Movies Seen in 2012

od0_ital · Dec 21, 2012

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. Hilarious - Netflix Instant
Gamer - Netflix Instant
Rising Sun - Netflix Instant
Death Race 2000 - Netflix Instant
Beverly Hills Cop III - Netflix Instant
Inferno: The Making of The Expendables - Netflix Instant
Street Kings - DVD
Kiki's Delivery Service - free admission
Dark Country - DVD
Wrath of the Titans 3D - free admission
Jiro Dreams of Sushi - free admission
The Raid: Redemption - free admission
The Incredible Hulk Returns - DVD
Titanic 3D - free admission
The Hunger Games - free admission
Mirror, Mirror - free admission
American Reunion - free admission
Justice League: Doom - DVD
W. - DVD
Night of the Running Man - Netflix Instant
The Trial of the Incredible Hulk - DVD
The Hunter - free admission
An Education - DVD
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two - DVD
The Prophecy - DVD
Them Idiots Whirled Tour - DVD
The Prophecy II - DVD
Cabin in the Woods - free admission
Juan of the Dead - free admission
Lockout - free admission
Get the Gringo - free screenin'
Only Yesterday - free admission
Pirates! Band of Misfits 3D - free screenin'
Street Kings 2: Motor City - Unrated - DVD
The Cat Returns - free admission
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent - DVD
Marley - free admission
The Lucky One - free admission
Cool Hand Luke - free admission
The Grudge 2: Unrated Director's Cut - DVD
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - DVD
The Raven - free admission
Colombiana - Unrated - DVD
Princess Mononoke - free admission
The Five-Year Engagement - free admission
Last Days Here - free admission
The Three Stooges - free admission
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter - DVD
The Avengers 3D/2D - free admission
Damsels in Distress - free admission
Sound of My Voice - free admission
Yellow Submarine - free admission
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - free screenin'
The Skulls - DVD
Dark Shadows - free admission
The Skulls II - DVD
Sleepless Night - free admission
Conan the Barbarian (1982) - DVD
Battleship - free admission
The Skulls III - DVD
The Dictator - free admission
What to Expect When You're Expecting - free admission
Men in Black 3 3D - free screenin'
Chernobyl Diaries - free screenin'
Batman: Year One/Catwoman - DVD
The Batma vs Dracula - DVD
Seven Pounds - DVD
He's Just Not That Into You - DVD
Final Destination - DVD
The Black Six (1973) - free admission
Final Destination 2 - DVD
Snow White and the Huntsman - free admission
Final Destination 3 - DVD
Piranha 3DD - free admission
The Final Destination - DVD
Final Destination 5 - DVD
Conan the Destroyer - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Stone Cold - Netflix Instant
Ralphie May: Austin-tatious - Netflix Instant
Ralphie May: Too Big to Ignore - Netflix Instant
Shark Night 3D - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Night Passage - Netflix Instant
Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise - Netflix Instant
Jesse Stone: Sea Change - Netflix Instant
Moonrise Kingdom - free admission
God Bless America - free admission
Prometheus 3D/2D - free admission
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - free admission
Rock of Ages - free admission
That's My Boy - free admission
Cursed - DVD
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter 3D/2D - free screenin'
Escape 2000 (1982) - free admission
Brave 3D/2D - free screenin'
Dracula 2000 - DVD
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) - free admission
Superman vs The Elite - DVD
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - matinee
Mr. Popper's Penquins - HBO
The Hangover Part II - HBO
Ted - free admission
The Amazing Spider-Man 3D - free admission
Powder Blue - DVD
Crazy, Stupid Love - HBO
To Rome With Love - free admission
The Do Deca Pentathlon - free admission
ZAAT! - free admission
Manhattan - free admission
Extraterrestre - free admission
Magic Mike - free admission
Coraline 3D - free admission
Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D - free admission
Beasts of the Southern Wild - free admission
The Dark Knight Rises - matinee
Savages - matinee
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut - DVD
Class of 1984 (1982) - free admission
Dracula II: Ascension - DVD
Dracula III: Legacy - DVD
The Watch - free admission
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - DVD
Klovn: The Movie - free admission
The Watcher - DVD
Silver Bullet - free admission
Logan's Run (1976) - DVD
17 Again - DVD
Total Recall (2012) - free admission
The Queen of Versailles - free admission
Adventureland - DVD
The Campaign - free admission
Hope Springs - free admission
The Bourne Legacy - free admission
Killer Joe - free admission
The Odd Life of Timothy Green - free screenin'
The Box - DVD
Short Circuit - free admission
Ruby Sparks - free admission
American Reunion: Unrated - DVD
Moneyball - DVD
The Expendables 2 - free admission
Into the Blue 2: The Reef - Unrated - DVD
Take This Waltz - free admission
Resident Evil: Afterlife - DVD
ParaNorman 3D - free admission
Pets (1974) - free admission
Hit & Run - matinee
Premium Rush - free admission
Sparkle - free admission
Celeste and Jesse Forever - free admission
Cosmopolis - free admission
Reno 911!: Miami - Unrated Cut - DVD
Bedevilled - free admission
The Revenant - free admission
The Ambassador - free admission
Lawless - free admission
Punisher: War Zone - DVD
Trouble with the Curve - free screenin'
Deja Vu - DVD
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3D - free admission
Compliance - free admission
Red Hook Summer - free admission
The Words - free admission
Bright Lights, Big City - DVD
For a Good Time, Call - free admission
The Cold Light of Day - matinee
Ms. 45 - free admission
Resident Evil: Retribution 3D - free admission
Finding Nemo 3D - free admission
The Bad News Bears (1976) - DVD
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate 3D - free admission
Arbitrage - free admission
Hostage - DVD
The Bodyguard - DVD
Hausu - free admission
The Guy from Harlem - free admission
Dredd 3D - free admission
The Master - free admission
The Possession - matinee
Knuckleball! - 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
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training - DVD
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan - DVD
An American Werewolf in London (1981) - free admission
Paranormal Activity 4 - free admission
Bad News Bears (2005) - DVD
Chasing Mavericks - free admission
Cloud Atlas - free admission
The Man with the Iron Fists - free admission
Wreck-It Ralph 3D - free admission
Flight - free admission
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice - DVD
Jesse Stone: No Remorse - DVD
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost - DVD
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - DVD
Skyfall - free admission
The American Scream - free admission
Craig Ferguson: Does This Need to be Said? - Netflix Instant
Heckler - Netflix Instant
Kevin Pollack: The Littliest Suspect - Netflix Instant
Goon - Netflix Instant
Conan the Barbarian (2011) - Netflix Instant
The Sessions - free admission
Hanger 18 - Netflix Instant
Footloose (2011) - Netflix Instant
Kathleen Madigan: Gone Madigan - Netflix Instant
Billy Gardell: Halftime - Netflix Instant
Super High Me - Netflix Instant
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - DVD
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - DVD
Network - Netflix Instant
Sullivan's Travels - free admission
Life of Pi 3D - free admission
Silver Linings Playbook - free admission
Rise of the Guardians 3D - free admission

Tucker, The Man and His Dream - DVD
Island in the Sky - DVD
Killing Them Softly - free admission
The Palm Beach Story - free admission
Red Dawn (2012) - free admission
Gremlins - free admission
Lincoln - free admission
The Comedy - free admission
People Like Us - DVD
The Conspirator - DVD
Bernie - Netflix Instant
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part One - DVD
The Prophecy: Uprising - DVD
The Prophecy: Forsaken - DVD
Head - free admission
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - DVD
Monster House - DVD
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part Two - free admission
Anna Karenina (2012) - free admission
Holy Motors - free admission
Zoom: Academy for Superheroes - DVD
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2D - free admission
Lucky # Slevin - DVD
Hitchcock - free admission
After Porn Ends - Netflix Instant

Watchd the gawd awful Zoom on DVD the other day. Saw it for four bucks at Wal-Mart the other night...and felt robbed when it was over. It was an interestin' idea, but the muggin' for the camera from Chevy Chase, Courtney Cox's pratfalls, and the general "screw this" Tim Allen just oozes throughout the movie...plus, the kids castin' sucked and why was there a Wendy's commercial right in the middle of it?

Went to see The Hobbit in 2D the other day. I enjoyed it, especially since Ian McKellan got to kick some ass as Gandalf. I'll be goin' to see it in 3D and the HFR soon, too, since I can get into 'em for free.

Took three tries, but I finally got through #Slevin on DVD. Great cast, but not a great movie.

Hitchcock was an alright movie about the makin' of Psycho. Still think there could have been more to tell about that movie & its production, that this movie just hits the highlights without really talkin' about it, or informin' the audience about anything they wouldn't already know.

And, finally, the documentary After Porn Ends, which takes a look at different porn stars, how they got into the industry, what they did while there, and what they are doin' now that they aren't porn stars. Watched it on Netflix last night after work.

Did y'all know Asia Carrerra is in Mensa?

CaptainCanada · Dec 22, 2012

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)
86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)
87. Inception (A)
88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
89. The Aviator (A-)
90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
91. The Quiet American (B+)
92. The Piano (B)
93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B)
94. Intouchables (A-)
95. The Seven Year Itch (B+)
96. Born on the Fourth of July (B)
97. 12 Angry Men (A+)
98. Wild Strawberries (A)
99. Broadcast News (A-)
100. Jaws (A)
101. Ikiru (A-)
102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+)
103. Lawless (B-)
104. The Rules of the Game (B+)
105. Tokyo Story (B+)
106. Burn After Reading (B+)
107. Brokeback Mountain (A+)
108. Looper (A+)
109. The Master (B+)
110. Nosferatu (N/A)
111. Argo (A)
112. Farewell, My Queen (B+)
113. King Kong (1933) (A)
114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B)
115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-)
116. Cloud Atlas (B+)
117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+)
118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+)
119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-)
120. Dracula (C-)
121. Frankenstein (B)
122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
123. Flight (A-)
124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+)
125. The Room (F)
126. Sabrina (A-)
127. Skyfall (A)
128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+)
129. Funny Face (C+)
130. Killer Joe (B+)
131. Midnight's Children (B-)
132. Life of Pi (A)
133. Sunset Boulevard (A+)
134. Lincoln (A-)
135. Killing Them Softly (C+)
136. Strangers on a Train (A-)
137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A)
138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-)
139. The Sessions (B+)
140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-)
141. Holy Motors (?)
142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+)

143. Empire of the Sun (A-)

Another of Steven Spielberg's early straight dramas, starring a young Christian Bale (as well as John Malkovich, in a rare non-crazy role, and Miranda Richardson) as a British schoolboy trying to survive in Shanghai following the Japanese invasion in World War II. As one would expect from Spielberg, it's technically excellent, and features a great performance from Bale, displaying all the potential he would go on to fulfill in his later career (a rare male child actor to become an adult star).

144. This Is 40 (B+)

Judd Apatow has directed only four movies, but I suspect casual moviegoers would probably guess he's done a lot more, given how widespread his influence on the comedy genre has been, thanks to his many writing and producing gigs, and the proliferation of his disciples (including, recently, Lena Dunham, who cameos here, alongside expected figures like Jason Segel and Bridesmaids' Chris O'Dowd).

This is a "sort of" sequel to Knocked Up, focusing on Katherine Heigl's character's sister and brother-in-law (Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd), but I think they'd honestly have been better-off without that connection, because it really raises more questions than it answers, both in terms of where Heigl and Rogen are despite this movie centering on a big family gathering (Heigl, obviously, was unlikely to return; perhaps as a consequence, Rogen misses an Apatow movie for the first time), and because this movie's Pete and Debbie don't really remind me of what I remember of the earlier movie's couple at all.

That said, it's a fun comedy. Apatow's movies are generally criticized for being overlong, and certainly I could edit this down further fairly easily (excising the stuff with Debbie's employees would be the easiest subplot to ditch), but I didn't think the runtime was a big issue. The movie as a whole is generally observational in style, so it doesn't have a strong plot to begin with. Rudd and Mann are both in top form, and the expansive supporting cast (enabled by the aforementioned runtime) provides for plenty of good moments. The most emotionally affecting work is done by Albert Brooks and John Lithgow as their fathers.

Cinema: 51 (+1)
Home Video: 80 (+1)
Computer: 13

Agent Richard07 · Dec 22, 2012

od0_ital said:
Watchd the gawd awful Zoom on DVD the other day.

It was too kid friendly for my tastes, but it does have heart and I like the concept, story and casting enough to want to get it when I can.

January

1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV
3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD
4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV
12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD
13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV
14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV
19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD
20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV
25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV
27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD

February

31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet
32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD
33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD
35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV
36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD
38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD
39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV
41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV
42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV
43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD
44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV
51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV

March

53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD
54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV
57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD
59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD
60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV
61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD
62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD
66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV
67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV
68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV
71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand
73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV
76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD
80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD
81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV
86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV
87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD
89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD
90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand
91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand
92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV
94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV

April

96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV
98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD
99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD
101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV
103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV
105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV
111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD
112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV
114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD
115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD
117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD
119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD
120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV
121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet
123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD
125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV
126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD

May

127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD
128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD
129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV
131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand
132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV
133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand
134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV
135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV
136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD
138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD
139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV
140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD
141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD
142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV
143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand
144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand
145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD
146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD
147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV
149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV
154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV
155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD
156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD
157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV
158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet

June

162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD
163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV
165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV
167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD
168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD
169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV
170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV
171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV
172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD
173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet
175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV
178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV
179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV
180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV
181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD
186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD
187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV
188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV
190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD
191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD
192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD
193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV
195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD

July

196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre
199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV
203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV
204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV
205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV
206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV
207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD
209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD
210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD
211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre
212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD
213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD
216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD
217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD

August

218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre
221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD
222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD
223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand
224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand
225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre
228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV
229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand
231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand
232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand
233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV
234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre
235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD
237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD
238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD
239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD
240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV
241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD

September

242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV
247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD
248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD
249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD
250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV
251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV
253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD
256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre
260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV
261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV
263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD
265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand
266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD
268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV
269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV
271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD
273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD
274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD
275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV
276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV

October

278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD
279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD
280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD
281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre
282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV
283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV
284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD
285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD
286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV
293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV
294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD
295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD
300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV
301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand

November

303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
305. The Château (✩✩) - DVD
306. Skyfall (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
307. p.s. (✩✩✩½) - DVD
308. Creation (✩✩✩) - DVD
309. The Tree of Life (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
310. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (✩½) - Live TV
311. Astro Boy (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
312. Source Code (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
313. Robotech: The Sentinels (✩✩✩½) - DVD
314. What's Your Number? (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
315. Dragonball: Evolution (✩✩✩) - DVD
316. Perfect Sense (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
317. Red Dawn (✩✩✩) - Theatre
318. Silver Linings Playbook (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
319. Proof (✩✩✩½) - DVD
320. Dream House (✩✩✩) - DVD
321. Sound of My Voice (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
322. Aquamarine (✩✩½) - Live TV
323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (✩✩) - Live TV
324. Fierce People (✩✩✩) - Live TV
325. Liz & Dick (✩½) - Live TV
326. Return to Me (✩✩✩) - DVD
327. Solaris (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
328. The Beaver (✩✩✩½) - DVD

December

329. Five Million Years to Earth (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
330. Letters to Juliet (✩✩½) - Live TV
331. Reindeer Games (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
332. Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
333. Now & Forever (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
334. The Captains (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
335. Scream 4 (✩✩½) - DVD
336. Bad Santa (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
337. Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV
338. It's Kind of a Funny Story (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
339. Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV
340. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (✩✩½) - DVD
341. Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV
342. A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV
343. I Do (But I Don't) (✩½) - DVD
344. Charlie St. Cloud (✩✩) - Live TV
345. Finding Neverland (✩✩½) - Live TV
346. Let Me In (✩✩✩) - Live TV
347. Snow (✩✩½) - DVD
348. Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD
349. Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV
350. Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV
351. Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV

352. Supergirl (✩✩✩) - DVD - I recently purchased this one on DVD. It's a shame that it wasn't included in the Superman movie set or even released on blu-ray, but hopefully someday it will be. I'm reviewing this because I got the version with the extra 10 minutes, bringing the runtime to 124 minutes. I hope to get the longest version at some point just to have, but what I saw was adequate. I like Helen Slater as Supergirl and I liked Faye Dunaway as the wannabe sorceress. It's a decent story and an underrated movie if you get past the Salkind-style camp.

The intro is kind of catchy…

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlI9I-FhVME[/yt]

Can't believe it cost $1 milion to make.

353. Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV - Mrs. Claus travels to Las vegas to help a woman in need, and following along is Santa himself to find out what she's up to. Stars Mira Sorvino and Will Sasso. Due to some magic that allows them to blend into society, the actors spend much of the movie looking like themselves. Not a great movie, but not bad either.

354. Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV - A career woman named Krissy Kringle was just fired from her job and accidentally gets Santa's Naughty or Nice list (in the form of a book) mailed to her. The book is magic and contains everyone's secrets which she uses to her advantage. Krissy's parents were played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter of Family Ties fame. I thought that was a nice touch. I tuned in expecting your usual lame Hallmark TV movie, but this one was actually really good. A little more effort was put into crafting a story more complex than your usual TV movie fare. This would have made a pretty good big budget picture. I plan to get this on DVD. I like Christmas movies and this one is worthy of my collection.

Theatre: 22
DVD/Blu-ray: 137
Live TV: 141
Recorded TV: 5
On Demand: 45
Internet: 4

CaptainCanada · Dec 24, 2012

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)
86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)
87. Inception (A)
88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
89. The Aviator (A-)
90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
91. The Quiet American (B+)
92. The Piano (B)
93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B)
94. Intouchables (A-)
95. The Seven Year Itch (B+)
96. Born on the Fourth of July (B)
97. 12 Angry Men (A+)
98. Wild Strawberries (A)
99. Broadcast News (A-)
100. Jaws (A)
101. Ikiru (A-)
102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+)
103. Lawless (B-)
104. The Rules of the Game (B+)
105. Tokyo Story (B+)
106. Burn After Reading (B+)
107. Brokeback Mountain (A+)
108. Looper (A+)
109. The Master (B+)
110. Nosferatu (N/A)
111. Argo (A)
112. Farewell, My Queen (B+)
113. King Kong (1933) (A)
114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B)
115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-)
116. Cloud Atlas (B+)
117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+)
118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+)
119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-)
120. Dracula (C-)
121. Frankenstein (B)
122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
123. Flight (A-)
124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+)
125. The Room (F)
126. Sabrina (A-)
127. Skyfall (A)
128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+)
129. Funny Face (C+)
130. Killer Joe (B+)
131. Midnight's Children (B-)
132. Life of Pi (A)
133. Sunset Boulevard (A+)
134. Lincoln (A-)
135. Killing Them Softly (C+)
136. Strangers on a Train (A-)
137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A)
138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-)
139. The Sessions (B+)
140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-)
141. Holy Motors (?)
142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+)
143. Empire of the Sun (A-)
144. This Is 40 (B+)

145. Rashomon (A+)

Akira Kurosawa's first big international success, which introduced a whole new style of storytelling. It holds up exceptionally well. The 50s style of Japanese acting featured in Kurosawa's films can take a bit of getting used to, but once you do the calibre of the work is easy to appreciate. Machiko Kyo is the real star of this one, aided by the fact that her character changes the most pronouncedly between the tellings. It's also an interesting movie to watch from the perspective of a law student.

146. Three Kings (A)

This is, in my estimation, the best film made about the Gulf War, but I can only think of three (this, Courage Under Fire, and Jarhead), so perhaps that's not that big a distinction. That said, still a terrific movie -- a more dramatic Kelly's Heroes for the 1990s (or maybe a grittier precursor to George Clooney's Ocean's 11). Much like David O. Russell's later The Fighter (and Silver Linings Playbook, if the reviews are to believed), it takes a pretty standard story arc ("guys engaged in immoral/self-interested conduct suddenly get a crash course in empathy and become real heroes"), but delivers it in a fresh, engaging way. It also functions as an interesting time capsule, given what happened later.

Cinema: 51
Home Video: 82 (+2)
Computer: 13

CaptainCanada · Dec 27, 2012

Two days, two cities, two very different films.

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)
86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)
87. Inception (A)
88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
89. The Aviator (A-)
90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
91. The Quiet American (B+)
92. The Piano (B)
93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B)
94. Intouchables (A-)
95. The Seven Year Itch (B+)
96. Born on the Fourth of July (B)
97. 12 Angry Men (A+)
98. Wild Strawberries (A)
99. Broadcast News (A-)
100. Jaws (A)
101. Ikiru (A-)
102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+)
103. Lawless (B-)
104. The Rules of the Game (B+)
105. Tokyo Story (B+)
106. Burn After Reading (B+)
107. Brokeback Mountain (A+)
108. Looper (A+)
109. The Master (B+)
110. Nosferatu (N/A)
111. Argo (A)
112. Farewell, My Queen (B+)
113. King Kong (1933) (A)
114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B)
115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-)
116. Cloud Atlas (B+)
117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+)
118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+)
119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-)
120. Dracula (C-)
121. Frankenstein (B)
122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
123. Flight (A-)
124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+)
125. The Room (F)
126. Sabrina (A-)
127. Skyfall (A)
128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+)
129. Funny Face (C+)
130. Killer Joe (B+)
131. Midnight's Children (B-)
132. Life of Pi (A)
133. Sunset Boulevard (A+)
134. Lincoln (A-)
135. Killing Them Softly (C+)
136. Strangers on a Train (A-)
137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A)
138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-)
139. The Sessions (B+)
140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-)
141. Holy Motors (?)
142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+)
143. Empire of the Sun (A-)
144. This Is 40 (B+)
145. Rashomon (A+)
146. Three Kings (A)

147. Les Miserables (A)

Tom Hooper's followup to The King's Speech has proved critically divisive (though audiences seem to approve so far), for a variety of reasons. To an extent, the knives have been out for him since he had the temerity to beat David Fincher in 2010; the musical genre itself has detractors (and this one in particular); and Hooper makes some bold stylistic choices that will understandably attract supporters and critics. I think the style choices work, emphasizing the confined circumstances the characters always find themselves in (despite Les Miserables generally being thought of as an epic, it's really only epic in toto, rather than scene-to-scene).

Among the actors, Jackman, Hathaway, Barks, and Redmayne are the top tier (as well a superb cameo by the original Jean Valjean, Colm Wilkinson). I also thought Seyfried was quite good, in a part that is rather thankless (the actress who originated her jokingly described her as "the most boring soprano ever in an 80s musical"). Baron Cohen is, weirdly, doing a French accent despite everyone else doing English ones. Crowe isn't a great singer, but he serves well enough, I think. The immediacy of the live-singing really works, and there are a number of changes made that on the whole work well (as well as reincorporating various parts of the novel that weren't in the musical); there's one addition at the end that works wonders.

I saw this in Sydney, Cape Breton, on Christmas Day with my cousin Maggie, who had no knowledge of either the musical or the book, and she also loved it. It has flaws as a film, but as populist entertainment to invoke big emotions, it's a huge success, and I loved it.

148. Django Unchained (A)

The following day, after driving home to Charlottetown (which took about seven hours) to attend a family Boxing Day event, I went to the late showing of Tarantino's latest. Tarantino's filmography might be broken down into tree parts: the 1990s crime films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown), the early 2000s era of 1970s cinema homages (Kill Bill 1 & 2, Death Proof), and now the historical epics (which also have homage elements, of course). This is another historical revenge fantasy (albeit without the heavy historical revisionist elements; perhaps we'll get a sequel where Django takes down Nathan Bedford Forrest).

The cast is uniformly strong, beginning with Christoph Waltz, who once again shows his effortless command of Tarantino's language (whilst playing a character the audience doesn't have to feel conflicted about liking). Jamie Foxx, in the title role, is much more subdued than most of the other actors (he's supposed to be the man of few words), but he's strong, and sells all the key moments. As the main bad guys, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson both deliver the goods. The latter delivers on one of my main hopes for the film, that Tarantino could get something new out of Jackson, who has been phoning it in for years; count on Quentin, I guess, since it was his Pulp Fiction that established his persona to begin with. Kerry Washington is fine, but the role is rather underwritten for the main female in a Tarantino film.

Structurally the movie is a bit undisciplined (and I imagine there's been stuff cut out; Amber and Russ Tamblyn appear in the opening scenes in the background, without any dialogue), and there's a moment that feels like the climax, but isn't (though I can see the story reason why). Nonetheless, it's a lovely canvas, and Tarantino's music choices are as good as ever (Jim Croce's "I Got A Name" being my favourite).

Cinema: 53 (+2)
Home Video: 82
Computer: 13

Captain Craig · Dec 27, 2012

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

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+

Kicking off my 2012 list:

1. Edge of Darkness: A
2. Star Trek: The Motion Picture: B+
3. Repo Men: B-
4. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: B-
5. Underworld: Awakening: B
6. Lost City Raiders: C+
7. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist: B+
8. Contraband: B+
9. Kick-Ass: B+
10. Hereafter: A-
11. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance: B
12. Act of Valor: C+
13. John Carter: B
14. Hunger Games: B+
15. Wrath of the Titans: C
16. Cabin In the Woods: B+
17. The Rum Diary: C
18. The Eagle: C+
19. The Avengers: A+
20. The Adjustment Bureau: A
21. Sucker Punch: B-
22. Knight & Day: C+
23. Mechanic: B
24. Devil: A
25. Dark Shadows: C+
26. Men In Black 3: B-
27. Columbiana: B
28. Haywire: C
29. Snow White and the Huntsman: B-
30. Meet the Parents: A-
31. Meet the Fockers: B
32. Prometheus: B
33. Chernobyl Dairies: B-
34. Little Fockers: B-
35. Halloween III: Season of the Witch: B+
36. Winters Bone: B+
37. Battleship: A-
38. Much Ado About Nothing: B+
39. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs: B
40. Beauty & the Beast: A+
41. Bambi: A-
42. Sex & the City 2: D+
43. Top Gun: B
44. Abraham Lincoln-Vampire Hunter: B-
45. Brave: B+
46. Kill Bill vol.1: A-
47. Kill Bill vol.2: B
48. The Amazing Spider-man: B-
49. Virgin Territory: C-
50. 21 Jump Street: B+
51. The Dark Knight Rises: A-
52. Sicko: C
53. Capitalism A Love Story: C
54. Seven Pounds: B
55. Hot Fuzz: B
56. Total Recall (2012): A-
57. Total Recall (1990): B+
58. Hardware: D+
59. The Bourne Legacy: A-
60. Once Upon A Time in the West: B-
61. Expendables 2: B+
62. Hangover 2: C
63. Moneyball: A-
64. Adventures of Tin Tin: B-
65. 2016 Obama's America: A-
66. Unknown: B
67. No Strings Attached: B+
68. Megamind: A-
69. Superman/Batman: Public Enemies: A-
70. Halloween 4:Return of Michael Myers: A-
71. Halloween 5:Revenge of Michael Myers: B+
72. Halloween The Curse of Michael Myers: B
73. Halloween H2O: A
74. Halloween Resurrection: C+
75. The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008): B
76. Looper: A-
77. Smart People: C-
78. Atlas Shrugged-Part One: B
79. Dredd: A-
80. Bridesmaids: C-
81. Taken 2: B
82. Atlas Shrugged-Part Two: C+
83. Alex Cross: A-
84. RockNRolla: B-
85. Paranormal Activity 4: B
86. Argo: A+
87. Skyline: F
88. Cop Out: D
89. Skyfall: A
90. Red Dawn (2012): B-
91. Dracula (1979): B
92. Dracula (2009): C+
93. Slither: B-
94. Your Highness: F

95. Goldeneye: A
96. Whistleblower: B+
97. The Town: A+
98. Ted: A
99. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: B+

Overall a well acted, written film just not perfect. I'd seen some commentary online where people said they had a hard time following the story as it jumps around as the investigation into the mole proceeds. I thought their were noticeable verbal queues and in some places musical queues to let you know from when we went from the "present('73)" and to the past.

I do feel like the movie felt every bit it's running length. I good movie but no so good I'd want to own it. Doesn't have high re-watchability imo. Worth some awards for sure.

Starbreaker · Dec 27, 2012

The Sound of My Voice ✭✭✭½ - I watched it twice to see what I missed the first time. It's a very good movie that I never have noticed if it wasn't mentioned on here. I don't want to spoil anything about it. Go watch it.
The Campaign ✭✭✭
Snow White and the Huntsman ✭✭✭
Despicable Me ✭✭½ - Aside from the minions and the youngest daughter's antics, this movie is kind of a bore
House at the End of the Street ✭✭ - somebody at the core, there's a good movie dying to get out. Making it a scareless (literally) teen horror film was a mistake.

zakkrusz · Dec 28, 2012

Updates in Bold:

2 Fast 2 Furious (8)
47 Ronin (7)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (8)
The Amazing Spider-man (7)
Argo (8)
The Avengers (10)
Bad Boys (8)
Battle of Los Angles (9)
Battleship (9)
Big Wars (8)
Blade of the Phantom Master (8)
The Bourne Legacy (9)
Cloud Atlas (9)
The Dark Knight Rises (10)
Daybreakers (5)
Die Hard (9)
Die Hard II (8)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (8)
Django Unchained (8)
Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (7)
The Expendables 2 (8)
Fargo (6)
The Fast and the Furious (8)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (7)
Fast and Furious (2009) (8)
Fast Five (10)
First Blood (8)
First Squad: The Moment of Truth (8)
Flight (9)
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (8)
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (7)
Gantz: Perfect Answer (7)
Garasu no Usagi (Glass Rabbit) (7)
Gattaca (8)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengence (6)
Golgo 13: The Professional (6)
Golgo 13: Queen Bee (6)
Green Hornet (6)
.hack//The Movie: Beyond The World (7)
Haywire (7)
Heaven's Lost Property: The Angeloid of Clockwork (5)
Hellboy: Blood and Iron (8)
Hellboy: Sword of Storms (6)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (8)
Hunger Games (4)
Jack Reacher (9)
John Carter (9)
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (8)
Justice League: Doom (7)
Justice League: New Frontier (6)
Justice League: Starcrossed (8)
Killing Them Softly (5)
King of Thorn (9)
K-ON!: The Movie (8)
L.A. Confidential (9)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars (9)
Legend of the Millennium Dragon (7)
A Letter to Momo (8)
Lockout (8)
Looper (8)
Lupin the 3rd: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid (9)
Lupin the 3rd: Return of Pycal (7)
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression (Director's Cut) (9)
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion (Director's Cut) (9)
Men In Black III (8)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (7)
Mercury Rising (7)
Mystic River (6)
Negima!: Final (7)
Nydenion (7)
The Prestige (10)
Prometheus (5)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (8)
Rambo III (8)
The Raven (9)
Redline (10)
Resident Evil (4)
Robotech II: The Sentinels (6)
Safe House (2012) (8)
Salt (7)
Scott Pilgrim VS The World (8)
Skyfall (9)
Space Battleship Yamato (2010) (8)
Starship Troopers: Invasion (6)
Superman: Doomsday (8)
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (8)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (9)
Taken 2 (8)
Time Traveler: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (8)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (5)
Total Recall (2012) (8)
Towanoquon Movie 1 (9)
Towanoquon Movie 2 (9)
Towanoquon Movie 3 (9)
Towanoquon Movie 4 (9)
Towanoquon Movie 5 (9)
Towanoquon Movie 6 (9)
Toward the Tera (1980) (6)
Tropic Thunder (7)
Underworld: Awakening (8)
Wrath of the Titans (7)
Yojimbo (9)

Grand Total: 102

Starbreaker · Dec 28, 2012

I'm at 101 right now. Funny how a bunch of us are hovering around the 100 mark.

CaptainCanada · Dec 28, 2012

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)
86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)
87. Inception (A)
88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
89. The Aviator (A-)
90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
91. The Quiet American (B+)
92. The Piano (B)
93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B)
94. Intouchables (A-)
95. The Seven Year Itch (B+)
96. Born on the Fourth of July (B)
97. 12 Angry Men (A+)
98. Wild Strawberries (A)
99. Broadcast News (A-)
100. Jaws (A)
101. Ikiru (A-)
102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+)
103. Lawless (B-)
104. The Rules of the Game (B+)
105. Tokyo Story (B+)
106. Burn After Reading (B+)
107. Brokeback Mountain (A+)
108. Looper (A+)
109. The Master (B+)
110. Nosferatu (N/A)
111. Argo (A)
112. Farewell, My Queen (B+)
113. King Kong (1933) (A)
114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B)
115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-)
116. Cloud Atlas (B+)
117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+)
118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+)
119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-)
120. Dracula (C-)
121. Frankenstein (B)
122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
123. Flight (A-)
124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+)
125. The Room (F)
126. Sabrina (A-)
127. Skyfall (A)
128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+)
129. Funny Face (C+)
130. Killer Joe (B+)
131. Midnight's Children (B-)
132. Life of Pi (A)
133. Sunset Boulevard (A+)
134. Lincoln (A-)
135. Killing Them Softly (C+)
136. Strangers on a Train (A-)
137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A)
138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-)
139. The Sessions (B+)
140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-)
141. Holy Motors (?)
142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+)
143. Empire of the Sun (A-)
144. This Is 40 (B+)
145. Rashomon (A+)
146. Three Kings (A)
147. Les Miserables (A)
148. Django Unchained (A)

149. Anna Karenina (B-)

This will be my final new theatrical experience for the year, based on what's scheduled to come in.

Joe Wright's first two movies were brilliant, but he got tons of flack from people accusing him of being the return of James Ivory, which led to him straying off to prove them wrong by making The Soloist, which I didn't see (like most people), and Hanna, which was quite interesting; even now, returning to classic literature adaptation in an historical setting, he was motivated to throw out his plans for a traditional version in favour of this highly experimental staging. It...kind of works. I'd kind of like to see what the more traditional approach would have looked like. The deliberately stagey approach is interesting, and seems like a shoo-in for the Production Design Oscar, but it also calls attention to the artifice of the proceedings, so it's hard to care about the characters a lot of the time.

Though regardless they would have to deal with the miscasting of Vronsky, which is, needless to say, a problem. Keira Knightley does very well as the title character, and there's a knockout supporting performance from Alicia Vikander (also in A Royal Affair this year, which I haven't seen yet but plan to), among many familiar faces Wright has recruited (including Knightley's Pride & Prejudice love interest Matthew Macfadyen, amusingly playing her brother here. Jude Law is also very strong, as Anna's jilted husband, who the movie plays as a sympathetic character (moreso than Anna, even), a decidedly unusual choice.

Cinema: 54 (+1)
Home Video: 82
Computer: 13

Agent Richard07 · Dec 28, 2012

January

1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV
3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD
4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV
12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD
13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV
14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV
19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD
20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV
25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV
27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD

February

31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet
32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD
33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD
35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV
36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD
38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD
39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV
41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV
42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV
43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD
44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV
51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV

March

53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD
54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV
57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD
59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD
60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV
61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD
62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD
66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV
67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV
68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV
71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand
73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV
76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD
80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD
81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV
86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV
87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD
89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD
90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand
91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand
92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV
94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV

April

96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV
98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD
99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD
101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV
103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV
105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV
111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD
112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV
114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD
115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD
117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD
119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD
120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV
121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet
123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD
125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV
126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD

May

127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD
128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD
129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV
131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand
132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV
133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand
134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV
135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV
136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD
138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD
139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV
140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD
141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD
142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV
143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand
144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand
145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD
146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD
147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV
149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV
154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV
155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD
156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD
157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV
158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet

June

162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD
163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV
165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV
167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD
168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD
169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV
170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV
171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV
172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD
173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet
175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV
178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV
179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV
180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV
181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD
186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD
187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV
188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV
190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD
191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD
192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD
193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV
195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD

July

196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre
199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV
203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV
204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV
205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV
206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV
207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD
209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD
210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD
211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre
212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD
213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD
216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD
217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD

August

218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre
221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD
222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD
223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand
224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand
225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre
228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV
229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand
231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand
232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand
233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV
234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre
235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD
237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD
238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD
239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD
240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV
241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD

September

242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV
247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD
248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD
249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD
250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV
251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV
253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD
256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre
260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV
261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV
263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD
265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand
266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD
268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV
269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV
271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD
273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD
274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD
275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV
276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV

October

278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD
279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD
280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD
281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre
282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV
283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV
284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD
285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD
286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV
293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV
294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD
295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD
300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV
301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand

November

303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
305. The Château (✩✩) - DVD
306. Skyfall (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
307. p.s. (✩✩✩½) - DVD
308. Creation (✩✩✩) - DVD
309. The Tree of Life (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
310. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (✩½) - Live TV
311. Astro Boy (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
312. Source Code (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
313. Robotech: The Sentinels (✩✩✩½) - DVD
314. What's Your Number? (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
315. Dragonball: Evolution (✩✩✩) - DVD
316. Perfect Sense (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
317. Red Dawn (✩✩✩) - Theatre
318. Silver Linings Playbook (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
319. Proof (✩✩✩½) - DVD
320. Dream House (✩✩✩) - DVD
321. Sound of My Voice (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
322. Aquamarine (✩✩½) - Live TV
323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (✩✩) - Live TV
324. Fierce People (✩✩✩) - Live TV
325. Liz & Dick (✩½) - Live TV
326. Return to Me (✩✩✩) - DVD
327. Solaris (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
328. The Beaver (✩✩✩½) - DVD

December

329. Five Million Years to Earth (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
330. Letters to Juliet (✩✩½) - Live TV
331. Reindeer Games (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
332. Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
333. Now & Forever (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
334. The Captains (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
335. Scream 4 (✩✩½) - DVD
336. Bad Santa (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
337. Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV
338. It's Kind of a Funny Story (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
339. Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV
340. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (✩✩½) - DVD
341. Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV
342. A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV
343. I Do (But I Don't) (✩½) - DVD
344. Charlie St. Cloud (✩✩) - Live TV
345. Finding Neverland (✩✩½) - Live TV
346. Let Me In (✩✩✩) - Live TV
347. Snow (✩✩½) - DVD
348. Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD
349. Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV
350. Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV
351. Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV
352. Supergirl (✩✩✩) - DVD
353. Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV
354. Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV

355. Sorority Row (✩✩½) - DVD - Some girls pull a prank and one of them ends up dead. They then decide to cover it up. Months later, someone who knows what they did starts coming after them. It's Pretty Little Liars in a two-hour movie. It was a watchable thriller but it lacked a clever ending. The girls were hot though and I got to see Briana Evigan in a starring role. She's the daughter of Greg Evigan.

356. Into the Wild (✩✩✩½) - DVD - The story of Chris McCandless, the guy who left the modern world behind to roam around in the woods. I heard about his story on Oprah a while back. Sean Penn, who produced this movie, wanted Leonardo DiCaprio but got Emile Hirsch instead. He did good and looked like the real McCandless. I was also surprised to see that this thing had a pretty substantial supporting cast that included Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt. I don't remember seeing Galifianakis. As for the story itself, it starts slow but grabs you eventually.

357. The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV - Another Christmas TV movie. A boy needs a heart transplant and a lot of people and the right events come together to make it happen. It was alright.

358. Arbitrage (✩✩✩½) - On Demand - Richard Gere plays a hedge fund billionaire who accidentally kills his mistress in a car accident and then tries to cover it up. This is on top of his troubles with some Madoff-style fraud that he's also trying to cover up. It's a good thriller. Some things unfolded a little too easily for the sake of expedience but the meat of the movie, which was about a rich man's power and his attempt to make his troubles go away was pretty decent. I also enjoyed seeing Laetitia Casta in an acting role for the first time. Then there's Brit Marling. This is the first time I've seen her in a mainstream role. It's good to see her realizing her goals of using her independent films to jumpstart a career in film.

Theatre: 22
DVD/Blu-ray: 139
Live TV: 142
Recorded TV: 5
On Demand: 46
Internet: 4

Agent Richard07 · Dec 28, 2012

Christmas movies rewatched…

About a Boy - Blu-ray
Christmas Caper - DVD
Die Hard - Blu-ray
Die Hard 2 - Blu-ray
Gremlins - Blu-ray
Love Actually - Blu-ray
The Santa Clause - Blu-ray
The Santa Clause 2 - Blu-ray
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause - Blu-ray
Too Cool For Christmas - DVD

Christmas movies seen for the first time…

A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV
Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV
Bad Santa (Badder Santa) (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV
Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV
Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV
Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV
Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV
Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
Reindeer Games (Director's Cut) (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
Snow (✩✩½) - DVD
Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD
The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV
Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV

Harvey · Dec 29, 2012

1. Holy Rollers (B-)
2. The Kids Are All Right (B)
3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-)
4. Blazing Saddles (A+)
5. Scarface [1932] (B-)
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A)
7. Rampart (B+)
8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+)
9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+)
10. They Live (B-)
11. Darling Companion (D)
12. A Dangerous Method (B-)
13. Haywire (C+)
14. Mission: Impossible (B+)
15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+)
16. Twixt (C+)
17. Burn After Reading (B+)
18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-)
19. Drive (A)
20. Crazy Stupid Love (A)
21. The Omega Man (D)
22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. Lady and the Tramp (B)
25. Hugo (A-)
26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B)
27. Twelve Angry Men (A)
28. Act of Valor (F)
29. Walker (A)
30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-)
31. Executive Action (C)
32. Three Colors: Blue (A)
33. Bright Leaves (A)
34. Photographic Memory (A)
35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-)
36. Avatar (B-)
37. The Life of Reilly (A-)
38. Limitless (B-)
39. Star Wars (A)
40. The Empire Strikes Back (A)
41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A)
42. Machete (C+)
43. Unmasking The Idol (D-)
44. Alien (A+)
45. The Raid: Redemption (B-)
46. Attenberg (B)
47. 21 Jump Street (C+)
48. Piranha 3D (C+)
49. The Hunger Games (C-)
50. This Filthy World (B)
51. Bad Fever (C-)
52. The Conspirator (C)
53. We The Party (C-)
54. My Darling Clementine (C+)
55. Freakonomics (C+)
56. Sound of My Voice (A-)
57. Tales from the Script (C-)
58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+)
59. Me and Orson Welles (B)
60. Everything Must Go (B+)
61. The Avengers (C)
62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B)
63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B)
64. Starship Troopers (A)
65. Alien (A+)
66. Aliens (A)
67. Into the Abyss (B)
68. The Expendables (D)
69. Dumbo (B+)
70. Bullet in the Head (B-)
71. City Streets (D)
72. Hard Boiled (A)
73. Burn After Reading (B+)
74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+)
75. A Few Good Men (B)
76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A)
77. RoboCop (A-)
78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-)
79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-)
80. Your Sister's Sister (A)
81. The Gunfighter (B+)
82. The Sting (A-)
83. The Thin Blue Line (A)
84. Rango (A)
85. The Killing (B+)
86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F)
87. Jaws (A)
88. Marley & Me (B-)
89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B)
90. Prometheus (B-)
91. Collaborator (B-)
92. The Island of Lost Souls (B)
93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+)
94. High Anxiety (C+)
95. Carlos (A-)
96. Stargate (B)
97. Ben-Hur (B+)
98. Bringing up Baby (A)
99. The Trip (B+)
100. Observe and Report (D-)
101. The Conversation (A)
102. TRON (C)
103. Cat Ballou (B)
104. Monsters, Inc. (B)
105. Torn Curtain (C)
106. Marnie (A-)
107. Three Colors: White (A-)
108. Logan's Run (C+)
109. Horrible Bosses (B+)
110. Hotel for Dogs (C)
111. Election (B)
112. Independence Day (A)
113. Batman Begins (A-)
114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+)
115. Winnie the Pooh (A)
116. Sleeper (B)
117. Total Recall [1990] (B+)
118. Topaz (C-)
119. Stealth (F)
120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A)
121. Frenzy (B)
122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+)
123. Primary (B-)
124. Kick-Ass (C-)
125. The Puffy Chair (C+)
126. Hopscotch (B)
127. Visioneers (C-)
128. Vertigo (A)
129. Che (B)
130. Spin (B-)
131. My Dinner with Andre (B)
132. District 9 (B+)
133. The Rescuers (B-)
134. Anatomy of a Murder (A)
135. The Tigger Movie (B-)
136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A)
137. Three Colors: Red (A)
138. The Tourist (D)
139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+)
140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B)
141. Spies Like Us (D)
142. Mr. Mom (F)
143. Inside Man (B+)
144. 12 Monkeys (B+)
145. North by Northwest (A)
146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+)
147. Bottle Rocket (B)
148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-)
149. Some Like It Hot (A)
150. The Joneses (C+)
151. The House I Live In (B+)
152. Troll 2 (F)
153. The Right Stuff (A-)
154. Shadows and Fog (B-)
155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+)
156. The Front Page (B-)
157. Argo (B+)
158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-)
159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A)
160. The Man From Planet X (C-)
161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-)
162. The Invisible Man (B)
163. Chinatown (A+)
164. I Love You, Man (B+)
165. Hollywoodland (B-)
166. The Thin Red Line (B+)
167. Return of the Jedi (B)
168. The Facts of Life (C)
169. Where the Wild Things Are (B)
170. Apollo 13 (A)
171. Silver Linings Playbook (B)
172. Sunset Blvd. (A)
173. Something in the Air (A-)
174. Berberian Sound Studio (A-)
175. Tarantula (C+)
176. The Green Berets (F)
177. La Haine (A)
178. Throw Mama From the Train (C+)
179. Horrible Bosses (B)
180 Skyfall (B+)
181. One Eyed Jacks (C-)
182. The Man Nobody Knew (B)
183. Aliens (A)
184. Bernie (B+)
185. Inheritance (C+)
186. Fatal Attraction (D+)
187. Apocalypse Now (A)
188. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A)
189. The Rescuers Down Under (B+)
190. The Great Mouse Detective (A)
191. Death Wish (D+)
192. Outrage (B)
193. The Amazing Spider-Man (C+)
194. The Eiger Sanction (B-)
195. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
196. The Hobbit (A-)
197. Galaxy Quest (A+)

198. Dave (B)
199. Soylent Green (B-)
200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B)

Dave: Although slight, and with a premise that takes some machinations to swallow, this is a funny romantic comedy with larger, more adult aims than most of what the genre has produced in the past decade. Kevin Kline's work-for-all legislation might have been plausible as presidential policy in the early 1990s, but it would be denounced by the right and cable news as Stalinism today, which is depressing.

Soylent Green: Parts of this movie are exceptional cinema -- Edward G. Robinson's final scene, the opening montage which appropriates the editing of Cuban cinema of the 60s, and the chaos of the long food lines which turn into riots. Parts of the movie are terrible cinema -- Heston's hilariously large New York apartment in a world where space is supposed to be at a premium, the clumsy staging of Heston's supposedly stealthy entrance into the Soylent factory, the awful 70s fashion raised to the limit (because this is the future!), and others I won't list. There's a great movie waiting to be found in this material, but the makers only foud an okay one in it.

How to Kill your Neighbor's Dog: At times this verges on sentimentality, but most of the emotion feels earned, and the gleeful dickishness of Kenneth Branagh (apologies for the spelling) is amusing throughout. It nails Los Angeles, too, even though I am not convinced it was made there.

Theatres: 61
Home Video: 124+3
Computer: 13

CaptainCanada · Dec 29, 2012

1. My Week With Marilyn (B-)
2. Fantasia 2000 (B+)
3. Blade Runner (B)
4. The Hidden Fortress (A-)
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (B+)
6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (A+)
7. The Descendants (A-)
8. Monsieur Lazhar (A)
9. The Prestige (A+)
10. Blood Simple (A-)
11. The Big Lebowski (B+)
12. West Side Story (A-)
13. The Hours (A-)
14. Lady and the Tramp (B)
15. An Officer and a Gentleman (B)
16. All Quiet On The Western Front (A)
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (B-)
18. Spellbound (B+)
19. Seven Samurai (A+)
20. X-Men: First Class (A)
21. Do The Right Thing (N/A)
22. Martha Marcy May Marlene (B)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. LA Confidential (A)
25. Young Adult (B)
26. Children of Men (B+)
27. Gaslight (B+)
28. North By Northwest (A+)
29. American Beauty (A-)
30. Revolutionary Road (A-)
31. Being There (B)
32. Coriolanus (C+)
33. To Catch A Thief (B+)
34. A Separation (A+)
35. The Hunger Games (B+)
36. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (A)
37. Saturday Night Fever (A-)
38. The Tree of Life (A-)
39. Hero (B-)
40. Boogie Nights (A+)
41. Magnolia (A-)
42. The Lives of Others (A)
43. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (A-)
44. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (A)
45. A Streetcar Named Desire (A)
46. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (A)
47. Downfall (A+)
48. In Darkness (B+)
49. Cabaret (C+)
50. The Avengers (A)
51. The Incredible Hulk (B)
52. The Last of the Mohicans (A-)
53. Alien (A)
54. Mystic River (A)
55. Amadeus (A+)
56. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (B)
57. Snow White and the Huntsman (C)
58. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (B+)
59. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (B)
60. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (A-)
61. Field of Dreams (A+)
62. The Conversation (B)
63. American Gangster (A)
64. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (B+)
65. Damsels in Distress (B+)
66. 3 Days of the Condor (B+)
67. Star Trek (A)
68. Thelma & Louise (A)
69. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (B)
70. Brave (B+)
71. The Grapes of Wrath (A-)
72. Where Do We Go Now? (B)
73. The Night of the Hunter (C)
74. Dangerous Liasons (A)
75. Amelie (A)
76. Glory (A)
77. Savages (B)
78. The Amazing Spider-Man (B+)
79. There Will Be Blood (A)
80. Memento (A)
81. Nine (C)
82. Insomnia (B)
83. Batman Begins (A+)
84. Margaret (A-)
85. The Dark Knight (A+)
86. The Dark Knight Rises (A)
87. Inception (A)
88. Moonrise Kingdom (A+)
89. The Aviator (A-)
90. Safety Not Guaranteed (B+)
91. The Quiet American (B+)
92. The Piano (B)
93. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (B)
94. Intouchables (A-)
95. The Seven Year Itch (B+)
96. Born on the Fourth of July (B)
97. 12 Angry Men (A+)
98. Wild Strawberries (A)
99. Broadcast News (A-)
100. Jaws (A)
101. Ikiru (A-)
102. Beasts of the Southern Wild (B+)
103. Lawless (B-)
104. The Rules of the Game (B+)
105. Tokyo Story (B+)
106. Burn After Reading (B+)
107. Brokeback Mountain (A+)
108. Looper (A+)
109. The Master (B+)
110. Nosferatu (N/A)
111. Argo (A)
112. Farewell, My Queen (B+)
113. King Kong (1933) (A)
114. Tomorrow Never Dies (B)
115. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (A-)
116. Cloud Atlas (B+)
117. Raiders of the Lost Ark (A+)
118. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (C+)
119. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (A-)
120. Dracula (C-)
121. Frankenstein (B)
122. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
123. Flight (A-)
124. Wreck-It Ralph (A+)
125. The Room (F)
126. Sabrina (A-)
127. Skyfall (A)
128. Lawrence of Arabia (A+)
129. Funny Face (C+)
130. Killer Joe (B+)
131. Midnight's Children (B-)
132. Life of Pi (A)
133. Sunset Boulevard (A+)
134. Lincoln (A-)
135. Killing Them Softly (C+)
136. Strangers on a Train (A-)
137. Breakfast at Tiffany's (A)
138. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (A-)
139. The Sessions (B+)
140. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (A-)
141. Holy Motors (?)
142. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (B+)
143. Empire of the Sun (A-)
144. This Is 40 (B+)
145. Rashomon (A+)
146. Three Kings (A)
147. Les Miserables (A)
148. Django Unchained (A)
149. Anna Karenina (B-)

150. It's A Wonderful Life (A+)

I had originally planned to watch this before Christmas, but I was vacationing with relatives who turned out not to have a Blu-ray player (my cousin there has never seen this, either). But as a result it ended up being my 150th film of the year, which is a nice place to be. I've reviewed this in earlier years, so not much to say about it, really, other than it's obvious why it has endured for nearly 70 years.

Cinema: 54
Home Video: 83 (+1)
Computer: 13

Harvey said:
Dave: Although slight, and with a premise that takes some machinations to swallow, this is a funny romantic comedy with larger, more adult aims than most of what the genre has produced in the past decade.

If there's any genre that is in desperate need of resuscitation right now, it's the romantic comedy, which has fallen far even from the 1990s.

Harvey · Dec 29, 2012

1. Holy Rollers (B-)
2. The Kids Are All Right (B)
3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-)
4. Blazing Saddles (A+)
5. Scarface [1932] (B-)
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A)
7. Rampart (B+)
8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+)
9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+)
10. They Live (B-)
11. Darling Companion (D)
12. A Dangerous Method (B-)
13. Haywire (C+)
14. Mission: Impossible (B+)
15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+)
16. Twixt (C+)
17. Burn After Reading (B+)
18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-)
19. Drive (A)
20. Crazy Stupid Love (A)
21. The Omega Man (D)
22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. Lady and the Tramp (B)
25. Hugo (A-)
26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B)
27. Twelve Angry Men (A)
28. Act of Valor (F)
29. Walker (A)
30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-)
31. Executive Action (C)
32. Three Colors: Blue (A)
33. Bright Leaves (A)
34. Photographic Memory (A)
35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-)
36. Avatar (B-)
37. The Life of Reilly (A-)
38. Limitless (B-)
39. Star Wars (A)
40. The Empire Strikes Back (A)
41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A)
42. Machete (C+)
43. Unmasking The Idol (D-)
44. Alien (A+)
45. The Raid: Redemption (B-)
46. Attenberg (B)
47. 21 Jump Street (C+)
48. Piranha 3D (C+)
49. The Hunger Games (C-)
50. This Filthy World (B)
51. Bad Fever (C-)
52. The Conspirator (C)
53. We The Party (C-)
54. My Darling Clementine (C+)
55. Freakonomics (C+)
56. Sound of My Voice (A-)
57. Tales from the Script (C-)
58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+)
59. Me and Orson Welles (B)
60. Everything Must Go (B+)
61. The Avengers (C)
62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B)
63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B)
64. Starship Troopers (A)
65. Alien (A+)
66. Aliens (A)
67. Into the Abyss (B)
68. The Expendables (D)
69. Dumbo (B+)
70. Bullet in the Head (B-)
71. City Streets (D)
72. Hard Boiled (A)
73. Burn After Reading (B+)
74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+)
75. A Few Good Men (B)
76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A)
77. RoboCop (A-)
78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-)
79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-)
80. Your Sister's Sister (A)
81. The Gunfighter (B+)
82. The Sting (A-)
83. The Thin Blue Line (A)
84. Rango (A)
85. The Killing (B+)
86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F)
87. Jaws (A)
88. Marley & Me (B-)
89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B)
90. Prometheus (B-)
91. Collaborator (B-)
92. The Island of Lost Souls (B)
93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+)
94. High Anxiety (C+)
95. Carlos (A-)
96. Stargate (B)
97. Ben-Hur (B+)
98. Bringing up Baby (A)
99. The Trip (B+)
100. Observe and Report (D-)
101. The Conversation (A)
102. TRON (C)
103. Cat Ballou (B)
104. Monsters, Inc. (B)
105. Torn Curtain (C)
106. Marnie (A-)
107. Three Colors: White (A-)
108. Logan's Run (C+)
109. Horrible Bosses (B+)
110. Hotel for Dogs (C)
111. Election (B)
112. Independence Day (A)
113. Batman Begins (A-)
114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+)
115. Winnie the Pooh (A)
116. Sleeper (B)
117. Total Recall [1990] (B+)
118. Topaz (C-)
119. Stealth (F)
120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A)
121. Frenzy (B)
122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+)
123. Primary (B-)
124. Kick-Ass (C-)
125. The Puffy Chair (C+)
126. Hopscotch (B)
127. Visioneers (C-)
128. Vertigo (A)
129. Che (B)
130. Spin (B-)
131. My Dinner with Andre (B)
132. District 9 (B+)
133. The Rescuers (B-)
134. Anatomy of a Murder (A)
135. The Tigger Movie (B-)
136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A)
137. Three Colors: Red (A)
138. The Tourist (D)
139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+)
140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B)
141. Spies Like Us (D)
142. Mr. Mom (F)
143. Inside Man (B+)
144. 12 Monkeys (B+)
145. North by Northwest (A)
146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+)
147. Bottle Rocket (B)
148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-)
149. Some Like It Hot (A)
150. The Joneses (C+)
151. The House I Live In (B+)
152. Troll 2 (F)
153. The Right Stuff (A-)
154. Shadows and Fog (B-)
155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+)
156. The Front Page (B-)
157. Argo (B+)
158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-)
159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A)
160. The Man From Planet X (C-)
161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-)
162. The Invisible Man (B)
163. Chinatown (A+)
164. I Love You, Man (B+)
165. Hollywoodland (B-)
166. The Thin Red Line (B+)
167. Return of the Jedi (B)
168. The Facts of Life (C)
169. Where the Wild Things Are (B)
170. Apollo 13 (A)
171. Silver Linings Playbook (B)
172. Sunset Blvd. (A)
173. Something in the Air (A-)
174. Berberian Sound Studio (A-)
175. Tarantula (C+)
176. The Green Berets (F)
177. La Haine (A)
178. Throw Mama From the Train (C+)
179. Horrible Bosses (B)
180 Skyfall (B+)
181. One Eyed Jacks (C-)
182. The Man Nobody Knew (B)
183. Aliens (A)
184. Bernie (B+)
185. Inheritance (C+)
186. Fatal Attraction (D+)
187. Apocalypse Now (A)
188. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A)
189. The Rescuers Down Under (B+)
190. The Great Mouse Detective (A)
191. Death Wish (D+)
192. Outrage (B)
193. The Amazing Spider-Man (C+)
194. The Eiger Sanction (B-)
195. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
196. The Hobbit (A-)
197. Galaxy Quest (A+)
198. Dave (B)
199. Soylent Green (B-)
200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B)

201. Trek Nation (C-)

Trek Nation: This documentary has been in the works for nearly a decade, which only makes the end result all the more frustrating. Its principle problem is one of indecision - is this a movie about a son finding out about his father who he barely knew, or is it a movie about the Star Trek phenomenon that his father created? The movie never decides; it seems as if it began as one film and morphed into another during production, but that no one could choose which direction to ultimately take in editing.

The result of this is a mixed bag. There are home videos and unedited interview clips that suggest a Gene Roddenberry the publicity machine could never allow. There are also a parade of talking heads praising Roddenberry's vision, even crediting him for the decisions of others (including the infamous interracial kiss during the original series' third year), as well as a parade of the wackiest of fans. These latter elements are really a distraction from Rod Roddenberry's attempt to understand his father, and, worse, old hat.

Other elements are just missed opportunities; an interview with Majel Barrett before her death lets her be evasive and vague and an interview with George Lucas never seems to have a purpose or substance. Production values are top notch, but they can't provide this film with a focus.

Theatres: 61
Home Video: 124
Computer: 14+1

Starbreaker · Dec 30, 2012

21 Grams ✭✭✭✭ Drama
5 Star Day ✭✭½ Drama
A Separation ✭✭✭✭ Foreign
Albatross ✭✭ Drama
Beatles Stories ✭✭✭✭ Documentary
Brave ✭✭½ Animated
Cemetery Junction ✭✭½ Drama
Chalet Girl ★★★ Comedy
Clash of the Titans 2010 ✭✭ SF&F
Dark Shadows 2012 ✭✭ SF&F
Despicable Me ✭✭½ Animated
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ✭ Horror
Everything Must Go ★★★ Drama
happythankyoumoreplease ✭✭½ Drama
Horrible Bosses ✭✭✭ Comedy
Jaws ✭✭✭½ Horror
Lars and the Real Girl ★★★ Drama
Liberal Arts 2012 ★★★ Drama
Like Crazy 2012 ✭✭✭✭ Drama
Looper 2012 ✭✭✭½ SF&F
Lost in Translation ✭✭ Drama
Love and Other Drugs ✭✭✭✭ Drama
Moonrise Kingdom 2012 ✭✭ Comedy
Office Space ✭✭½ Comedy
On the Road 2012 ✭✭ Drama
Open House ✭✭ Horror
Paranormal Activity 4 2012 ✭✭ Horror
Phantom of the Opera (Argento) ✭ Horror
Prometheus 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F
Quarantine ★★★ Horror
Religulous ✭✭✭ Documentary
Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F
Scream 4 ✭✭ Horror
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World 2012 ✭✭✭½ Drama
Session 9 ½ Horror
Snow White and the Huntsman 2012 ★★★ SF&F
Thankskilling ½ Comedy
The Amazing Spider-Man ✭✭✭½ SF&F
The Avengers 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F
The Ballad of Jack and Rose ✭✭½ Drama
The Beaver ✭✭✭ Drama
The Cabin in the Woods 2012 ✭✭✭✭ SF&F
The Campaign 2012 ★★★ Comedy
The Canyon ✭✭ Drama
The Chameleon ✭✭½ Drama
The Changeling ✭✭ Horror
The Five-Year Engagement 2012 ✭✭✭½ Comedy
The Mummy ✭✭✭✭ Horror
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 ✭✭✭½ Drama
The Reef ✭✭✭ Horror
The Sound of My Voice 2012 ★★★ SF&F
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre ✭✭✭½ Horror
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 ✭✭✭ Horror
Thunderstruck 2012 ✭ Comedy
The Hangover Part II 2011 ★★★ Comedy
Absentia ✭✭✭½ Horror
Battle: Los Angeles ★ SF&F
Battleship 2012 SF&F
Being Elmo ★★★★ Documentary
Bonnie and Clyde ✭✭✭ Drama
Chronicle 2012 ★★★½ SF&F
Downfall ✭✭✭✭ Foreign
Drive 2011 ★★★ Drama
Easy A ✭✭✭½ Comedy
Fear Island ✭ Horror
Hugo 2011 ★★★½ SF&F
In Time 2011 ★★★ SF&F
Ip Man 2008 ★★★★ Foreign
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III ½ Horror
Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 ★★★½ Drama
Men in Black III 2012 ★★★ SF&F
Mission Impossible ✭✭✭½ Drama
Mission Impossible II ✭✭ Drama
Mission Impossible III ★★★ Drama
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 2011 ✭✭✭½ Drama
Morning Glory 2010 ★★★½ Comedy
My Week With Marilyn 2011 ★★★ Drama
No Strings Attached 2011 ★★★ Comedy
Paranormal Activity 3 2011 ★★★ Horror
Rabbit Hole 2010 ★★★½ Drama
Real Steel 2011 ★★★½ SF&F
Retreat 2011 ★★ Horror
Saved! ★★★ Comedy
Shark Night ✭ Horror
Sleepaway Camp ✭✭½ Horror
Special 2005 ★★★½ Drama
Take Shelter 2011 ★★★ SF&F
Ted 2012 ★★★ Comedy
The Adventures of Tintin 2011 ★★ Animated
The Dark Knight Rises ✭✭✭✭ SF&F
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011 ★★½ Drama
The Innocents ★★★ Horror
The Muppets 2011 ★★★½ Comedy
The Rum Diary 2011 ★★½ Drama
The Tree of Life 2011 ★★★ Drama
TiMER 2009 ★★★ SF&F
Total Recall 2012 ★★★ SF&F
Trust 2010 ★★★ Drama
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1 2011 ★★½ SF&F
Vertigo 1958 ★★★½ Drama

Agent Richard07 · Dec 31, 2012

January

1. Daddy Day Care (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
2. Wild Child (✩✩) - Live TV
3. Fling (✩✩✩½) - DVD
4. Arthur 2: On the Rocks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
5. Havoc (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
6. Contagion (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
7. The Blind Side (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
8. Batman: Under the Red Hood (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
9. The Andromeda Strain (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
10. The Last Man on Earth (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
11. Network (✩✩½) - Live TV
12. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 (✩) - DVD
13. Starsky & Hutch (✩✩½) - Live TV
14. The Rundown (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
15. Mallrats (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
16. My Sister's Keeper (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
17. Valkyrie (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
18. The Anderson Tapes (✩✩✩) - Live TV
19. Jack Goes Boating (✩✩✩½) - DVD
20. Margin Call (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
21. Away We Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
22. Girl Fight (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
23. Superman & Batman: Apocalypse (✩✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
24. Pandorum (✩✩½) - Live TV
25. Paper Man (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
26. In Like Flint (✩✩½) - Live TV
27. Blood Diamond (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
28. The Invisible Man (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
29. Frankenstein (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
30. The Dilemma (✩✩✩½) - DVD

February

31. That One Night (✩✩✩½) - Internet
32. Sex Drive (✩✩½) - DVD
33. Chronicle (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
34. Couples Retreat (✩✩✩) - DVD
35. RV (✩✩✩) - Live TV
36. Chaos Theory (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
37. Black Swan (✩✩✩✩✩) - DVD
38. One Missed Call (✩) - DVD
39. Kramer vs. Kramer (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
40. When in Rome (✩✩½) - Live TV
41. Love to Kill (✩✩✩) - Live TV
42. Possession (✩✩) - Recorded TV
43. Sex and the City 2 (✩✩✩½) - DVD
44. Little Fockers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
45. Breach: (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
46. Broken Flowers (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
47. Bronson (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
48. Edge of Darkness (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
49. In & Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
50. Secrets of Eden (✩✩½) - Live TV
51. Shooter (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
52. Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (✩✩✩½) - Live TV

March

53. 10 Items or Less (✩✩✩½) - DVD
54. The Old Man and the Sea (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
55. The Reader (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
56. The Stunt Man (✩✩) - Recorded TV
57. Nine (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
58. Untraceable (✩✩½) - DVD
59. The Quiet (✩✩✩½) - DVD
60. My Mother's Secret (✩✩½) - Live TV
61. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (✩✩✩½) - DVD
62. Sex and Death 101 (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
63. The Human Contract (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
64. The Craigslist Killer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
65. Life As We Know It (✩✩✩½) - DVD
66. She's the Man (✩✩✩) - Live TV
67. Witchslayer Gretl (✩½) - Live TV
68. The Adjustment Bureau (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
69. Young Adult (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
70. My Silent Partner (✩✩) - Live TV
71. Middle Men (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
72. The Rebound (✩✩) - On Demand
73. The Descendants (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
74. Melancholia (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
75. Walking the Halls (✩✩✩) - Live TV
76. Hoodwinked! (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
77. 21 Jump Street (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
78. Clerks II (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
79. Henry's Crime (✩✩✩½) - DVD
80. Hannah Montana: The Movie (✩✩✩½) - DVD
81. Chasing Amy (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
82. The Hunger Games (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
83. Like Crazy (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
84. Newlyweds (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
85. Dear John (✩✩✩) - Live TV
86. Carriers (✩✩½) - Live TV
87. The Karate Kid (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
88. Vertical Limit (✩✩✩) - DVD
89. Killers (✩✩½) - DVD
90. Cyberbully (✩✩½) - On Demand
91. The Change-Up (✩✩✩) - On Demand
92. 50/50 (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
93. The Seven Year Itch (✩✩✩) - Live TV
94. Confined (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
95. Love Happens (✩✩✩) - Live TV

April

96. La Jetée (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
97. Some Like It Hot (✩✩✩) - Live TV
98. Starman (✩✩✩) - DVD
99. Adam (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
100. The Other Woman (✩✩½) - DVD
101. The Good Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
102. The Spy Next Door (✩✩) - Live TV
103. Paranormal Activity (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
104. Breakaway (✩✩½) - Live TV
105. Moneyball (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
106. The Iron Lady (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
107. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
108. American Reunion (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
109. Bedazzled (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
110. Picture This (✩✩½) - Live TV
111. Hall Pass (✩✩✩) - DVD
112. Field of Dreams (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
113. Thirst (✩✩½) - Live TV
114. Saint John of Las Vegas (✩✩✩) - DVD
115. Shame (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
116. The Men Who Stare at Goats (✩✩½) - DVD
117. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
118. The Company Men (✩✩✩½) - DVD
119. This Movie is Broken (✩✩) - DVD
120. Finding a Family (✩✩✩) - Live TV
121. Cop Out (✩✩✩) - Live TV
122. The Fantastic Four (✩✩✩) - Internet
123. The Illustrated Man (✩✩✩) - Recorded TV
124. Winter's Bone (✩✩½) - DVD
125. Never Cry Werewolf (✩✩½) - Live TV
126. The Astronaut Farmer (✩✩✩✩) - DVD

May

127. The Road (✩✩✩½) - DVD
128. Unstoppable (✩✩✩½) - DVD
129. The Avengers (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
130. The Runaways (✩✩✩) - Live TV
131. Anonymous (✩✩✩) - On Demand
132. The Hangover (✩✩✩) - Live TV
133. The Hangover Part II (✩✩✩) - On Demand
134. Duplicity (✩✩½) - Live TV
135. Leap Year (✩✩✩) - Live TV
136. Puncture (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
137. Amelia (✩✩½) - DVD
138. Lymelife (✩✩½) - DVD
139. Raising Helen (✩✩½) - Live TV
140. Waiting... (✩✩) - DVD
141. Still Waiting... (✩✩½) - DVD
142. Lemonade Mouth (✩✩✩) - Live TV
143. Justice League: Doom (✩✩✩) - On Demand
144. One for the Money (✩✩) - On Demand
145. One Day (✩✩✩½) - DVD
146. Red Riding Hood (✩✩✩) - DVD
147. Hollywoodland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
148. Whip It (✩✩✩) - Live TV
149. The Young Victoria (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
150. Trapped (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
151. DOA: Dead or Alive (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
152. Chernobyl Diaries (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
153. Harry and the Hendersons (✩✩½) - Live TV
154. The Last Song (✩✩✩) - Live TV
155. Women in Trouble (✩✩✩½) - DVD
156. Elektra Luxx (✩✩✩) - DVD
157. The China Syndrome (✩✩✩½) - Recorded TV
158. Men in Black 3 (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
159. The Way Back (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
160. It's Complicated (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
161. The Note (✩✩) - Internet

June

162. The Note II: Taking a Chance on Love (✩✩) - DVD
163. The Vow (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
164. Helen (✩✩✩) - Live TV
165. Snow White and the Huntsman (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
166. Living with the Enemy (✩✩✩) - Live TV
167. Insidious (✩✩✩) - DVD
168. How Do You Know (✩✩✩) - DVD
169. She Drives Me Crazy (✩✩½) - Live TV
170. Flirting With Disaster (✩✩✩) - Live TV
171. Earthquake (✩✩✩) - Live TV
172. 17 Again (✩✩✩½) - DVD
173. Prometheus (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
174. How to Make Love to a Woman (✩✩✩✩) - Internet
175. Good Dick (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
176. Gojira (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
177. Rodan (✩✩½) - Live TV
178. Mothra (✩✩✩) - Live TV
179. Adoration (✩½) - Live TV
180. Love, Wedding, Marriage (✩✩✩) - Live TV
181. The Ghost Writer (✩✩✩) - Live TV
182. 3000 Miles to Graceland (✩✩✩½) - DVD
183. Spartacus (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
184. Last Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
185. Shutter Island (✩✩✩) - DVD
186. Hereafter (✩✩✩) - DVD
187. Waitress (✩✩✩) - Live TV
188. Bridesmaids (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
189. The Back-Up Plan (✩✩✩) - Live TV
190. Triage (✩✩✩) - DVD
191. Easy A (✩✩✩) - DVD
192. The Switch (✩✩✩) - DVD
193. Horrible Bosses (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
194. Hot Tub Time Machine (✩✩½) - Live TV
195. Eat Pray Love (✩✩✩½) - DVD

July

196. Columbus Circle (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
197. The Next Three Days (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
198. The Amazing Spider-Man (✩✩✩) - Theatre
199. Date Night (✩✩✩) - DVD
200. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
201. It Came from Beneath the Sea (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
202. Fugitive at 17 (✩✩½) - Live TV
203. The Adventures of Robin Hood (✩✩✩) - Live TV
204. The Three Musketeers (✩✩½) - Live TV
205. Ninja Assassin (✩✩✩) - Live TV
206. The Rival (✩✩½) - Live TV
207. Brokeback Mountain (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
208. Due Date (✩✩✩) - DVD
209. Something Borrowed (✩✩✩) - DVD
210. Something New (✩✩✩) - DVD
211. The Dark Knight Rises (✩✩✩✩½) - Theatre
212. Faster (✩✩✩) - DVD
213. This Means War (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
214. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
215. Heavenly Creatures (✩✩✩½) - DVD
216. Knight and Day (✩✩✩) - DVD
217. Gettin' It (✩✩½) - DVD

August

218. The Hoax (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
219. The Invention of Lying (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
220. Total Recall (✩✩✩) - Theatre
221. Hanna (✩✩½) - DVD
222. Tower Heist (✩✩✩) - DVD
223. Friends with Kids (✩✩✩) - On Demand
224. Gone (✩✩✩) - On Demand
225. Wanderlust (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
226. Brick (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
227. The Bourne Legacy (✩✩✩) -Theatre
228. Defendor (✩✩✩) - Live TV
229. The Lookout (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
230. I Could Never Be Your Woman (✩✩✩) - On Demand
231. Fast Food Nation (✩✩✩) - On Demand
232. 88 Minutes (✩✩✩) - On Demand
233. The Terrorist Next Door (✩✩✩) - Live TV
234. The Expendables 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre
235. The Losers (✩✩✩½) - DVD
236. Bangkok Dangerous (✩✩✩½) - DVD
237. The Pleasure Drivers (✩✩½) - DVD
238. The Butterfly Effect 2 (✩✩✩) - DVD
239. D.E.B.S. (✩✩✩) - DVD
240. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (✩✩✩) - Live TV
241. Prozac Nation (✩✩✩) - DVD

September

242. Thunderbirds Are Go (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
243. Fail-Safe (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
244. Robin Hood (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
245. The Other Guys (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
246. The Pregnancy Project (✩✩½) - Live TV
247. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (✩✩✩) - DVD
248. The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard. (✩✩✩½) - DVD
249. Unknown (✩✩✩½) - DVD
250. Thunderbird 6 (✩✩✩) - Live TV
251. Resident Evil: Afterlife (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
252. Extraordinary Measures (✩✩✩) - Live TV
253. The Five-Year Engagement (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
254. Deception (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
255. Fail Safe (✩✩✩½) - DVD
256. Answers to Nothing (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
257. Capitalism: A Love Story (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
258. The Notorious Bettie Page (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
259. Resident Evil: Retribution (✩✩½) - Theatre
260. Grown Ups (✩✩✩) - Live TV
261. Extract (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
262. Niagara (✩✩✩) - Live TV
263. New York, I Love You (✩✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
264. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (✩✩✩) - DVD
265. Katy Perry: Part of Me (✩✩✩) - On Demand
266. Take This Waltz (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
267. Management (✩✩✩) - DVD
268. Too Big to Fail (✩½) - Live TV
269. Dredd (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
270. talhotblond: (✩✩½) - Live TV
271. The Cabin in the Woods (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
272. The A-Team (✩✩✩) - DVD
273. Easy Virtue (✩✩✩) - DVD
274. The Bounty Hunter (✩✩½) - DVD
275. Say Anything... (✩✩✩) - Live TV
276. Looper (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
277. Salt (✩✩✩) - Live TV

October

278. Whiteout (✩½) - DVD
279. The Game (✩✩✩) - DVD
280. Law Abiding Citizen (✩✩✩) - DVD
281. Taken 2 (✩✩✩) - Theatre
282. The Fourth Kind (✩✩✩) - Live TV
283. All About Steve (✩✩✩) - Live TV
284. Going the Distance (✩✩✩½) - DVD
285. House of Wax (2005) (✩✩) - DVD
286. The Ides of March (✩✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
287. The Last Unicorn (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
288. Daybreakers (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
289. From Dusk Till Dawn (✩✩✩✩½) - Live TV
290. Post Grad (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
291. Surrogates (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
292. Cabin Fever (✩) - Live TV
293. Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (✩✩) - Live TV
294. The Groomsmen (✩✩✩½) - DVD
295. Exotica (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
296. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
297. That's My Boy (✩✩✩½) - On Demand
298. The Illusionist (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
299. Fright Night (✩✩✩½) - DVD
300. House of Wax (1953) (✩✩✩) - Live TV
301. Dinner for Schmucks (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
302. Safety Not Guaranteed (✩✩✩✩✩) - On Demand

November

303. How to Train Your Dragon (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
304. Flight (✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
305. The Château (✩✩) - DVD
306. Skyfall (✩✩✩½) - Theatre
307. p.s. (✩✩✩½) - DVD
308. Creation (✩✩✩) - DVD
309. The Tree of Life (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
310. The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (✩½) - Live TV
311. Astro Boy (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
312. Source Code (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
313. Robotech: The Sentinels (✩✩✩½) - DVD
314. What's Your Number? (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
315. Dragonball: Evolution (✩✩✩) - DVD
316. Perfect Sense (✩✩✩✩½) - On Demand
317. Red Dawn (✩✩✩) - Theatre
318. Silver Linings Playbook (✩✩✩✩✩) - Theatre
319. Proof (✩✩✩½) - DVD
320. Dream House (✩✩✩) - DVD
321. Sound of My Voice (✩✩✩✩) - On Demand
322. Aquamarine (✩✩½) - Live TV
323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (✩✩) - Live TV
324. Fierce People (✩✩✩) - Live TV
325. Liz & Dick (✩½) - Live TV
326. Return to Me (✩✩✩) - DVD
327. Solaris (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
328. The Beaver (✩✩✩½) - DVD

December

329. Five Million Years to Earth (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
330. Letters to Juliet (✩✩½) - Live TV
331. Reindeer Games (✩✩✩½) - Blu-ray
332. Ben-Hur (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
333. Now & Forever (✩✩✩✩) - DVD
334. The Captains (✩✩✩✩½) - DVD
335. Scream 4 (✩✩½) - DVD
336. Bad Santa (✩✩✩✩) - Blu-ray
337. Holiday in Handcuffs (✩✩½) - Live TV
338. It's Kind of a Funny Story (✩✩✩½) - Live TV
339. Holiday Spin (✩✩½) - Live TV
340. Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (✩✩½) - DVD
341. Under the Mistletoe (✩✩½) - Live TV
342. A Christmas Kiss (✩✩½) - Live TV
343. I Do (But I Don't) (✩½) - DVD
344. Charlie St. Cloud (✩✩) - Live TV
345. Finding Neverland (✩✩½) - Live TV
346. Let Me In (✩✩✩) - Live TV
347. Snow (✩✩½) - DVD
348. Snow 2: Brain Freeze (✩✩½) - DVD
349. Baby's First Christmas (✩✩✩) - Live TV
350. Christmas Mail (✩✩✩) - Live TV
351. Call Me Mrs. Miracle (✩✩½) - Live TV
352. Supergirl (✩✩✩) - DVD
353. Finding Mrs. Claus (✩✩½) - Live TV
354. Naughty or Nice (✩✩✩✩) - Live TV
355. Sorority Row (✩✩½) - DVD
356. Into the Wild (✩✩✩½) - DVD
357. The Christmas Heart (✩✩½) - Live TV
358. Arbitrage (✩✩✩½) - On Demand

359. The Words (✩✩✩½) - On Demand - A struggling writer becomes famous after finding and publishing someone else's manuscript as if it were his own. Stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid and Olivia Wilde. The movie didn't get rave reviews, but I thought it was pretty good for the most part. In hindsight, parts of it do seem a bit half-baked though, so I can see where some of the criticism lies. Still, I recomend it. It's worth a look.

360. Employee of the Month (✩✩✩½) - Live TV - Two employees who work at a Costco-style warehouse store compete for employee of the month as well as the affections of the hot new cashier. Stars Dax Shepard, Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson. I liked this movie. The comedic performances and wacky hijinks, especially from Dax, were pretty good. And Jessica Simpson played a genuine character. This is the kind of movie that's easy to dismiss at first glance, but I'm glad I saw it.

This concludes my movie reviews for 2012.

Theatre: 22
DVD/Blu-ray: 139
Live TV: 143
Recorded TV: 5
On Demand: 47
Internet: 4

Agent Richard07 · Dec 31, 2012

December Rundown (32 Movies)

5 Stars
None

4½ Stars
Ben-Hur - DVD
The Captains - DVD

4 Stars
Bad Santa - Blu-ray
Naughty or Nice - Live TV
Now & Forever - DVD

3½ Stars
Arbitrage - On Demand
Employee of the Month - Live TV
Five Million Years to Earth - Live TV
Into the Wild - DVD
It's Kind of a Funny Story - Live TV
Reindeer Games - Blu-ray
The Words - On Demand

3 Stars
Baby's First Christmas - Live TV
Christmas Mail - Live TV
Let Me In - Live TV
Supergirl - DVD

2½ Stars
A Christmas Kiss - Live TV
Call Me Mrs. Miracle - Live TV
Finding Mrs. Claus - Live TV
Finding Neverland - Live TV
Holiday in Handcuffs - Live TV
Holiday Spin - Live TV
Letters to Juliet - Live TV
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles - DVD
Scream 4 - DVD
Snow - DVD
Snow 2: Brain Freeze - DVD
Sorority Row - DVD
The Christmas Heart - Live TV
Under the Mistletoe - Live TV

2 Stars
Charlie St. Cloud - Live TV

1½ Stars
I Do (But I Don't) - DVD

1 Star
None

½ Star
None

0 Stars
None

Harvey · Dec 31, 2012

1. Holy Rollers (B-)
2. The Kids Are All Right (B)
3. History of the World, Part 1 (C-)
4. Blazing Saddles (A+)
5. Scarface [1932] (B-)
6. The Purple Rose of Cairo (A)
7. Rampart (B+)
8. We Need To Talk About Kevin (A+)
9. Tucker and Dale vs Evil (B+)
10. They Live (B-)
11. Darling Companion (D)
12. A Dangerous Method (B-)
13. Haywire (C+)
14. Mission: Impossible (B+)
15. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (B+)
16. Twixt (C+)
17. Burn After Reading (B+)
18. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (B-)
19. Drive (A)
20. Crazy Stupid Love (A)
21. The Omega Man (D)
22. The Adjustment Bureau (B+)
23. The Artist (A-)
24. Lady and the Tramp (B)
25. Hugo (A-)
26. The Secret World of Arrietty (B)
27. Twelve Angry Men (A)
28. Act of Valor (F)
29. Walker (A)
30. Lonely Are The Brave (A-)
31. Executive Action (C)
32. Three Colors: Blue (A)
33. Bright Leaves (A)
34. Photographic Memory (A)
35. The People Vs. George Lucas (C-)
36. Avatar (B-)
37. The Life of Reilly (A-)
38. Limitless (B-)
39. Star Wars (A)
40. The Empire Strikes Back (A)
41. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story (A)
42. Machete (C+)
43. Unmasking The Idol (D-)
44. Alien (A+)
45. The Raid: Redemption (B-)
46. Attenberg (B)
47. 21 Jump Street (C+)
48. Piranha 3D (C+)
49. The Hunger Games (C-)
50. This Filthy World (B)
51. Bad Fever (C-)
52. The Conspirator (C)
53. We The Party (C-)
54. My Darling Clementine (C+)
55. Freakonomics (C+)
56. Sound of My Voice (A-)
57. Tales from the Script (C-)
58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (B+)
59. Me and Orson Welles (B)
60. Everything Must Go (B+)
61. The Avengers (C)
62. The Pirates! Band of Misfits (B)
63. One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (B)
64. Starship Troopers (A)
65. Alien (A+)
66. Aliens (A)
67. Into the Abyss (B)
68. The Expendables (D)
69. Dumbo (B+)
70. Bullet in the Head (B-)
71. City Streets (D)
72. Hard Boiled (A)
73. Burn After Reading (B+)
74. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (B+)
75. A Few Good Men (B)
76. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (A)
77. RoboCop (A-)
78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (A-)
79. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (C-)
80. Your Sister's Sister (A)
81. The Gunfighter (B+)
82. The Sting (A-)
83. The Thin Blue Line (A)
84. Rango (A)
85. The Killing (B+)
86. The Order of the Black Eagle (F)
87. Jaws (A)
88. Marley & Me (B-)
89. Dominick Dunne: After The Party (B)
90. Prometheus (B-)
91. Collaborator (B-)
92. The Island of Lost Souls (B)
93. The Taking of Pelham 123 [1974] (B+)
94. High Anxiety (C+)
95. Carlos (A-)
96. Stargate (B)
97. Ben-Hur (B+)
98. Bringing up Baby (A)
99. The Trip (B+)
100. Observe and Report (D-)
101. The Conversation (A)
102. TRON (C)
103. Cat Ballou (B)
104. Monsters, Inc. (B)
105. Torn Curtain (C)
106. Marnie (A-)
107. Three Colors: White (A-)
108. Logan's Run (C+)
109. Horrible Bosses (B+)
110. Hotel for Dogs (C)
111. Election (B)
112. Independence Day (A)
113. Batman Begins (A-)
114. The Dark Knight Rises (B+)
115. Winnie the Pooh (A)
116. Sleeper (B)
117. Total Recall [1990] (B+)
118. Topaz (C-)
119. Stealth (F)
120. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (A)
121. Frenzy (B)
122. Robin Hood: Men in Tights (C+)
123. Primary (B-)
124. Kick-Ass (C-)
125. The Puffy Chair (C+)
126. Hopscotch (B)
127. Visioneers (C-)
128. Vertigo (A)
129. Che (B)
130. Spin (B-)
131. My Dinner with Andre (B)
132. District 9 (B+)
133. The Rescuers (B-)
134. Anatomy of a Murder (A)
135. The Tigger Movie (B-)
136. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (A)
137. Three Colors: Red (A)
138. The Tourist (D)
139. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (C+)
140. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (B)
141. Spies Like Us (D)
142. Mr. Mom (F)
143. Inside Man (B+)
144. 12 Monkeys (B+)
145. North by Northwest (A)
146. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (B+)
147. Bottle Rocket (B)
148. From Dusk Till Dawn (C-)
149. Some Like It Hot (A)
150. The Joneses (C+)
151. The House I Live In (B+)
152. Troll 2 (F)
153. The Right Stuff (A-)
154. Shadows and Fog (B-)
155. A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (C+)
156. The Front Page (B-)
157. Argo (B+)
158. 3:10 to Yuma [1957] (A-)
159. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (A)
160. The Man From Planet X (C-)
161. The Creature from the Black Lagoon (A-)
162. The Invisible Man (B)
163. Chinatown (A+)
164. I Love You, Man (B+)
165. Hollywoodland (B-)
166. The Thin Red Line (B+)
167. Return of the Jedi (B)
168. The Facts of Life (C)
169. Where the Wild Things Are (B)
170. Apollo 13 (A)
171. Silver Linings Playbook (B)
172. Sunset Blvd. (A)
173. Something in the Air (A-)
174. Berberian Sound Studio (A-)
175. Tarantula (C+)
176. The Green Berets (F)
177. La Haine (A)
178. Throw Mama From the Train (C+)
179. Horrible Bosses (B)
180 Skyfall (B+)
181. One Eyed Jacks (C-)
182. The Man Nobody Knew (B)
183. Aliens (A)
184. Bernie (B+)
185. Inheritance (C+)
186. Fatal Attraction (D+)
187. Apocalypse Now (A)
188. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (A)
189. The Rescuers Down Under (B+)
190. The Great Mouse Detective (A)
191. Death Wish (D+)
192. Outrage (B)
193. The Amazing Spider-Man (C+)
194. The Eiger Sanction (B-)
195. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (B)
196. The Hobbit (A-)
197. Galaxy Quest (A+)
198. Dave (B)
199. Soylent Green (B-)
200. How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (B)
201. Trek Nation (C-)

202. Men In Black 3 (B)
203. A Bronx Tale (B-)

Men In Black 3: After the first sequel, my expectations for this installment were pretty low, but it turned out to be pretty entertaining. Josh Brolin was an inspired casting choice for the role of young Agent K, and there are also nice supporting turns from Michael Stuhlbarg and Bill Hader. It is still lesser than the original, of course, but unlike the second film, worth a rental.

A Bronx Tale: The first hour of this movie is awfully reminiscent of Goodfellas, but the second half goes off in a much more interesting direction that examines the relations between the Italian American community and the black community in the late 1960s. Unfortunately, the more interesting part is hampered by a couple of weak performances in key roles.

Theatres: 61
Home Video: 126+2
Computer: 14

Saul · Dec 31, 2012

This is the last of my list for 2012. As I said at the beginning I have only added films that I watched for the first time.

199. The Gay Divorcee
200. In Bruges
201. The Snowman and the Snowdog
202. Keith Lemon: The Film
203. The Girl
204. Trek nation
205. The Hobbit: An unexpected Journey (and running time)

Best films I saw this year were 'Shame', 'Invincible Shaolin', 'Tyrannosaur'.

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