Wednesday, December 07, 2005

January popcorns film reels overall • 1 Brokeback Mountain   **** ***** ****' v 1 Me, You and Everyone We Know **** ***** ****' v 2 Layer Cake  **** *** ***' v 2 The Changeling **** ***** ****'   6 Hostel  ***** **** ****' • 7 Munich **** **** ****   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   ***** ***** *****   29 The Matador **** **** ****     February popcorns film reels overall • 1 Capote  **** ***** ****' v 3 Pride & Prejudice **** **** **** v 4 Melinda & Melinda  **** **** **** • 6 40 Shades of Blue ** *** **'   10 Final Destination 3   ***** ** ***'   11 Firewall *** ** **'   18 Eight Below   **** *** ***' v 18 Zathura *** *** *** • 19 Transamerica  **** **** **** v 19 A Good Band is Easy to Kill **** *** ***' v 11 9 Songs   **** *** ***' • 25 3 Burials of Meqilades Estrada   **** **** ****     March popcorns film reels overall v 2 Northcountry   *** *** ***   3 Ultraviolet **** ** *** v 4 Junebug  **** **** ****   10 The Hills Have Eyes (2006) ***** *** **** v 11 24 Hour Party People   ***** **** ****'   17 V for Vendetta ***** **** ****'   24 Inside Man   **** *** ***'   25 Thank You For Smoking ***** **** ****' previous months

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

 

Best Movies of 2005

***** ebert meta ew   Sin City **** 74 C+   9 Lives ***' 80 A-   Match Point **** 72 A ****'       Cinderella Man ***' 69 B+   Broken Flowers **** 80 A   Me, You and Everyone We Know **** 76 A   Capote **** 88 A-   Brokeback Mountain **** 87 A   Keane ***' 79 B+   Crash **** 69 A   Elizabethtown *** 45 C+   Shopgirl ***' 62 B-   Harry Potter And the Goblet of Fire ***' 81 B-   War of the Worlds ** 73 A-   King Kong **** 81 A   Chronicles of Narnia *** 76 B   Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith ***' 68 B- ****     The Constant Gardener **** 82 A-   Millions **** 75 A-   The Squid & the Whale ***' 82 A-   History of Violence ***' 81 A   Pride and Prejudice **** 82 A   Charlie & The Chocolate Factory *** 72 A   Fever Pitch ***' 56 A   My Summer of Love *** 82 A   Jarhead ***' 58 B+   Walk the Line ***' 72 B+   Red Eye *** 71 B+   Serenity *** 74 B   Family Stone *** 56 B   The Matador ***' 65 B   Melinda & Melinda ***' 54 B-   Batman Begins **** 70 A   Mr & Mrs. Smith *** 55 B-   Robots ***' 69 B+ all reviews

Best Performances of 2005

Actor   Jauquin Phoenix   Jake Gyllanhall   Ralph Fiennes   Bill Murray   Russell Crowe   Heath Ledger   Damian Lewis (keane)   Philip Seymore Hoffman   Jeff Daniels Supporting Actor   Ed Harris   Paul Giamatti   Mickey Rourke   Jeffrey Wright   Geoffrey Rush   William Hurt   Terrence Howard   Peter Sarsgaard Actress   Reece Witherspoon   Claire Daines   Renee Zellweger   Naomi Watts   Radha Mitchell (melinda & melinda)   Miranda July Supporting Actress   Rachel Weisz   Scarlett Johansson   Robin Wright Penn (9 lives)   Catherine Keener (Capote)   Kiera Knightley   Michelle Williams Director   James Mangold - Walk the Line   Jarhead   Shopgirl   David Cronenberg - History of Violance   Jim Jarsmusch - Broken Flowers   Paul haggis - Crash   Ron Howard - Cindarella Man   Robert Rodriguez - Sin City   Peter Jackson   Miranda July - Me You and Everyone We Know   Ang Lee   Steven Spielberg   Woody Allen - match point   Rodrigo Garcia - 9 lives   Capote   Fernando Meirelles - Constant Gardener Screenplay   Broken Flowers   Shopgirl   Elizabethtown   Walk the Line   Jarhead   The Squid & the Whale   Sin City   Millions   Miranda July - Me You and Everyone we know   Brokeback Mountain   Constant Gardener   9 Lives   Capote   Crash all reviews