Movies seen in 2012 for the first time: not a lot. A Crack in the Earth (1964) -- *** (a solid pre-Star Wars science-fiction film) AEon Flux (2005) -- *** (great commentary on the decay caused by constant recycling, substitute people for franchises and you'll see the film was ahead of its time) Barbarella (1968) - N/A (so bad it's good... so I can't bring myself to call it one-star even though I should) The Andromeda Strain (1971) -- **1/2 (I don't care if Robert Wise directed it, it's over-rated) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - ** (don't argue, let's just agree to disagree) Mr. Deeds (2002) - **1/2 (better than I expected because I usually can't stand Adam Sandler) Prometheus (2012) -- **** (a much more ambitious concept than the Alien series, and I'm a bigger Alien fan than Star Trek) Take Me Home (2011) -- ***1/2 (a good romantic comedy and road movie rolled into one) The Transatlantic Tunnel (1935) -- **1/2 (not bad per se, but a little plodding) When Do We Eat? (2005) -- *** (not recommended for the more conservative-minded) I use a four-star scale. Yeah, this has been more of a TV year for me. I don't remember if I saw AEon Flux the beginning of this year, or the end of last, but I'll throw it in anyway. Soon I'll be adding Argo, Skyfall, and A Cabin in the Woods to the list. One more thing: I got to see Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in a theater this past summer. I'd only ever seen it on VHS or DVD. TFF was the first Star Trek film I saw in the theater. It didn't convert me. I didn't become a fan, in fact, until I saw TVH on video when my parents bought it around the beginning of 1991. We only had a VCR for six months at that point.
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) This was the second feature at the Screening Room's weekly "Birth of Horror" series, which I didn't actually get to see, because the Queen's Law Journal annoyingly scheduled an overlapping work session. But I rented it anyway, to watch on a considerably smaller screen, and having seen it I regret not getting a chance to see it theatres. Every appearance by the titular giant ape is captivating -- I can imagine what it would have been like to see this onscreen in 1933, and while effects have obviously advanced enormously since then, the knowledge of how much work this would have been means that the scenes keep their "wow" factor in a way many other films with dated special effects don't. The characters are mostly forgettable, but whatever, this is a rare film that I found very enjoyable to watch despite how almost every scene has been referenced, parodied, and copied ad infinitum. Seeing this also means I've now seen at least one film from every year from 1930 to the present. Cinema: 31 Home Video: 69 Computer: 13 (+1)
122. The Man from Earth This film is basically several people talking in one room, so it needed a strong script and strong actors to make it work - it's got the great script and for the most part the actors are very good as well. The concept is brilliant (a man trying to convince his friends that he is an immortal), so I am thankful that they pulled it off so well.
^ I saw that last year and thought it was an excellent little scifi piece. 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 (✩✩✩) - 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 (✩✩) - DVD 286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray - A campaign manager stick handles his way through the machinations of the political system as he works to get a govornor elected to the presidency. Stars Ryan Gosling and directed by George Clooney. It also has an impressive supporting cast that includes Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marissa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Gregory Itzin and Evan Rachel Wood. It was adapted from a play called Farragut North. It's writer based the story and its characters on his own experiences with a recent political campaign. The movie was raw, very gripping, pretty cynical, and I liked the turns and developments. It also looked like George Clooney, who plays the candidate, infused a bit of his own politics into the movie through his character. 287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray - I don't review movies in this thread that I've already seen, but I'm reviewing this one because I don't think I really saw it the first time when it was shown at my school in the early 80s as part of movie day. So here we go... I really saw it this time and did so with fresh new eyes. This is an animated movie about a lone unicorn that sets out to find others of her kind that were driven away by the Red Bull. I remember the Red Bull being pretty scary as well as a bit at the end, but not much else. The bull wasn't as scary this time around, but the movie itself is pretty good. It had what I thought were some good insights into the spiritual side of life. I was also surprised at the mild nudity with an emphasis on bosoms. I'm just surprised that a kids movie could get away with showing such content. Anyway, as far as animated movies go, this is one of the better ones. 288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - Most of the human race has turned into vampires and the blood supply is running out. Stars Ethan Hawke and Sam Neill. It was a pretty solid movie with a decent commentary on the pharmaceutical industry. 289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV - Finally saw this. It never looked very good to me, so I wasn't in any rush to see it. Well, I loved it. I like how it's a movie in two parts. Part one is pretty grounded with two criminals on the run with a family held hostage, but then it goes all wacky when it shifts gears and turns into a vampire slasher horror movie. I also loved the Tarantino-style B-movie/70s exploitation schlock. It really added a sense of fun to the action. And here's one of my favorite parts... [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiCjUNI1GC0[/yt] George Clooney pretty much says it all. 290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV - An ambitious college grad finds her perfect plans dashed when she doesn't get her dream job and can't find work. Stars Alexis Bledel and Michael Keaton. Bledel was a joy to watch and Michael Keaton was a real hoot. This was the funniest I've seen him. Theatre: 18 DVD/Blu-ray: 108 Live TV: 115 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 40 Internet: 4
Spoiler: rest of the list 1) The Artist (2011) - A+ 2) Midnight in Paris (2011) - B 3) Tree of Life (2011) - F 4) The Descendants (2011) - B 5) Drive (2011) - B 6) Hanna (2011) - C 7) Take Shelter (2011) - A- 8) 50/50 (2011) - B 9) Baby Mama (2008) - B- 10) United 93 (2006) 11) Rango (2011) - B 12) The Hunger Games (2012) - B+ 13) 21 Jump Street (2012) - B+ 14) Goon (2012) - A- 15) The Avengers (2012) - B 16) Cars 2 (2011) - C+ 17) Men in Black 3 (2012) - B+ 18) Prometheus (2012) - D+ 19) The Iron Lady (2011) - C- 20) Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011) - B+ 21) Moonrise Kingdom - (2012) - A 22) Fantastic Mr. Fox - (2009) - B+ 23) The Dark Knight Rises - (2012) - B+ 24) Contagion - (2011) - B 25) Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012) - C 26) Premium Rush (2012) - B- 27) The Bourne Legacy (2012) - C 28) Haywire (2012) - B 29) LA Confidential - A (1997) 30) Boogie Nights - A- (1997) 31) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) - C- Man I was surprised on how slow and boring this movie was. There's barely any action, it really is just guys sitting in a dark room whispering stuff, and I was somewhat disappointed because the hype for this movie was pretty good I remember. The only reason I gave it a C- was because Gary Oldman was very good and the music was atmospheric. Other than that, this isn't a movie I would seek out to watch again. Theater: 11 BluRay: 10 (+1) On Demand/TV: 4 Itunes: 6
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 RockNRolla: I jumped this one up the queue cause of Tom Hardy. Didn't realize he was in it when I put it in there. I really liked the story but some of the humor didn't work for me otherwise I might've gone with A. Good cast, worth checking out for sure imo. Paranormal Activity 4: gave a few thoughts in the thread here.
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First up, the Boris Karloff original Mummy movie...I still like the Brendan Fraser version, but this one wasn't bad, considerin' its age. Waited about an hour, and then got into a restored 3D print of Creature from the Black Lagoon. I enjoyed it, too, especially the underwater sequences in 3D. Still workin' my way through the unrated director's cut of Paranormal Activity 3, or else I'd add it to the list, too. - edit, to add - Finished the director's (directors'? since there were two of 'em, right?) cut of PA3 this mornin'. Only noticed a few differences (mostly involvin' Randy, the assistant, early on) and the bit with the babysitter & the blanket is still the best part of the movie. All set to see the fourth one with my friend Chellis on Wednesday!
123. Judge Dredd There are some hints and elements that show that it could have been an interesting film, so it's disappointing that the end result is so mediocre. Well, it nearly works as an unintentional comedy...
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- free admission Samsara - free admission Liberal Arts - free screenin' Voodoo Black Exorcist - free admission Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part One - DVD Hatari! - DVD Bachelorette - free admission Hotel Transylvania 3D - free admission Looper - free admission Won't Back Down - free admission Taken 2 - free admission Pitch Perfect - free admission Frankenweenie 3D - free admission The Perks of Being a Wallflower - free admission Miami Connection (1987) - employee screenin' Salt - DVD The House at the End of the Street - theater Wake in Fright - free admission Sinister - free admission Beer is Cheaper than Therapy - matinee Here Comes the Boom - free admission Argo - free admission End of Watch - matinee Paranormal Activity 2: Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Paranormal Activity 3 - DVD The Mummy (1932) - free admission Creature from the Black Lagoon 3D - free admission Paranormal Activity 3: Unrated Director's Cut - DVD Alex Cross - matinee Decided to skip the free screenin' of Cloud Atlas tonight, went to an early bird matinee of Alex Cross, instead. I agree with Captain Craig, the shaky cam durin' the final fight sequence was out of place and annoyin'. Completely unnecessary. And I don't see why this couldn't have just been a generic cop drama. They just used Alex Cross for the name, or brand or whatever, 'cause the character Tyler Perry was playin' wasn't the same guy from the books. But, I will give 'em credit for not usin' an origin story to develop Alex Cross as a bad ass detective/profiler. No flashbacks to the police academy or medical school. They didn't have to show him assemblin' his team, they were already there. And the movie kicked off with 'em chasin' a baddie. Kinda wish the folks who made superhero movies would follow this approach. Think I may go see Seven Psychopaths tomorrow. For sure goin' to see An American Werewolf in London tomorrow night...
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) While buying Moonrise Kingdom on a visit to FutureShop, they had a few of the new James Bond Blu-rays there (in addition to the huge set) for $9. I got this, which I'd seen before, but not in many years, as well as On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which is rated as one of the best but I've never gotten around to seeing it. Anyway, I'd say this is a pretty decent movie, though not as good as I remembered when I saw it in the 90s (much younger then, was I). The Brosnan films (the first three, anyway) had really good villains, and Pryce's Carver is a lot of fun. Most of the one-liners are horrible, but then, that's Bond for you; there's probably a tone about halfway between this and some of the grimmer parts of the Craig films that would likely be ideal for the franchise. There are a number of examples of mid-90s CGI that haven't aged especially well. The best thing about the film is (as, I remembered) Michelle Yeoh's ass-kicking Wai Lin, by far the most useful Bond girl the franchise has ever had. If she and Brosnan had any real sexual chemistry, she'd be easily the best; as it is, she's an awesome partner for 007, but they don't exactly light up the screen, so she'll have to settle for being one of the best. Cinema: 31 Home Video: 70 (+1) Computer: 13
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+) I Love You, Man: This is one of my favorite comedies of the past ten years; I've seen it four times now and it has never become stale. At times, the actors are obviously riffing rather than working from a carefully-structured screenplay, but they pull it off more often than not. I've also recently seen The Thin Red Line and Hollywoodland, neither of which I've been able to make my mind up about yet. Money is still tight, so I probably won't see anything else new in the theater this year outside of Skyfall (I've seen every Bond film in the theatre since Tomorrow Never Dies; it's a tradition at this point). Theatres: 53 Home Video: 101+1 Computer: 9
They should have called it "Tomorrow Never Lies". 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 (✩✩✩) - 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 (✩✩) - 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 - The world has become a place where everyone stays at home, hooked up to a device that allows them to live and interact through artificial bodies called surrogates. The advantage of this is that you can look any way you want and even live without concern for injury since artifical bodies can be replaced. Everything seems to be going fine until two surrogates are destroyed, killing their owners in the process, something that shouldn't happen. This prompts two cops to investigate. Stars Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell and Ving Rhames. This is a solid piece of scifi as much as it is an action thriller and the movie's commentary on wanting to be young and look perfect is delivered well. The only hicup is Willis' character's sudden change of heart after 14 years of happily using a surrogate himself. It's also fun to watch the characters and wonder what their real selves look like. 292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV - A bunch of teens rent out a cabin for the week and a flesh-eating disease stars consuming them. Pure crap and no notable stars. I managed to sit through it though, so that gets it a star. 293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV - As bad as the first one, but it had some racy bits that I liked, so that gets it an extra star. 294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD - Another one of Edward Burns' slice-of-life movies about relationships. This one deals with five buddies and their lives. The fact that one of them is about to get married is peripheral to the real story but provides a title. It's a good movie that starts slow, but gets and hold your attention before long. You also get to see Brittany Murphy three years before she passed away. Another thing I found interesting about the movie was the setting. It took place in what looked like a new England coastal community, but then I found out that it was shot in and took place in New York City. City island in the northern part of The Bronx to be exact. I never knew that parts of New York City looked like that. 295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD - Atom Egoyan's 1994 movie about a bunch of seemingly random people who's lives either become or are shown to be interconnected in interesting ways. "Exotica" is the name of the Toronto strip club that a lot of the drama is centered around. Stars Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Don McKellar, Elias Koteas, Sarah Polley and Victor Garber. Like a lot of Egoyan's movies, this one makes little sense and isn't always easy to follow, but I'm giving it a generous score because I enjoyed the ensemble cast and loved seeing some of Mia Kirshner's early work. This was also the first time I thought that Kirshner might have made a great Catwoman. Theatre: 18 DVD/Blu-ray: 110 Live TV: 118 Recorded TV: 5 On Demand: 40 Internet: 4
Spoiler: Movies Seen in Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/June/July/Aug/Sept 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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First off, Breaking Training doesn't make any sense to me. The team lost at the end of the first movie, and yet, somehow are declared the champions of their league and invited to play a charity game against a team in the Houston Astrodome. Fine, okay, whatever...but when the team runs late in gettin' from California to Houston, Texas, another, closer team is called in. If the closer team were available, why weren't they invited instead of the Bears? The winnin' team is supposed to get a trip to Japan to play against Little League champs there, which sets up the sequel.... ...but in the second sequel, the Bears lack sponsorship to go to Japan, and somehow they volunteer to go, because no one else will...but they won the trip at the end of the first sequel. Why wouldn't that get them there, instead of a shady con man played by Tony Curtis? Also, Jackie Earle Haley was freakin' creepy in Go to Japan, stalkin' that poor girl and askin' to stay the night at her place before askin' her name. And I've got my ticket to see An American Werewolf in London tonight, seatin' should open in about five, ten minutes.
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-) George Lazenby's s sole outing as 007, sandwiched within Sean Connery's tenure. Lazenby is at best okay in the role, and it seems strange to pick a man with no real acting experience for one of the few films to really try to give James Bond character depth. Lazenby's blandness aside, it's a strong movie. The direction of the right scenes, in particular, is remarkably kinetic; you feel the blows, unlike most fight scenes from the period. Cinema: 31 Home Video: 71 (+1) Computer: 13
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-) Hollywoodland: The framing story has the ambition to be Chinatown, but I never found myself that invested in Adrien Brody's private investigator. The real interest here lies in the extensive flashbacks with Ben Affleck as George Reeves. Affleck provides a lot of depth to the role (it's a shame they made him wear an awful prosthetic on his face; he looks enough like Reeves that it wasn't needed). The problem is that the movie keeps cutting away from an interesting bio-pic to a plodding whodunnit (which, of course, can never be resolved). This has the effect of preventing either story from developing much momentum. It's not a bad film, by any means, but it could have been so much more. Theatres: 53 Home Video: 102+1 Computer: 9
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God, what a riot that movie was...just ridicuously silly "hauntings" and character motiviations & history that don't even make sense. Pretty inconsistent, too, with how things in the house are supposed to work. We stuck around for the postcredit bonus scene for the Mexican spinoff...I hope that its all in Spanish, no subtitles, and American audiences just have to figure out what's up from the reactions & sound effects.
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At first he just looked odd, but with the help of a few low angles, it became more and more apparent that Affleck's face had been altered. Affleck also gained a few pounds, which was fine for the role, but the make-up took me out of it.