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Movies Seen In 2013

Before Midnight is the only impressive new movie of the year so far.

You are a tough crowd.

30 Days of Night ★★★ - Nothing spectacular, but an interesting take on Vampires
Blue Valentine ★★★ - the characters are unlikable and the trailers are EXTREMELY misleading
 
10/10
Antichrist
Dogville
Only God Forgives
Europa

9/10 or 10/10 ???
The Prestige
Life of Pi
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Alien
Rope
Freddy Got Fingered
Shadow of a Doubt
Love & Pop
Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo

9/10
Jagten (The Hunt)

8/10
Melancholia
The Hangover Part III
Lost Highway
Vuosaari (Naked Harbour)

7/10 or 8/10 ???
A Good Day to Die Hard

7/10
Cloud Atlas
The Last Stand (2013)
Iron Man 3
Star Trek Into Darkness

6/10 or 7/10 ???
Men Behind the Sun

6/10
G.I. Joe: Retaliation,
or G.I. Joe: Revenge 3D as it's known over here
Fast & Furious 6

5/10
Manderlay

4/10
The Hills Have Eyes 2

3/10
Hypnotisören (The Hypnotist),
Sweden's actual Oscar candidate:guffaw:

2/10
The Mummy (1999)

Off to see Man of Steel.
 
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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

Went over to the Ritz earlier tonight for Terror Tuesday and its last Summer of '83 film, Mortuary, featurin' a crazy young Bill Paxton.

The host introductin' the movie mentioned how it was marketed as a zombie movie, but really its a slasher. And he was right - found the trailer on YouTube, and the poster for it on IMDB seem to make it look like its all about zombies.

The movie itself is about a young college girl with massive mood swings bein' stalked by a creeper while her widowed mother holds seances with the local mortician. And it has Bill Paxton.

http://youtu.be/NjqE9fxnXl8

Good lord, The Keep is awful. No wonder it still isn't on home video -- I doubt even Michael Mann completists think it is worth the effort.

Not to say its a good movie, bu it wasn't completely unbearable...the write up on the website said the original cut was over two hours. Maybe a restored version would be worth checkin' out.

I'm just impressed that they flew the copy we watched over from a film archive in England.

... Unless you count Leviathan, since its US release was 2013. Leviathan is amazing.

The fishin' boat documentary? I wanted to see that, and Drafthouse ran the trailer for awhile, but they only had one showin' on a Saturday afternoon, so I missed out.
 
I'm just impressed that they flew the copy we watched over from a film archive in England.

I wonder why they did that? I know UCLA has a print in their archive (which I saw a couple years ago). Maybe they're not loaning it out anymore.
 
Man of Steel

Harrowing moral tale that is not entirely as hopeful as the trailers would suggest; it relies on the audience's understanding that Superman's philanthropic potential will be fully reached in the second part. Absolutely beautiful, the second half is mostly cold and distant pieces of metal smashing together, but appropriately full of awe. The "secret" ending ties various aspects of the story together - I get the impression that those who oppose to it, didn't like the movie anyway. The movie people deserve, but not the one they need next time.
 
Updates in Bold:

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)
Broken City (7)
Bullet to the Head (7)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7)
Dead Man Down (8)
Dragon Lord (6)
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)
Iron Man 3 (9)
Jack Reacher (8)
K-ON: The Movie (8)
The Last Stand (8)
Library War: Wings of Revolution (9)
Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9)
The Man With the Iron Fists (6)
Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6)
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9)
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)
Parker (8)
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)

Current Total: 47
 
Was in San Antonio for a work conference most of the week.
A colleague and I went to the North Park Alamo Drafthouse and caught Man of Steel.

Great place to see a movie!!
"No one under 6 admitted"
"Age 6-17 must have an adult"
Before the previews started the screen simply said,"This is now a no talking zone. One complaint to the manager, you get a warning. Second complaint you are ejected with no refund. Keep your phone, dark, off and in your pocket--no texting or tweeting"

We've got to get one of these in Nashville!!
 
^

Children under six are allowed on designated "baby days" at shows that start before two p.m.

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

Went out to Alamo Slaughter tonight to see two new movies that open wide tomorrow.

WHD was an okay action movie, not great. Made me wonder if Olympus has Fallen was a better movie, but I missed out on seein' since my truck broke down about the same time it came out.

TH was an entertainin' lady buddy cop movie, if a bit too predictable, but at least it didn't include all the good bits in the trailer. And I got a free Mondo poster!
 
The Heat is an amusing farce. The sentimental gush only takes up about ten minutes and even it is punctuated with some humor. Sophisticated viewers need to remember that humor is all about conflict. In this movie, that means aggression.
 
Updates in Bold:

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)
Broken City (7)
Bullet to the Head (7)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7)
Dead Man Down (8)
Dragon Lord (6)
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)
Iron Man 3 (9)
Jack Reacher (8)
K-ON: The Movie (8)
The Last Stand (8)
Library War: Wings of Revolution (9)
Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A's (9)
The Man With the Iron Fists (6)
Metal Skin Panic: Madox 01 (6)
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion-Theatrical version (9)
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)
Parker (8)
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)

Current Total: 48
 
11/10
Antichrist
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dogville
Freddy Got Fingered
Alien
Only God Forgives

10/10
The Prestige
Jagten (The Hunt)
Rope
Love & Pop
The Master (2012)
Shadow of a Doubt
Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
Europa
Winter Kills

9/10
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Melancholia
The Hangover Part III
Lost Highway
Vuosaari (Naked Harbour)
Man of Steel

8/10
A Good Day to Die Hard
Olympus Has Fallen

7/10
Cloud Atlas
The Last Stand (2013)
Iron Man 3
Star Trek Into Darkness

6/10
Men Behind the Sun

5/10
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Fast & Furious 6

4/10
Manderlay

3/10
The Hills Have Eyes 2

2/10
Hypnotisören (The Hypnotist)

1/10
The Mummy (1999)

0/10
yet to be seen...
 
Punch Drunk Love ★★★1/2
Nobody Walks ★★1/2
Bernie ★★★
The Switch ★★★
Elizabethtown ★
 
1. Reservoir Dogs (1992) - A
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) - D
3. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) - C+
4. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - A
5. The Amazing Spiderman (2012) - B
6. Life of Pi (2012) - A
7) The Perks of being a Wallflower (2012) - B+
8) Looper (2012) - B+
9) Iron Man 3 (2013) - B
10) Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) - B-
11) Monster's Inc (2001) - A
12) Man of Steel (2013) - B
13) Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) - B
14) Monsters University (2013) - C

A week ago I watched Monsters Inc in preperation for this movie. One of the things that really sold the movie for me was the ton of heart it had, and I think the reason for that was because Boo was just so adorable. I didn't get any of that in this movie, and it felt like a paint by the numbers coming of age story. It was nice that they connected college to where Sully and Mike were in Monsters Inc and I did enjoy how their friendship developed in the movie, but I felt like I've seen these type of movies all the time, and Pixar should be above that (I haven't seen Brave). It was an enjoyable couple of hours, but I would probably rank it above Cars 2, which is at the bottom of the list.

The short though, about the Umbrellas was adorable as heck and I think I almost choked up at the end. This was the Pixar I knew, and it was a really clever short, even though there are others I enjoy more. I wish Netflix would start putting up the Pixar films, especially now that they are putting up Disney films. I actually found the Short much better than the actual movie, and with Pixar, that is an accomplishment.


Theater: 6 (+1)
Blu-Ray/DVD/TV: 5
Itunes: 2
Netflix: 1
 
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

Got together with some friends earlier today to watch some classic Doctor Who at Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter. They gave me a ride across town to see Finding Neverland, this month's "Afternoon Tea" movie. Found out if I don't want the tea service (three cups of tea & three snacks of sammiches & cookies), I can get a free ticket on my employee discount.

I really liked that movie, too. It was so sad, but so sweet...

My friend Barbara came out to watch it with me, and then she gave me a ride from Lake Creek to the Village, where I will be watchin' the latest documentary from Drafthouse Filmes, A Band Called Death, in about half an hour.

Got a plan to go to the Ritz tomorrow for the last day of Summer of '83 movies...
 
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-)

It was a great Saturday afternoon popcorn flick, but it would never stand up to repeat viewings.

The plot was all over the place and the whole theme of woman empowerment seemed lost in this film. Sandra Bullock's character is just painful to watch and while Melissa McCarthy's character is funny, she plays the same character over and over and it's becoming tired.

The fact that there is already a sequel in the works before the first one was even done shows how well they thought it would do, but they will have to come up with something a little bit better to bring me back.
 
Updates in Bold:

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)
Broken City (7)
Bullet to the Head (7)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (7)
Dead Man Down (8)
Dragon Lord (6)
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)
Iron Man 3 (9)
Jack Reacher (8)
K-ON: The Movie (8)
The Last Stand (8)
Library War: Wings of Revolution (9)
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)
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)
Parker (8)
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)

Current Total: 49
 
The plot was all over the place and the whole theme of woman empowerment seemed lost in this film. Sandra Bullock's character is just painful to watch and while Melissa McCarthy's character is funny, she plays the same character over and over and it's becoming tired.

Is there really a theme of woman empowerment? There's lip service but it seems to me that the real theme is the joy of unchecked aggression. It's dramatized by McCarthy's antics, almost all of which are conventionally male. McCarthy even has to put up with clingy one-night stands with delusions about mattering. Bullock's Murtagh validates McCarthy's Riggs by the sincerest form of flattery. The edge of genuine violence in letting males carry on like this is mitigated by having women act out. I suppose you could play with the idea that the whole thing is a sendup of this overused shtick. But I think the movie is far too sincere in its pleasure at McCarthy's triumph of the id. I think the movie works because on one level at least it knows that comedy is conflict. (Yes, I know the cliché says drama is conflict, but this kind of muddy thinking is why so many talented people end up making mediocre or worse movies.)

I've only seen McCarthy before in Part III, but that was actually a different character.
 
This Means War ★★★
This is 40 ★★★
Trouble With the Curve (2012) ★★ ½
Sleepwalk With Me (2012) ★★★★
Lincoln (2012) ★★★★
Flight (2012) ★★★½
Argo (2012) ★★★★
The Cocoanuts (1929) ★★½
Pitch Perfect (2012) ★★★½
Hitchcock (2012) ★★★★
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) ★★★★
Django Unchained (2012) ★★★½
The Lorax (2012) ★★½
Upside Down (2013) ★★
The Impossible (2012) ★★★½
Safe House (2012) ★★★
Life of Pi (2012) ★★★★
The Sessions (2012) ★★★★
The Possession (2012) ★½
Mama (2013) ★★½
Warm Bodies (2013) ★★★½
Side Effects (2013) ★★★
This Means War (2012) ★★★
The Loved Ones ★★
The Princess and the Frog ★★½
Les Miserables (2012)★★★
Red Lights ★★
Oblivion (2013) ★★★
Iron Man 3 (2013) ★★★★
Celeste and Jesse Forever ★★★
Compliance ★★★★
Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★★
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) ★★
Texas Chainsaw (2013) ★
Evil Dead (2013) ★★★
The Imposter (2012) ★★★
The Lady in Black (2012) ★
Gone (2012) ★★
Submarine ★★★½
Creature From the Black Lagoon ★★★
The Hangover 3 ★½
Robot & Frank ★★★
Another Earth ★★★½
VHS ★★
The Oranges ★★★
Frankenweenie (2012) ★★★
Cloud Atlas (2012) ★★★
Carnival of Souls ★★½
Man of Steel ★★★½
Lords of Salem ★
Upstream Color ★★½
Stoker ★★★
Before Sunrise ★★★½
World War Z ★★★½
Punch Drunk Love ★★★1/2
Nobody Walks ★★1/2
Bernie ★★★
The Switch ★★★
Elizabethtown ★
The Girl Next Door ★★

Star Trek Into Darkness ★★★★ (3D IMAX)
World War Z ★★★½ (2D)
Man of Steel ★★★½ (3D IMAX)
Iron Man 3 ★★★½ (2D)
Warm Bodies ★★★½ (2D)
Oblivion ★★★ (2D)
Evil Dead ★★★ (2D)
Stoker ★★★ (Download)
Oz the Great and Powerful ★★★ (3D IMAX)
The Place Beyond the Pines ★★★ (Download)
Mama ★★½ (2D)
Side Effects ★★½ (2D)
Jack the Giant Slayer ★★½ (2D $1)
Olympus Has Fallen ★★½ (2D)
Upstream Color ★★½ (Download)
Dark Skies ★★ (DVD)
The Hangover Part III ★½ (2D)
Texas Chainsaw 3D ★ (2D)
Lords of Salem ★ (Download)
The Purge (Download)

The Girl Next Door (2007) ★★ - For a movie that's supposed to be so polarizing and horrifying, I found it only marginally better than some Lifetime movies. Make the girl 30 and this is just a couple of quick edits away from being a Criminal Minds episode.
 
The plot was all over the place and the whole theme of woman empowerment seemed lost in this film. Sandra Bullock's character is just painful to watch and while Melissa McCarthy's character is funny, she plays the same character over and over and it's becoming tired.

Is there really a theme of woman empowerment? There's lip service but it seems to me that the real theme is the joy of unchecked aggression. It's dramatized by McCarthy's antics, almost all of which are conventionally male. McCarthy even has to put up with clingy one-night stands with delusions about mattering. Bullock's Murtagh validates McCarthy's Riggs by the sincerest form of flattery. The edge of genuine violence in letting males carry on like this is mitigated by having women act out. I suppose you could play with the idea that the whole thing is a sendup of this overused shtick. But I think the movie is far too sincere in its pleasure at McCarthy's triumph of the id. I think the movie works because on one level at least it knows that comedy is conflict. (Yes, I know the cliché says drama is conflict, but this kind of muddy thinking is why so many talented people end up making mediocre or worse movies.)

I've only seen McCarthy before in Part III, but that was actually a different character.

They bring it up a couple times with the misogynist male characters (mainly the Albino DEA agent) and either Bullock or McCarthy talk about how awesome they are. If this was going to be a theme on the movie, they should have carried it through the movie instead of picking it up and dropping it whenever it suited them.

It was a good popcorn flick, but I have no reason to re-watch it.
 
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