Movie Reviews - 2007
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January |
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v |
2 |
World's Fastest Indian |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
2 |
16 Blocks |
**** |
** |
*** |
• |
4 |
Babel |
**** |
***** |
****' |
• |
5 |
Black Christmas |
*** |
** |
**' |
• |
6 |
Notes on a Scandal |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
6 |
A Simple Plan |
*** |
*** |
*** |
• |
6 |
Children of Men |
***** |
***** |
***** |
v |
7 |
Art School Confidential |
**** |
*** |
***' |
• |
7 |
Little Children |
**** |
***** |
****' |
• |
13 |
Letters from Iwo Jima |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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19 |
Smokin' Aces |
*** |
** |
**' |
• |
20 |
Pan's Labyrinth |
***** |
***** |
***** |
• |
21 |
The Good Sheperd |
**** |
**** |
**** |
• |
27 |
Venus |
**** |
***** |
****' |
v |
28 |
Amores Peros |
**** |
***** |
****' |
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February |
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• |
3 |
Stranger than Fiction |
***** |
***** |
***** |
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6 |
Catch and Release |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
10 |
Sherrybaby |
**** |
***** |
****' |
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17 |
Sherphim Falls |
*** |
**** |
***' |
• |
17 |
Volver |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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24 |
Number 23 |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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March |
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2 |
Zodiac |
*** |
*** |
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9 |
300 |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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16 |
Dead Silence |
**** |
** |
*** |
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23 |
The Hills Have Eyes 2 |
*** |
** |
**' |
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24 |
Reign Over Me |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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April |
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13 |
Grindhouse |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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14 |
Disturbia |
***** |
*** |
**** |
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27 |
The Invisible |
*** |
** |
**' |
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May |
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4 |
Spider-Man 3 |
***** |
*** |
**** |
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12 |
Black Book |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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13 |
Next |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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19 |
Waitress |
***** |
*** |
**** |
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20 |
Fracture |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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June |
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1 |
Knocked Up |
***** |
*** |
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2 |
Mr. Brooks |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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8 |
Ocean's 13 |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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9 |
Paris je t'aime |
**** |
***** |
****' |
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10 |
Hostel Part 2 |
**** |
** |
*** |
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15 |
Fantastic Four 2 |
**** |
** |
*** |
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16 |
Day Watch |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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23 |
1408 |
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**** |
**** |
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July |
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1 |
Live Free or Die Hard |
***** |
*** |
**** |
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25 |
Harry Potter - Order of the Phoenix |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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26 |
Transformers |
**** |
** |
*** |
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28 |
The Simpsons Movie |
***** |
*** |
**** |
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29 |
Chuck and Larry |
**** |
** |
*** |
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August |
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4 |
Bourne Ultimatium |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
5 |
Factory Girl |
** |
** |
** |
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12 |
All the Days Before Tomorrow |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
12 |
Bloody Sunday |
*** |
***** |
**** |
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14 |
The Quiet |
** |
** |
** |
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25 |
Nanny Diaries |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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26 |
Superbad |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
26 |
The Lookout |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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5 star system (5 being the best) | Popcorns represent enjoyment of a movie | Film Reels represent
how well the movie was made | = film released prior to 2007 | v = dvd | t = television
Movie Reviews - 2006
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January |
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• |
1 |
Brokeback Mountain |
**** |
***** |
****' |
v |
1 |
Me, You and Everyone We Know |
**** |
***** |
****' |
v |
2 |
Layer Cake |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
2 |
The Changeling |
**** |
***** |
****' |
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6 |
Hostel |
***** |
**** |
****' |
• |
7 |
Munich |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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9 |
Fun with Dick and Jane |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
13 |
40 Year Old Virgin |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
14 |
The Brown Bunny |
*** |
**** |
***' |
• |
16 |
Keane |
**** |
***** |
****' |
• |
20 |
Match Point |
***** |
***** |
***** |
• |
23 |
9 Lives |
***** |
***** |
***** |
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29 |
The Matador |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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February |
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• |
1 |
Capote |
**** |
***** |
****' |
v |
3 |
Pride & Prejudice |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
4 |
Melinda & Melinda |
**** |
**** |
**** |
• |
6 |
40 Shades of Blue |
** |
*** |
**' |
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10 |
Final Destination 3 |
***** |
** |
***' |
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11 |
Firewall |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
18 |
Eight Below |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
18 |
Zathura |
*** |
*** |
*** |
• |
19 |
Transamerica |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
19 |
A Good Band is Easy to Kill |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
11 |
9 Songs |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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25 |
3 Burials of Meqilades Estrada |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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March |
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v |
2 |
Northcountry |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
3 |
Ultraviolet |
**** |
** |
*** |
v |
4 |
Junebug |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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10 |
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
11 |
24 Hour Party People |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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17 |
V for Vendetta |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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24 |
Inside Man |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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25 |
Thank You For Smoking |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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April |
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v |
1 |
Where the Truth Lies |
*** |
** |
**' |
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2 |
Slither |
**** |
** |
*** |
v |
8 |
For the Love of the Game |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
8 |
Stay |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
9 |
Lucky Number Slevin |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
15 |
Jacob's Ladder |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
16 |
In the Mouth of Madness |
*** |
**** |
***' |
• |
20 |
Game 6 |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
21 |
The Sentinel |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
22 |
Brick |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
23 |
American Dreamz |
**** |
*** |
***' |
• |
24 |
Fateless |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
29 |
United 93 |
*** |
***** |
**** |
v |
29 |
La Petite Lili |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
30 |
Hard Candy |
*** |
**** |
***' |
v |
30 |
Habit |
**** |
**** |
**** |
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May |
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6 |
Mission Impossible III |
***** |
** |
***' |
v |
7 |
Superman: The Movie |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
13 |
Poseidon |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
19 |
Over the Hedge |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
20 |
The Da Vinci Code |
*** |
** |
**' |
v |
20 |
Superman II |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
27 |
Imaginary Hereos |
*** |
*** |
*** |
t |
28 |
Desparation |
*** |
*** |
*** |
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June |
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2 |
X-Men : The Last Stand |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
3 |
The Break-Up |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
4 |
Down in the Valley |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
10 |
The Omen (2006) |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
11 |
Praire Home Companion |
*** |
**** |
***' |
t |
15 |
Criminal |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
16 |
Nacho Libre |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
17 |
The Lake House |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
19 |
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
24 |
Click |
*** |
** |
**' |
v |
24 |
Upside of Anger |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
29 |
Superman Returns |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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July |
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v |
1 |
Manny & Lo |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
6 |
A Scanner Darkly |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
8 |
Wordplay |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
8 |
Pirates of the Carribean 2 |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
10 |
Jesus is Magic |
**** |
** |
*** |
t |
14 |
The Night Flier |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
15 |
Cache |
**** |
***** |
****' |
|
16 |
You, Me & Dupree |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
22 |
Lady in the Water |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
23 |
Clerks II |
***** |
*** |
**** |
t |
29 |
Witness |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
30 |
Rumor Has It |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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August |
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5 |
The Descent |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
10 |
Re-Animator |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
12 |
Pulse |
*** |
** |
**' |
v |
13 |
Thumsucker |
** |
*** |
**' |
|
18 |
Snakes on a Plane |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
19 |
Accepted |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
20 |
Little Miss Sunshine |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
24 |
Edge of Madness |
** |
** |
** |
|
26 |
Beerfest |
**** |
** |
*** |
v |
30 |
Somersault |
** |
*** |
**' |
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September |
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v |
2 |
Roman Holiday |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
9 |
Hollywoodland |
*** |
** |
**' |
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16 |
Half Nelson |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
16 |
The Last Kiss |
***** |
**** |
****' |
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October |
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|
7 |
The Departed |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
14 |
The Science of Sleep |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
20 |
The Prestige |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
21 |
Marie Antoinette |
**** |
***** |
****' |
|
28 |
Running with Scissors |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
31 |
Kwaidan |
** |
*** |
**' |
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31 |
Freeze Me |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
31 |
Saw 3 |
**** |
*** |
***' |
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November |
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4 |
The Queen |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
17 |
Casino Royale |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
18 |
Fast Food Nation |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
22 |
Tenacious D |
***** |
*** |
**** |
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December |
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2 |
Driving Lessons |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
8 |
Blood Diamond |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
9 |
Touristas |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
15 |
Eragon |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
16 |
Pursuit of Happyness |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
21 |
Rocky Balboa |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
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5 star system (5 being the best) | Popcorns represent enjoyment of a movie | Film Reels represent
how well the movie was made | = film released prior to 2006 | v = dvd | t = television
Movie Reviews - 2005
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January |
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v |
7 |
Donnie Darko |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
8 |
Last Tango in Paris |
***** |
***** |
***** |
• |
10 |
Million Dollar Baby |
**** |
***** |
****' |
• |
14 |
In Good Company |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
15 |
Elecktra |
**** |
** |
*** |
• |
15 |
House of Flying Daggers |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
21 |
Assult on Precinct 13 |
**** |
** |
*** |
• |
22 |
Hotel Rwanda |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
22 |
Broadcast News |
***** |
***** |
***** |
• |
29 |
Love Song for Bobby Long |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
29 |
Hide and Seek |
**** |
** |
*** |
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February |
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v |
2 |
Maria Full of Grace |
*** |
**** |
***' |
v |
7 |
When Will I Be Loved |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
11 |
Hitch |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
12 |
Raging Bull |
***** |
***** |
***** |
v |
15 |
P.S. |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
18 |
Constintine |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
19 |
Rules of the Game |
**** |
***** |
****' |
v |
22 |
Five Obstructions |
**** |
***** |
****' |
|
25 |
Cursed |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
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March |
|
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• |
5 |
Bad Education |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
7 |
The Jacket |
**** |
*** |
***' |
• |
9 |
Mean Creek |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
11 |
Be Cool |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
11 |
Hostage |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
12 |
Robots |
***** |
*** |
**** |
v |
14 |
The Ring |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
18 |
The Ring Two |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
25 |
Millions |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
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April |
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|
1 |
Sin City (2) |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
8 |
Fever Pitch |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
9 |
Sahara |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
15 |
Amityville Horror (2005) |
**** |
** |
*** |
v |
16 |
The Clearing |
** |
** |
** |
|
22 |
A lot Like Love |
***** |
** |
***' |
v |
23 |
Primer |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
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May |
|
|
|
v |
17 |
Dig! |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
20 |
Star Wars Episode III (2) |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
27 |
Madagascar |
** |
** |
** |
|
27 |
The Longest Yard |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
30 |
Unleashed |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
31 |
The Stand |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
|
June |
|
|
|
v |
3 |
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
4 |
Crash |
**** |
***** |
****' |
|
5 |
Cindarella Man |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
9 |
Blade Trinity |
** |
* |
*' |
|
9 |
High Tension |
***** |
** |
***' |
|
11 |
Mr. & Mrs. Smith |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
18 |
Batman Begins |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
25 |
Bewitched |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
25 |
Land of the Dead |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
26 |
My Summer of Love |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
29 |
War of the Worlds |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
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July |
|
|
|
|
9 |
Dark Water |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
10 |
Fantistic Four |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
22 |
The Island |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
23 |
Wedding Crashers |
***** |
** |
***' |
|
24 |
Bad News Bears |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
24 |
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
26 |
Scarlet Diva |
** |
** |
** |
v |
27 |
Prozac Nation |
*** |
** |
**' |
v |
30 |
The Notebook |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
|
August |
|
|
|
|
7 |
Broken Flowers |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
7 |
Sky High |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
8 |
Dukes of Hazzard |
***** |
** |
***' |
v |
10 |
Wet Hot Am. Summer |
* |
* |
* |
|
13 |
Chumscrubber |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
14 |
Last Days |
*** |
**** |
***' |
v |
15 |
Home Room |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
28 |
Brothers Grimm |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
29 |
Red Eye |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
31 |
The Constant Gardener |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
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September |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Matando Cabos |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
11 |
Emily Rose |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
16 |
Lord of War |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
23 |
Flightplan |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
24 |
The Aristocrates |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
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October |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Into the Blue |
***** |
** |
***' |
|
8 |
History of Violence |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
8 |
Riding the Bullet |
** |
** |
** |
|
9 |
Serenity |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
14 |
Elizabethtown (2) |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
15 |
Heavenly Creatures |
** |
**** |
*** |
|
17 |
The Fog |
** |
** |
** |
|
22 |
Domino |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
29 |
Good Night And Good Luck |
** |
** |
** |
v |
31 |
Saw |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
31 |
Saw II |
**** |
*** |
***' |
v |
31 |
Bad Taste |
**** |
**** |
**** |
v |
31 |
Shivers |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
|
November |
|
|
|
|
5 |
Shopgirl |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
5 |
Mysterious Skin |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
6 |
Jarhead |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
14 |
Derailed |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
18 |
Harry Potter 4 |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
19 |
Walk the Line |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
|
December |
|
|
|
v |
2 |
Ladder 49 |
** |
** |
** |
|
3 |
Squid & The Whale |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
5 |
The Ice Harvest |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
9 |
Chronicles of Narnia |
***** |
**** |
****' |
|
10 |
Syriana |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
17 |
Family Stone |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
22 |
King Kong |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
30 |
The Interpreter |
** |
** |
** |
|
|
5 star system (5 being the best)
Popcorns represent enjoyment of a movie
Film Reels represent how well the movie was made
= film released prior to 2005
v = watched on dvd
t = watched on television
Movie Reviews - 2004
|
|
January |
popcorns |
film reels |
overall |
|
1 |
Mona Lisa Smile |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
1 |
Cheaper By the Dozen |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
2 |
Stuck On You |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
3 |
21 Grams |
**** |
***** |
****' |
|
4 |
Last Samari |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
6 |
All the Real Girls |
* |
* |
* |
|
9 |
Underworld |
** |
** |
** |
v |
14 |
Bend It Like Beckham |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
16 |
Along Came Polly |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
17 |
Monster |
** |
***** |
***' |
v |
20 |
Whale Rider |
***** |
**** |
****' |
v |
21 |
Irreversible |
* |
*** |
** |
|
23 |
Butterfly Effect |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
24 |
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton |
***** |
** |
***' |
|
25 |
Elephant |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
30 |
The Godfather |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
31 |
Girl with the Pearl Earring |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
|
|
February |
popcorns |
film reels |
overall |
v |
2 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
**** |
***** |
****' |
v |
4 |
Owning Mahowny |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
6 |
The Godfather, Pt. 2 |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
7 |
The Fog of War |
** |
**** |
*** |
v |
8 |
The Sleeping Dictionary |
* |
* |
* |
v |
9 |
Phantasm |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
11 |
The Perfect Score |
**** |
** |
*** |
v |
11 |
Gerry |
** |
**** |
*** |
|
13 |
City of God |
*** |
***** |
**** |
|
14 |
Touching the Void |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|
14 |
The Dreamers |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
18 |
50 First Dates |
**** |
*** |
***' |
|
20 |
EuroTrip |
***** |
** |
***' |
|
21 |
Starsky & Hutch |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
27 |
Club Dread |
**** |
** |
*** |
|
|
|
March |
popcorns |
film reels |
overall |
|
6 |
The Company |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
12 |
Secret Window |
*** |
*** |
*** |
t |
13 |
Mad Dog and Glory |
** |
** |
** |
v |
13 |
Manhattan |
*** |
**** |
***' |
|
15 |
Spartan |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
18 |
Uptown Girls |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
19 |
Dawn of the Dead(2004) |
***** |
*** |
**** |
|
20 |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
***** |
***** |
***** |
|
21 |
Taking Lives |
*** |
*** |
*** |
v |
24 |
Wierd Science |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
26 |
Jersey Girl |
*** |
** |
**' |
|
27 |
Ladykillers |
*** |
*** |
*** |
|
31 |
Bowling for Columbine |
**** |
**** |
**** |
|