Track the Films You Watch (2010)

Track the Films You Watch (2010)

--This list is for keeping track of each film you watch throughout the year. Feature films and short films released from any year.
--Lists can have any format the poster wants but normally we keep the dates viewed, star rating as well as the year the film was released. Some might also select to keep track of which titles are new views. All of that is up to the poster.
--The first (or second) page is reserved so people can edit their lists as they view more films. After everyone has their reserve, feel free to discuss the films you're watching or just keep notes for yourself.



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Track the Films You Watch (2007)

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Director Checklist User Guide

Films in bold are first time views.
Films in italics seen in a theater.
Ratings are to BOMB


JAN

01
Graveyard Disturbances (1987)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Sheba, Baby (1975)

02
All the Right Moves (1983)
Weird Science (1985)
Bridge to Hell (1986)
Matinee Idol, The (1928)

03
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Hound of the Baskerville, The (1939) 

04
Cinderella (1977)
Just Suppose (1948)
Seesaw and the Shoes, The (1945)

05
Love Affair (1932)
Big City Blues (1932)
Isle of Fury (1936)

06
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Men Are Such Fools (1938)

 

07

King of the Underworld (1939)

She Had to Say Yes (1933)

Registered Nurse (1934)

Cobra (1986)
American Werewolf in Paris, An (1997)

08
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen (1973)
Gummo (1997) BOMB
Sixteen Candles (1984)

Tomb of the Werewolf (2004)
 

09

Slaughter (1972)

Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)

Oklahoma Kid, The (1939)

10
Harder They Fall, The (1956) 
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) 
Hollywood Hobbies (1939) 

11
Stroker Ace (1983)
Racket Busters (1939)

12
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (1939)

In the Year 2889 (1967)

 

13

Beauties and the Beast, The (1974)

Nut Guilty (1936)

Rainbow Pass, The (1937)

Case of the Hillside Stranglers, The (1989)

 

14

Stagecoach (1986)  

Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ, The (1906)

 

15

Wildcats (1986)

Fletch (1985)

Fletch Lives (1989)

Road House (1989)

16

Rolling Thunder (1977)

Springtime in the Netherlands (1950)

Key to the City (1950)

 

17

Black Legion (1937)

Aeronutics (1941)

Blind Side, The (2009) 
 

18

Pal/Secam (2008)

Music Made Simple (1938)

Natural Wonders of the West (1938)

 

19

Great O'Malley, The (1937)

Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910) 
 

Flash of Light, A (1910)

Assassination (1987)

 

20

Hound of the Baskervilles, The (2000)

Usurer, The (1910)

Sorrows of the Unfaithful, The (1910)

Private Screenings: Patricia Neal (2004)

 

21

China Clipper (1936)

Larry Clinton & His Orchestra (1939)

Modern Prodigal, The (1910)

In Life's Cycle (1910)

 

22

Scarlet Days (1919)

Dream Street (1921)

Home Alone (1990)

Murphy's Law (1986)

 

23

Across the Pacific (1942)

Conflict (1945)

Time to Sing, A (1968)

Hangover, The (2009)

 

24

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1947) 

Crooner (1932)

 

25

Threesome (1994)

Alcatraz Island (1937)

 

26

Seven Miles to Alcatraz (1942)

Green Porno: Shrimp (2010)

Green Porno: Squid (2010)
Experiment Alcatraz (1950) 

27
Saw VI (2009) 
This This It (2009)

28

Green Porno: Anchovy (2009)

Green Porno: Seal (2009)

Blue Lagoon, The (1980)
 

29

Passage to Marseille (1944)

Brother Orchid (1940)

Two Mrs. Carrolls, The (1947)

All Through the Night (1941)

 

30

Scarlet Dawn (1932)

Two Seconds (1932)
When Time Stands Still (1945) 
On the Shores of Nova Scotia (1947)
Georgetown, Pride of Pehang (1941)
Johannesburg: City of Gold (1953) 
Glimpses of Austria (1938) 
Calling on Costa Rica (1947) 

 

31

Descent (2007) BOMB

History Brought to Life (1950)

Robocop (1987)

 
FEB
 

01

Ruse, The (1915)

Knight of the Trail (1915)

Keno Bates, Liar (1915)

Bullfighters, The (1945)

 

02

Sex at the Olympics (1972)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)

Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931)

 

03

Killing Car (1993)

Night Nurse (1931) 

Hell's Hinges (1916)

 

04

Night of Death! (1980)

Avatar (2009)

Precious (2009)

Julie & Julia (2009)

Me and My Gal (1932)

 

05

Dante's Inferno (1935)

Disraeli (1929) 

Broadway Bill (1934)

Contamination .7 (1990)

Tough to Kill (1978)

 

06

Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)

Merry Widow, The (1925)

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)

It's a Gift (1934)

 

07

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

Army Champions (1941)

Glass Menagerie, The (1950)

 

08

L'argent (1983)

 

09

Street of Crocodiles (1986)

Woman in Green, The (1945)

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Terror by Night (1946)

Dressed to Kill (1946)

 

10

Freeway Maniac (1989)

Beyond the Line of Duty (1942)

Main Street Today (1944)

 

11

Orgasmo Erotico (1982)

Swedish Nympho Slaves (1976)

 

12

Burning Bed (1978)

Murder of Mary Phagen, The (1988)

Forbidden Passage (1941)

Nosferatu (1979)

 

13

Nosferatu in Venice (1988)

Daughter of the Mind (1969)

Bad Lieutenant, The: Port of Call: New Orleans (2009)

 

14

Three Blind Mice (1938)

Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

 

15

White Sister, The (1923)

Give Me Liberty (1936)

Les misérables (1935)

Bob le flambeur (1956)

Uninvited, The (1944)

 

16

Les miserables (1952)

How to Undress in Front of Your Husband (1937)

 

17

Walk with Life and Death, A (1969)

Wolfman, The (2010)

 

18

Sin of Madelon Claudet, The (1931)

Main Street on the March! (1941)

Pacific Liner (1939)

 

19

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

Up in the Air (2009)

Baghead (2008)

Miss Mend (1926)

 

20

Night of 1,000 Sexes (1984)

Bizarre Voodoo Ritual (1987) 

Shutter Island (2010)
 

21

Voices from Beyond (1991)

 

22

Sometime Sweet Susan (1975)

Giallo (2009)

 

23

Hollywood Revue of 1929, The (1929)

Merry Widow, The (1934)

 

24

Silent Man, The (1917)

Blue Blazes Rawden (1918)

Paula-Paula: An Audiovisual Experience (2010)

 

25

Satan's Wife (1979)

48 Hours of Hallucinatory Sex (1987)

 

26

Cuadecuc, vampir (1970)

Sexo sangriento (1981)

Merry Widow, The (1952)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

 

27

Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976) BOMB

Manson Massacre, The (1972)

 

28

Mardi Gras Massacre (1978)

Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1978) BOMB

 
March

01

Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

Hitman, The (1991)

Forced Entry (1973)

 

02

Summer Solstice (1981)

Bates Motel (1987) BOMB

 

03

Sexy Night Report (1977)

Island of the Living Dead (2006)

Zombies: The Beginning (2007)

 

04

Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle (1976)

District 9 (2009)

 

05

Hurt Locker, The (2008)

Stagecoach (1966)

Peanuts and Bullets (1915)

Love in Armor (1915)

Settled at the Seaside (1915)

Rent Jumpers, The (1915)

2012 (2009)

 

06

Love, Loot and Cash (1915)

Versatile Villain, The (1915)

Serious Man, A (2009)

He Wouldn't Stay Down (1915)

Married to Order (1920)

All Girl Revue (1940)

08

Apple-Knockers adn the Coke, THe (1948)

Gang Boy (1954)

Girls of the Road (1940)

Movie Memories #1 (1933)

Movie Memories #2 (1934)

 

09

Live Wires (1946)

Brothers Warner, The (2008)

Return to Horror High (1987)

 

10

Tobacco Road (1941)

Pleasure Shop on 7th Avenue, The (1979)

 

11

At First Site (1924)

One of the Family (1924)

Just a Minute (1924)

Powder and Smoke (1924)

Swing Banditry (1936)

Crash Landing (1958)

 

12

Zero Hour! (1957)

Crowded Sky, The (1960)

Monsters, Inc. (2005)

Hard Knocks (1924)

Don't Forget (1924)  Fragment

Fraidy Cat, The (1924)

Publicity Pays (1924)

Young Oldfield (1924)

 

13

Idiot, The (1951)

License to Drive (1988)

Ice Aces (1948)

Gem Jams (1943)

Lucas (1986)

Shanks (1974)

Stolen Goods (1924)

Jeffries Jr. (1924)

 

14

Ten-Minute Egg, A (1924)

Seeing Nellie Home (1924) Fragment

Outdoor Pajamas (1924)

Sittin' Pretty (1924)

Too Many Mammas (1924)

Accidental Accidents (1924) Fragments

In Fast Company (1946)

 

15

Hanna D: The Girl from Vondel Park (1984)

30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks (2010)

Penny a Peep, A (1934)

 

16

Lonely Sex, The (1959)

Mind Reader, The (1933)

Poor Fish, The (1924)

Rat's Knuckles, The (1925)

 

17

Hello Baby! (1925)

Fighting Fluid (1925)

Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925)

Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925)

Big Red Riding Hood (1925)

Looking for Sally (1925)

No Father to Guide Him (1925)

Double Agent 73 (1974)

 

18

Rolling Stone (1919)

Flirts, The (1919)

Dumb-Bell, The (1922)

Soft Pedal (1926)

Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923)

 

19

Deadly Weapons (1974)

Jus' Passin' Through (1923)

Dear 'Ol Pal (1923)

Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys (1944)

Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942)

 

 

By Decade:

1890--00       1900--01       1910--23
1920--42       1930--44       1940--37
1950--17       1960--07       1970--27
1980--36       1990--10       2000--28
2010--04

 

Edited by Michael Elliott - Yesterday at 8:44 pm

On the BOMB to scale.


JANUARY

01/01/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Fancy Answers: What’s Your I.Q.? - No. 5 (1941) (short) Dir: Basil Wrangell
01/01/10: Letty Lynton (1932) Dir: Clarence Brown
01/02/10: John Nesbitt’s Passing Parade No. 45: To My Unborn Son (1943) (short) Dir: Leslie Kardos
01/02/10: George Washington Slept Here (1942) Dir: William Keighley
01/11/10: An Historical Mystery: The Man on the Rock (1938) (short) Dir: Edward Cahn
01/11/10: John Nesbitt’s Passing Parade No. 52: The Seesaw and the Shoes (1945) (short) Dir: Douglas Foster
01/11/10: James A. FitzPatrick’s Traveltalks: Modern Mexico City (1942) (short)
01/11/10: James A. FitzPatrick’s Traveltalks: Colorful Holland (1950) (short)
01/11/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Seeing Hands: A True Story (1943) (short) Dir: Gunther V. Fritsch
01/11/10: A Crime Does Not Pay Subject No. 18: They’re Always Caught (1938) (short) Dir: Harold S. Bucquet
01/11/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: I Love My Husband But! (1946) (short) Dir: David Barclay
01/11/10: A Miniature: Carey Wilson’s The Great Heart (1938) (short) Dir: David Miller

So, anyway...

MARCH

03/02/10: The Green Cockatoo (1937) Dir: William Cameron Menzies
03/04/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Hollywood Scout (1945) (short)
03/04/10: James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks: Glimpses of Austria (1938) (short)
03/04/10: James A. FitzPatrick's Traveltalks: Pastoral Panoramas (1950) (short)
03/04/10: Plan for Destruction (1943) (short) Dir: Edward L. Cahn
03/06/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Wrong Way Butch (1950) (short) Dir: David Barclay
03/06/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Army Champions (1941) (short) Dir: Paul Vogel
03/06/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Water Trix (1949) (short) Dir: Charles T. Trego
03/06/10: A Miniature: Audioscopiks (1935) (short)
03/07/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Now You See It (1947) (short) Dir: Richard L. Cassell
03/07/10: Swing High (1932) (short) Dir: Jack Cummings
03/08/10: Bad Boy (1935) Dir: John G. Blystone
03/08/10: The United States Marine Band (1942) (short) Dir: Jean Negulesco
03/15/10: John Nesbitt's Passing Parade No. 64: Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1948) (short) Dir: Edward L. Cahn
03/15/10: A Pete Smith Specialty: Ice Aces (1948) (short) Dir: David Barclay
03/15/10: By Indian Post (1919) (short) Dir: John Ford
03/15/10: "Hollywood": Ep. 1: Pioneers (1980) (TV) Dir: Kevin Brownlow and David Gill
03/16/10: "Hollywood": Ep. 2: In The Beginning (1980) (TV) Dir: Kevin Brownlow and David Gill


Edited by Pete York - 3/17/10 at 2:28pm

Edited by Mario Gauci - 1/24/10 at 4:41am

T - Theater Viewing
D - DVD Viewing
R - DVD-R Viewing
B - Blu Ray Viewing
H - HD DVD Viewing
L - Laserdisc Viewing
Bold - Denotes first ever viewing

Rating - Out of a possible 4

Theatrical Films

001) 01/01/2010 B Amadeus (1984)
002) 01/02/2010 B Drag Me to Hell (2009)
003) 01/02/2010 D Daughter of Darkness (1948) 1/2
004) 01/03/2010 D Out of Africa (1985) 1/2
005) 01/04/2010 D Platoon (1986) 1/2
006) 01/05/2010 B The Last Emperor (1987) 1/2
007) 01/06/2010 D Rain Man (1988) 1/2
008) 01/07/2010 D Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
009) 01/16/2010 D Dances With Wolves (1990)
010) 01/18/2010 B The Silence of the Lambs (1991) 1/2
011) 01/19/2010 B Unforgiven (1992) 1/2
012) 01/23/2010 D Schindler's List (1993)
013) 02/01/2010 B Forrest Gump (1994)
014) 02/02/2010 B Braveheart (1995) 1/2
015) 02/03/2010 D The English Patient (1996)
016) 02/05/2010 D Titanic (1997) 1/2
017) 02/06/2010 D Cars (2006)
018) 02/06/2010 B House of the Devil (2008)
019) 02/07/2010 D Shakespeare in Love (1998)
020) 02/08/2010 D American Beauty (1999)
021) 02/09/2010 B Gladiator (2000)
022) 02/10/2010 D A Beautiful Mind (2001) 1/2
023) 02/12/2010 B Chicago (2002)
024) 02/13/2010 T The Wolfman (2010) 1/2
025) 02/13/2010 D Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) 1/2
026) 02/14/2010 B Million Dollar Baby (2004) 1/2
027) 02/15/2010 B Crash (2005)
028) 02/16/2010 T The Blind Side (2009)
029) 02/16/2010 B The Departed (2006) 1/2
030) 02/17/2010 B No Country for Old Men (2007)
031) 02/18/2010 B Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
032) 02/20/2010 B The Hurt Locker (2009) 1/2
033) 02/25/2010 B Inglourious Basterds (2009) 1/2
034) 02/26/2010 B A Serious Man (2009)
035) 02/27/2010 D Ghost Story (1974) 1/2
036) 02/28/2010 B District 9 (2009)
037) 03/02/2010 T Shutter Island (2010)
038) 03/04/2010 T Crazy Heart (2009)
039) 03/06/2010 D The House With Laughing Windows (1976) 1/2
040) 03/08/2010 D Fistful of Dollars (1964)
041) 03/09/2010 D For A Few Dollars More (1965)
042) 03/10/2010 B The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 1/2
043) 03/11/2010 D Hang 'Em High (1968) 1/2
044) 03/12/2010 D Coogan's Bluff (1968) 1/2
045) 03/13/2010 D Island of Lost Souls (1933) 1/2
046) 03/14/2010 D Where Eagles Dare (1968)

Theatrical Shorts

Three Stooges

001)

Warner Bros (Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies)

001) 01/02/2010 D Congo Jazz (1930)

My DVD Collection
My Film Blog
2010 TRACK THE TV EPISODES YOU WATCH

Edited by John Stell - 3/15/10 at 6:36am

2007
Total films watched 91
New films watched 46 Rewatched films 45
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...-2007-a-2.html

2008
Total films watched 143
New films watched 70 Rewatched films 73
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...-2008-a-2.html

2009
Total films watched 107
New films watched 60 Rewatched films 47
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/forum/thread/280289/track-the-films-you-watch-2009

2010
Total films watched 18
New films watched 10 Rewatched films 8

New Films

04/01  A Perfect Getaway ***
07/01  Inglorious Basterds (2009) ****
18/01  Paranormal Activity ****
30/01  Michael Jackson : This Is It ****
05/02  Surrogates ***
25/02  The Box **
27/02  Coraline ***1/2
13/03  Up In The Air ****
13/03  Surveillance ***
1903   New Moon **

Rewatched Films

15/01  The Hurt Locker *****
22/01  The Illusionist ***1/2
26/01  The Prestige ****
20/02  Cidade de Deus (City of God) *****
26/02  Wolf **1/2
26/02  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ***
05/03  The Reader ****
06/03  Men In Black ***
 

Edited by Simon Massey - Yesterday at 7:01 pm

Feature Films Watched in 2010
First-Time Viewings are in Bold
Theatrical Viewings are in Italics
Ratings Guide:
= Outstanding
 = Very Good
 = Good
 = Above Average
 =  Average
 = Below Average
 = Poor
BOMB = Worthless

Past Totals:
2004 - 315
2005 - 249
2006 - 245
2007 - 240
2008 - 255
2009 - 219


001) 01-02 Sherlock Holmes (2009)
002) 01-09 Taken (2008)
003) 01-10 Hunchback of the Morgue (1973)
004) 01-10 Panic Beats (1983)
005) 01-16 Exorcism (1975)
006) 01-17 It's Complicated (2009)  
007) 01-23 Doubt (2008) 
008) 01-28 Mothra (1961) (Japanese)  
009) 01-30 The Abductors (1972) 
010) 01-30 Orgy of the Dead (1965)  
011) 01-31 Ginger (1971)
012) 01-31 Girls Are for Loving (1973) 

013) 02-02 The Devil's Rain (1975) 
014) 02-02 The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)  
015) 02-03 The Wolf Man (1941)   
016) 02-04 Gojira (Japanese) (1954)  
017) 02-05 Godzilla Raids Again (Japanese) (1955)       
018) 02-07 The Mummy's Hand (1940)  
019) 02-07 Dr. Jekyll and the Werewolf (1971)       
020) 02-07 Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)       
021) 02-08 Rodan (1957) (Japanese)  
022) 02-10 Surrogates (2009)  
023) 02-13 The Amazing Mr. X (1948)  
024) 02-13 Ed Wood (1994)  
025) 02-14 The Wolfman (2010)  
026) 02-14 The Invention of Lying (2009)    
027) 02-15 Gran Torino (2008)   
028) 02-15 King Kong vs. Godzilla (Japanese) (1962)    
029) 02-18 Godzilla vs. Mothra (Japanese) (1964)  
030) 02-19 Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Japanese) (1965)     
031) 02-19 Shutter Island (2010)  
032) 02-20 The Lodger (1944)  
033) 02-20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
034) 02-21 Godzilla vs.Monster Zero (1965)
035) 02-22 Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)
036) 02-26 Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)  
037) 02-27 The War of the Gargantuas (1966)  

038) 03-01 Son of Godzilla (1967)  
039) 03-01 Destroy all Monsters (1968) 
040) 03-01 King Kong Escapes (1968)  
041) 03-06 Live Wires (1946)    
042) 03-07 Horror Express (1973)  
043) 03-08 Varan the Unbelievable (Japanese) (1958)   
044) 03-13 In Fast Company (1946)    
045) 03-18 Frankenstein (1973)    
046) 03-19 The Runaways (2010)    
Edited by Joe Karlosi - Today at 3:26 am

001) 01/02/2010 Almost Famous (2000) :star::star::star::half:
002) 01/02/2010 Band of Brothers D1 (2001) :star::star::star::star:
003) 01/02/2010 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) :star::star:
004) 01/03/2010 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) :star:
005) 01/03/2010 Leon: The Professional (1994) :star::star::star::star:


Edited by Greg Layton - 1/3/10 at 12:50pm

Total: 54

2010 Films: 1
2009 Films viewed in 2010: 22
Pre-2009 Films: 28
Rewatches: 3

Viewings by Month: January: 30; February: 21

2010 Films (NY/LA Release Date)

January

February
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010, Chris Columbus) (Theater) - B-


2009 Films Seen in 2010 (NY/LA Release Date)

January
24 City (2008, Zhang ke Jia) (DVD Rent)  - B+
Bright Star (2009, Jane Campion) (DVD Rent) - C+
Departures (2008, Yojiro Takita) (DVD Rent) - A
Il Divo (2008, Pablo Sorrentino) (DVD Rent) - B-
G-Force (2009, Hoyt Yeatman) (DVD Rent) - C+
Julie & Julia (2009, Nora Ephron) (DVD Rent) - B
King's Ransom (2009, Peter Berg) (ESPN DVR) - B+
Lorna's Silence (2008, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) (DVD Rent) - B+
Muhammad and Larry (2009/1980, Albert & David Maysles) (ESPN DVR) - B+
Soul Power (2008, Jeffry Levy-Hinte) (DVD Rent) - A-
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009, Tony Scott) (DVD Rent) - C
Up in the Air (2009, Jason Reitman (Theater) - B+
Without Bias (2009, Kirk Fraser) (ESPN DVR) - B
World's Greatest Dad (2009, Bobcat Goldthwait) (DVD Rent) - B
You, The Living (2007, Roy Andersson) (DVD Rent) - A-

February
Black Dynamite (2009, Scott Sanders) (DVD Rent) - B+
The Damned United (2009, Tom Hooper) (DVD Rent) - B+
Public Enemies (2009, Michael Mann) (DVD Rent) - C+
Revanche (2008, Gotz Spielmann) (DVD Rent) - A-
Terminator: Salvation (2009, McG) (DVD Rent) - C+
Zombieland (2009, Ruben Fleisher) (DVD Rent) - B

March
Moon (2009, Duncan Jones) (DVD Rent) - C+


Pre-2009 Films

January
Bedtime Stories (2008, Adam Shankman) (DVD Rent) - B
Che: Part I (2008, Steven Soderbergh) (DVD Rent) - B+
Che: Part II (2008, Steven Soderbergh) (DVD Rent) - B
Cry Me a River (2008, Zhang ke Jia) (DVD Rent) [Short] - B
East of Eden (1955, Elia Kazan) (DVD Rent) - B+
Grey Gardens (1975, Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer) (DVD Rent) - B+
Johnny Guitar (1954, Nicholas Ray) (TCM DVR) - A-
Mayerling (1936, Anatole Litvak) (DVD Rent) - B+
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000, Apichatpong Weerasethakul) (DVD Rent) - C+
Putney Swope (1969, Robert Downey) (TCM DVR) - B
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947, Yasujiro Ozu) (VHS Library) - B+
The Silences of the Palace (1994, Moufida Tlatli) (VHS Library) - B+
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974, Joseph Sargent) (DVD Rent) - B+
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985, William Friedkin) (DVD Rent) - B

February
The Big Red One: The Reconstruction (1980, Sam Fuller) (DVD Rent) - B+
Charley Varrick (1973, Don Siegel) (DVD Rent) - C+
La comunidad (2000, Alex de la Iglesia) (DVD Rent) - B
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards (1963, Seijun Suzuki) (DVD Rent) - B+
The Gleaners and I (2000, Agnes Varda) (DVD Rent) - A
The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later  (2002, Agnes Varda) (DVD Rent) - B
Hunger (2008, Steve McQueen) (DVD Rent) - B
Leaving Las Vegas (1995, Mike Figgis) (DVD Rent) - B
A Man for All Seasons (1966, Fred Zinneman) (DVD Rent) - B+
Mirindas asesinas (1991, Alex de la Iglesia) (DVD Rent) - B-
Sorcerer  (1977, William Friedkin) (DVD Rent) - B+
Vanishing Point (1971, Richard Sarafian) (DVD Rent) - B+

March
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939, John Ford) (DVD Rent) - A-
Punisher: War Zone (2008, Lexi Alexander) (DVD Rent) - B+


Rewatches (All DVD's Owned unless noted)

January
Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese) (Blu-Ray Own) - A-

February
Howl's Moving Castle (2004, Hayao Miyazaki) - A-
Porco Rosso (1992, Hayao Miyazaki) - A




Edited by Brook K - 3/5/10 at 2:16pm

Films Watched in 2010
First timers are in bold

January - 8

01/02/10 - 001. Avatar (2009) 1/2
01/03/10 - 002. 9 (2009)
01/09/10 - 003. Casablanca (1942)
01/09/10 - 004. Only You (1994) 1/2
01/17/10 - 005. Back to the Future (1985)
01/23/10 - 006. A Perfect Getaway (2009)
01/24/10 - 007. District 9 (2009)
01/28/10 - 008. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

February - 11

02/04/10 - 009. Back to the Future: Part II (1989) 1/2
02/05/10 - 010. Back to the Future: Part III (1990) 
02/06/10 - 011. Up (2009)
02/07/10 - 012. Them! (1954)
02/07/10 - 013. Ratatouille (2007) 1/2
02/10/10 - 014. Windtalkers (2002) 1/2
02/12/10 - 015. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
02/13/10 - 016. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
02/13/10 - 017. L.A. Confidential (1997)
02/14/10 - 018. All About Steve (2009)
02/28/10 - 019. Public Enemies (2009)

March - 9
03/03/10 - 020. The Ugly Truth (2009)
03/06/10 - 021. Burn After Reading (2008)
03/06/10 - 022. The Goonies (1985)
03/08/10 - 023. High and Low (1963)
03/09/10 - 024. Alien (1979)
03/13/10 - 025. French Kiss (1995) 
03/13/10 - 026. Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003) 
03/14/10 - 027. Forget Paris (1995)
03/15/10 - 028. A River Runs Through It (1992)

Edited by Scott! - 3/16/10 at 7:52am

Total Amount Of Films Seen: 21

New Entries In Bold.
Ratings Out Of Five Stars


Big Lebowski, The (1998, Joel Coen, US)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971, Stanley Kubrick, UK, US)
Requiem For A Dream (2000, Darren Aronofsky, US)
Scarface (1983, Brian De Palma, US)


Class, The (2008, Laurent Cantent, France)
Nightmare Before Christmas , The (1993, Henry Selick, US)
Road, The (2009, John Hillcoat, US)
Running Man, The (1987, Paul Michael Glaser, US)
Se7en (1995, David Fincher, US)


Chopper (2000, Andrew Dominik, Australia)
Damned United, The (2009, Tom Hooper, UK)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999, Stanley Kubrick, US)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953, Howard Hawks, US)
Simpsons Movie, The (2007, David Silverman)


Did You Hear about the Morgans? (2009, Marc Lawrence, US)
How To Marry A Millionare (1953, Jean Negulesco, US)
La Vie En Rose (2007, France, United Kingdom, Czech Republic)
Millers Crossing (1990, Joel Coen, US)
Moliere (2007, Laurent Tirard, France)


Shark Tale (2004, Rob Letterman, Eric Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, US)
Starship Troopers (1997, Paul Verhoeven, US)

Films By Decade
Pre- 30s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 2
1960s: 0
1970s: 1
1980s: 2
1990s: 6
2000s: 10
2010s: 0

Films By Country
Australia - 1
France - 3
UK - 3
US - 16
Czech Republic - 1

Edited by filmfandan - 1/9/10 at 6:53pm

Call me a table at Shakeys, because I'm reserved.

 

Same slot as last year, guess I'm just lucky! 

Eye For An Eye (1996) 
A humble start. Perhaps not the first movie for Giget to drop the F-bomb, but that was a high point for me.
1/7
Up In The Air (2009)
second viewing
1/12
Avatar (2009)
Imax 3D

2/something (why, yes! my interest in HTF is fading)
A Single Man (2009)
2/14
Crazy Heart (2009)
2/today
The Wolfman (2010)
2/21
Thursday (1998)

3/15
Show People (1928)
Friting With Disaster (1996)
Green Zome (2010)

Edited by Henry Gale - 3/15/10 at 9:31pm

Will list films seen theatrically. (Using U.S. non-festival release dates)

Eligible 2010 films seen:   4
All films seen theatrically in 2010:   8

****

***1/2

***
Daybreakers
Brooklyn's Finest

**1/2

The Ghost Writer

**

*1/2

*

2009 non-festival release films seen in 2010:

Sherlock Holmes  **
Broken Embraces  **1/2
A Single Man  ***
Crazy Heart ***1/2
An Education **1/2


Edited by Elizabeth S - 3/6/10 at 5:30pm

I'll list all the movies released in 2010 that I see here:

January 1 to March 19
Bitch Slap
Youth In Revolt
The Book Of Eli
Legion
Edge Of Darkness
The Wolfman (2010)
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever
Shutter Island
Cop Out
The Crazies (2010)
Alice In Wonderland (3-D) (2010)
Brooklyn's Finest
The Runaways
 

italics = saw it on video

Edited by TravisR - Yesterday at 1:46 pm

Films rated no stars - 5 stars
T - tv
B - bluray
D - dvd
C - theatre

New movies in Bold.

January - 37 watched

02 (B) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) 3/5
03 (B) Beyond Reasonable Doubt (2009) no stars
04 (B) Water Horse Legend of the Deep (2007) 4/5
04 (T) Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) 2/5
04 (D) Colour Purple (1985) 4/5
06 (T) Sicko (2007) 3.5/5
07 (B) No Country For Old Men (2007) 4/5
07 (D) What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) 3.5/5
08 (T) Sunshine Cleaning (2008) 3.5/5
09 (T) Cloverfield (2008) 3/5
09 (T) Race to Witch Mountain (2009) 3/5
10 (D) Amadeus (1984) 4/5
11 (B) I Am Legend (2007) 4/5
13 (T) Pontypool (2008) 4.5/5
14 (D) What Women What (2000) 3.5/5
15 (B) A Perfect Getaway (2009) 3.5/5
16 (T) While the City Sleeps (1956) 3/5
17 (B) The Hurt Locker (2008) 4/5
17 (D) Return to Me (2000) 4.5/5
18 (B) Eastern Promises (2007) 4/5
19 (D) The Thin Man (1934) 4/5
19 (B) The Hangover (2009) 1/5
22 (B) Moon (2009) 4.5/5
22 (B) Public Enemies (2009) 2/5
22 (D) In Bruges (2008) 4.5/5
23 (B) Pandorum (2009) 4/5
24 (B) Terminator Salvation (2009) 3.5/5
25 (D) Beowulf & Grendel (2005) 4/5
25 (B) Cairo Time (2009) 4/5
27 (T) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) 2/5
27 (B) The Final Destination (2009) no stars
27 (B) Men in Black (1997) 3.5/5
28 (D) The Shop Around the Corner (1940) 4.5/5
29 (T) Deadliest Seas (2009) No stars
30 (T) The Dream Wife (1953) 2/5
31 (B) Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2008) 3.5/5
31 (D) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 4/5

February - 34 watched

01 (T) A Dog Year (2009) 3.5/5
02 (B) The Mist (2007) 4/5
02 (B) The Golden Compass (2007) 2.5/5
02 (D) Captain's Courageous (1937) 4/5
03 (T) Miracle in the Rain (1956) 4/5
04 (B) Zombieland (2009) 2/5
05 (B) Hellboy (2004) 3.5/5
05 (B) Last Holiday (2006) 4/5
05 (D) The Insider (1999) 4.5/5
06 (B) Whiteout (2009) 3/5
07 (T) Fire Over England (1937) 4/5
07 (T) Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) 3/5
08 (B) Surrogates (2009) 2.5/5
11 (D) A Serious Man (2009) 4/5
11 (D) Adam (2009) 3.5/5
13 (B) Time Traveller's Wife (2009) 4/5
14 (T) Thaw (2009) 2/5
14 (T) Unborn (2009) 1/5
15 (B) Inkheart (2008) 4/5
16 (B) Changeling (2008) 4/5
16 (D) Kinky Boots (2006) 4.5/5
18 (B) Pride & Prejudice  (2005) 5/5
19 (T) Kitty (1945) 3.5/5
20 (B) The Fifth Element (1997) 3.5/5
20 (D) All This, and Heaven Too (1940) 4.5/5
22 (T) Grindstone Road (2008) 2/5
23 (D) The Secret Life of Bees (2008) 3.5/5
23 (D) Law-Abiding Citizen (2009) 3/5
24 (B) The Visitor (2007) 4.5/5
25 (D) Amelia (2009) 2/5
25 (B) Gamer (2009) 0/5
26 (B) Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 4.5/5
27 (D) Chocolat (2000) 4/5


March - 19 watched

05 (T) Year One (2009) 0/5
06 (T) Last Chance Harvey (2008) 4/5
06 (B) The Holiday (2006) 4/5
06 (B) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) 4/5
09 (T) Diminished Capacity (2008) 2/5
09 (D) Rebecca (1940) 5/5
10 (B) Precious (2009) 4.5/5
10 (B) Up in the Air (2009) 3/5
11 (T) Dead Snow (2009) 3/5
12 (B) Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 4/5
13 (D) LOTR: FOTR (2001) 4.5/5
13 (T) Ride the High Country (1962) 3.5/5
14 (B) Star Trek III: In Search of Spock (1984) 3.5/5
14 (B) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) 4/5
14 (B) Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) 3.5/5
15 (D) Dragonfly (2002) 4/5
16 (B) The Fourth Kind (2009) 3.5/5
16 (B) Burn After Reading (2008) 4/5
18 (B) The Mummy (1999) 4/5
20 (D) Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) 4.5/5


Edited by PatW - Yesterday at 9:42 pm

First time viewings will be in RED.  Ratings will be out of 5.

001 01/02 - Adventure in Sahara (1938) 2/5
002 01/03 - The Bridge (2006) 3/5
003 01/03 - The Power Of The Press (1943) 3/5
004 01/04 - Shockproof (1949) 3/5
005 01/05 - Scandal Sheet (1952) 4/5
006 01/06 - Sugar Hill (1974) 4/5
007 01/06 - The Streetfighter (1974) 4/5
008 01/07 - The Crimson Kimono (1959) 3.5/5
009 01/08 - Avatar (2009) 3.5/5
010 01/09 - The Boondock Saints II : All Saints Day (2009) 2/5
011 01/10 - Underworld U.S.A (1961) 3.5/5
012 01/15 - The Hangover (2009) 4/5
013 01/16 - The Tournament (2009) 3/5
014 01/16 - Big Fan (2009) 3/5
015 01/16 - The Fourth Kind (2009) 4/5
016 01/18 - Star Trek (2009) 4/5
017 01/22 - Ninja Assassin (2009) 2.5/5
018 01/24 - Magnolia (1999) 5/5
019 01/25 - Che: Part 1 (The Argentine) (2009) 4/5
020 01/28 - Che: Part 2 (Guerrilla) (2009) 4/5
021 01/30 - Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008) 3/5
022 01/30 - Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys (1994) 4/5
023 01/30 - The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto (2009) 2.5/5
024 01/30 - Planet Hulk (2009) 2.5/5
025 01/30 - Moon (2009) 4/5
January Totals: Total Watched - 25, First Time Viewings - 23

026 02/05 Universal Soldier - Regeneration (2009) 3.5/5
027 02/07 The Manxman (1929) 3.5/5
028 02/11 The Ring (1927) 2.5/5
029 02/14 Murder! (1930) 2/5
030 02/14 Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) 4.5/5
031 02/14 Extract (2009) 3/5
032 02/14 Gamer (2009) 2/5
033 02/19 The Skin Game (1931) 2/5
034 02/22 Precious: Based on the Novel Pushed, By Sapphire (2009) 2/5
035 02/24 The Wolfman (2010) 4/5
036 02/26 Shutter Island (2010) 4/5
037 02/27 The Crazies (1973) 2/5
February Totals: Total Watched - 12, First Time Viewings - 11

038 03/01 The Blind Side (2009) 2/5
039 03/02 An Education (2009) 2.5/5
040 03/05 Alice In Wonderland (2010) 3/5
041 03/06 The Hurt Locker (2009) 4/5
042 03/06 Paranormal Activity (2009) 4/5
043 03/12 The Crazies (2010) 2/5
044 03/13 Green Zone (2010) 3.5/5
045 03/14 The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (2010) 3.5/5

Edited by Russell G - 3/17/10 at 9:13pm

Feature Films Watched in 2010
First-Time Viewings are in Bold
Ratings or
(And dates are in the format dd/mm/yy - I'm a New Zealander, that's how we format dates here)

04/01/2010 - North By Northwest
05/01/2010 - War of the Worlds (2005)
06/01/2010 - The Princess and the Frog
13/01/2010 - The Lovely Bones
15/01/2010 - Paranormal Activity
23/01/2010 - Up In The Air
25/01/2010 - The Hurt Locker
25/01/2010 - Caché 
30/01/2010 - Fantasic Mr Fox
30/01/2010 - The Late Shift
12/02/2010 - Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire
20/02/2010 - Toy Story (in 3D)
20/02/2010 - Toy Story 2 (in 3D)
28/02/2010 - The Blind Side
15/03/2010 - The Witnesses [Les Temoins]
16/03/2010 - Alice In Wonderland (2010) (3D)

Edited by MatthewLouwrens - 3/16/10 at 4:27am

In the Theater

01. (A) Avatar


In the Home Theater (Blu-ray)

January
001. (A) Serenity
002. (A) Forgetting Sarah Marshall
003. (B) Paranormal Activity
004. (B) The Brothers Bloom
005. (B) Constantine
006. (A) The Ugly Truth
007. (C) Pandorum
008. (C) A Perfect Getaway
009. (A) Gamer
010. (B) Whiteout
011. (A) The Hurt Locker
012. (A) Click
013. (A) (500) Days of Summer
014. (A) Pride and Prejudice
015. (C) All About Steve
016. (A) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
017. (A) Outlander
018. (B) Angels and Demons
019. (B) Vampire's Assistant

February
020. (A) The Time Travelers Wire
021. (A) Gamer





Edited by Ron-P - 3/2/10 at 4:04am

 Tracking...

Films seen by date:

ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS

First time viewings in bold.

Total movies seen in 2010: 44
January: 32

February: 12

1/01- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
1/03- Quintet (1979)
1/04- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
1/05- Bound (1996)
1/06- Halloween II (2009)
1/06- The Invention of Lying (2009)
1/07- Seven Up! (1964)
1/07- 7 Plus Seven (1970)
1/08- Howard's End (1992)
1/09- Lorna's Silence (Le Silence de Lorna) (2009)
1/10- District 9 (2009)
1/11- Zombieland (2009)
1/12- Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2007)
1/13- Dr. T and the Women (2000)
1/14- Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)
1/14- Icebound (2009)
1/15- Up in the Air (2009)
1/15- 21 Up (1977)
1/16- Invictus (2009)
1/17- Synecdoche, New York (2008)
1/17- House of the Devil (2009)
1/18- Whip It (2009)
1/19- The Final Destination (2009)
1/20- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) ZERO STARS
1/21- Monkeybone (2001)
1/23- Ghost Town (2008)
1/24- Ray (2004)
1/25- Taking Woodstock (2009)
1/27- Big Fan (2009)
1/28- Cold Souls (2009)
1/29- Bright Star (2009)
1/30- Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

2/03- Memories of Murder (Salinui Chueok) (2005)
2/06- A Serious Man (2009)
2/07- Surrogates (2009)
2/08- Carriers (2009)
2/11- The Stepfather (2009)
2/13- An Education (2009)
2/14- New York, I Love You (2009)
2/15- The Informant! (2009)
2/17- Avatar (2009)
2/18- Saw VI (2009)
2/19- The Damned United (2009)
2/21- Triangle (2010)
Edited by Brian.L - 2/22/10 at 5:13pm

FILMS WATCHED IN 2010

Ratings Scale
Perfect
Above Average
Below Average
BOMB Terrible

01/01/10 Dark Hours
01/02/10 Paranormal Activity  1/2
01/03/10 Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
01/03/10 Memories  1/2
01/04/10 Noise  1/2
01/05/10 New Year's Evil  1/2
01/07/10 Summer Hours
01/07/10 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  1/2
01/07/10 Rollerball (1975)
01/08/10 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 
01/08/10 Marat/Sade  
01/09/10 Buried Alive (1990)  1/2
01/10/10 Sunshine Cleaning
01/10/10 Sender, The  1/2
01/10/10 Phase IV
01/11/10 Abominable  1/2
01/12/10 Public Enemies  1/2
01/13/10 Pathology
01/14/10 Speed
01/15/10 Great Buck Howard
01/17/10 Sherlock Holmes and the Pearl of Death  1/2
01/17/10 Flaming Star  1/2
01/18/10 Man Hunt
01/18/10 Beyond, The  
01/19/10 Inglorious Basterds
01/21/10 Cashback
01/21/10 Cold Prey  1/2
01/22/10 Tell Me Something
01/23/10 Descent, The  1/2
01/25/10 Sherlock Holmes in Washington  1/2
01/25/10 Superstition  1/2
01/26/10 Kontroll
01/26/10 Point Break  1/2
01/27/10 Time and Tide  1/2 
01/28/10 Crank
01/29/10 House by the Cemetery  1/2
01/29/10 Freakmaker  1/2
01/30/10 Mission, The (1999)  1/2
01/30/10 Guard from Underground  1/2
01/31/10 Untouchables
01/31/10 12:08 East of Bucharest  1/2
01/31/10 Pandorum  1/2
02/02/10 Blood on Satan's Claw
02/04/10 Cure
02/04/10 Looker
02/04/10 Hand of Death  1/2
02/04/10 Shuttle
02/05/10 Sherlock Homes and the Scarlet Claw  1/2
02/05/10 Opera
02/06/10 Woman in Green  1/2
02/06/10 Sunshine (2008)  1/2
02/08/10 Shootist, The
02/09/10 Last of Sheila  1/2
02/09/10 Charisma
02/10/10 DOA
02/10/10 Pitch Black
02/11/10 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
02/11/10 Blood Mania  1/2
02/12/10 Ordinary People  1/2
02/13/10 Pursuit to Algiers  1/2
02/13/10 Pulp Fiction
02/14/10 French Film
02/14/10 Sisters
02/15/10 Culpepper Cattle Company
02/15/10 Unrest
02/16/10 Deep End
02/16/10 Hamiltons  1/2
02/17/10 Book of Blood  1/2
02/18/10 StepFather 2
02/20/10 Package, The
02/20/10 House of Fear
02/20/10 Infestation
02/21/10 Terrified  1/2
02/23/10 Doc
02/23/10 Horror of Dracula
02/24/10 Nightmare in Wax
02/25/10 Dracula AD 1972  1/2
02/25/10 Terror by Night  1/2
02/26/10 Satanic Rites of Dracula
02/26/10 I, Monster  1/2
02/27/10 Apartment, The (1996)
02/27/10 Blood Beast Terror
02/27/10 Doomwatch  1/2
02/28/10 R.O.T.O.R.  BOMB
03/02/10 In the Loop  1/2
03/02/10 Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie  1/2
03/02/10 Day the World Ended
03/03/10 Baghead  1/2
03/04/10 Pickup on South Street  1/2
03/04/10 Spy Who Came in from the Cold
03/05/10 Dressed to Kill (1946)
03/05/10 Hardware  1/2
03/06/10 Billy Two Hats  1/2
03/06/10 Seance  1/2
03/07/10 If I Had a Million
03/08/10 (500) Days of Summer  1/2
03/08/10 Anamorph
03/09/10 Beat That My Heart Skipped, The
03/09/10 Dirty Little Billy  1/2
03/11/10 Used Cars
03/12/10 Shout, The  1/2
03/12/10 Third Man
03/12/10 Husbands  1/2
03/13/10 Box, The
03/13/10 Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)  1/2
03/14/10 Minnie and Moskowitz  1/2
03/14/10 Shanks
03/16/10 Blessed
03/16/10 True Believer  1/2
03/16/10 Sweet Home  1/2
03/17/10 Cadaver
03/18/10 Private Life of Sherlock Holmes


TV Series
02/03/10 Life on Mars (UK) Season 1  1/2
Edited by Sandro - 3/18/10 at 3:23pm

Rashomon (rewatch) - Boy, I haven't watched this since the DVD came out in early 2002. But it certainly stuck with me all those years. Although I'd forgotten a lot of the details, quite a bit of it stuck with me (partially, of course, because of its enormous influence on cinema, and pop culture in general). There is room to interpret this as being a film about the silence of God. Often the characters look up to an unresponsive sky in search of answers. Or the priest character whose witnessing of the retellings shakes his faith. And most importantly, the narrative structure itself is a defiance of the usual omniscient camera. What story is real? God might know, but God ain't talking. I don't really believe that Kurosawa meant for it to be statement about man's faith in God, it's really about man's faith in each other. But it's interesting to note how the movie thumbs its nose at the standard "God's-eye view" of cinema. Trying to decide which story is "true" is a fun exercise (the woodcutter has the least stake in it, and his account is the only one that doesn't make a hero/martyr out of any of the participants) but ultimately works against the purpose of the film. We're not meant to solve the mystery. And coincidentally, I've had Ravel's "Bolero" in my head all week, so it was a kick to hear it being evoked in the score, and quite effectively, especially during Takashi Shimura's brilliantly-filmed trudge through the forest and Machiko Kyo's bone-chilling segment. Kurosawa could rightly be criticized for using such a cheap ploy as an abandoned infant to eke out a bit of optimism, but he's often a sentimentalist (see: One Wonderful Sunday) and he usually pulls it off well. Rating: 9


Shame (rewatch) - Here's Bergman stretching his reach a little further with his first, and I believe only, film about war. War was on his mind at this time; you can see glimspes of it in The Silence and Persona, and here we have a whole film devoted to the subject. And in conjunction with that, it's one of the very few Bergman films to feature guns prominently. Firearms make brief appearances in Winter Light and Sawdust and Tinsel (and in High Tension, with inept hilarity) but it's nothing compared to most American films, which give you the impression that the majority of the populace is packin' heat. It feels a bit silly sometimes to speak of "overlooked" Bergman films, since he's so highly regarded and so much of his work is canonical. But I really wish this one got a little more attention; it's one of my favorites, and one of the best anti-war films I can think of. He wasn't too happy with the script, and felt the first part goes on too long, but I don't have a problem with it. I think establishing the marital conflict adds an extra layer, as the story is really about several types of war: the geopolitical, the bureaucratic, the internal, and the intrapersonal. Max Von Sydow is the classic Bergman ineffectual man. Ingmar's protagonists are never the alpha male... if anything, the alpha male is the villain. And for Liv Ullmann, this film helped to spark a lifetime dedication to humanitarian efforts. Rating: 10


Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach - Anyone who says they prefer this to Amadeus is probably either: 1) a liar trying to impress you, 2) an asshole who just always has to go against the grain, or 3) just really likes Bach way more than Mozart. Or some combination thereof. The film (if you can call it that) is mostly just people in period costumes, sitting in period locations, playing the music of Bach. Between pieces, there are brief floods of rather dry biographical information from the perspective of Bach's wife, usually about the publication of some music or an attempt to curry favor with one official or another. Once in a while there will be some actual acting (if you can call it that), but it doesn't happen often and it doesn't last long. If you really adore Bach, you might like this, but then why not just pick up a nice album collection with some good liner notes? And if you're not into Bach, this movie probably won't inspire you to get into his work. Of course, the music is wonderful, and it's impressive that it's all been recorded live. But it's all so dull and uncinematic. Rating: 3

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

I saw the film last evening with my wife and two friends. I thought it was "decent, not great", and better than I'd anticipated. But the other three liked it more than I did; I think this movie may be considered overall a bonafide critical and fan success, and the tweaking or modernizing of the formula has worked, for better or worse.

I'm not a big Sherlock Holmes fan; just as with James Bond, I've never read any of the stories and got my education pretty much from the movies. In the case of Holmes, that'd be Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, who I still prefer to Downey and Jude Law. But I also recognize that great liberties were also taken even with those beloved 1940s Universal versions. It makes sense too when people point out that we love Lugosi's DRACULA and Karloff's FRANKENSTEIN, but they're not the true versions as written either, not by a longshot. It really makes you feel like you want to give this movie a pass too, if you honestly consider that we let so many older things slide. However, I think it's not so much that there are changes and modernizing per se; the question is more, have these updates and changes worked for you?

I liked the score in this film, which kind of reminded me a bit of the music in Jess Franco's EL CONDE DRACULA, of all things. I thought it was good having the story take place in olden times, and I liked Jude Law as Watson. As for Robert Downey, he did not strike me as Sherlock Holmes - that is, not the vision of Holmes I have burned into my brain - but if one is willing to be more open minded in this case, he was enjoyable in the part in his own new way. I despised Rachel McAdams in this movie; she just came off as way too 21st Century-like for this era.

My main gripes with the film are the same typical problems I find with so many newer movies... way too many climaxes (is it over now? How about now?), and that annoying "woooossshh!!" speed photography the filmmakers seem so compelled to do today, mostly for flashback moments. Or the trick camera shots in scenes like when Holmes is engaged in fisticuffs with that big bruiser earlier in the film.

New Entries To The List

A Clockwork Orange (1971) - 10/10
The beyond outstandingly crafted mix of shocking, violent insanity and classical music, as well as Malcolm McDowells astonishing performance plus the very true fact I read in a review saying (A Clockwork Orange isn't about violence, it's about the fragility of individual freedom in the face of state repression. And as a subject, that's just as valid today as it was in 1971) make this deserve the masterpiece status it has. A true great and Singin In The Rain will never be the same again.

 Entre les murs / The Class (2008) - 9/10
A superbly crafted, thought provoking, intelligent, engrossing and compelling study of a teacher that made one mistake.

3. The Running Man (1987) - 8/10
Being the first truly violent film I ever saw as well as being a old VHS played over and over and also being the one that got me into the Arnold Schwarzenegger films, makes The Running Man have a special place in my heart. And, I still find it a fantastic and often very exiting piece of escapism entertainment. Schwarzenegger is great in it, in fact they all are and there's some pretty good one liners.

Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - 8/10
I enjoyed and got a lot more out of this the second time I watched it. Its still a flawed piece and inferior to quite a few of Kubrick's films (I am currently working my way through his collection that I bought with my Christmas money, re-watches and first watches). I felt the conclusion was a bit disappointing and did not add up to much and I just don't find it fully satisfying on the whole, that said, I really did find this an undoubtedly impressive effort the second time I watched it. The self indulgences that many criticized it for, did not really bother me as I found it very ambitious and threes no denying the films powerfulness, complellingness and stunning exutition throughout. The music is excellent and makes it very creepy, suspenseful and generally scary. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise also give career highlight performances. Not quite a masterwork then but clearly the work of a master.

The Dammed United (2009) - 7.5/10
There's sharp dialoge, its funny and has strong performances, however I did think Michael Sheens performance was excellent but I couldn't help feel that it felt out of the films league. Sheen played the character brilliantly but the film only felt very solid. I enjoyed The Damned United a lot but it felt a bit light for its subject matter I guess but there's a lot to admire.

The Simpsons Movie - 7/10
I can understand why long time Simpsons fans where disappointed by this feature film but I still think its above average and better than the mediocre episodes. Having said that, its definitely not as good as the really great episodes either. Its just in the middle, I think its good, entertaining and very funny in places with the Spider Pig being an excellent character. What lets it down, is it dose have that proper classic making Simpson episodes storyline. There's to much cliches and predictability. Plus there's not enough screentime for some of the great classics. A couple of the humour is hit and miss at times too. I can half see, good writing and lazy writing. An entertaining watch with far more laughs than a mediocre episode would have but sadly, its not as memorable as the best episodes

Did You Hear About The Morgans - 5.5/10
Serviceable romantic comedy that had the potential to be a lot better.

La Vie En Rose - 4.5/10
Something of a disappointment. The story is missing, badly told and downright confusing. Marian Cottilards performance is good but Ive seen her give better before and I just found the film dull and found that it just didn't work.

Shark Tale - 2/10
A very poor, charmless and badly written animation.
Edited by filmfandan - 1/4/10 at 3:02am

I plan on going through all my Kubrick titles later in the year.  A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is certainly #1 on my list but I've always loved EYES WIDE SHUT as well.  I still have vivid memories of watching it three times when it first came out within a 24hr. period.  I've been lucky enough to see most of his films on the big screen.


Graveyard Disturbance (1987)
 

Lamberto Bava
 

A rather bizarre, made-for-TV Italian film has five teenage punks shoplifting from a small store and then running off from the police.  They end up staying the night in the woods when they discover a small club with a lavish treasure.  In order to get the treasure they must "enter the gates" into a strange world of zombie/vampire creatures.  If you're expecting gore and violence like in Bava's DEMONS then you're going to be disappointed because there's really not too much of anything here.  We really don't get to any horror elements until the 45-minute mark and even then the stuff is very small, really boring and in the end really doesn't go anywhere.  There is a decent twist towards the end of the movie but at the same time the ending is so bad that you really just have to sit there a few minutes after it's over with and wonder why they even bothered.  The screenplay is really all over the place as its never quite sure what it wants to do and the more supernatural elements never really work because there's really no backbone to what's going on.  Even the twist comes way too late and it really goes against everything that came before it and then we get cheated even more because what happens after wards goes against the twist.  The performances range from bad to poor but Bava's direction does add a few nice touches.  The first appearance of the zombie and how it comes to "move" is quite effective and handled very well.  There are a few scenes with some atmosphere but just not enough to warrant the 96-minute running time.  The zombie/vampire make up effects are decent for such a low budget film but they can't save the movie and in the end there's no real reason to watch this unless you have to see every horror film released in Italy. 

Bridge to Hell (1986)
 

Umberto Lenzi
 

Italian WWII film has three Allied POWs trying to make it across Yugoslavia to safe lines in Italy but along their journey they learn about a treasure being hid from Nazis so they decide to steal it themselves.  The story is rather weak and director Lenzi seems to forget what the actual story is at times because the movie is constantly going off in different directions and we get scenes that don't appear to have anything to do with the actual story.  Just take a look at one sequence where a bunch of guard dogs show up for no apparent reason unless that said reason ended up on the cutting room floor.  The film was obviously done on a very cheap budget as there's very little here that would make you think that you were actually watching a war movie.  We do get a couple big battle scenes with a lot of explosions and gun fire but it all looks rather cheap.  We also get the mandatory plane crash, quick edit of pilots jumping out and then quick edit of an explosion.  The entire movie is pretty much built around stealing this treasure but this too never really gets resolved and by the time the end credits start you wonder if you're missing something or if the production simply ran out of money.  Lenzi had pr oven himself to be a good director but he doesn't really do much here as we get no style, no clear story being told and worse of all is that there are many times when the movie just drags along.  None of the lead actors are all that good and it doesn't help that the dubbing is rather bad. 

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
 

J. Lee Thompson
 

Charles Bronson's final film for Cannon is this rather disturbing story of him playing a cop trying to bring down a pimp who is kidnapping teenage girls and selling them off as sex slaves.  Part of the plot has Bronson's daughter being molested by an Asian man whose daughter just happens to be one of the girls stolen by the pimp.  As you can tell, the story here is pretty dirty and the film really doesn't shy away from its rather morbid subject matter.  The movie tries to be a lot smarter than your typical Cannon movie but the screenplay isn't serious enough to really carry all the drama that tries to be thrown in.  The movie is very confused because it doesn't know if it wants to be pure exploitation and cheap fun or if it actually wants to dive deep into an ugly subject matter and try to say something serious about rape and different cultures.  The screenplay also makes a major mistake of having the Asian man being a pervert who molests Bronson's daughter.  Not only does this take away from the story involving his kidnapped daughter but his sins are never even dealt with.  Thompson actually makes the film pretty stylish, which is a lot more than you can say about several of the films he made with Bronson.  There's one sequence where various men are sent into the room with the young Asian girl to rape her and the way Thompson shows this is very restraint as we never see anything but we get the very ugly picture.  As far as the performances go, they're what you'd expect from a film like this.  Bronson shows up as his typical self and goes by the numbers but fans, such as myself, will eat it up.  The supporting cast really doesn't feature anyone too familiar but Jaime Fernandez is good as the dirty pimp.  Nicole Eggert plays one of the pimp's girls and look quick for Danny Trejo.  Most people will be turned off by this film, which is understandable but Bronson fans will still want to check it out as will fans of Cannon.  In the end the movie doesn't really work because of it playing both sides of the coin but there's enough here to make it worth watching.

'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
 

William Girdler
 

Blaxploitation Girdler style has Pam Grier leaving Chicago and heading to Louisville when she hears a bunch of thugs are trying to push her father out of his business.  Soon dad is shot dead and it's up to Grier to track down the killers and put an end to them.  Once again, this isn't the greatest film in the world and it's certainly not an Oscar-winner but if you enjoy the genre and what it has to offer then you're going to be able to enjoy what's here.  I was a little hesitant going into a PG-rated blaxploiation film but the screenplay offers up enough action to keep things moving even though I'm sure fans of Grier want the R-rated action that comes with the nudity.  Grier is as tough as ever here and she really turns in another winning performance.  What always amazes me about her is how much fire and energy you can see her burning even if she's just standing around not doing a thing. Then, when it's time to fight, that energy just erupts like a volcano and one can't help but respect that energy she brings to a film.  The supporting players include Rudy Challenger, Austin Stoker and Dick Merrifield but there's no doubt that the film belongs to Grier.  Having lived in Louisville for many years, the film gave me even more entertainment than it probably will from someone who has never visited the city.  There were several locations that I recognized and that's always going to add a little bit more charm to a film for someone.  The movie does go over the top in its violence and I was a little surprised to see more of the red stuff than I was expecting.  Of course, being a blaxploitation picture we've got to end the film with a wild chase and shoot out and that doesn't disappoint here either.  Seeing Grier in a wetsuit never hurts either. 

All the Right Moves (1983)
 

Michael Chapman
 

Nice slice-of-life drama about a high school football player (Tom Cruise) living in a small PA town where there's not much hope for a future except for getting a scholarship.  He eventually gets thrown off the team by his coach (Craig T. Nelson) and soon realizes that his entire life might have just got thrown away.  Even though the story is quite predictable, this is still a pretty entertaining little movie that actually has a lot more grit than you might expect.  Cruise was still wet behind the ears and he certainly doesn't give a great performance but I thought he handled the role of this poor kid trying to get out of a failed life pretty well.  Cruise certainly faired a lot better during some of the more dramatic scenes and his relationship with Lea Thompson, who plays his girlfriend here, was quite good as well.  Thompson comes off very natural here and it really does feel like they were playing a real couple going through real problems.  Chris Penn is also pretty good in his small supporting role.  The film belongs to Nelson though and it's a real shame that he didn't have more screentime as he and Cruise work extremely well together and for my money the heart of the story was in their relationship yet for some reason it's not explored as deep as it should have been.  The ending is quite predictable and you'll see it coming from a mile away but it was still touching in its own right.  Director Chapman really doesn't shy away from many of the subjects and I thought it fairly looked at life in a small town via kids not wanting to turn out like their parents and how the majority of them are given up for dead even before they're out of school.  The film contains a nice bit of drama from start to finish and it's certainly worth viewing even if it's not one of the greatest sports movies out there.
 


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Rolling Thunder (1977) ***

Springtime in the Netherlands (1950) ** 1/2

Key to the City (1950) ** 1/2

 

17

Black Legion (1937) ***

Aeronutics (1941) **

Blind Side, The (2009) * 1/2
 

18

Pal/Secam (2008) ***

Music Made Simple (1938) *

Natural Wonders of the West (1938) ***

 

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Great O'Malley, The (1937) **

Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910) ** 1/2
 

Edited by Michael Elliott - 1/19/10 at 8:29am

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

My daughter got this on blu-ray as one of her Christmas presents and I sat down to watch it with her. Acceptable enough I guess but I think I missed a movie in the series because it didn't make much sense. The acting, direction and the look of the movie is quite good but this series just isn't for me. My daughter loved it though. 

 Beyond Reasonable Doubt (2009) no stars

I hated this movie. It's a veiled attempt at a remake and a very poor attempt. Why does ever movie lately have to have a twist ending? It gets tiresome after awhile. Poor direction, screenplay and especially acting. Even Michael Douglas can't save it. Some of the dialogue was cringe worthy. The only saving grace was Amber Tamblyn but it wasn't enough even to warrant one star. 

 Water Horse Legend of the Deep (2007)

This is a charming sweet story suitable for the whole family about a young Scottish boy that finds an egg which hatches into - you guessed it - Nessie. This is  better than alot of movies of this type some of them which are dreadful made for tv fare. I got this as a freebie when I bought my bluray player and it's one of the most viewed movies by my granddaughters when they visit.

It's becoming my number one pet peeve, only behind the current state of soundtracks that never stop, even during quiet dialog scenes.  Seems like the film makers just have to be clever and will throw in a twist that completely contradicts everything that went on before it. 

I've been picking away at the Sam Fuller set that came out a bit ago.  Here's the on for tonight:

003 01/03 - The Power Of The Press (1943) 3/5 - It's a pretty simple drama, the type where you know what's going to happen ten minutes before the characters do.  That's not the point though.  This is based on a Sam Fuller story, and you get the sense like you often do with Fuller, that the story is simply a device for a message.  A hell of a message it is too, and a ballsy one for 1943.  As a result, this stands out a bit more then it deserves to.

Avatar  - Thouroghly enjoyed this.  I'm not a fan of 3D so I saw this in 2D.  James Cameron certainly has large visions for his films.

9  -  9 left me cold.  The animation was good but I didn't really like any of the characters.

It's even more pointless when most people lie and say that they knew the twist all along anyway.