasure, hence the high score. 145. I Melt With You (✩✩½) - Netflix - Four guys in their 40s go on holiday and party it up with drugs, booze and women. Then things start to go south when something bad happens. It has an all-star cast hat includes Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven and Carla Gugino, but it's not a very good film. Not only did it not hook me right away, but it decended further into weirdness and confusion. The setting was nice though… Shot and took place near Big Sur, California. Theatre: 22 Blu-ray: 10 DVD: 21 Netflix: 5 Live TV: 17 Download: 67 YouTube: 3
August Rundown (15 Movies) 5 Stars None 4½ Stars Charly - Download Elysium - Theatre Limitless (Unrated Extended Cut) - Blu-ray 4 Stars Assault on Wall Street - Download Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - Download Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - Download 3½ Stars Flowers for Algernon - Download Kick-Ass 2 - Theatre The Apparition - Download Wind - Netflix 3 Stars The Surrogacy Trap - Download Twilight - Download 2½ Stars Eclipse - Download I Melt With You - Netflix New Moon - Download 2 Stars None 1½ Stars None 1 Star None ½ Star None 0 Stars None
Spoiler: 2010 viewed movies I didn't start in the thread till August that year, partial list Piranha 3D: C+ Book of Eli: B Lethal Weapon: A Lethal Weapon 2: A- Lethal Weapon 3: B Lethal Weapon 4: C+ The Crow: A Clash of the Titans: B+ Prince of Persia: B The Fountain: D Resident Evil: A- Resident Evil: Apocalypse: B Resident Evil: Extinction: B- Resident Evil: Afterlife: B Resident Evil: Degeneration(animated): B Bad Boys: B+ Zombieland: B The Evil Dead: B- R.E.D.: B 30 Days of Night: Dark Days: B+ Conviction: A- Crazies(2010): A- Paranormal Activity: A+ Paranormal Activity 2: A Shutter Island: B- Gamer: F Last House on the Left(orig): D+ Thirst(asian film): C- The Hills Have Eyes: B When In Rome: B- Dr.Horrible Sing-A-Long: A Expelled No Intelligence Allowed(doc): B Zombie Strippers: D Mammoth: D+ Everyone Else: D Dark Ages(doc): A Batman vs Dracula(anim): A- Independence Day: A Robin Hood(2010-Crowe): B Taken: A Only You: B- Momma Mia: C High Plains Drifter: C Joe Kid: A- Tron Legacy: B Voyage of the DawnTreader: B+ Tourist: B Duchess: B Blade Runner: B+ Men In Black: A Jumper: B- Interview with the Vampire: A- Brideshead Revisted: B Wizard of Oz: A Gone With the Wind: A True Grit: A Spoiler: 2011 viewed movies 1. The Fighter: B- 2. Batman(90's saga): A-,B-,C-,D 3. Star Wars OT-Special Edition: B+, A, B 4. The Green Hornet: B 5. True Grit(1969): C+ 6. Lord of the Rings saga: (A,A,A) 7. The Machinist: A- 8. Season of the Witch: B 9. Frozen: A- 10. Due Date: B+ 11. Planet of the Apes(2001): B- 12. Faster: C 13. Romance: D (French film, subtitled) 14. YPF: C- (YPF=Young People F*&^ing) 15. The Beautiful Truth: B- 16. Strictly Sexual: C+ 17. DOOM: C 18. Brothers: B+ 19. Men In Black II: B- 20. The Crow: Wicked Prayer: C- 21. The Soloist: C 22. Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love: C+ 23. I Now Pronounce you Chuck & Larry: B- 24. Battle in Heaven: C+ (Mexican film, subtitled) 25. Legion: B- 26. Battle: LA: B+ 27. Righteous Kill: B 28. Dracula II: Ascension: B- 29. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li: D 30. You Don't Mess With the Zohan: C+ 31. Finding Bliss: C 32. Dracula III: Legacy: B- 33. Tangled: B+ 34. Paul Blart Mall Cop: C- 35. Chloe: B 36. Kung Fu Panda: B- 37. Centurion: B 38. The People I've Slept With: C 39. Grown Ups: B- 40. The Conspirator: A- 41. XXX: State of the Union: C+ 42. Fast Five: B+ 43. THOR: A- 44. Priest: D+ 45. The Fourth Kind: B+ 46. POTC: On Stranger Tides: B- 47. Turtles Forever: A- 48. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story: B+ 49. Easy A: A 50. Inception: B 51. #1 Cheerleader Camp: D 52. Freakanomics: C+ 53. Green Lantern: C 54. The American: C- 55. Super 8: A 56. Green Lantern: First Flight: B 57. Transformers: Dark of the Moon: B- 58. 9 Songs: F 59. Kings Speech: A- 60. Whiteout: C+ 61. Passion Play: D+ 62. Captain America: The First Avenger: A- 63. Marley & Me: A 64. Date Night: C+ 65. Frantic: B+ 66. Presumed Innocent: A 67. Invictus: A 68. Rocky: A 69. Hurt Locker: A+ 70. Rocky II: C+ 71. Rocky III: B+ 72. Rocky IV: A 73. Cowboys & Aliens: B 74. Wonder Woman (DC Animated): B+ 75. Rocky V: B- 76. Conan The Barbarian('11): B- 77. Dinner for Schmucks: D 78. Nothing But the Truth: B 79. Snow Angels: B+ 80. Everybody's Fine: C- 81. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: A+ 82. Fragments: C+ 83. Fright Night ('11): A- 84. Cold Comfort Farm: D 85. Machete: C- 86. The Queen: A 87. Public Enemies: B+ 88. Drive Angry: D 89. Red Riding Hood: C+ 90. Fright Night ('85): B 91. Love & Other Drugs: B 92. X-Files: I Want to Believe - B+ 93. Source Code: A- 94. Paranormal Activity 3: A 95. Rachel Getting Married: C 96. Love Guru: F 97. Funny People: C- 98. Win Win: B+ 99. Everything Must Go: B 100. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: D+ 101. American Ninja: D 102. Revenge of the Ninja: D 103. Lonesome Dove: A 104. Black Swan: B 105. Westworld: B 106. Fireproof: A- 107. Mission Impossible(4):Ghost Protocol: A 108. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: A 109. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows: A- 110. Belly: D- 111. Despicable Me: B+ Spoiler: 2012 viewed movies Kicking off my 2012 list: 1. Edge of Darkness: A 2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+ 3. Repo Men: B- 4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B- 5. Underworld: Awakening: B 6. Lost City Raiders: C+ 7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+ 8. Contraband: B+ 9. Kick-Ass: B+ 10. Hereafter: A- 11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B 12. Act of Valor: C+ 13. John Carter: B 14. Hunger Games: B+ 15. Wrath of the Titans: C 16. Cabin In the Woods: B+ 17. The Rum Diary: C 18. The Eagle: C+ 19. The Avengers: A+ 20. The Adjustment Bureau: A 21. Sucker Punch: B- 22. Knight & Day: C+ 23. Mechanic: B 24. Devil: A 25. Dark Shadows: C+ 26. Men In Black 3: B- 27. Columbiana: B 28. Haywire: C 29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B- 30. Meet the Parents: A- 31. Meet the Fockers: B 32. Prometheus: B 33. Chernobyl Dairies: B- 34. Little Fockers: B- 35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+ 36. Winters Bone: B+ 37. Battleship: A- 38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+ 39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B 40. Beauty & the Beast: A+ 41. Bambi: A- 42. Sex & the City 2: D+ 43. Top Gun: B 44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B- 45. Brave: B+ 46. Kill Bill vol.1: A- 47. Kill Bill vol.2: B 48. The Amazing Spider-man: B- 49. Virgin Territory: C- 50. 21 Jump Street: B+ 51. The Dark Knight Rises: A- 52. Sicko: C 53. Capitalism A Love Story: C 54. Seven Pounds: B 55. Hot Fuzz: B 56. Total Recall (2012): A- 57. Total Recall (1990): B+ 58. Hardware: D+ 59. The Bourne Legacy: A- 60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B- 61. Expendables 2: B+ 62. Hangover 2: C 63. Moneyball: A- 64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B- 65. 2016 Obama's America: A- 66. Unknown: B 67. No Strings Attached: B+ 68. Megamind: A- 69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A- 70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A- 71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+ 72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B 73. Halloween H2O: A 74. Halloween Resurrection: C+ 75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B 76. Looper: A- 77. Smart People: C- 78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B 79. Dredd: A- 80. Bridesmaids: C- 81. Taken 2: B 82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+ 83. Alex Cross: A- 84. RockNRolla: B- 85. Paranormal Activity 4: B 86. Argo: A+ 87. Skyline: F 88. Cop Out: D 89. Skyfall: A 90. Red Dawn (2012): B- 91. Dracula (1979): B 92. Dracula (2009): C+ 93. Slither: B- 94. Your Highness: F 95. Goldeneye: A 96. Whistleblower: B+ 97. The Town: A+ 98. Ted: A 99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+ 100. Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: A 101. Jack Reacher: A- 102. Django Unchained: B+ Spoiler: Movies viewed first time in 2013 The 2013 list: 1. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas: C- 2. Les Miserables(2012): B 3. Lincoln: A+ 4. Parental Guidance: C+ 5. Warm Bodies: B 6. Waiting for Superman: B 7. Grindhouse: Planet Terror: B- 8. Grindhouse: Death Proof: C+ 9. Zero Dark Thirty: A 10. Last Stand: B 11. Red Tails: A- 12. Hansel & Gretel-Witch Hunters: C- 13. Parker: B- 14. Bullet to the Head: B+ 15. Judge Dredd(1995): C 16. The Mist: B+ 17. A Good Day to Die Hard: B- 18. Fired Up: C+ 19. Fling: C 20. Ask the Dust: D+ 21. Mulan: A- 22. The Lovely Bones: B 23. The Initiation of Sarah: D 24. Jack the Giant Slayer: C+ 25. Oz the Great and Powerful: B+ 26. Olympus Has Fallen: A- 27. The Lives of Others: B+ (German film) 28. The Croods: B+ 29. Jennifers Body: D+ 30. Evil Dead (2013 remake): B+ 31. G.I. Joe: Retaliation: B 32. The Dark Knight Returns pt.1: A+ 33. The Dark Knight Returns pt.2: A+ 34. Batman: Gotham Knight: B 35. Superman/Shazam: Return of Black Adam: A- 36. Batman: Year One: B 37. Batman/Superman: Apocalypse: A+ 38. Superman vs The Elite: B+ 39. Justice League: Doom: A 40. Green Lantern First Flight: A 41. Oblivion: B+ 42. Iron Man 3: B- 43. Planet Hulk: A- 44. Welcome to the Jungle: F 45. The Time Travelers Wife: B+ 46. Star Trek into Darkness: A- 47. The Lost Tomb of Jesus: B 48. The Heat: C+ 49. Fast and Furious 6: A- 50. Hangover III: C- 51. Now You See Me: A 52. Boot Camp: B- 53. Green Zone: C 54. Ninja Assassin: B 55. Mr&Mrs. Smith: A- 56. Silver Linings Playbook: A- 57. Man of Steel: B+ 58. Doubt: A 59. Godfather: A 60. World War Z: B 61. Much Ado About Nothing: A- 62. The Lone Ranger: C+ 63. Godfather pt.II: A+ 64. Godfather pt.III: B 65. Beyond Sherwood Forest: D 66. R.E.D. 2: B- 67. The Wolverine: B+ 68. R.I.P.D.: C+ 69. Proof of Life: B- 70. The Conjuring: B 71. Pacific Rim: B- 72. Alone in the Dark: D 73. Apocalypto: A 74. Stargate: Ark of Truth: A- 75. Stargate: Continuum: A 76. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: B- 77. Pi: C- I finally got around to this Aronofsky(sp) film about a guy who does math based computer software in the late 90s. I'm assuming it's relevant to it's release as Max had an old school 8" floppy we seem him crumple up in frustration. Max is the focus of our story and we are told once per act that "his mom told him not to look directly into the sun, but he did it once anyway". This moment changed him somehow, for sure he gets intense headaches now but that did also make him "Mr.Math". He's being aggressively pursue by a "company" that wants him to "work" for them. The goal is to manipulate the stock market which Max has had some success in predicting based on his calculations. He suspects that due to patterns within numbers the Market is also likely "alive" and thus predictable. People seek to profit from this predictability. He also has an "accidental" run in with some religious Jews seeking to find a Messianic Equation buried within the Torah. Meanwhile his headaches keep getting worse, we find out both groups of people are willing to be aggressive to get the info out of him, what could be called is only friend dies. Max is unstable to say the least and even the one woman neighbor who seems to have some type of interest in Max is pushed away by him. The neighbor girl up a flight is always quizzing him and testing him with her calculator. All the insanity leads Max to shave his head and seemingly perform his own trepanning with a power drill in the bathroom. We next see him and the neighbor girl in a park, Max can no longer calculate, his ability gone, he looks up into the sun. While it's not a bad movie, it's not one I found gripping and engaging. The b&w style of the film gives it a type of Noir feel I suppose. The editing was choppy at times and the jerky camera moments didn't do anything for me. At times they were used for purpose, like during his headaches and seizures, other times it felt just because.
^ I've been meaning to check out Pi for years. The subject matter is of interest to me because I tried to do the same thing the main character did. Anyway... 2013 summer movies seen in viewing order... (13 Movies) Iron Man 3 (✩✩✩✩✩) Star Trek Into Darkness (✩✩✩½) Furious 6 (✩✩✩½) The Hangover Part III (✩✩✩) Now You See Me (✩✩✩✩½) This Is the End (✩✩✩✩) Man of Steel (✩✩✩✩✩) World War Z (✩✩✩½) The Lone Ranger (✩✩✩½) Pacific Rim (✩✩✩✩½) The Wolverine (✩✩✩) Elysium (✩✩✩✩½) Kick-Ass 2 (✩✩✩½)