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2013 (65)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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21 Jump Street | 2012 | Chris Miller & Phil Lord | 20130324 | Very funny |
28 Weeks Later | 2007 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | 20130218 | Sydney did not like it |
Airplane! | 1980 | Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, & David Zucker | 20130120 | Watched with Rich & Gabe |
Alien | 1979 | Ridley Scott | 2013 | Gabe loved it |
Aliens | 1986 | James Cameron | 2013 | Gabe loved it |
Argo | 2012 | Ben Affleck | 20130629 | Excellent thriller |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | 2009 | Werner Herzog | 20130304 | Love the iguanas! |
Back to the Future | 1985 | Robert Zemeckis | 2013 | Sydney liked it a lot |
Brave | 2012 | Mark Andrews & Brenda Chapman | 20120615 | Very good film |
Christmas Story, A | 1983 | Bob Clark | 20131227 | Sweet & warm-hearted |
Dark Knight Rises, The | 2012 | Christopher Nolan | 20130713 | Excellent conclusion |
Dig! | 2004 | Ondi Timoner | 20130317 | Fantastic documentary |
Fast Five | 2011 | Justin Lin | 2013 | Lots of fun |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | Lee Unkrich & Andrew Stanton | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Hunger Games, The | 2012 | Gary Ross | 20131223 | Very enjoyable & suspenseful |
Ice Age | 2002 | Carlos Saldanha & Chris Wedge | 2013 | Finny loves it |
Ice Age - Continental Drift | 2012 | Steve Martino & Mike Thurmeier | 2013 | Finny loves it |
Ice Age - Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 2009 | Carlos Saldanha & Mike Thurmeier | 2013 | Finny loves it |
Ice Age - The Meltdown | 2006 | Carlos Saldanha | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Immortals | 2011 | Tarsem Singh | 2013 | Stylish but pretty silly |
Incredibles, The | 2004 | Brad Bird | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Killer Joe | 2011 | William Friedkin | 20130127 | Whoa |
Killing Them Softly | 2012 | Andrew Dominik | 20130627 | Mean little thriller |
Lifeforce | 1985 | Tobe Hooper | 2013 | Cheesy silliness & nudity |
Lilo & Stitch | 2002 | Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Lion King, The | 1994 | Rob Minkoff & Roger Allers | 20130119 | Finny liked it |
Looper | 2012 | Rian Johnson | 20130109 | Excellent sci-fi |
Mama | 2013 | Andrés Muschietti | 201312 | Creepy |
Manhunter | 1986 | Michael Mann | 20130529 | This time I noticed the colors |
Man of Steel | 2013 | Zack Snyder | 20130623 | Pretty darn good, but could have been better |
The Master | 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 20130311 | Amazing acting |
Midnight Run | 1988 | Martin Brest | 20130319 | John & Jacki had never seen it |
Moneyball | 2011 | Bennett Miller | 20130128 | Great, even for a non-sports person like myelf |
Moonrise Kingdom | 2012 | Wes Anderson | 20130106 | His best yet |
Mystery Men | 1999 | Kinka Usher | 2013 | Gabe & Carrie hadn’t seen it |
Oldboy | 2003 | Chan-wook Park | 20131226 | Amazing film that keeps you guessing |
Other Guys, The | 2010 | Adam McKay | 20130623 | Very funny buddy comedy |
Outpost | 2008 | Steve Barker | 20130316 | OK, but could’ve been a lot better |
Prometheus | 2012 | Ridley Scott | 2013 | Interesting & kinda weird |
Puss in Boots | 2011 | Chris Miller | 20130224 | Finny loves this movie |
Rapture, The | 1991 | Michael Tolkin | 201312 | I loved it; Robin did not |
Ratatouille | 2007 | Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Rescuers, The | 1977 | Art Stevens, John Lounsbery, & Wolfgang Reitherman | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Rescuers Down Under, The | 1990 | Hendel Butoy & Mike Gabriel | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Robin Hood | 1973 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Screamers | 1995 | Christian Duguay | 2013 | Actually pretty enjoyable! |
Skyfall | 2012 | Sam Mendes | 2013 | Great! |
Smokey and the Bandit | 1977 | Hal Needham | 2013 | Still fun after all these years |
Super 8 | 2011 | J.J. Abrams | 20130120 | Watched with Gabe & Rich |
Tangled | 2010 | Nathan Greno & Byron Howard | 2013 | Finny liked it; very good movie |
Tarzan | 1999 | Chris Buck & Kevin Lima | 2013 | Finny liked it quite a bit |
Terminator, The | 1984 | James Cameron | 2013 | Gabe loved it |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | James Cameron | 2013 | Gabe loved it |
Thing, The | 2011 | Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr. | 2013 | Good, but not nearly as good as the original |
This Is the End | 2013 | Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg | 20130621 | Funny! |
Total Recall | 1990 | Paul Verhoeven | 2013 | Gabe loved it |
Toy Story | 1995 | John Lasseter | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Toy Story 2 | 1999 | Lee Unkrich, John Lasseter, & Ash Brannon | 2013 | Finny liked it |
Toy Story 3 | 2010 | Lee Unkrich | 20130115 | Amazing film; wonderful trilogy |
Up | 2009 | Pete Docter | 2013 | Gabe & Carrie had never seen it! |
WALL-E | 2008 | Andrew Stanton | 2013 | Really excellent, though-provoking film |
What’s Up, Doc? | 1972 | Peter Bogdanovich | 2013 | Fun screwball comedy |
Winnie the Pooh | 2011 | Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall | 2013 | Fantastic movie that Finny loves |
World War Z | 2013 | Marc Forster | 20130705 | Pretty dang good zombie movie |
Wreck-It Ralph | 2012 | Rich Moore | 2013 | Retro fun |
2012 (32)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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30 Minutes or Less | 2011 | Ruben Fleischer | 20120308 | Pretty funny stoner comedy from the director of Zombieland |
Airplane! | 1980 | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, & Jerry Zucker | 20120604 | Still a classic! |
Attack the Block | 2011 | Joe Cornish | 20120229 | Very good British sci-fi/horror |
The Avengers | 2012 | Joss Whedon | 201205 | Fabulous. Simply fabulous. |
Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious | 2012 | Aziz Ansari | 20120323 | $5! Great! |
The Bank Job | 2008 | Roger Donaldson | 20120301 | Great story, cast, & direction; based on a true story |
The Beyond | 1981 | Lucio Fulci | 201203 | Pretty much a piece of crap gorefest; typical Fulci |
Cars 2 | 2011 | John Lasseter& Brad Lewis | 201201 | Awful |
Cedar Rapids | 2011 | Miguel Arteta | 20120223 | Sweet and raunchy |
Django Unchained | 2012 | Quentin Tarantino | 20121225 | Great flick, especially on Christmas Day in our pajamas! |
Drive | 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | 20120305 | Excellent neo-noir with a 70s feel |
Drive Angry | 2011 | Patrick Lussier | 201205 | Crazily over the top |
Frailty | 2001 | Bill Paxton | 201212 | A tense little thriller |
The Ghost Writer | 2010 | Roman Polanski | 20121128 | Very effective political thriller |
The Hole | 2009 | Joe Dante | 201210 | Great little B horror flick |
Iron Man 2 | 2010 | Jon Favreau | 20120314 | Good superhero flick; Downey & Rourke were great |
Meatballs | 1979 | Ivan Reitman | 20120709 | Cute, but if Bill Murray wasn't it, no one would care today |
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol | 2011 | Brad Bird | 201204 | Very enjoyable, especially the stunts |
Puss In Boots | 2011 | Chris Miller | 20120603 | Fun movie with great voices |
The Ring | 2001 | Gore Verbinski | 20121031 | Still great |
School of Rock | 2003 | Richard Linklater | 201205 | Jack Black was perfect |
Sinister | 2012 | Scott Derrickson | 20121223 | One of the scariest movies I’ve seen in a long time |
Source Code | 2011 | Duncan Jones | 20120304 | Excellent Dick-ian-esque sci-fi thriller |
Super 8 | 2011 | J. J. Abrams | 20120224 | Very good retro Spielberg-esque movie |
Survival of the Dead | 2009 | George A. Romero | 20120620 | Not bad, & actually pretty enjoyable |
Thor | 2011 | Kenneth Branagh | 20120328 | Very good! |
The Town | 2010 | Ben Affleck | 20120323 | Pretty good crime flick |
True Romance | 1994 | Tony Scott | 20121226 | So obviously QT |
Weird Science | 1985 | John Hughes | 201202 | Just as silly (& funny) as I remembered |
Winnie the Pooh | 2011 | Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall | 2012 | Excellent children's movie with great songs |
Winter's Bone | 2010 | Debra Granik | 20120812 | Excellent in every way |
Your Highness | 2011 | David Gordon Green | 201203 | I thought it was pretty funny |
2011 (17)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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Appaloosa | 2008 | Ed Harris | 20110829 | A shambling, fun western |
Bridesmaids | 2011 | Paul Feig | 20111216 | Raunchy & funny, esp. Melissa McCarthy |
Brick | 2005 | Rian Johnson | 201101 | Wonderful modern film noir set in a high school |
Cropsey | 2009 | Joshua Zeman & Barbara Brancaccio | 2011 | Very good documentary, but a bit too long |
Dagon | 2001 | Stuart Gordon | 201108 | OK |
Daybreakers | 2009 | The Spierig Brothers | 20110831 | Pretty darn good, with lots of good world-building |
Doghouse | 2009 | Jake West | 2011 | Nice twist on the zombie genre |
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (but were afraid to ask) | 1972 | Woody Allen | 20110822 | The 1st, 6th, & 7th segments were the best |
House of the Devil, The | 2009 | Ti West | 20110829 | The best 80s horror movie made 20 years too late |
How the West Was Won | 1963 | John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, & Richard Thorpe | 201112 | Very good, esp. the action scenes |
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater | 2011 | Louis C.K. | 20111211 | $5! Good, but not his best |
Manos: The Hands of Fate | 1966 | Harold P. Warren | 20110824 | Awful. Truly one of the worst films ever made. |
Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The | 1962 | John Ford | 201112 | Excellent work by Wayne & Stewart & esp. Lee Marvin |
Night Moves | 1975 | Arthur Penn | 20110901 | Excellent 70's noir |
Play It Again, Sam | 1972 | Herbert Ross | 20110821 | Very good; although not Woody's funniest chronologically, it's probably the best movie |
Take the Money and Run | 1969 | Woody Allen | 201108 | Still one of Woody's funniest—a gag a minute |
Wet Hot American Summer | 2002 | David Wain | 20110824 | Early appearances from lots of well-known actors in a decent flick |
2010 (56)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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101 Dalmatians | 1961 | Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, & Wolfgang Reitherman | 20101128 | A sweet, though slight, movie |
Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | 20100602 | Very enjoyable—2.5 hours, but it flew by |
The Aristocats | 1970 | Wolfgang Reitherman | 20101219 | Aimed at a younger audience than many of the other Disney classics |
The Boys in the Band | 1970 | William Friedkin | 20101215 | Dated, but still interesting & gripping |
Candyman | 1992 | Bernard Rose | 20100226 | A good horror movie, with an interesting story & characters |
The Changeling | 1980 | Peter Medak | 20100224 | A very creepy little ghost story |
Cruising | 1980 | William Friedkin | 20101213 | Not as bad as I'd heard, but pretty wild for 1980 |
Detour | 1945 | Edgar G. Ulmer | 20100903 | Short, quick, bleak noir |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | 1988 | Frank Oz | 20100906 | Amusing & clever & fun |
D.O.A. | 1950 | Rudolph Maté | 20100126 | A classic noir with some uncommon elements … & Chester is great! |
Dumb and Dumber | 1994 | Peter & Bobby Farrelly | 20100124 | One of the all-time great comedies |
The Exorcist | 1973 | William Friedkin | 20101209 | Creepy! |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High | 1982 | Amy Heckerling | 20100902 | Still great, but it's amazing how strong Sean Penn's character is |
The French Connection | 1971 | William Friedkin | 20101204 | A classic cop thriller, with one of the best car chases ever |
Fright Night | 1985 | Tom Holland | 20100116 | Still fun - and scary - two decades later. |
Gates of Heaven | 1978 | Errol Morris | 20100517 | Thought-provoking, moving, funny, sad. See it. |
Ghost Ship | 2002 | Steve Beck | 20100308 | Skip it. Bleh. |
Grey Gardens | 1975 | Albert Maysles & David Maysles | 20100108 | Fascinating portrait of two eccentrics |
Guys and Dolls | 1955 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 20101218 | It could have been better, but it was still good |
His Girl Friday | 1940 | Howard Hawks | 20101212 | Averyfunnymovieandboydotheytalkfast! |
Ice Age | 2002 | Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha | 20100409 | Cute & fun, & even sweet |
The Imposters | 1998 | Stanley Tucci | 20100603 | Very silly & very dry & very, very funny |
Iron Man | 2008 | Jon Favreau | 20100121 | An excellent telling of a comic book story |
I Sell the Dead | 2008 | Glenn McQuaid | 20101128 | Very funny in several spots, but overall pretty silly |
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple | 2006 | Stanley Nelson | 20100516 | Excellent documentary about a horrifying event |
Juno | 2007 | Jason Reitman | 20100524 | Delightful and very touching |
The King of Comedy | 1983 | Martin Scorsese | 20100531 | Ahead of its time, but now its subject has been done over and over; Jerry Lewis was very good |
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | 2007 | Seth Gordon | 20100903 | Funny & exciting, with a dastardly villain & a winning hero |
The Last Man on Earth | 1964 | Ubaldo Ragona & Sidney Salkow | 20100227 | OK - it was a bit slow - but very accurate with the book |
The Last Winter | 2006 | Larry Fessenden | 20100328 | Pretty good, but with a slow build up where you get to know the characters |
The Mayor of Hell | 1933 | Michael Curtiz | 20100921 | Great Cagney vehicle, part of Warner Bros' "social issues" movies |
Munich | 2005 | Steven Spielberg | 20100512 | Fascinating, but dark & depressing even though it was also thoughtful |
Murder in Coweta County | 1983 | Gary Nelson | 201008 | Andy Griffith as a great bad guy & Johnny Cash as a great good guy |
Nixon | 1999 | Oliver Stone | 20100601 | In-depth, complex look at our most complex President |
Panic in the Streets | 1950 | Elia Kazan | 20100905 | Interesting noir with a medical thriller twist |
REC 2 | 2009 | Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza | 20100612 | Very tense & scary, but not quite as scary as REC |
Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip | 1982 | Joe Layton | 20100108 | Dated now in many ways, but still contains some classic routines |
Salem's Lot | 2004 | Mikael Salomon | 20101128 | Better than the original in some ways, but the story was very changed—why? |
Sherlock Holmes | 2010 | Guy Ritchie | 20100116 | Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law were excellent, but the story was just OK |
Sixteen Candles | 1984 | John Hughes | 20100117 | Pretty much a classic |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | David Hand and others | 20101215 | So, so, so good |
Sorcerer | 1977 | William Friedkin | 20101201 | Slow to get going, but then it becomes suspenseful—and very grim |
Suspiria | 1977 | Dario Argento | 20100905 | The colors! The deaths! The non-existent storyline! |
Taken | 2008 | Pierre Morel | 20100914 | Another Luc Besson thriller; this one was pretty darn good |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | 1974 | Joseph Sargent | 20100915 | Classic crime caper flick. |
The T.A.M.I. Show | 1964 | Steve Binder | 20100325 | Awesome concert movie - James Brown is amazing, & the Stones play a killer set |
That Touch of Mink | 1962 | Delbert Mann | 20100122 | Fun romp with Doris Day & Cary Grant, but Gig Young steals the show |
To Live and Die in L.A. | 1985 | William Friedkin | 20101206 | Good cop thriller, with some big surprises |
Transporter 3 | 2008 | Olivier Megaton | 20100505 | Jason Statham is always watchable, but really, this is pretty silly stuff |
Up | 2009 | Pete Docter & Bob Peterson | 20100220 | Some of the most moving, beautiful images & scenes I've seen in any film |
Welcome to North Korea | 2001 | Raymond Feddema & Peter Tetteroo | 20100531 | Fascinating look inside a hellhole on earth |
What's New Pussycat? | 1965 | Clive Donner & Richard Talmadge | 20100329 | A silly farce, but quite entertaining throughout |
Where Eagles Dare | 1968 | Brian G. Hutton | 20100122 | One of the great WWII adventure flicks |
White Squall | 1996 | Ridley Scott | 20100228 | A well done, very intense adventure story that turns tragic |
The Whole Wide World | 1996 | Dan Ireland | 20101015 | Interesting insights into Robert E. Howard's life |
Worried About the Boy | 2010 | Julian Jarrold | 20100817 | Short, interesting biopic of Boy George |
2009 (65)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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Army of Darkness | 1992 | Sam Raimi | 20090307 | Extremely silly, but sort of fun; I still prefer the horror to the comedy |
Avatar | 2009 | James Cameron | 20091222 | Amazing F/X, derivative story & characters - a must see! |
Blade II | 2002 | Guillermo del Toro | 200909 | If you read del Toro'sThe Strain, you see where he got a lot of ideas |
Blazing Saddles | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 200902 | So funny, even today! |
Blood Simple | 1985 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20090510 | Even at the very beginning, the Coens were brilliant |
Broken Flowers | 2005 | Jim Jarmusch | 20090216 | Sad and funny, and touching |
Bull Durham | 1988 | Ron Shelton | 200902 | Funny, clever, and even moving in its own way |
Burn After Reading | 2008 | Joel and Ethan Coen | 20090520 | A pitch black comedy about very stupid, bad people |
Casino | 1995 | Martin Scorsese | 20090419 | Another great Scorsese crime movie, with some amazingly violent violence |
Dawn of the Dead | 1979 | George Romero | 20090105 | Why would you stop to get your blood pressure tested during a zombie invasion? |
Dead Set | 2008 | Yann Demange | 20090110 | Very intense & scary zombie gorefest, even if these were fast zombies |
The Departed | 2006 | Martin Scorsese | 20090213 | Great film about betrayal, trust, and masculinity |
The Descent | 2005 | Neil Marshall | 200901 | Lots of jump out of your chair scenes |
Doomsday | 2008 | Neil Marshall | 200902 | So crazy it's just not that good |
Drag Me to Hell | 2008 | Sam Raimi | 20091023 | Very compact, very good horror with comic touches |
Drag Me to Hell | 2008 | Sam Raimi | 20091027 | Very compact, very good horror with comic touches |
Fantastic Mr. Fox | 2009 | Wes Anderson | 20091127 | Excellent: wonderful animation, whimsical script, great acting |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall | 2008 | Nicholas Stoller | 20090329 | Very clever & funny, with some stand-out performances |
From Dusk Til Dawn | 1996 | Robert Rodriguez | 20090103 | Lewd, crude, & a hell of a lot of fun |
Frostbiten | 2006 | Anders Banke | 20091029 | Very creepy & funny, but the end was abrupt |
Halloween III: Season of the Witch | 1982 | Tommy Lee Wallace | 20091116 | If it didn't have Halloween in the name, it would just be remembered as a moderately scary, silly 80s horror flick |
The Hangover | 2009 | Todd Philips | 20090622 | Profane, crude, & very funny |
Hellboy | 2004 | Guillermo del Toro | 20090901 | Fantastic adaptation of a great comic book |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army | 2008 | Guillermo del Toro | 200909 | A great sequel & continuation of the characters |
The Hudsucker Proxy | 1994 | Joel and Ethan Coen | 20090805 | A trifle, but still clever, funny, & beautifully shot |
Inglourious Basterds | 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | 20090828 | Great movie, great acting, crazy story! |
Intolerable Cruelty | 2003 | Joel and Ethan Coen | 200905 | Charming and fun comedy with great stars |
The James Dean Story | 1957 | Robert Altman | 20090813 | Interesting period details, but the narration is so overwrought that it's laugh-inducing |
Jurassic Park | 1993 | Steven Spielberg | 200901 | Fun! |
Jurassic Park III | 2001 | Joe Johnston | 20090128 | Funnerer! |
The Ladykillers | 2004 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20090806 | Fun, spirited romp, with great music |
Let's Scare Jessica to Death | 1971 | John D. Hancock | 20091219 | Ultra-creepy without being gory |
Let the Right One In | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | 20091118 | Great movie about vampiresandthe loneliness of being different |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1997 | Steven Spielberg | 20090127 | Funner! |
The Man Who Wasn't There | 2001 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20090725 | A wonderful Coen-esque modern noir |
MASH | 1970 | Robert Altman | 20090811 | Meandering, loose-limbed, improvised - quintessential Altman |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller | 1971 | Robert Altman | 20090814 | Very good - the people & setting were lived in, & it seemed "real" |
Mean Streets | 1973 | Martin Scorsese | 20090815 | Very good, with all the Scorsese film techniques & subject matter already in place |
Mighty Aphrodite | 1995 | Woody Allen | 20090420 | Not his best, but pretty darn good - and Mira Sorvino was excellent |
Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20090625 | A great pastiche of all gangster movies |
Mimic | 1997 | Guillermo del Toro | 20090922 | Fun giant bug movie |
Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | Pete Docter & David Silverman | 20091220 | Inventive, funny, clever |
Murder Party | 2007 | Jeremy Saulnier | 20091202 | Actually rather funny & entertaining |
Near Dark | 1987 | Kathryn Bigelow | 20090106 | Some good ideas and scenes, but just a B overall |
A Night at the Opera | 1935 | Sam Wood | 200903 | Funny funny funny |
The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | 20090526 | One of my favorite movies, a feverish southern gothic childhood nightmare |
On the Waterfront | 1954 | Elia Kazan | 20090112 | The plot's a bit dated, but Brando's acting is still modern |
Paranormal Activity | 2007 | Oren Peli | 20091017 | Very scary movie that focused on suspense & dread |
Phantasm | 1979 | Don Coscarelli | 20091213 | Cheesy in plenty of spots, but still a great '70s horror flick |
Phantasm II | 1988 | Don Coscarelli | 20091216 | Gotta love any movie with aliens, chainsaw duels, gratuitous nudity, and 3 house explosions! |
Planet of the Apes | 1968 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 20090326 | A bit talky, but fun & very thoughtful & clever throughout |
Pollock | 2000 | Ed Harris | 20090130 | Alcoholic and depressed? Or alcoholic and manic/depressive? |
A Prairie Home Companion | 2006 | Robert Altman | 20090818 | Whimsical, charming, & tuneful - great stuff |
Raising Arizona | 1985 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20090824 | Still one of the funniest movies of all time |
Slither | 2006 | James Gunn | 20090227 | Fun, but also gross & silly |
Splinter | 2008 | Toby Wilkins | 20091025 | Very effective suspense/horror flick |
Superman | 1978 | Richard Donner & James Lester | 20090312 | Wonderful - a comic book classic! |
The Times of Harvey Milk | 1984 | Rob Epstein | 20090223 | A moving & tragic story |
Tremors | 1990 | Ron Underwood | 20090129 | Stupid & fun |
Trick 'r Treat | 2008 | Michael Dougherty | 20091015 | A fun, slightly gory, slightly scary EC-style horror anthology |
Tropic Thunder | 2008 | Ben Stiller | 20090508 | Very funny & very clever |
Wanted | 2008 | Timur Bekmambetov | 200903 | Great actions scenes & ludicrous but fun plot |
Watchmen | 2009 | Zac Snyder | 20090328 | About as good as you're going to get with the source material; overall, a very good film |
Zombie (AKA Zombi 2) | 1979 | Lucio Fulci | 20091109 | Silly & gory, but the shark scene & the eye scene were notable |
Zombieland | 2009 | Ruben Fleischerr | 20091013 | One of the best zombie movies I've seen, & one of the best movies of the year |
2008 (79)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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28 Weeks Later | 2007 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | 20080112 | Intense and scary |
300 | 2007 | Zach Snyder | 20080429 | A quintessential guy movie |
Alien | 1979 | Ridley Scott | 20080608 | Still one of the greatest sci-fi scary movies ever |
Aliens | 1986 | James Cameron | 20080708 | The extra scenes were interesting; the movie was scary fun |
Assault on Precinct 13 | 1976 | John Carpenter | 2008705 | Lean & mean & suspenseful |
The Black Dahlia | 2006 | Brian De Palma | 20080301 | The book was waaaay better |
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | 1938 | Ernst Lubitsch | 20080802 | Gary Cooper, Claudette Colbert, & Edward Everett Horton ... funny & charming! |
The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 20081217 | Still one of the great movie musicals |
The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 20081219 | Great lines, great characters, great music |
Body Snatchers | 1993 | Abel Ferrara | 20080906 | Not as good as 1956 or 1978, but still very good |
Boy Eats Girl | 2005 | Stephen Bradley | 20080404 | A short, silly, & fun Irish flesh-eating zombie movie! |
The Boys From Brazil | 1978 | Franklin J. Schaffner | 20080812 | Interesting but not great |
The Brood | 1979 | David Cronenberg | 20080119 | An original idea creates a creepy movie |
Charlie Wilson's War | 2007 | Mike Nichols | 20080905 | A surprisingly funny and moving story of war & politics |
Children of the Damned | 1963 | Anton Leader | 20080215 | OK Cold War parable |
A Close Shave | 1995 | Nick Park | 20080725 | Very cute & very funny |
Crash | 1996 | David Cronenberg | 20080201 | One of the weirder movies I've seen |
Darkness Falls | 2003 | Jonathan Liebesman | 20080104 | Crappy, but mercifully short |
The Dark Knight | 2008 | Christopher Nolan | 20080721 | Best comic book movie I've ever seen ... and what a Joker!s |
Dead Ringers | 1988 | David Cronenberg | 20080510 | Excellent performance by Jeremy Irons |
Dead Set | 2008 | Yann Demange | 20081116 | Very intense & scary zombie gorefest, even if these were fast zombies |
The Dead Zone | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 20080502 | Very good movie, esp. for a film based on a Stephen King novel |
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years | 1988 | Penelope Spheeris | 20080810 | A definite time capsule, funny and horrifying in equal measures |
The Departed | 2006 | Martin Scorcese | 20080229 | Excellent cast, excellent story, excellent film |
Diary of the Dead | 2007 | George Romero | 200810 | Not bad at all, and lots of fun |
Eastern Promises | 2007 | David Cronenberg | 20080106 | Excellent, suspenseful look into the Russian mob by Cronenberg |
Eastern Promises | 2007 | David Cronenberg | 20080106 | Excellent, suspenseful look into the Russian mob by Cronenberg |
eXistenZ | 1999 | David Cronenberg | 20080420 | Good but not great fun with the twists & turns of virtual reality |
Fast Company | 1979 | David Cronenberg | 20080309 | Enjoyably silly auto racing movie, & completely out of character for Cronenberg |
Feast | 2005 | John Gulager | 20080104 | Gory & stupid, but not particularly scary |
The Fog | 1980 | John Carpenter | 20080609 | Some good scares, but not a very coherent story |
Footloose | 1984 | Herbert Ross | 20080522 | Campy & funny & very enjoyable |
The Fortune Cookie | 1966 | Billy Wilder | 20080801 | OK; certainly not one of Wilder's best |
From Beyond | 1986 | Stuart Gordon | 200806 | Even better than Re-Animator |
Get Smart | 2008 | Peter Segal | 200811 | Enjoyable |
A Grand Day Out | 1989 | Nick Park | 20080725 | Crudest of the lot, but still very funny |
Hellboy II: The Golden Army | 2008 | Guillermo del Toro | 20080712 | A feast for the eyes |
The Illusionist | 2006 | Neil Burger | 20080113 | Good old fashioned entertainment & mystery |
Journey to the Center of the Earth | 2008 | Eric Brevig | 20081221 | Good for kids, but overall pretty silly |
Killer of Sheep | 1977 | Charles Burnett | 20080305 | Italian neo-realism transplanted to the Watts ghetto |
The Kingdom | 2007 | Peter Berg | 20080107 | Enjoyable action thriller, esp. Cooper & Bateman |
Knocked Up | 2007 | Judd Apatow | 20080507 | Very funny |
The Last of the Mohicans | 1992 | Michael Mann | 20081230 | Beautiful scenery, great story, interesting characters |
The Last Waltz | 1978 | Martin Scorcese | 20080128 | Awesome concert movie about The Band's last concert |
Love and Death | 1975 | Woody Allen | 20080426 | Probably Woody's funniest movie, gag for gag |
Mumford | 1999 | Lawrence Kasdan | 20080725 | Cute & kind of charming, but nothing I want to see again |
Murder, My Sweet | 1942 | Edward Dmytryk | 20080217 | Good but not great noir |
Naked Lunch | 1991 | David Cronenberg | 20080411 | A bizarre, disturbing, but slow look at William Burroughs' life and work |
Nurse Betty | 2000 | Neil LaBute | 20080227 | Interesting black comedy with a great Morgan Freeman |
One, Two, Three | 1961 | Billy Wilder | 20080304 | So fast & furious it'll blow your hair back |
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | 2006 | Guillermo del Toro | 20080105 | Brilliant fantasy |
Prince of Darkness | 1987 | John Carpenter | 20080704 | One of Carpenter's scariest |
Re-Animator | 1985 | Stuart Gordon | 20080604 | A gory & funny classic |
[Rec] | 2007 | Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza | 20080413 | Cheese and crackers, that was an incredibly scary movie! |
[Rec] | 2007 | Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza | 20080414 | Cheese and crackers, that was an incredibly scary movie (even the 2nd time)! |
[Rec] | 2007 | Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza | 20080415 | Cheese and crackers, that was an incredibly scary movie (even the 3rd time)! |
[Rec] | 2007 | Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza | 20080703 | Cheese and crackers, that was an incredibly scary movie (even the 4th time)! |
Requiem For a Dream | 2000 | Darren Aronofsky | 20081026 | Harrowing & depressing, but essential |
Rescue Dawn | 2006 | Werner Herzog | 20080101 | A very good Herzogian portrait of a man pushed to his limits |
Seance on a Wet Afternoon | 1964 | Bryan Forbes | 20080512 | Psychological thriller coupled with a realistic kidnap drama |
Session 9 | 2001 | Brad Anderson | 20080106 | A fantastically creepy location creates a fantastically creepy movie |
Session 9 | 2001 | Brad Anderson | 20080106 | A fantastically creepy location creates a fantastically creepy movie |
Shine a Light | 2008 | Martin Scorsese | 20080404 | Great concert film about the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band |
Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly | 20080822 | One of the all-time greats! |
Some Like It Hot | 1959 | Billy Wilder | 20080601 | One of the greatest movies of all time. |
Spider | 2003 | David Cronenberg | 20080502 | Slow, but interesting, and really well acted |
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | 1977 | George Lucas | 20081223 | Great, but a bit more talky than I'd remembered ... but still wonderful action |
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | Irvin Kershner | 20081226 | Only the second time I've seen it - and yeah, it's the best one |
Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | Preston Sturges | 20080303 | Embarrassed to say it was my 1st Sturges - & it was wonderful |
Superbad | 2007 | Greg Mottola | 20080123 | Pretty damn funny |
There Will Be Blood | 2007 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 20080216 | Excellent acting by Day-Lewis but the score was too pronounced in several places & the ending was ... weird |
The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | 20080524 | Tense, funny, creepy |
To Be Or Not To Be | 1942 | Ernst Lubitsch | 20080214 | Jack Benny shines in this brilliant comedy |
Videodrome | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 20080317 | Creepy, insightful movie about technology, TV, violence, & more |
Videodrome | 1983 | David Cronenberg | 20080412 | Creepy, insightful movie about technology, TV, violence, & more |
Way Out West | 1937 | James W. Horne | 20080901 | Wonderful, especially the soft-shoe routine |
Witness for the Prosecution | 1957 | Billy Wilder | 20080731 | A suspenseful drama, with a brilliant turn by Charles Laughton |
Young at Heart | 1954 | Gordon Douglas | 20080803 | Weird shifts in tone & a false-seeming ending, but Frank Sinatra was enjoyable |
Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 20081223 | I laughed so hard ... again |
2007 (40)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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28 Days Later | 2002 | Danny Boyle | 20070723 | Not as intense as the sequel, but still great |
28 Weeks Later | 2007 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | 20070511 | So scary I was whimpering for it to be over |
The Bourne Ultimatum | 2007 | Paul Greengrass | 20070809 | One of the best fight scenes I've ever seen in a movie |
The Call of Cthulhu | 2005 | Andrew Leman | 20070105 | Amazingly good & "realistic" |
Children of Men | 2006 | Alfonso Cuaron | 20070910 | Completely gripping & intense |
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | 2002 | George Clooney | 20071008 | A very weird, interesting lil' movie |
Disturbia | 2007 | D.J. Caruso | 20070902 | Clever teen remake of Hitchcock'sRear Window |
Don't Look Now | 1973 | Nicolas Roeg | 20070922 | Brilliantly perverse ghost story |
Gimme Shelter | 1970 | Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | 200709 | Fascinating documentary about The Rolling Stones |
Gone Baby Gone | 2007 | Ben Affleck | 20071020 | Excellent acting in a tense thriller |
Grindhouse | 2007 | Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez | 20070413 | Violence so over the top I was laughing constantly |
Gwoemul (The Host) | 2006 | Joon-ho Bong | 20070909 | A great little South Korean monster movie |
The Incredibles | 2004 | Brad Bird | 2007 | A fantastic animated movie, with a fantastic story |
Inside Deep Throat | 2005 | Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato | 20071009 | Fascinating documentary |
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | 2005 | Shane Black | 20070112 | Great dialogue, interesting characters, silly action |
The Last King of Scotland | 2006 | Kevin Macdonald | 200703 | Excellent acting & a gripping, though brutal, story |
Little Miss Sunshine | 2006 | Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris | 20070908 | A very funny, unexpected comedy |
Live Free or Die Hard | 2007 | Len Wiseman | 20070725 | Completely over the top & ludicrous |
Marnie | 1964 | Alfred Hitchcock | 20070930 | Wonderfully complex & melodramatic psychological thriller |
The Matrix | 1999 | Andy & Larry Wachowski | 20070406 | Talky, but still impressive after all these years |
Michael Clayton | 2007 | Tony Gilroy | 20071110 | Good but not great legal thriller & character study |
The Ninth Gate | 1999 | Roman Polanski | 20070812 | Disjointed in tone & confused in conclusion |
No Country For Old Men | 2007 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20071122 | Excellent portrayal of absolute evil |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again | 1976 | Blake Edwards | 20070902 | Side-splittingly funny slapstick |
Point Blank | 1967 | John Boorman | 20070817 | Cool, violent, arty 1960s Los Angeles noir |
Rabid | 1977 | David Cronenberg | 20070914 | Interesting early Cronenberg; pretty good zombie flick |
Ratatouille | 2007 | Brad Bird | 20070727 | Awesomely excellent |
Reversal of Fortune | 1990 | Barbet Schroeder | 200705 | Very good, very engrossing, especially the acting |
A Scanner Darkly | 2006 | Richard Linklater | 20070113 | Incredibly accurate adaptation of Dick's mind-bending novel |
Shaun of the Dead | 2004 | Edgar Wright | 200712 | Wonderful zombie comedy |
Shooter | 2007 | Antoine Fuqua | 2007 | A good enough thriller |
The Simpsons Movie | 2007 | David Silverman | 200708 | Pretty darn good, with a lot of laughs |
Sleeper Cell (Season 1) | 2005 | Nick Gomez (& others) | 20070106 | Not as tense as24orPrison Break, but very good |
The Squid and the Whale | 2005 | Noah Baumbach | 20070204 | Bittersweet and very funny |
Sunshine | 2007 | Danny Boyle | 20070803 | A beautiful and tense science fiction film |
Superbad | 2007 | Greg Mottola | 20070901 | One of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time |
V for Vendetta | 2005 | James McTeigue | 20071127 | 1984 + Alan Moore + anarchism + Wachowskis |
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 2007 | Jake Kasdan | 200712 | One of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time |
The Way We Were | 1973 | Sydney Pollack | 20070105 | Not Redford or Streisand's best, but OK |
Zodiac | 2007 | David Fincher | 20070908 | An excellent police/reporter/mystery procedural |
2006 (77)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adam's Rib | 1949 | George Cukor | 20060617 | Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen ... great! |
Apocalypto | 2006 | Mel Gibson | 20061216 | An exciting chase through the jungle |
Babel | 2006 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | 20062102 | A moving panorama of different people & cultures |
The Bad News Bears | 1976 | Michael Ritchie | 20060401 | OK ... better when I was a kid |
Bananas | 1971 | Woody Allen | 20061029 | Good early Woody |
The Bank Dick | 1940 | Edward F. Cline | 20061104 | An incredibly modern, funny movie! |
Batman Begins | 2005 | Christopher Nolan | 20061014 | Easily the best Batman movie ... no contest |
Beerfest | 2006 | Jay Chandrasekhar | 20061215 | Very stupid and very funny |
A Better Tomorrow | 1986 | John Woo | 20061118 | Great early Woo, & great young Chow Yun-Fat |
Blazing Saddles | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 20060924 | Still awesome! |
Boogie Nights | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 20060822 | An all-time classic |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 2006 | Larry Charles | 20061208 | I laughed until I felt sick to my stomach |
Buck Privates | 1941 | Arthur Lubin | 20060626 | A phenomenal success for Bud & Lou |
Cabin In The Sky | 1943 | Vincente Minelli | 20060101 | Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Duke, Louis, Rochester |
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? | 2006 | Frank Popper | 20060802 | Great documentary about a great guy with a lot of potential |
Cape Fear | 1962 | J. Lee Thompson | 20060410 | Mitchum & Peck ... the original is still the best |
Capote | 2005 | Bennett Miller | 20060730 | Philip Seymour Hoffman was excellent |
Captain Blood | 1935 | Michael Curtiz | 20060623 | Errol Flynn shines |
Casino Royale | 2006 | Martin Campbell | 20061122 | Easily the best Bond in decades |
Cat People | 1942 | Jacques Tourneur | 20061031 | Amazingly good ... creepy & unnerving |
The China Syndrome | 1979 | James Bridges | 20060302 | Great 70s paranoia |
Clerks II | 2006 | Kevin Smith | 20060810 | A very good sequel to a great movie |
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America | 2004 | Kevin Willmott | 2006006 | Very good parody & history lesson |
The Descent | 2005 | Neil Marshall | 20060804 | Scary & tense ... a super horror movie! |
Domino | 2005 | Tony Scott | 20060314 | Chaotic insanity ... terrible |
Double Indemnity | 1944 | Billy Wildert | 20060618 | The dialog & the acting are so hard boiled! |
The Forty Year Old Virgin | 2005 | Judd Apatow | 20060825 | Funny, sweet, & raunchy; ergo, perfect! |
Freaks | 1932 | Tod Browning | 20061110 | Still amazingly creepy, 75 years later |
From Here to Eternity | 1953 | Fred Zinnemann | 20061126 | Burt Lancaster & Montgomery Clift shine, but all the actors excel |
Good Night, and Good Luck | 2005 | George Clooney | 20061112 | An excellent portrayal, very relevant to today |
The Great Dictator | 1940 | Charles Chaplin | 20061206 | Wonderfully biting parody ... the fake German scene was wonderful |
Hang 'em High | 1968 | Ted Post | 20060319 | Classic Clint Eastwood western |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | 2005 | Mike Newell | 20060312 | Darker and more violent |
The Haunting | 1963 | Robert Wise | 20060320 | Really scary, with absolutely no violence or gore |
Hell's Angels | 1930 | Howard Hughes | 20060328 | Jean Harlow, amazing World War I aerial action, & melodrama ... wow! |
High Sierra | 1941 | Raoul Walsh | 20060217 | Classic Humphrey Bogart |
High Society | 1956 | Charles Walters | 20060310 | Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly |
The History Boys | 2006 | Nicholas Hytner | 20061229 | Much better - and funnier - than the awfulDead Poets Society |
History of the World: Part I | 1981 | Mel Brooks | 20060628 | Not Mel's funniest, but some great bits nonetheless |
A History of Violence | 2005 | David Cronenberg | 20060917 | A powerful movie about a dangerous secret |
Imitation of Life | 1959 | Douglas Sirk | 20060411 | Lana Turner in a classic weepie |
Indiscreet | 1958 | Stanley Donen | 20060323 | Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in a frothy rom-com |
Inside Man | 2006 | Spike Lee | 20060505 | A darn clever heist picture |
King Kong | 2005 | Peter Jackson | 20060510 | Not as great as the 30s original, but an excellent movie nonetheless |
The Ladykillers | 1955 | Alexander Mackendrick | 20060226 | Alec Guiness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom ... and Katie Johnson |
Land of the Dead | 2005 | George A. Romero | 20060416 | Not as good as Dawn, but better than Day ... recommended |
Living in Oblivion | 1995 | Tom DiCillo | 20061127 | Brilliantly funny movie about filmmaking |
The Lost Weekend | 1945 | Billy Wilder | 20060627 | A brutal portrait of alcoholism |
Match Point | 2005 | Woody Allen | 20061221 | The Allen themes, but not the Allen tone ... but excellent nonetheless |
Mr. Deeds Goes To Town | 1936 | Frank Capra | 20060101 | Pretty slow, actually |
Murder By Death | 1976 | Robert Moore | 20060325 | Cute parody |
Nashville | 1975 | Robert Altman | 20060621 | One of the finest films of the '70s |
Northwest Passage | 1940 | King Vidor | 20060623 | Great Spencer Tracy vehicle, with a great Indian village attack ... but eating a head?! |
Oklahoma | 1955 | Fred Zinnemann | 20060402 | Oookkkkklahoma! O K L A H O M A! |
On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donnen & Gene Kelly | 20061212 | A fantastic musical |
Out of the Past | 1947 | Jacques Tourneur | 20061201 | Mitchum is tough, Douglas is frightening, & Greer is sexy |
Peyton Place | 1957 | Mark Robson | 20061210 | Classic soap, with a great Lana Turner |
A Place in the Sun | 1951 | George Stevens | 20060426 | Excellent drama with Montgomery Clift & Elizabeth Taylor |
The Postman Always Rings Twice | 1946 | Tay Garnett | 20061121 | Great film-noir ... Garfield especially was a revelation |
The Public Enemy | 1931 | William Wellman | 20060223 | The grapefruit scene's famous, but the ending ... wow! |
Pulse (Kairo) | 2001 | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | 20060910 | Slow & weird ... good, but slow & weird |
The Ring | 2003 | Gore Verbinski | 20061111 | So scary! |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | 1954 | Stanley Donen | 20060415 | The barn raising scene is an all-time classic |
Sin City | 2005 | Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez | 20060514 | Best comic book adaptation I've ever seen. Awesome! |
Singin' in the Rain | 1952 | Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly | 20060414 | Still one of the all-time great musicals |
Sorry, Wrong Number | 1948 | Anatole Litvak | 20061218 | A great lil' film noir full of nasty, unlikeable people ... and that's a good thing! |
Spaceballs | 1987 | Mel Brooks | 200609 | A good - not great - parody |
Sunset Blvd. | 1949 | Billy Wilder | 20060710 | One of the greats |
Syriana | 2005 | Stephen Gaghan | 20061125 | An excellent tale of twisted corruption & greed |
The Tall Guy | 1989 | Mel Smith | 20061008 | Classic comedy |
Team America: World Police | 2004 | Trey Parker | 20061223 | Those were some raunchy puppets |
The Third Man | 1949 | Carol Reed | 20060322 | One of the greatest movies ever |
Walk the Line | 2005 | James Mangold | 20060412 | A really good movie |
The Warriors | 1978 | Walter Hill | 20061008 | Still one of the all-time great thrillers |
Woody Allen: A Life in Film | 2002 | Richard Schickel | 20060710 | Interesting look at a great director |
X-Men III: The Last Stand | 2006 | Brett Ratner | 20060616 | Not as good as the 1st two, but enjoyable |
Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 20061112 | I've seen it at least 10 times ... and still great! |
2005 (25)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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Apocalypse Now Redux | 1979/2001 | Francis Ford Coppola | 20050103 | New scenes restored |
The Aristocrats | 2005 | Paul Provenza | 2005 | Funniest movie of the year |
The Bad and the Beautiful | 1952 | Vincente Minelli | 20050102 | Classic Kirk Douglas |
Bad Day at Black Rock | 1955 | John Sturges | 20051012 | Spencer Tracy as the one-armed man |
Boogie Nights | 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | 20050103 | |
Brokeback Mountain | 2005 | Ang Lee | 20051217 | Heath Ledger was simply amazing |
Dumb and Dumber | 1994 | Peter Farrelly | 20050102 | "Samsonite! I was way off!" |
The Evil Dead | 1994 | Sam Raimi | 1981 | Greatest gore comedy ever |
The Exorcist III | 1990 | William Peter Blatty | 20051224 | Two extremely creepy scenes |
The Godfather | 1972 | Francis Ford Coppola | 20051001 | Classic. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | Hammer and Tongs | 20050513 | Really, really good. |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | 1956 | Don Siegel | 20050615 | An excellent, gripping sci-fi classic |
Irma La Douce | 1963 | Billy Wilder | 20050102 | The bartender, played by Lou Jacobi, is the best part |
King Kong | 1933 | Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack | 20050102 | Still amazing |
Kung Fu Hustle | 2005 | Stephen Chow | 2005 | Like a kung fu cartoon |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | 2003 | Peter Weir | 20051230 | Historical accuracy and a great story |
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis | 2005 | Ellory Elkayem | 20051015 | Cheesy as hell |
The Ring Two | 2005 | Hideo Nakata | 20051021 | Not nearly as good as the 1st one |
Serenity | 2005 | Joss Whedon | 20051030 | Excellent space opera! |
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | George Lucas | 2005 | Easily the best of the prequels |
Superman | 1978 | Richard Donner | 20050116 | Christopher Reeve's 2nd movie |
The Tall Guy | 1989 | Mel Smith | 20051225 | One of my favorite comedies |
The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | 200508 | Still one of my faves |
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 | Nick Park | 20051014 | Garden Tools? Or Angry Mob Tools? |
The Wild One | 1953 | Laszlo Benedek | 20050117 | Marlon Brando: "Whaddya got?" |
2004 (58)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein | 1948 | Charles Barton | 20040820 | Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man ... & the Invisible Man too |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 | Michael Curtiz | 20040829 | Errol Flynn, Olive de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Alan Hale, and more |
The Andromeda Strain | 1971 | Robert Wise | 20040818 | |
Annie Hall | 1977 | Woody Allen | 20040906 | 3 Oscars |
Better Living Through Circuitry | 1999 | Jon Reiss | 20040103 | Documentary |
The Boston Strangler | 1968 | Richer Fleischer | 20040909 | Tony Curtis as Albert DeSalvo & a bland Henry Fonda; groovy split screen effects |
Bubba Ho-Tep | 2001 | Don Coscarelli | 20040605 | Resthome Elvis & JFK kill themselves a mummy |
Capricorn One | 1978 | Peter Hyams | 20040909 | A faked Mars landing: Brolin, Waterston, Simpson |
Capturing the Friedmans | 2003 | Andrew Jarecki | 20040524 | Documentary about Friedman molestation case |
Coquette | 1929 | Sam Taylor | 20040105 | Mary Pickford's 1st talkie |
Darkness | 2002 | Jaume Balagueró | 20041225 | Sucked |
Dave | 1993 | Ivan Reitman | 20040101 | |
Dawn of the Dead | 1978 | George Romero | 200410 | The original |
Dawn of the Dead | 2004 | Zack Snyder | 200403 | Remake of Romero's original |
Deliverance | 1972 | John Boorman | 20040919 | |
Dont Look Back | 1967 | D. A. Pennebaker | 20040716 | Documentary about Dylan's 1965 British tour |
Elmer Gantry | 1960 | Richard Brooks | 20040831 | Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, & Shirley Jones |
Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2004 | Michael Moore | 20040720 | Documentary about the Bush administration |
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara | 2003 | Errol Morris | 20040211 | Documentary |
Fort Apache the Bronx | 1981 | Daniel Petrie | 20040113 | |
The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Mark Sandrich | 20040826 | Fred & Ginger |
Genghis Blues | 1999 | Roko Belic | 20040502 | Documentary: Paul Pena & Tuvan throat singing |
The Gold Rush | 1925 | Charlie Chaplin | 20040829 | Dancing rolls |
Gone In 60 Seconds | 2000 | Dominic Sena | 20040516 | Remake of the 1974 original |
The Grudge | 2004 | Takashi Shimizu | 20041104 | Remake of the Japanese Ju-On |
Halloween | 1978 | John Carpenter | 20041031 | The night HE came home |
Harvey | 1950 | Henry Koster | 20040826 | Jesse White's 1st movie |
Holes | 2003 | Andrew Davis | 20040201 | Written by Louis Sachar |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas | 1968 | Hy Averback | 20040824 | Peter Sellers in a groovy role |
Jailhouse Rock | 1957 | Richard Thorpe | 20040822 | 2 great numbers: Jailhouse Rock & You're So Square |
Jezebel | 1938 | William Wyler | 20040825 | She wore a red dress to the ball! |
The Kid | 1921 | Charlie Chaplin | 20040828 | Chaplin's first long movie |
Kill Bill vol. 2 | 2004 | Quentin Tarantino | 20040501 | |
Little Caesar | 1930 | Mervyn LeRoy | 20040820 | Edward G. Robinson in the 1st great gangster movie |
Lost in Translation | 2003 | Sofia Coppola | 20040421 | Nominated for Academy Award |
The Love Light | 1921 | Frances Marion | 20040105 | Mary Pickford |
The Maltese Falcon | 1941 | John Huston | 20040817 | Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre |
Marathon Man | 1976 | John Schlesinger | 20040822 | "Is it safe?" |
Miller's Crossing | 1990 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 20040111 | |
Monster | 2003 | Patty Jenkins | 20040701 | Charlize Theron won Best Actress |
Mystic River | 2003 | Clint Eastwood | 20040629 | Sean Penn won Best Actor; Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor |
National Velvet | 1944 | Clarence Brown | 20040822 | Elizabeth Taylor & Mickey Rooney |
Notorious | 1946 | Alfred Hitchcock | 20040828 | Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, & Claude Rains |
Notting Hill | 1999 | Roger Michell | 20040510 | |
On the Town | 1949 | Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly | 200401125 | Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, & Jules Munshin |
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies: Parts 1 & 2 | 1998 | Martin Scorsese | 20040102 | Documentary |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again | 1976 | Blake Edwards | 20040821 | |
The Pride of the Yankees | 1942 | Sam Wood | 20040908 | Lou Gehrig |
Serpico | 1973 | Sidney Lumet | 20041205 | |
Sexy Beast | 2000 | Jonathan Glazer | 20040705 | Ben Kingsley as Don Logan! |
The Shining | 1980 | Stanley Kubrick | 20041031 | All work and no play ... |
The Shop Around the Corner | 1940 | Ernst Lubitsch | 20040825 | |
Sleeper | 1973 | Woody Allen | 20040101 | |
Spellbound | 2003 | Jeffrey Blitz | 20040527 | Documentary about National Spelling Bee & 8 kids |
Starsky & Hutch | 2004 | Todd Phillips | 20040601 | |
Super Size Me | 2004 | Morgan Spurlock | 20040611 | Eating nothing but McDonalds for 30 days |
The Thing | 1982 | John Carpenter | 200410 | |
The Thing From Another World | 1951 | Christian Nyby (Howard Hawks) | 20040920 | Carpenter's is better |
Top Hat | 1935 | Mark Sandrich | 20040825 | Fred & Ginger's finest |
Troy | 2004 | Wolfgang Petersen | 20040523 |
Bad |
2003 (74)
8 Mile - 20030605
About Schmidt - 20031116
Adaptation - 20031017
Ali - 20030816
American Splendor - 20031003
Auto Focus - 20030619
Bad Santa - 20031225
Black Narcissus - 20030223
Bonnie & Clyde - 20030501
The Bounty - 20030322
Bowling for Columbine - 20030901
The Bridge on the River Kwai - 20030427
The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups) - 20030606
Bulletproof Monk - 20030416
Cabin Fever - 20030913
Daredevil - 20030913
Dave - 20030320
Dog Soldiers - 20030418
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors - 20030405
Eight Legged Freaks - 20030604
The Eye (Jian gui) - 20030621
The Flip Wilson Show - 20030718
Frailty - 20030103
Gangs of New York - 20031224
Identity - 20030905
Insomnia - 20030101
In the Name of the Father - 20030723
The Juror - 20030815
Kill Bill - 20031010
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 20030711
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - 20030702
L.I.E. - 20030504
Lone Star - 20030722
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 20031227
The Matrix Reloaded - 20030517
The Matrix Revolutions - 20031105
May - 20030818
Memento - 20030719
A Mighty Wind - 20031015
Mommie Dearest - 20030908
Narc - 20031105
Night of the Living Dead - 20031101
Old School - 20030819
The Omen - 20030906
The Perfect Storm - 20031026
Phantoms - 20030425
The Philadelphia Story - 20030710
The Pillow Book - 20030407
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 20030728
The Pledge - 20030821
Prince of Darkness - 20030301
Punch-Drunk Love - 20030713
The Quiet American - 20030907
Red Dragon - 20030502
Reign Of Fire - 20031022
Ricochet - 20030204
The Ring - 20031113
Ringu - 20030325
Road To Perdition - 20031103
The Rock - 20030120
Russian Ark (Russkij kovcheg) - 20030426
Sharpe's Eagle - 20030302
The Straight Story - 20030726
There's Something About Mary - 20030119
The Thirteenth Floor - 20030620
This Is Spinal Tap - 20031021
This Sporting Life - 20030414
Three To Tango - 20031216
To Sir, With Love - 20030430
The Transporter - 20030601
Undercover Brother - 20030701
Unfaithful - 20030202
Whale Rider - 20031216
X2 - 20031205
2002 (68)
AI: Artificial Intelligence - 20020630
Ali - 20020712
Austin Powers in Goldmember - 20020831
A Beautiful Mind - 20020922
Billy Jack - 20020904
Black Caesar - 20020915
Black Hawk Down - 20020713
Black Narcissus - 20021125
Black Robe - 20020929
Blade II - 200204
The Bourne Identity - 20020615
Carnival Of Souls (1962) - 20020216
Carnival Of Souls (1998) - 20020108
Cat Ballou - 20020122
Cookie's Fortune - 20021027
Dahmer - 20020909
Darkman - 20021023
Death Race 2000 - 20020929
The Deep End - 20020707
The Deer Hunter - 20020624
Dreamscape - 20020121
Far From Heaven - 20021227
The Fast and the Furious - 20020907
From Hell - 20020627
The Fury - 20021206
Ghost World - 20020710
The Gunfight at Dodge City - 20021123
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - 2020630
In The Bedroom - 20020102
Jeepers Creepers - 20020621
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - 20020905
The Kiss of the Vampire - 20021207
The Lady From Shanghai - 20020101
Lantana - 20020523
The Last of the Mohicans - 20021226
The Lord of the Rings (1978) - 20020108
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 20021224
Manhattan - 20020427
Manhunter - 20020829
The Man Who Wasn't There - 20020901
The Man Who Wasn't There - 20020902
Minority Report - 20020720
Mississippi Burning - 20021021
Monkeybone - 20020111
My Son The Fanatic - 20021127
The Naked Kiss - 20021025
The Notorious C.H.O. - 20020926
The Others - 20020619
The Prisoner: The Arrival - 20021014
Quatermass And The Pit - 20021024
Raiders Of The Lost Ark - 20021128
Repo Man - 20020906
Resident Evil - 20020315
The Ring - 20021031
Road Games - 20020920
The Royal Tenenbaums - 20020826
Shadowlands - 20021230
The Silence Of The Lambs - 20020107
Silver Bullet - 20021120
Sleuth - 20021215
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - 20020524
Striking Distance - 20020920
Training Day - 20020528
The Vanishing (1988) - 20020115
Waking Life - 20020110
What Dreams May Come - 20020120
When Harry Met Sally ... - 20020912
Y Tu Mama Tambien - 20020430
2001 (90)
Alien - 27 Apr 01
All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) - 30 Jan 01
Almost Famous - 4 June 01
American Graffiti - 8 Oct 01
American History X - 28 Oct 01
An American In Paris - 1 June 01
Antz - 14 Sept 01
Bamboozled - 5 Sept 01
Bedazzled - 30 Nov 01
Black And White - 30 Aug 2001
Boiler Room - 7 Sept 01
Boogie Nights - 22 Nov 01
Bottle Rocket - 24 Nov 01
Bound - 21 Oct 01
Bridget Jones Diary - 22 Oct 01
Bringing Out The Dead - 17 Dec 01
Cast Away - 28 August 01
Cats And Dogs - 22 Dec 01
The Caveman's Valentine - 29 July 01
Chicken Run - 23 Sept 01
A Christmas Story - 8 Aug 01
Colossus: The Forbin Project - 2 Sept 01
Cure (Kyua) - 9 Nov 01
Dark City - June 01
The Dead Zone - 25 June 01
Dirty Harry - 3 Dec 01
Dracula 2000 - 7 Aug 01
Drums Along The Mohawk - 1 Feb 01
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition - 11 Nov 01
Enemy At The Gates - 27 Sept 01
The Exorcist: The Version You Haven't Seen Before - 3 Aug 01
The Filth And The Fury - 2 Sept 01
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within - 14 July 01
The Forsaken - 29 Apr 01
Frequency - 5 Nov 01
Ginger Snaps - 29 Oct 01
The Gold Rush - 24 Mar 01
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - 6 May 01
Hang 'Em High - 28 Dec 01
Hannibal - 11 Feb 01
The Howling - 1 Feb 01
The Insider - 29 Nov 01
It Happened One Night - 27 May 01
Jurassic Park III - 13 Dec 01
Kalifornia - 5 Aug 01
The King Of Comedy - 8 Feb 01
The Legend of Drunken Master - 8 June 01
Local Hero - 15 Jan 01
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 26 Dec 01
Magnolia - 20 Nov 01
Meet The Parents - 5 May 01
Memento - 5 May 01
Modern Tribalism - 17 Nov 01
Monsters Inc. - 2 Nov 01
Mystery Men - 15 Sept 01
The Name Of The Rose - 4 Feb 01
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 28 Jan 01
The Parallax View - 28 Dec 01
A Perfect Murder - 28 Dec 01
Pi - 31 June 01
Planet Of The Apes - 1 Aug 01
The Pledge - 4 Aug 01
Pornstar: The Legend of Ron Jeremy - 10 Nov 01
Primal Fear - 2 Dec 01
Primary Colors - 11 Dec 01
Project A - 20 June 01
Pushing Tin - 5 Oct 01
Revolution OS - 17 Nov 01
Ride With the Devil - 5 Oct 01
Romeo Must Die - 30 June 01
Scanners - 31 Oct 01
Scary Movie - 9 Dec 01
Selena - 22 Oct 01
Shadow Of The Vampire - 2 July 01
Shanghai Noon - 22 July 01
Shrek - 28 Nov 01
Silent Running - 25 Nov 01
Small Time Crooks - 30 Sept 01
Snatch - 30 July 01
Son of Blob - 7 Dec 01
Species - 16 May 01
Summer of Sam - 6 Dec 01
The Talented Mr. Ripley - 5 Dec 01
Traffic - 26 Jan 01
Travel the World by Train: Europe #1 - 22 Apr 01
Unbreakable - 1 July 01
Urban Cowboy - 9 Sept 01
Vanilla Sky - 23 Dec 01
White Man Can't Jump - 31 Dec 01
The World History of Poisoning (Yady, ili vsemirnaya istoriya stravlenij) - 16 Nov 01
Wonder Boys - 17 Dec 01
Young Frankenstein - 28 Oct 01
2000 (57)
American Psycho - 29 Apr 00
Animal House - 1 Jan 00
Arlington Road - 21 Aug 00
The Arrival - 25 Feb 00
Badlands - 3 Dec 00
Being John Malcovich - 12 Feb 00
Best In Show - 19 Oct 00
The Bone Collector - 30 Sept 00
Bowfinger - 4 Sept 00
Bullets Over Broadway - 18 June 00
The Cell - 27 Aug 00
Chicken Run - 4 July 00
The Cider House Rules - 2 Oct 00
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 26 Dec 00
Croupier - 8 Sept 00
Dude, Where's My Car? - 20 Dec 00
Existenz - 27 Oct 00
The Fifth Element - 28 Sept 00
Fight Club - 26 Aug 00
Forbidden Planet - 28 Apr 00
Galaxy Quest - 1 Jan 00
Get Carter (1971) - 12 Nov 00
Gladiator - 17 June 00
Hard Eight - 3 June 00
Incident At Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story - 22 Oct 00
It's A Wonderful Life - 25 Dec 00
Jeremiah Johnson - 11 Feb 00
Little Voice - 29 Dec 00
Louis Prima: The Wildest - 6 Nov 00
The Man Who Knew Too Much - 4 June 00
Me, Myself and Irene - 3 July 00
Mighty Aphrodite - 18 Oct 00
My Mother Dreams The Satan's Disciples In New York - 3 Nov 00
The Night Stalker - 18 Oct 00
The Night Strangler - 29 Oct 00
Office Space - 18 Mar 00
The Original Kings Of Comedy - 3 Sept 00
Patton
Payback - 14 July 00
Pink Floyd: The Wall - 17 Mar 00
Piranha - 12 Mar 00
Pitch Black - 20 Feb 00
The Puppet Masters - 3 Aug 00
Rear Window - 4 Mar 00
The Road To Morocco - 19 Mar 00
Road Trip - 21 May 00
Rollerball - 19 Nov 00
Shaft - 17 Sept 00
Sweet And Lowdown - 10 Sept 00
Titan A.E. - 19 June 00
Trekkies - 20 Oct 00
The War Wagon - 29 May 00
The Wildest Show In The South: The Angola Prison Rodeo - 3 Nov 00
The World Is Not Enough - 30 June 00
Wuthering Heights (1939) - 10 Nov 00
X-Men - 14 Aug 00
Your Friends & Neighbors - 11 Mar 00
1999 (47)
American Beauty - 26 Sept 99
American Movie - 5 Nov 99
American Pie - 30 July 99
Analyze This - 5 Mar 99
Apollo 13 - 6 Sept 99
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - 11 June 99, 30 Dec 99
The Blair Witch Project - 14 Aug 99
Boys Don't Cry - 30 Oct 99
Dawn of the Dead - 5 Sept 99
Dead Man on Campus - 6 June 99
Dog Day Afternoon - 26 Mar 99
Dogma - 18 Nov 99
Enemy of the State - 26 May 99
The English Patient - 24 May 99
Forbidden Planet - 16 Oct 99
Goldfinger - 29 Oct 99
Happy, Texas - 12 Nov 99
Hurlyburly - 3 Feb 99
I Know What You Did Last Summer - 21 Mar 99
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1979) - 16 Jan 99
Kingpin - 5 June 99
The Last of the Mohicans - 19 Dec 99
The Limey - 21 Oct 99
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - 26 Mar 99
Love and Death - 17 Oct 99
The Matrix - 10 Apr 99, Dec 99
Message in a Bottle - 8 Aug 99
Midnight Cowboy - 26 Feb 99
The Mummy - 22 May 99
Network - 24 Apr 99
Paths of Glory - 22 Oct 99
The Phantom Menace - 30 May 99
Pi - 27 Aug 99
Pleasantville - 9 Apr 99
Ronin - 19 Feb 99
Run Lola Run - 19 July 99
Rushmore - 16 Aug 99
A Simple Plan - 31 Jan 99
The Sixth Sense - 20 Aug 99
Slums of Beverly Hills - 25 June 99
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut - 2 July 99
Stella Dallas - 29 Jan 99
Stir of Echoes - 18 Sept 99
Suicide Kings - 10 Oct 99
Three Kings - 16 Oct 99
Twin Dragons
Waking Ned Devine - 8 Jan 99
1996-1998 (108)
Air Force One
Alien Resurrection
Anaconda
The Apostle
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (2)
Babe: Pig in the City
Bean
The Big Hit
The Big Lebowski
Biker Dreams
Bob Roberts
Boogie Nights
Brassed Off
Brazil
A Bug's Life
The Celebration
Chasing Amy
Clockwatchers
Con Air
Copland
Deconstructing Harry
The Devil's Advocate
Donnie Brasco
The English Patient
Everest
Everyone Says I Love You
Face/Off
Fallen
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control
Flirting with Disaster
The Full Monty
The General
G. I. Jane
God Said "Ha!"
Gods and Monsters
Grosse Pointe Blank
Halloween
Halloween: H20
Happiness
Hercules
The Ice Storm
The Imposters
In & Out
In the Company of Men
The Jackal
Jackie Brown
Jackie Chan's Police Story (Ging chaat goo si)
Kama Sutra
Kiss the Girls
L.A. Confidential
Liar Liar
A Life Less Ordinary
Living Out Loud
Lolita
Lost in Space
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Love! Valour! Compassion!
The Mask of Zorro
The Matchmaker
Men in Black
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mimic
Mister Roberts
Mr. Nice Guy
My Best Friend's Wedding
Next Time
Operation Condor
The Opposite of Sex
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Playing God
The Princess Bride
Private Parts
The Replacement Killers
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Rush Hour
The Saint
Say Anything
Scream
Scream 2
Shakespeare In Love
Shine
Silence of the Lambs
Six-String Samurai
Sling Blade
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Spawn
Speed 2: Cruise Control
Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Animated Film Festival - April 98
Telling Lies in America
There's Something About Mary
This is Spinal Tap
Titanic
Tomorrow Never Dies
Touch of Evil
Trial and Error
The Truman Show
Twilight
Ulee's Gold
U Turn
Vietnam - Long Time Coming
Volcano
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Wag the Dog
Waiting for Guffman
The War Room
Wild Things
The X Files: Fight the Future
Zero Effect
1993 (11)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
---|---|---|---|---|
Army of Darkness | 1993 | Sam Raimi | 19930219 | Quite a film |
Bad Lieutenant | 1992 | Abel Ferrara | 19930226 | I didn't care for it, but hewasbad |
The Crying Game | 1992 | Neil Jordan | 19930101 | Quite a twist ... |
The Evil Dead II | 1987 | Sam Raimi | 19930209 | Not as good as the first, but still great |
Matinee | 1993 | Joe Dante | 19930130 | Charming & cute |
My Own Private Idaho | 1991 | Gus Van Sant | 19930214 | Good, but very Van Sant-ish |
The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | 19930123 | This one blew me away |
The Night of the Hunter | 1955 | Charles Laughton | 19930212 | Loved it so much I saw it again |
Raising Arizona | 1987 | Joel & Ethan Coen | 199301 | My favorite film of the 80s |
Tous Les Matins du Monde | 1991 | Alain Corneau | 19930102 | A fine French drama |
Young Frankenstein | 1974 | Mel Brooks | 19930216 | One of the best comedies in history |
1992 (3)
Title | Release Date | Director | Date Viewed | Points of Interest |
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The Blues Brothers | 1980 | John Landis | 19921228 | Still one of the greatest comedies ever |
Noises Off | 1992 | Peter Bogdanovich | 19921226 | Not as good as the play, but not a bad movie |
Trespass | 1992 | Walter Hill | 19921230 | OK thriller |