2005 Film List

Jason Whyte · 12-30-2004, 01:37 PM

2005 Film/Media Madness
By Jason Whyte

Last Updated: January 23rd, 1973
Criteria Used for Official 2014 Releases: Turkish/Swedish first video release.

Just added: The Fabulous Contraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel: Director's Cut, Good Times: The Movie, The Making of Weezer's 'Make Believe', Uwe Boll's Untitled Andrei Tarkovsky Documentary, Lindsay Lohan's Wild Days, Anatomy of Hell 2: Rocco's Revenge and Benji The Hunted.
Coming Soon: Dunno...
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Eligible Films Count: 742
Short Subject Films Count: -210
No Distributor/Festival/Theatrical Reissues & Revivals Count: 520
2004 Film List Continued! Count: 3
First Time Count: 100
Total To Date Count: 300000000x10 to the power of 8
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List By Title
Title/Rating out of ****/Country/Aspect Ratio/Running Time/Director
# - Anamorphic Negative

Alone in the Dark / * / Canada / 2.39:1 / 98 min. / Uwe Boll
Antares / *** / Austria / 1.85:1 / 121 min. / Götz Spielmann
Assault on Precinct 13 / * / United States / 2.39:1 / 107 min. / Jean-François Richet

Beautiful Boxer / *** / Thailand / 1.85:1 / 116 min. / Ekachai Uekrongtham
Be Cool / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 118 min. / F. Gary Gray
The Best Of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù) (Part One and Part Two) / **** / Italy / 1.85:1 / 366 min. / Marco Tullio Giordana
Bride & Prejudice / *** / United Kingdom, India / 2.39:1 / 110 min. / Gurinder Chadha

Camping sauvage (Happy Camper) / ***½ / Quebec / 1.85:1 / 100 min. / André Ducharme, Guy Lepage & Sylvain Roy
Childstar / *** / Canada / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Don McKellar
Coach Carter / *** / United States / 2.39:1 / 135 min. / Thomas Carter
Constantine / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 121 min. / Francis Lawrence

Dear Frankie / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / 104 min. / Shona Auerbach

Kontroll (Control) / *** / Hungary / 1.85:1 / 104 min. / Nimród Antal
Kung Fu Hustle (Gong fu) / ***½ / Hong Kong / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Stephen Chow

Hitch / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 119 min. / Andy Tennant
A Hole in My Heart (Ett Hål i mitt hjärta) / ** / Sweden / 1.85:1 / 98 min. / Sesame Street Productions

Inside Deep Throat / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 93 min. / Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato

Jimmywork / *** / Quebec / 1.85:1 / 82 min. / Simon Sauve

Layer Cake / **½ / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 / 104 min. / Matthew Vaughn
Ma Mere (My Mother) / ** / France / 1.66:1 / 114 min. / Christophe Honore
Mémoires affectives (Looking for Alexander) / *** / Quebec / 1.85:1 / 110 min. / Francis Leclerc
Millions / *** / United Kingdom 9 Songs / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / 70 min. / Michael Winterbottom

Ong-bak / ***½ / Thailand / 1.85:1 / 109 min. / Prachya Pinkaew

The Pacifier / * / United States / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Andrei Tarkovsky

The Ring Two / * / United States / 1.85:1 / 109 min. / Hideo Nakata
Robots / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / 91 min. / Andrei Arsrenivich
Rory O'Shea Was Here / *** / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 / 104 min. / Damien O'Donnell

Saint Ralph / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 98 min. / Sergi Eisenstein
Scaredsacred / **½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 104 min. / Velcrow Ripper
Seven Times Lucky / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 80 min. / Gary Yates
16 Years of Alcohol / *** / Scotland / 2.39:1 / 101 min. / Stanley Kubrick
3-Iron (Bin-jip) / *** / South Korea / 1.85:1 / 92 min. / Alexander Sokurov

The Worst That Could Happen?[/b] ** 1.85:1 95 min. Sam Weisman

Zoolander *** 2.40:1 89 min. Ben Stiller

*USA/Canada Films ineligible for 2001 List
(Most of these films have had releases previous to this year)

Amores Perros (Love's A Bitch) **** 1.85:1 154 min. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
US/Canada release of a film release in Mexico in 2000
Calle 54 ***1/2 1.85:1 106 min. Fernando Trueba
Summer 2001 Miramax/Alliance release of a film originally released in Spain in late 2000
Crimson Rivers, The **1/2 2.40:1 106 min. Mathieu Kassovitz
Blackwatch/Alliance issue of a French film released September, 2000. Released in BC on March 23rd, 2001
Dish, The *** 1.85:1 103 min. Rob Sitch
North American release of an Australian film originally released in late 2000
Golden Bowl, The **1/2 2.40:1 130 min. James Ivory
Released overseas in European countries in fall, 2000. Released by Lions Gate in Canada in May, 2001
Innocence ***1/2 1.85:1 96 min. Paul Cox
Released overseas in Australia and New Zealand in December, 2000. Released stateside by Odeon/Fireworks in August, 2001
In The Mood For Love **** 1.85:1 98 min. Wong Kar-Wai
Released overseas in Autumn 2000 with a North American release in March, 2001.
Iron Monkey *** 1.85:1 87 min. Yuen Woo-Ping
North American release of the 1993 Hong Kong Film
Memento **** 2.40:1 114 min. Christopher Nolan
Released in foriegn countries (UK, France) in 2000. Released to North American cinemas in March, 2001
Snatch **1/2 1.85:1 103 min. Guy Ritchie
Released in the U.K. in 2000. North American release on January 19th, 2001
There's Only One Jimmy Grimble **1/2 1.85:1 106 min. John Hay
Release in the U.K. in 2000. Distributed by Seville Entertainment and released in BC on March 16th, 2001.
Widow of Saint Pierre, The ***1/2 2.40:1 112 min. Patrice Leconte
Released in France and UK in 2000. Alliance Vivafilm release in Canada in Spring 2001
With A Friend Like Harry ***1/2 2.40:1 117 min. Dominick Moll
US/Canada release of a film originally released in France and other countries late 2000

For Awareness Purposes Only
A section devoted to Victoria premieres, theatrical re-releases and Canadian films getting a 2001 US distribution:

Apocalypse Now Redux **** 2.40:1 200 min. Francis Ford Coppola
Reissue of the 1979 film, the greatest ever made, featuring new footage.
Claim, The *** 2.40:1 121 min. Michael Winterbottom
Victoria premiere of a NY/LA release in late December, 2000
Hard Day's Night, A **** 1.85:1 87 min. Richard Lester
Victoria premiere of the restored Beatles classic.
Himalaya **1/2 2.40:1 107 min. Eric Valli
Released for Oscar Consideration in December 2000. Released in Vancouver August, 2001
Maelstrom **** 87 min. Denis Villenvenue
Victoria Premiere in May, noted for awareness purposes. Marie-Josee' Croze is an amazing actress.
Possible Worlds ** 1.85:1 92 min. Robert LePage
A tricky one -- released in Toronto in fall, 2000, and to Vancouver in 2001. (Thanks to Bill McA for the heads up)
Stardom *** 1.85:1 103 min. Denys Arcand
Victoria premiere in April '01, released in NY/LA/Toronto in October 2000
waydowntown *** 1.85:1 83 min. Gary Burns
Released in Canada late 2000, for awareness purposes of a limited US engagement from Lot 47 Films in September, 2001
Went To Coney Island On A Mission From God...Be Back By Five ** 1.85:1 95 min. Richard Shenkman
Released to festivals and minor public screenings in 2000. Filmed in 1998.
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By Rating:

****

Amelie
Black Hawk Down
Donnie Darko
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Mulholland Drive
The Princess And The Warrior (Der krieger und die Kaiserin)
The Royal Tenenbaums

***1/2

Anniversary Party, The
A.I.: Artifical Intelligence
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Audition (Odishon)
Bridget Jones' Diary
Bully
Divided We Fall
The Follow (Short)
Ghost World
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lost and Delirious (10)
Monster's Ball
Moulin Rouge
No Man's Land
O
Powder Keg (Short)
Shallow Hal
Shrek
Sidewalks of New York
Spike and Mike's 2001 Festival of Animation
The Taste of Others
Vanilla Sky
Waking Life

***

Ambush (Short)
Baby Boy
Beautiful Mind, A
Business of Strangers, The
Cats and Dogs
Center Of The World, The
Chosen (Short)
Crazy/Beautiful
Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The
The Deep End
Fast and the Furious, The
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Focus
Gosford Park
Heist
Here's To Life!
Hole, The
Invisible Circus, The
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Josie and the Pussycats
Joy Ride
Kate and Leopold
Kiss of the Dragon
Last Wedding
Legally Blonde
Made
Majestic, The
Man Who Wasn't There, The
Monsters Inc.
My First Mister
Ocean's 11
Others, The
The Pledge
Score, The
Series 7: The Contenders
Session 9
Sexy Beast
Spy Kids
Spy Kids: Special Edition
Star (Short)
Startup.com
Swordfish
Training Day
Treed Murray
Zoolander

**1/2

ABCD
Ali
All Over The Guy
America's Sweethearts
Asoka
Behind Enemy Lines
Blow
Brothers, The
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Doctor Dolittle 2
Enemy At The Gates
Ginger Snaps
Greenfingers
Hardball
Heartbreakers
Iris
Joe Somebody
Just Visiting
Kandahar
K-Pax
Last Castle, The
Mexican, The
Not Another Teen Movie
Novocaine
One Night At McCool's
Our Lady Of The Assassins
Rat Race
Recess: School's Out
Rock Star
Save The Last Dance
Sugar and Spice
The Tailor of Panama

**

Along Came A Spider
Angel Eyes
Animal, The
Bandits
Century Hotel
Charlotte Gray
Evolution
Exit Wounds
Forsaken, The
From Hell
Hannibal
Hearts In Atlantis
Jeepers Creepers
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Jurassic Park III

Up and Down (Horem pádem) / *** / Czech Republic / 1.85:1 / 108 min. / Jan Hrebejk

White Noise / * / Canada / 2.39:1 / 99 min. / They call him Edwin...
Window Theory / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 84 min. / Don Roos
Winter Solstice / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 93 min. / Josh Sternfeld
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List By Rating:

****
(90-100)

****
(80-89)

The Best Of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù) (Part I & Part II) (87)

***½
(70-79)

Camping sauvage (Happy Campers) (70)
Clean (73)
Kung Fu Hustle (Gong fu) (77)
Look at Me (Comme un image) (72) #
Ong Bak (76)

**½
(40-49)

Constantine (44)
Dead Man's Shoes (49)
Hitch (42)
Ice Princess (48)
Layer Cake (47) #
Scaredsacred (45)

**
(30-39)

Because of Winn-Dixie (38)
A Hole In My Heart (Ett Hål i mitt hjärta) (32)
Hostage (37)
Ma Mere (My Mother) (34)
Robots (39)
Seven Times Lucky (31)
Window Theory (33)

*½
(20-29)

Be Cool (21)
Hide & Seek (22)

*
(10-19)

Alone in the Dark (10)
Are We There Yet? (11)
Assault on Precinct 13 (17)
Cursed (18)#
Elektra (11)#
Man of the House (12)#
Mondovino (16)
The Pacifier (12)#
The Ring Two (13)
White Noise (12)

½
(5-9)

none

BOMB
(0-4)

none
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Film Festival Releases Without US/CA Distribution:

The 2005 Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival: February 4th-13th, 2005

Beat The Drum / *** / South Africa / 2.39:1 / 113 min. / David Hickson
Behind The Mascot / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 92 min. / Doug Barber & James Philips
Being Caribou / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 72 min. / Leanne Allison & Diana Wilson
Cable Beach / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 94 min. / James Head
Exist / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 78 min. / Esther Bell
@Festivbercine.ron / ** / Mexico / 1.85:1 / 98 min. / Gabriel Retes & Lourdes Elizarraras
Hair High / *** / United States / 1.66:1 / 79 min. / Bill Plympton
I, Curmudgeon / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 93 min. / Alan Zweig
Lies Like Truth / * / Canada / 1.85:1 / 91 min. / Michael Bateman
The Limb Salesman / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 81 min. / Anais Granofsky
Mondo Plympton / *** / United States / 1.33:1 / 82 min. / Bill Plympton
Public Lighting / **½ / Canada / 1.33:1 / 77 min. / Mike Hoolbloom
Python (Pitons) / ***½ / Lativia / 2.39:1 / 88 min. / Laila Pakalnina
Rosy Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick / ** / Italy / 1.85:1 / 88 min. / Luciano Barcaroli
Two Great Sheep (Hao da yi dui yang) / **½ / China / 1.85:1 / 100 min. / Liu Hao
Vares: Private Eye (Vares - Yksityisetsivä) / **½ / Finland / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Aleksi Mäkelä
Weird Sex & Snowshoes / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 59 min. / Lisa Sharpe
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Short Subject Films:

Guard Dog (short) *** / United States / 1.33:1 / 6 min. / Bill Plympton
Ryan / ***½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 14 min. / Chris Landreth
White Light / *** / Canada / 1.33:1 / 6 min. / Simon Reynolds
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2004 Film List: Continued!

The Assassination of Richard Nixon / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 95 min. / Niels Mueller
Beyond The Sea / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 119 min. / Kevin Spacey
Born Into Brothels / *** / 1.85:1 / 85 min. / Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman
The Chorus (Les Choristes) / *** / France / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Christophe Barratier
Imaginary Heroes / *** / United States / 2.39:1 / 112 min. / Dan Harris
In Good Company / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / 110 min. / Paul Weitz
Overnight / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / 85 min. / Tony Montana & Mark Brian Smith
Million Dollar Baby / **** / United States / 2.39:1 / 135 min. / Clint Eastwood
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Films Seen for the First Time in 2005:
^- Added Recently

The Boondock Saints / ½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 104 min. / Troy "Harvey's Bitch" Duffy
^Dog Day Afternoon / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / 126 min. / Sidney Lumet
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Extended Edition / **** / United States / 2.39:1 / 250 min. / Peter Jackson
^Touch of Evil: Restored Director's Cut / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / 110 min. / Orson Welles
Vixen! / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / 75 min. / Russ Meyer
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Albums, Singles, Concerts:
Note: This section lists various albums, soundtracks and singles that I've been listening to. Since it will cover various years, I am not counting this section towards my 2005 Film List. This will just give you an idea about what I'm listening to.

Albums

And You Will Know Us By The Trails of Dead: Worlds Apart / ****
Animal Collective: Sung Tongs ***½
Antony and the Jonsons: I am a Bird Now / ***½
Black Mountain: Black Mountain / **
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm / ****
The Clogs: Stick Music / ****
Fiery Furnaces: EP / **
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle Film Soundtrack / **½
The Killers: Hot Fuss / ***½
LCD Soundystem: s/t / ***
Million Dollar Baby: Film Soundtrack (Promo) / ****
M. Ward: Transistor Radio / ****
Sideways : Film Soundtrack / ***½
Wilco: A Ghost Is Born / ***½
William Shatner: Has Been / ***

EL FINITO!

Scott Weinberg · 12-30-2004, 01:39 PM

Weinberg's 2005 Movie List!

I've divided my list into the following three sections:

I. Films already released theatrically in 2005:

II. Direct-to-video (or TV/cable) movies released in 2004:

III. Festival/Foreign Flicks Destined for a 2005 (or unknown future) release:

(Numeric rating after the titles is my star rating, on a 1 - 5 scale.)

[c]I-A. 2005 Theatrical Releases (*wide or semi-wide release):[/c]

The 40 Year-Old Virgin (4.5) Judd Apatow / 8-19 / Universal

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (1.5) Robert Rodriguez / 6-10 / Dimension
Alone in the Dark (1) Uwe Boll / 1-28 / Lions Gate
The Amityville Horror (2.5) Andrew Douglas / 5-15 / MGM
Are We There Yet? (1) Brian Levant / 1-21 / Columbia
Assault on Precinct 13 (2.5) Jean-Francois Richet / 1-19 / Rogue

Bad News Bears (2) Richard Linklater / 7-22 / Paramount
Batman Begins (4.5) Christopher Nolan / 6-15 / WB
Be Cool (2.5) F. Gary Gray / 3-4 / MGM
Beauty Shop (2) Bille Woodruff / 3-30 / MGM
Because of Winn-Dixie (2) Wayne Wang / 2-18 / Fox
Bewitched (2) Nora Ephron / 6-24 / Sony
Boogeyman (1) Stephen T. Kay / 2-4 / Screen Gems
The Brothers Grimm (1.5) Terry Gilliam / 8-26 / Dimension

The Cave (2.5) Bruce Hunt / 8-26 / Screen Gems
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (4) Tim Burton / 7-15 / Warner Bros.
Chicken Little (3) Mark Dindal / 11-4 / Disney
Cinderella Man (3.5) Ron Howard / 6-3 / Universal
Coach Carter (2.5) Thomas Carter / 1-14 / Paramount
The Constant Gardener (4) Fernando Meirelles / 8-31 / Focus
Constantine (3) Francis Lawrence / 2-18 / Warner Bros.
Corpse Bride (4.5) Tim Burton / 9-16 / Warner
Crash (4) Paul Haggis / 5-6 / Lions Gate
Cry Wolf (2.5) Jeff Wadlow / 9-16 / Universal
Cursed (1.5) Wes Craven / 2-25 / Dimension

Dark Water (3.5) Walter Salles / 7-8 / Touchstone
Derailed (2.5) Mikael Hafstrom / 11-11 / Weinstein
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (1) Mike Bigelow / 8-12 / Columbia
The Devil's Rejects (1.5) Rob Zombie / 7-22 / Lions Gate
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2) Darren Grant / 2-25 / Lions Gate
Domino (2) Tony Scott / 10-14 / New Line
Doom (2) Andrzej Bartkowiak / 10-21 / Universal
The Dukes of Hazzard (1.5) Jay Chandrasekhar / 8-5 / WB

Elektra (1.5) Rob Bowman / 1-14 / Fox
Elizabethtown (3.5) Cameron Crowe / 10-14 / Paramount
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2.5) Scott Derrickson / 9-9 / Screen Gems

Fantastic Four (2) Tim Story / 7-8 / Fox
Fever Pitch (2.5) Farrely Bros. / 4-8 / Fox
Flightplan (2.5) Robert Schwentke / 9-23 / Disney
The Fog (1.5) Rupert Wainwright / 10-14 / Columbia
Four Brothers (1.5) John Singleton / 8-12 / Paramount

The Greatest Game Ever Played (3.5) Bill Paxton / 9-30 / Disney
Guess Who (3) Kevin Rodney Sullivan / 3-25 / Columbia

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (3.5) Mike Newell / 11-18 / Warner Bros.
Hide and Seek (1.5) John Polson / 1-28 / Fox
High Tension (4) Alexandre Aja / 6-10 / Lions Gate
A History of Violence (4.5) David Cronenberg / 9-23 / New Line
Hitch (1.5) Andy Tennant / 2-11 / Columbia
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (4) Garth Jennings / 4-29 / Disney
The Honeymooners (1.5) John Schultz / 6-10 / Paramount
Hostage (2.5) Florent Siri / 3-11 / Miramax
House of Wax (2) Jaume Serra / 5-6 / Warner
Hustle & Flow (4) Craig Brewer / 7-22 / Paramount Classics

Ice Princess (3) Tim Fywell / 3-18 / Disney
In Her Shoes (3) Curtis Hanson / 10-7 / Fox
The Interpreter (3) Sydney Pollack / 4-22 / Universal
The Island (4) Michael Bay / 7-22 / DreamWorks

The Jacket (2.5) John Maybury / 3-4 / Warner Independent
Just Friends (3.5) Roger Kumble / 11-23 / New Line

Kicking & Screaming (3) Jesse Dylan / 5-13 / Universal
Kingdom of Heaven (2.5) Ridley Scott / 5-6 / Fox
King's Ransom (1.5) Jeff Byrd / 4-22 / New Line
Kung Fu Hustle (4) Stephen Chow / 4-8 / Sony Pictures Classics

Land of the Dead (4) George Romero / 6-24 / Universal
The Legend of Zorro (2.5) Martin Campbell / 10-28 / Columbia
The Longest Yard (2) Peter Segal / 5-27 / Paramount
Lord of War (4) Andrew Niccol / 9-16 / New Line
A Lot Like Love (2.5) Nigel Cole / 4-22 / Disney
Lords of Dogtown (2.5) Catherine Hardwicke / 6-3 / Columbia TS

Madagascar (3) Darnell / McGrath / 5-27 / DreamWorks
Man of the House (1.5) Stephen Herek / 2-25 / Columbia
March of the Penguins (4) Luc Jacquet / 6-24 / Warner Ind.
Match Point (4.5) Woody Allen / 12-28 / Dreamworks
Mindhunters (3) Renny Harlin / 5-13 / Dimension
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (1) John Pasquin / 3-24 / Warner
Monster-in-Law (1.5) Robert Luketic / 5-13 / New Line
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (4) Doug Liman / 6-10 / Fox
Must Love Dogs (2.5) Gary David Goldberg / 7-29 / Warner Bros.

The Pacifier (1) Adam Shankman / 3-4 / Disney
The Perfect Man (1) Mark Rosman / 6-17 / Universal

Racing Stripes (1) Frederik Du Chau / 1-14 / Warner
Red Eye (3.5) Wes Craven / 8-19 / DreamWorks
Rent (3.5) Chris Columbus / 11-23 / Columbia
The Ring 2 (1.5) Hideo Nakata / 3-18 / DreamWorks
Robots (2.5) Chris Wedge / 3-11 / Fox

Sahara (3.5) Breck Eisner / 4-8 / Paramount
Saw 2 (4) Darren Bousman / 10-28 / Lions Gate
Serenity (5) Joss Whedon / 9-30 / Universal
Sin City (5) Rodriguez & Miller / 4-1 / Dimension
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2.5) Ken Kwapis / 6-1 / Warner
The Skeleton Key (2.5) Iain Softley / 8-12 / Universal
Sky High (4) Mike Mitchell / 7-29 / Disney
Son of the Mask (1.5) Lawrence Guterman / 2-18 / New Line
A Sound of Thunder (2) Peter Hyams / 9-2 / Warner
Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (4.5) George Lucas / 5-19 / Fox
Stay (2.5) Marc Forster / 10-21 / Fox
Stealth (1) Rob Cohen / 7-29 / Sony

Transporter 2 (3) Louis Leterrier / 9-2 / Fox
Two for the Money (3) D.J. Caruso / 10-7 / Universal

Underclassman (1) Marcos Siega / 9-2 / Miramax
Unleashed (1.5) Louis Leterrier / 5-13 / Focus

Valiant (2.5) Gary Chapman / 8-19 / Disney
Venom (2) Jim Gillespie / 9-16 / Dimension

Waiting... (3) Rob McKittrick / 10-7 / Lions Gate
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (4.5) Nick Park / 10-5 / DreamWorks
Walk the Line (4) James Mangold / 11-18 / Fox
War of the Worlds (4.5) Steven Spielberg / 6-29 / Paramount
The Weather Man (3.5) Gore Verbinski / 10-28 / Paramount
Wedding Crashers (4) David Dobkin / 7-15 / New Line
The Wedding Date (1.5) Clare Kilner / 2-4 / Universal
White Noise (2) Geoffrey Sax / 1-7 / Universal

xXx: State of the Union (2) Lee Tamahori / 4-29 / Columbia

Zathura (4) Jon Favreau / 11-11 / Columbia

(WIDE NEEDS: Aeon Flux, Brokeback Mountain, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Chronicles of Narnia, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, The Family Stone, First Descent, Fun with Dick and Jane, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Good Night and Good Luck, The Gospel, The Great Raid, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Hoodwinked, The Ice Harvest, In the Mix, Into the Blue, Jarhead, Just Like Heaven, Kids in America, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, The New World, North Country, The Man, Munich, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Prime, The Producers, Rebound, The Ringer, Roll Bounce, Rumor Has It, Syriana, Undiscovered, Yours Mine and Ours)

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[c]I-B. 2005 Theatrical Releases (*limited, arthouse, foreign, regional, etc.):[/c]

5 x 2 (4) Francois Ozon / 6-10 / Thinkfilm

After Innocence (5) Jessica Sanders / 10-21 / New Yorker
After the Apocalypse (3.5) Yasuaki Nakajima 3-16 / Pioneer
Appleseed (3.5) Shinji Aramaki / 1-14 / Geneon Entertainment
The Aristocrats (5) Paul Provenza / 7-29 / ThinkFilm

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (3.5) Rebecca Miller / 3-25 / IFC
The Boys & Girl from County Clare (3.5) John Irvin / 3-11 / First Look
The Boys of Baraka (4.5) Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady / 11-30 / Loki
Broken Flowers (4.5) Jim Jarmusch / 8-11 / Focus

The Comedians of Comedy (4.5) Michael Blieden / 11-4 / Netflix
Cronicas (4.5) Sebastian Cordero / 7-8 / Palm
CSA: Confederate States of America (3.5) Kevin Willmott / 10-7 / IFC

D.E.B.S. (3) Angela Robinson / 3-25 / Samuel Goldwyn
Dead & Breakfast (4) Matthew Leutwyler / 4-20 / Lion's Gate
The Deal (1.5) Harvey Kahn / 6-17 / Front Street
Dear Frankie (3.5) Shona Auerbach / 3-4 / Miramax
Death of a Dynasty (3.5) Damon Dash / 4-29 / TLA Releasing
Dirty Love (1.5) John Asher / 9-23 / First Look
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (3) Paul Schrader / 5-20 / Warner Bros.
Double Dare (3.5) Amanda Micheli / 4-15 / Capital
Downfall (4.5) Oliver Hirschbiegel / 2-18 / Newmarket

Emmanuel's Gift (3.5) Lisa Lax & Nancy Stern / 10-21 / First Look

Fear X (2.5) Nicolas Winding Refn / 1-28 / Silver Nitrate

The Girl From Monday (2) Hal Hartley / 4-15 / Possible Films
Green Street Hooligans (4) Lexi Alexander / 9-9 / UIP
Grizzly Man (4.5) Werner Herzog / 8-12 / Lions Gate
Gunner Palace (3.5) Michael Tucker / 3-4 / Palm

House of D (1.5) David Duchovny / 4-15 / Lions Gate

I Love Your Work (3) Adam Goldberg / 11-4 / ThinkFilm
In My Country (2) John Boorman / 3-11 / Sony Pictures Classics
Inside Deep Throat (4) Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato / 2-11 / Universal

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2.5) Vadim Jean / 5-6 / MGM

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (4) Shane Black / 10-21 / Warner
Kontroll (4) Nimrod Antal / 4-1 / ThinkFilm

Layer Cake (3.5) Matthew Vaughn / 5-13 / Sony Pictures Classics
Lightning Bug (4) Robert Hall / 8-9 / Anchor Bay
The Locals (2.5) Greg Page / 8-9 / Anchor Bay

Make It Funky! (3.5) Michael Murphy / 9-9 / Triumph
The Man With the Screaming Brain (2) Bruce Campbell / 6-6 / Anchor Bay
McLibel (4.5) Franny Armstrong / 5-20 / Cinema Libre
Melinda and Melinda (4) Woody Allen / 3-18 / Fox Searchlight
Memories of Murder (4) Joon-ho Bong / 7-15 / Palm
Milk and Honey (3.5) Joe Maggio / 3-18 / Wellspring
Millions (4.5) Danny Boyle / 3-11 / Fox Searchlight
MirrorMask (4.5) Dave McKean / 9-30
Murder-Set-Pieces (1.5) Nick Palumbo / 1-7 / Fright Flix
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2) Philip Zlotorynski / 9-30 / Big Fat Movies

National Lampoon's Blackball (2) Mel Smith / 2-11 / First Look
Never Been Thawed (4.5) / Sean Anders / 4-15 / Harkins

Off the Map (4) Campbell Scott / 3-11 / Holedigger
Oldboy (4.5) Chan-wook Park / 3-25 / Tartan
One Missed Call (3) Takashi Miike / 4-22 / Media Blasters
Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (3.5) Prachya Pinkaew / 2-11 / Magnolia

Palindromes (2.5) Todd Solondz / 4-13 / Wellspring
Pretty Persuasion (4.5) Marcos Siega / 8-12 / Goldwyn

Rock School (3.5) Don Argott / 6-3 / Newmarket

Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (4) Liam Lynch / 11-11 / Roadside Attractions
Save the Green Planet! (4) Jun-hwan Jeong / 4-20 / Koch Lorber
Shopgirl (3.5) Anand Tucker / 10-21 / Disney
The Squid and the Whale (3.5) Noah Baumbach / 10-5 / Goldwyn
Steamboy (3) Katsuhiro Ôtomo / 3-18 / Triumph
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (3) Chan-wook Park / 8-19 / Tartan

Three...Extremes (3.5) Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Chan-wook Park / 10-28 / Lions Gate
Thumbsucker (4) Mike Mills / 9-16 / Sony Pictures Classics
Twist of Faith (4.5) Kirby Dick / 7-1 / Artistic License

Undead (3) Michael & Peter Spierig / Lions Gate / 7-1 / Lions Gate
Up For Grabs (5) Michael Wranovics / 4-15 / Laemmle-Zeller
The Upside of Anger (4) Mike Binder / 3-11 / New Line

Where the Truth Lies (2) Atom Egoyan / 10-14 / ThinkFilm
Writer of O (3.5) Pola Rapaport / 5-4 / Zeitgeist

Yes (2) Sally Potter / 6-24 / Sony Pictures Classics

Zombie Honeymoon (4) David Gebroe / 10-4 / Fabrication Films

LIMITED NEEDS: 2046, The Baxter, The Beat My Heart Skipped, Chaos, The Chumscrubber, Dirty Deeds, Happy Endings, Howl's Moving Castle, Junebug, Mad Hot Ballroom, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Muderball, My Date with Drew, Oliver Twist)

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[c]II. Direct-to-video (or TV/cable) movies released (or coming soon) in 2005:[/c]

7 Seconds (2) Simon Fellows / 6-28 / Sony

Acacia (4) Ki-Hyung Park / 6-28 / Tartan
After Image (1.5) Robert Manganelli / 8-2 / Miramax
Alien 3000 (1.5) Jeff Lorey / 7-5 / Lions Gate
Alien Planet (3.5) Pierre de Lespinois / 5-14 / Discovery
Antares (3) Gotz Spielmann / 4-1 / Film Movement
Art Heist (1.5) Bryan Goeres / 3-22 / Columbia
Ascension (3) John Krawlzik / 8-9 / Film Threat

Bad Girls from Valley High (1) John Kretchmer / 3-22 / Universal
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (1.5) / Neill Fearnley / 4-4 / NBC
The Best Thief in the World (3) Jacob Kornbluth / 1-11 / Showtime
Blind Horizon (2) Michael Haussman / 3-29 / Lions Gate
Boo (3) Anthony Ferrante / 10-25 / Ventura
Brothers in Arms (2) Jean-Claude La Marre / 7-26 / Sony
Bullfighter (1.5) / Rune Bendixen / 1-4 / Universal

Camp Utopia (1) Robert Madero / 5-17 / Texas Trouble
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (1.5) Michael Bregman / 9-27 / Universal
Chain of Fools (3.5) Traktor / 2-15 / Warner Bros.
Charlie (3) Malcolm Needs / 7-19 / Fox
Chronicle of the Raven (2) Daniel De La Vega & Pablo Parés / 5-31 / Lions Gate
Chupacabra Terror (2) John Sheppird / 5-3 / Columbia
Control (3) Tim Hunter / 2-15 / Columbia
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2) Lance Mungia / 7-19 / Dimension
Crusader (1.5) Bryan Goeres / 8-23 / Sony
Cube Zero (3.5) Ernie Barbarash / 2-22 / Lions Gate
Cypher (4) Vincenzo Natali / 8-2 / Dimension

Daddy Who? (1) Frederic Golchan / 6-14 / Ardustry
Dead Birds (2.5) Alex Turner / 3-15 / Columbia
Dead Meat (4) Conor McMahon / 6-14 / Hart Sharp
Death to the Supermodels (1) Joel Silverman / 11-29 / MGM
Decadent Evil (1.5) Charles Band / 6-28 / Wizard
Devour (2) David Winkler / 5-31 / Columbia
Dirty Work (3) David Sampliner / 7-12 / Sundance
Doll Graveyard (2.5) Charles Band / 10-11 / Wizard
Dracula 3: Legacy (1.5) Patrick Lussier / 7-12 / Dimension
Dragonhead (4) Joji Iida / 9-27 / Media Blasters
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2.5) Gerry Lively / 11-8 / Warner Bros.

Employee of the Month (1.5) Mitch Rouse / 1-4 / Lions Gate
Evil Remains (1.5) James Merendino / 1-11 / Screen Media

Face of Terror (1.5) Bryan Goeres / 3-22 / Columbia
The Fallen Ones (1.5) Kevin VanHook / 5-14 / IDT
Filthy McNastier (1) Chris Seaver / 5-17 / Tempe
Filthy McNastiest (1) Chris Seaver / 5-17 / Tempe
Freeze Frame (2.5) John Simpson / 1-18 / First Look
Frog-g-g! (1.5) Cody Jarrett / 4-12 / Vital Fluids
Frostbite (1.5) Jonathan Schwartz / 2-15 / Fox

Galaxy Hunter (1) Mark Borchetta / 5-17 / Razor Digital
Gas (2) Henry Chan / 1-11 / Fox
Ghost Lake (2) Jay Woelfel / 5-17 / Velocity
The Gingerdead Man (1.5) Charles Band / 11-8 / Full Moon

Havoc (2) Barbara Kopple / 11-29 / New Line
Hellraiser: Deader (2) Rick Bota / 6-7 / Dimension
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2.5) Rick Bota / 9-6 / Dimension

The I Inside (3) Roland Suso Richter / 3-8 / Miramax
Infection (3.5) Masayuki Ochiai / 5-17 / Lions Gate
Izo (2) Takashi Miike / 10-11 / Media Blasters

Jack O' Lantern (1.5) Ron McLellen / 9-20 / Lions Gate
Jacqueline Hyde (1.5) Rolfe Kanefsky / 10-18 / Warner

Knots (4) Greg Lombardo / 6-14 / Lions Gate

Larva (2) Tim Cox / 1-22 / Sci-Fi Channel
Lil' Pimp (1.5) Mark Brooks & Peter Gilstrap / 1-11 / Lions Gate
The Locker (3.5) Kei Horie / 9-13 / Geneon
The Locker 2 (3) Kei Horie / 9-13 / Geneon
Locusts (1.5) David Jackson / 4-24 / CBS

Madhouse (1.5) William Butler / 2-22 / Lions Gate
Man-Thing (1.5) Brett Leonard / 4-30 / Lions Gate
Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls (1) Bryan Michael Stoller / 7-26 / Vanguard
Mosquito Man (2) Tibor Takacs / 3-5 / Sci-Fi
Mulan 2 (2.5) Darrell Rooney / 2-1 / Disney
Murder at the Presidio (2) John Fasano / 8-9 / Sony

Nirvana (1.5) Gabriele Salvatores / 3-1 / Miramax

Paper Chasers (3.5) Maxie Collier / 7-12 / Koch
Paranoia 1.0 (3) Jeff Renfroe & Marteinn Thorsson / 1-18 / ThinkFilm
Pit Fighter (2) Jesse Johnson / 6-7 / Fox
Premonition (4) Norio Tsuruta / 7-12 / Lions Gate
The Prophecy: Forsaken (1.5) Joel Soisson / 9-6 / Dimension
The Prophecy: Uprising (1.5) Joel Soisson / 6-7 / Dimension
Prozac Nation (2.5) Erik Skjoldberg / 3-19 / Miramax & Starz

Raging Sharks (2) Danny Lerner / 7-26 / MTI
Razorteeth (1) John Polonia / 4-26 / Sub Rosa
Red Riding Hood (1.5) Giacomo Cimini / 2-22 / MTI
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2.5) Andy Fickman / 4-16 / Showtime
Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (5) Ron Berger & Dan Klores / 4-20 / USA
Rottweiler (2) Brian Yuzna / 7-19 / Lions Gate
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (3) Eric Idle / 3-1 / Warner Bros.

Satan's Little Helper (3.5) Jeff Lieberman / 10-4 / Universal
See Arnold Run (1.5) James B. Rogers / 1-30 / Paramount
The Self-Made Man (3.5) Susan Stern / 7-26 / PBS
Seven Times Lucky (2) Gary Yates / 9-27 / BFS
Shackles (1.5) Charles Winkler / 9-20 / Columbia
Shadow of the Wraith (2.5) Toshiharu Ikeda / 6-28 / Ventura
Shallow Ground (2) Sheldon Wilson / 6-28 / Universal
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (1.5) Keith Samples / 10-25 / Columbia
The Sisterhood (1) David DeCoteau / 6-28 / Image
Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun (3) Vin Crease / 9-27 / ThinkFilm
Sleepover Nightmare (2) Boon Collins / 6-21 / Velocity
Sorted (2.5) Alexander Jovy / 5-24 / Ardustry
Spring Break Shark Attack (1) Paul Shapiro / 3-20 / CBS
Steal (2) Gerard Pires / 4-5 / Buena Vista
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (4) Peter Shin / 9-27 / Fox
Strings (3.5) Anders Rønnow-Klarlund / 8-16 / Wellspring
Studio 666 (1.5) Corby Timbrook / 6-14 / Razor Digital
Subhuman (2) Mark Tuit / 4-19 / MTI
Subzero (1.5) Jim Wynorski / 9-6 / Lions Gate

Tarzan 2 (3) Brian Smith / 6-14 / Disney
They Are Among Us (2.5) Jeffrey Obrow / 7-26 / Lions Gate
Thunderstruck (3.5) Darren Ashton / 9-6 / Anchor Bay
The Toolbox Murders (3.5) Tobe Hooper / 3-15 / Lions Gate
Trauma (2) Marc Evans / 6-14 / First Look

Unreal (3) Sloan Copeland / 7-26 / Facets Video
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2) Mary Lambert / 7-19 / Sony

Vampires: The Turning (1.5) Marty Weiss / 5-3 / Columbia

War of the Worlds (3) David Michael Latt / 6-28 / Asylum
The War of the Worlds (2) Timothy Hines / 6-14 / Sterling
Who's Your Daddy? (2.5) Andy Fickman / 1-18 / Universal
Written in Blood (3) John Terlesky / 9-6 / Dimension

Zodiac Killer (1) Ulli Lommel / 7-19 / Lions Gate

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[c]Coming Soon[/c]

Breaking News (3.5) Johnny To / 2006 / Palm
Bubble (3.5) Steven Soderbergh / 1-27-06 / Magnolia

Cavite (4) Ian Gamazon & Neill Dela Llana / ? / ?
Creep (3.5) Christopher Smith / 12-13(v) / Lions Gate

Dead Man's Shoes (4) Shane Meadows / ??
The Descent (5) Neil Marshall / ?? / Lions Gate

Freak Out (4) Christian James / Jan '06(v) / Anchor Bay

Harsh Times (4) David Ayer / March '06 / Bauer Martinez
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2.5) Asia Argento / 3-3-06 / Palm

Loverboy (4) Kevin Bacon / ?

The Matador (4.5) Richard Shepard / 12-23 / Weinstein

Nanny McPhee (2.5) Kirk Jones / 1-27-06 / Universal
The Notorious Bettie Page (5) Mary Harron / 4-14-06 / IFC

One Last Thing... (4.5) Alex Steyermark / March '06 / Magnolia
The Ordeal (Calvaire) (2.5) Fabrice Du Welz / 3-3-06 / Palm

Phil the Alien (3.5) Rob Stefaniuk / 1-31-06 / Universal
The Proposition (4.5) John Hillcoat / 2006 / First Look

Reeker (3.5) Dave Payne / ? / ?
Revolver (1.5) Guy Ritchie / ? / ?
River Queen (3.5) Vincent Ward / ? / Silverscreen
The Roost (2.5) Ti West / '06 / Showtime

Shooting Livien (3) Rebecca Cook / ? / Velveteen Films

Tideland (2) Terry Gilliam / ? / ?
Trust the Man (3) Bart Freundlich / ? / Fox Searchlight

Unknown White Male (4) Rupert Murray / 2-17-06 / Wellspring

The Wendell Baker Story (4) Andrew & Luke Wilson / ??
Wolf Creek (2) Greg McLean / 12-25 / Dimension

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[c]Festival Flicks & Misc.[/c]

Abel Raises Cain (4) Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett
Automatic (2.5) Travis Schuldt
Azumi (4.5) Ryuhei Kitamura

Barmaids (2.5) Simon Boisvert
Brothers of the Head (3.5) Fulton & Pepe

The Calcium Kid (2.5) Alex De Rakoff
cl.one (2.5) Jason Tomaric
Code 33 (4.5) Michael Galinsky
Cowboy Del Amor (3.5) Michele Ohayon
Commune (3.5) Jonathan Berman

Deadroom (3.5) Yen Tan, James M. Johnston, Nick Prendergast & David Lowery
The Dry Spell (4) John Dowdle

L'Enfer (4) Danis Tanovic
Evil Aliens (4.5) Jake West

Fall to Grace (3.5) Mari Marchbanks
The Football Factory (3) Nick Love
Four-Eyed Monsters (3.5) Susan Buice
Frozen (3) Juliet McKoen
Frozen Angels (3) Erick Black & Frauke Sandig

Giving It All Away (3)
The Great Yokai War (3.5) Takashi Miike

Hair High (4) Bill Plympton
Happy Here and Now (1.5) Michael Almereyda
Highway Courtesans (3.5) Mystelle Brabbee

Ill Fated (4) Mark A. Lewis
Isolation (4) Billy O'Brien

Josh Jarman (3) Pip Mushin

[b]Kekexili: Mountain Patrol[/i] (4) Chuan Lu
Ken Park (1) Larry Clark
Kissing on the Mouth (3) Joe Swanberg

The Land of College Prophets (3) Hale Manor Group
A Life Without Pain (4.5) Melody Gilbert
Light From the East (3.5) Amy Grappell

Mall Cop (3.5) David Greenspan
Mary (2.5) Abel Ferrara
Max & Grace (2.5) Michael Parness

No One Gets Out (2.5) Joshua Nelson

Occupation: Dreamland (4) Ian Olds

Police Beat (3) Robinson Devor
Pucker Up (3.5) Kate Davis & David Heilbroner
The Puffy Chair (4) Jay Duplass

The Quiet (4) Jamie Babbit

Sledge: The Untold Story (1.5) Brad Martin
Southern Belles (4) Paul S. Myers & Brennan Shroff
Stagedoor (4) Alexandra Shiva
Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party (4.5) Robert Brinkmann
Straight Line (3.5) Sean Ackerman

Troop 1500 (4) Ellen Spiro

Waterborne (4) Ben Rekhi
Who Killed Cock Robin? (2) Travis Wilkerson

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Kevin Leonard · 12-30-2004, 01:40 PM

Color Key (all the colors of the rainbow...)
RED films denote a movie in my current Top 10.
GREEN films denote a movie in my current Bottom 10.
GRAY films denote a movie that was either:

A) Viewed last year (and has just seen wide release this year).
B) Theatrical reissues.
C) Foreign films that have not yet seen a Stateside release.

They do not count towards the final total.
Directors or DP's that have an ORANGE mark denote what I thought was particularly impressive cinematography or direction.

ADDED: Assault on Precient 13 (2.5), The Ballad of Jack and Rose (3), Be Cool (1), Constantine (2), Haute Tension (2), Hostage (3), The Jacket (2.5), Kung Fu Hustle (4), Layer Cake (3), The Ring 2 (2), Robots (2), Sin City (3), Steamboy (3)

Total Films Seen to Date (4/3/05):13
Title	Director	Director of Photography	Date Viewed	Rating(****)
A
Assault on Precient 13	Jean-Francois Richet	Robert Grantz	1/29/05	**1/2
B
The Ballad of Jack and Rose	Rebecca Miller	Ellen Kuras	5/3/05	***
Be Cool	F. Gary Gray	Jeffrey L. Kimball	3/9/05	*
C
Constantine	Francis Lawrence	Philippe Rousselot	2/27/05	**
H
Haute Tension	Alexandre Aja	Maxime Alexandre	2/17/05	**
Hostage	Florent Siri	Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci	3/11/05	***
J
The Jacket	John Maybury	Peter Deming	3/11/05	**1/2
K
Kung Fu Hustle	Stephen Chow	Hang-Sang Poon	3/29/05	****
L
Layer Cake	Matthew Vaughn	Ben Davis	3/28/05	***
R
The Ring 2	Hideo Nakata	Gabriel Beristain	3/25/05	**
Robots	Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha	--	3/15/05	**
S
Sin City	Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller	Robert Rodriguez	4/1/05	***
Steamboy	Katsuhiro Ôtomo	--	3/25/05	***

Jason Seaver · 12-30-2004, 02:15 PM

Jay Seaver's 2005 Film List

Last Updated: 15 January 2006
Criteria: Modified Academy qualification (played Los Angeles County, OR appeared at a film festival without a prior Academy-qualifying run, OR premiered on US television/video WAPAQR)
Total films seen: 182 features and IMAX films.

- Superlative;

½ - Outstanding;

- Very Good;

½ - Decent;

- Below average;

½ - Not Good;

- Repugnant; ½ - Disastrous

Features
Shôwa kayô daizenshû (Karaoke Terror, aka The Complete Japanese Showa Song-Book in the USA) - - Théâtre Hall Concordia (Fantasia), 9 July 2005 (79)
A History of Violence - - Arlington Capitol #2 (Second-run), 18 November 2005 (158)
Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kamikaze Girls in the USA) - - Théâtre Hall Concordia (Fantasia), 14 July 2005 (93)

\'I\'m sucking up juice from the generator!\' - Brian Eno, \"I Fall Up\"