A listing of every film by year that I saw, from best to worst. Sometimes with a short review.
A Prophet.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
The Crazies.
Kick Ass.
Inception.
The Losers.
Iron Man 2.
Robin Hood.
The Green Zone.
Takers.
Death At A Funeral.
Alice in Wonderland.
Brooklyn’s Finest.
The Book of Eli.
Shutter Island.
Salt.
Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Despicable Me.
Jonah Hex.
Planet Hulk (DVD Animated Release).
Daybreaker.
Edge of Darkness.
From Paris With Love.
A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Prince of Persia
Hot Tub Time Machine.
Drag Me To Hell.
(500) Days of Summer.
District 9.
Where the Wild Things Are.
Inglorious Basterds.
Zombieland.
Up in the Air.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Wolverine.
Blind Side.
The Hangover.
Bruno.
Watchmen.
The Hurt Locker.
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (DVD)
Taken.
Star Trek.
The Invention of Lying.
G.I. Joe.
The Road. (The most depressing film ever.)
Law Abiding Citizen. (Would have been much higher but for the ending.)
Public Enemies.
Ninja Assassin.
Taking of Pelham 123.
Hulk Vs. A dvd release. Watch the Wolverine one first.
Notorious. Overly simple and evasive, but well-acted by the B.I.G. imitator.
Coraline.
Defiance. Relentlessly long.
Next Day Air.
Fast and Furious.
Armored.
Race To Witch Mountain.
Paul Blart Mall Cop.
The Orphan.
2009 Films I Wish I’d Seen:
Seen ‘em all so far.
The Dark Knight.
Gran Torino.
Slumdog Millionaire.
The Wrestler.
Iron Man.
Redbelt.
Doubt.
Hellboy II.
Tropic Thunder.
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2008)
Burn After Reading.
Teeth.
Milk.
In Bruges. Surprisingly, unexpectedly good.
Frozen River.
Rachel Getting Married.
Stop-Loss. Underrated.
Wanted.
Rambo. Better than all but the first one, extremely tasty violence.
The Incredible Hulk.
Pontypool.
Appaloosa.
Traitor.
Sunshine Cleaning.
Frost/Nixon.
Fighting.
Body of Lies.
W.
WALL-E.
Quantum of Solace. Not bad, but a big disappointment after the greatness of Casino Royale.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
Kung Fu Panda.
Funny Games.
The Bank Job.
Transporter 3.
The Forbidden Kingdom. Finally, a family karate movie! Li vs. Chan!
Justice League: The New Frontier
Death Race.
Changeling.
Get Smart.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
12 Rounds.
Friday the 13th.
Eagle Eye.
The Midnight Meat Train. Far better than it should have been.
The Ruins. Interesting concept, not well executed.
The Spirit.
Hancock.
The Day the Earth Stood Still.
88 Minutes.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.
Vantage Point.
Street Kings.
Punisher: War Zone.
Jumper.
The Happening. The first M. Night film that I really hated.
Speed Racer.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
2008 Films I couldn’t even finish: Be Kind Rewind; Diary of the Dead; The Other Boleyn Girl; The Eye (Alba is the only hot chick who I prefer to watch being invisible); Prom Night; Doomsday; Cloverfield (made me motion sick); Untraceable; Run, Fat Boy, Run; The Foot Fist Way; One Missed Call; Transsiberian.
2008 Films I Wish I’d Seen: W., Choke, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, Son of Rambow, Mongol, Man on Wire, Ghost Town, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, The Spirit, Changeling.
THE BIG BEST OF 2007 T.V. POST (link)
THE YEAR IN MOVIES (2007) (link)
Eastern Promises.
28 Weeks Later.
There Will Be Blood.
Zodiac.
The Simpsons Movie.
Michael Clayton.
Breach.
No Country For Old Men.
Spider-Man 3.
Reno 911! : Miami.
1408. The rare example of a genuinely scary movie.
Mr. Brooks.
Transformers.
The Bourne Ultimatum.
American Gangster.
Live Free or Die Hard.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Gone, Baby, Gone.
The Mist. Another really scary movie, and a traditional monster movie at that!
King of Kong (documentary).
The Kingdom. Far better than I expected.
Shoot ‘Em Up. If you didn’t like it, you must not like Bugs Bunny.
Darkness.
Ocean’s Thirteen.
Rescue Dawn. Christian Bale is becoming of the best actors of this generation.
Talk to Me. Don Cheadle is another brilliant actor who doesn’t get enough props.
3:10 to Yuma.
30 Days of Night.
Surf’s Up.
Halloween. Best of the recent horror-remake wave.
In the Valley of Elah. Tommy Lee Jones at his finest.
Lars and the Real Girl.
Charlie Wilson’s War.
300.
I am Legend. Visually stunning, even if the movie didn’t make a lot of sense.
Death Proof.
Hot Fuzz.
Pride.
Planet Terror (a.k.a. part of Grindhouse)
We Own the Night.
The Hoax.
Death Sentence. Bacon’s no Bronson, but a good B-movie anyhow.
The Hunting Party.
TMNT.
Sicko. I’m a M. Moore fan, but this one was all over the place.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Could (and should) have been better.
Rendition. The key to enjoying this film? Low expectations.
Enchanted. Yeah, it’s for girls. But it was nice.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
The Brave One.
Resident Evil: Extinction. I loved the first one, but this one was just so so.
War.
Superbad.
Alpha Dog.
Freedom Writers.
The Hills Have Eyes 2.
Superman: Doomsday.
Shooter.
The Game Plan. Not nearly as bad as it should have been. Good for kids.
Hitman.
The Invincible Iron Man (animated DVD)
Splinter
Disturbia.
Into the Wild. Good soundtrack, but wasn’t this movie kinda dull?
Blades of Glory.
Ratatouille. Come on, people really liked this?
Knocked Up. Come on, people really liked this, too?
I Know Who Killed Me.
The Great Debaters.
Vacancy.
Baghead.
The Condemned.
Juno. I found this pic smarmy and stupid. I know I’m in the minority.
The Darjeeling Limited. Far more boring than I expected.
The Hitcher.
Ghost Rider.
Babylon A.D.
Alvin and the Chipmunks. I would rather be stabbed in the ear than watch this again. And yet, it’s nowhere near the bottom of my list!
Smokin’ Aces.
Black Snake Moan. Not even Ricci’s bare talents could save this crap.
Rush Hour 3.
The Invasion.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. Aggravatingly stupid.
2007 films I couldn’t sit through: Hannibal Rising; The Invisible; P2; The Number 23; Norbit; Atonement; Captivity; Next; Resurrecting the Champ; The Reaping; Bug.
2007 film I wish I’d seen: The Orphanage.
Pan’s Labyrinth.
Borat: Cultural Learnings . . .
The Departed.
Casino Royale.
Babel.
Little Miss Sunshine. God, I wanted to hate this movie. But I couldn’t.
Inside Man.
Flags of Our Fathers.
Notes on a Scandal.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated. A must-see documentary.
The Descent. A very good horror movie that will stay with you for a long time.
X-Men: The Last Stand.
Apocalypto.
Miami Vice.
Waist Deep. Check out this little ghetto thriller. It’s a lot better than you’d think.
Lady in the Water. I may be the only person in the world who appreciated this movie.
Blood Diamond.
V for Vendetta.
Curse of the Golden Flower.
The Good Shepherd.
District B13. Very impressive martial arts flick.
16 Blocks. Far better than it ought to have been, mostly due to Bruce and Mos Def.
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.
Mission: Impossible III.
Children of Men.
Thank You for Smoking.
Letters from Iwo Jima.
United 93.
Monster House. A better kids flick than Cars, certainly, but far fewer people saw it.
Snakes on a Plane.
Hostel.
Jesus Camp.
Night at the Museum.
The Illusionist.
Harsh Times.
Let’s Go To Prison. Here’s one I wanted to think was stupid. And it was. Stupid funny!
The Omen.
The Pursuit of Happyness.
The Last King of Scotland.
Rocky Balboa.
Poor Boy’s Game.
The Prestige.
The U.S. Versus John Lennon.
Flushed Away.
Superman Returns. Such a depressingly tedious film.
World Trade Center. If it weren’t about 9/11, this would have rated even lower.
Underworld: Evolution.
Catch a Fire.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
Crank. I just dig Jason Statham.
Over the Hedge.
Turistas.
Half Nelson.
An Inconvenient Truth.
Hollywoodland.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Idlewild.
The Science of Sleep.
Cars.
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny.
Deja Vu.
We Are Marshall.
Slither.
Firewall.
Saw III.
Freedomland.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.
2006 Films I Couldn’t Sit Through: The Grudge 2; The Night Listener; A Scanner Darkly; The Black Dahlia; The Wicker Man; The Fountain ; My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
2006 film I wish I’d seen: The Queen.
A History of Violence
Batman Begins
Crash
Capote
Broken Flowers
Hustle and Flow
Jarhead
Munich
Domino
Sin City
Land of the Dead
Serenity
Syriana
Wedding Crashers
The Constant Gardener
Walk the Line
Fantastic Four
Roll Bounce
War of the Worlds
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Lord of War
Constantine
Flightplan
Coach Carter
Chicken Little
Sky High
Cinderella Man
Herbie: Fully Loaded
March of the Penguins
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Interpreter
Inside Deep Throat
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Madagascar
Red Eye
The Weather Man
Transporter 2
The Jacket
Hostage
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Robots
Saw II
Doom
Assault on Precinct 13
The Fog
Dark Water
Corpse Bride
Are We There Yet?
The Skeleton Key
xXx: State of the Union
King Kong
The Island
House of Wax
2005 films I couldn’t sit through: The Pacifier; The Ring Two; The Ringer; Stealth; Match Point; Wolf Creek; Get Rich or Die Tryin’; Elektra; Æon Flux; The Devil’s Rejects; Hide and Seek; Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
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