1. Police Story 3: Supercop (1996) — 6/10
2. Dieter Nuhr – Ich bin’s Nuhr (2005) — 6/10
3. R100 (2013) — 6/10
4. Chinatown (1974) — 8/10
5. Lawless (2012) — 8/10
6. Apocalypto (2006) — 7/10
7. Stalag 17 (1953) — 6/10
8. Memento (2000) — 10/10
9. The Wind Rises (2013) — 8/10
10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — 10/10
11. El Topo (1970) — 4/10
12. Zack Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion (2006) — 7/10
13. Joy Ride (2001) — 5/10
14. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) — 6/10... [More]

1. Everest (2015) — 7/10
2. The Martian (2015) — 9/10
3. Fargo S01 (2014) — 8/10
4. The Theory of Everything (2014) — 7/10
5. Narcos S01 (2015) — 7/10
6. Kill the Messenger (2014) — 7/10
7. Man of the Year (2006) — 6/10
8. Grudge Match (2013) — 6/10
9. Bad Neighbours (2014) — 7/10
10. Gone Girl (2014) — 7/10
11. Jurassic World (2015) — 6/10
12. John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid (2015) — 8/10
13. Anthony Jeselnik: My Thoughts and Prayers (2015) — 7/10
14. Doom (2005) — 5/10
15. The Hunger... [More]

1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) — 7/10
2. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt S01 (2015) — 8/10
3. Vehicle 19 (2013) — 6/10
4. Trainspotting (1996) — 8/10
5. Grace and Frankie S01 (2015) — 6/10
6. Daredevil S01 (2015) — 9/10
7. Psycho (1960) — 8/10
8. Side by Side (2012) — 8/10
9. Snatch (2000) — 8/10
10. We’re the Millers (2013) — 6/10
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) — 7/10
12. Lincoln (2012) — 7/10
13. Rush (2013) — 7/10
14. Hamlet (2000) — 7/10
15. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986) — 7/10
16. Kevin Hart: Seriously... [More]

These are my notes to remember what I watched and kinda what I thought about it. I’ve recently transferred my reviews to IMDb and made the list of over 900 ratings publicly available. I’ve included the individual ratings with my notes for each movie.

Citizenfour (2014) — 8/10

This is Laura Poitras’s Academy Award-winning documentary about the events surrounding Edward Snowden’s revelations and release of the documentation that proves that the United States and its NSA has been and continues... [More]

Scanners (1981) — 6/10

This is a David Cronenberg movie about very special people who can control other people’s minds with their own. The movie is very much of its time—it is basically an action-adventure story of conflicting mind-control factions. The pacing is quite slow by today’s standards, but the story is pretty interesting—even if the parts involving computers are laughable. Also, about a quarter of the movie is taken up with people squinting and sweating at each other, trying to... [More]

1. The Unborn (2009) — 5/10
2. Shopgirl (2005) — 6/10
3. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) — 6/10
4. America’s Sweethearts (2001) — 5/10
5. The Raid 2 (2014) — 8/10
6. Hitman (2007) — 6/10
7. Treme – Seasons 1 & 2 (2010) — 10/10
8. Broken City (2013) — 6/10
9. The Green Hornet (2011) — 4/10
10. Jennifer’s Body (2009) — 4/10
11. Kinky Boots (2005) — 7/10
12. The Battle of Algiers (1966) — 8/10
13. Jacob’s Ladder (1990) — 8/10
14. Shogun Assassin (1980) — 3/10
15. Melinda and Melinda (2004) — 6/10
16. John Wick (2014)... [More]

1. Bill Burr: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way (2014) — 10/10
2. Killer Joe (2011) — 7/10
3. Bringing Out the Dead (1999) — 8/10
4. Transcendence (2014) — 6/10
5. They Live! (1988) — 8/10
6. I Spit on Your Grave (1978) — 4/10
7. In the Mouth of Madness (1994) — 7/10
8. The Devils (1971) — 9/10
9. The Secret Of Nikola Tesla (1980) — 7/10
10. L’Artiste (2011) — 9/10
11. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) — 7/10
12. Fast & Furious AKA Fast and Furious 4 (2009) — 6/10

Bill Burr: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way (2014)... [More]

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) — 6/10
2. 50/50 (2011) — 7/10
3. The Graduate (1967) — 6/10
4. Red Dragon (2002) — 8/10
5. The Final Cut (2004) — 6/10
6. The Hundred-foot Journey (2014) — 7/10
7. Magic in the Moonlight (2014) — 7/10
8. American Graffiti (1973) — 5/10
9. Enter the Void (2009) — 6/10
10. Lucy (2014) — 6/10
11. Big Night (1996) — 8/10
12. Freeway (1996) — 4/10
13. One Hour Photo (2002) — 7/10
14. The Bank Job (2008) — 6/10
15. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — 8/10
16. Happy People – A... [More]

1. Lee Camp: We Are Nothing (2014)
2. Godzilla (2014) — 6/10
3. Game Change (2012) — 7/10
4. The Hunger Games (2012) — 8/10
5. Central do Brasil (1998) — 6/10
6. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) — 6/10
7. Babylon A.D. (2008) — 6/10
8. Immortals (2011) — 5/10
9. Man on a Ledge (2012) — 5/10
10. Last Night (1998) — 6/10
11. 12:01 (1993) — 4/10
12. Bronson (2008) — 7/10
13. Spring Breakers (2012) — 5/10
14. Waydowntown (2000) — 5/10
15. Greg Proops: Live at Musso & Frank (2014) — 9/10
16. Die... [More]

1. Man of Steel (2013) — 5/10
2. The Birdcage (1996) — 6/10
3. Bad Words (2013) — 8/10
4. The Other Woman (2014) — 3/10
5. Life of Pi (2013) — 8/10
6. The Cold Light of Day (2012) — 4/10
7. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) — 5/10
8. The Wire (Season 5) (2008) — 10/10
9. True Detective (2014) — 10/10
10. Kingpin (1996) — 6/10
11. Interstellar (2014) — 9/10
12. X–Men: Days of Future Past (2014) — 6/10
13. Joe Dirt (2001) — 5/10
14. Barbarians at the Gate (1993) — 5/10
15. Battle of... [More]

1. He’s Just Not That Into You (2009) — 3/10
2. Brother (2000) — 8/10
3. Sexy Beast (2000) — 8/10
4. Frozen (2103) — 5/10
5. The Waterboy (1998) — 6/10
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) — 8/10
7. The Jungle Book (1967) — 8/10
8. Ponyo (2008) — 7/10
9. Singin’ in the Rain (1952) — 7/10
10. Walk of Shame (2014) — 5/10
11. Prisoners (2013) — 8/10
12. The Lego Movie (2014) — 4/10
13. Big Night (1996) — 8/10
14. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) — 8/10
15. My Cousin Vinny (1992) — 8/10
16. District B13 (2004) (fr) — 6/10... [More]

I’ve been asked for movie recommendations often enough of late that I thought I’d put together a bit of a summary of the mini-reviews I’ve made over the years.

The following list is not comprehensive nor does it necessarily comprise my favorite movies, though many favorites are here. I made the list with a particular couple of friends in mind and tailored it to include the movies I thought they might find interesting but had most likely not heard of or hadn’t yet seen. I also only chose movies... [More]

Gravity (2013) — 6/10

I can only say what I thought of this movie based on the way that I saw it: in HD on a conventional screen at home. I can imagine that the experience was very different in 3D and on a giant screen with a kick-ass sound system. The only downside I can think of is that if the sound-leveling was the same in the theater, it would have been an ear-blistering experience. If you set the volume high enough to hear the occasional radio whispers, many other parts of the movie... [More]

1. The Thin Red Line (1998) — 7/10
2. Inception (2010) — 9/10
3. To Rome with Love (2012) — 8/10
4. Ravenous (1999) — 6/10
5. Repo Men (2009) — 8/10
6. Dead Ringers (1988) — 8/10
7. Margin Call (2011) — 7/10
8. Moonrise Kingdom (2012) — 6/10
9. The Ghost (aka The Ghost Writer) (2010) — 7/10
10. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2006) — 6/10
11. The Brood (1979) — 5/10
12. Bedazzled (2000) — 5/10
13. Adaptation (2002) — 9/10
14. Thor: the Dark World (2013) — 7/10
15. Riddick (2013) — 7/10
16. Ender’s Game (2013) — 7/10
17. Escape Plan... [More]

1. The Thing (1982) — 8/10
2. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) — 8/10
3. To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) — 4/10
4. Memories of Murder (2003) — 10/10
5. True Legend (2010) — 6/10
6. The Grey (2011) — 5/10
7. Jack Reacher (2012) — 8/10
8. Hotel Rwanda (2004) — 8/10
9. The Lookout (2007) — 8/10
10. Renaissance (2006) — 8/10
11. Dara Ó Briain Talks Funny – Live in London (2008) — 10/10
12. Despicable Me 2 (2013) — 7/10
13. Dara Ó Briain – Live at the Theatre Royal... [More]

1. Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) — 6/10
2. eXistenZ (1999) — 9/10
3. Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) — 6/10
4. The Wobblies (1979) — 8/10
5. The Last Mountain (2011) — 8/10
6. Kill the Irishman (2011) — 8/10
7. XIII − The Conspiracy (2008) — 3/10
8. Defamation (2009) — 9/10
9. Mark of Cain (2001) — 9/10
10. Entre les Murs (2008) — 9/10
11. Redemption (2013) — 7/10
12. William S. Burroughs – A Man Within (2010) — 5/10
13. I Am Bruce Lee (2012) — 7/10
14. A Carol for Another Christmas... [More]

1. Rampart (2011) — 7/10
2. World War Z (2013) — 7/10
3. Hesher (2010) — 9/10
4. Sleep Dealer (2008) — 7/10
5. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) — 8/10
6. Looper (2012) — 7/10
7. Checkpoint: Everyday Life in Palestine (2003) — 7/10
8. Human Resources (2011) — 8/10
9. Oblivion (2013) — 8/10
10. Gift – Jane’s Addiction (1993) — 4/10
11. Nothing like the Holidays (2008) — 6/10
12. Garden State (2004) — 7/10
13. Limitless (2011) — 7/10
14. Pacific Rim (2013) — 9/10
15. The Central Park Five (2013) — 8/10
16. Ghost... [More]

1. The Conspiracy Files: 9/11 the Third Tower (2008) — 6/10
2. The Name of the Rose (1986) — 7/10
3. Django Unchained (2012) — 8/10
4. The Power Principle (parts I, II and III) (2012) — 8/10
5. Bag of Bones (2012) — 7/10
6. Legend (1985) — 7/10
7. Van Helsing (2004) — 5/10
8. League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (2013) — 7/10
9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) — 5/10
10. 28 Weeks Later (2007) — 5/10
11. Whiteout (2009) — 5/10
12. Gary Gulman: No Can Defend (2012) — 6/10
13. Insomnia (2002) — 7/10... [More]

1. Jewel of the Nile (1985) — 5/10
2. Snakes on a Plane (2006) — 4/10
3. Devil (2010) — 4/10
4. Veep (2012/13) — 10/10
5. Freaks and Geeks (1999) — 9/10
6. Escape from New York (1981) — 7/10
7. Under the Dome (2013) — 6/10
8. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012/2013) — 8/10
9. The International (2009) — 7/10
10. Raging Bull (1980) — 7/10
11. Red (2010) — 8/10
12. The Mechanic (2011) — 8/10
13. Apocalypse Now (1979) — 9/10
14. Natural Born Killers (1994) — 9/10
15. Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) — 3/10
16. Sunshine... [More]

Argo (2012) — 6/10

Ben Affleck directs and stars alongside John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and Zeljko Ivanek in this movie about the CIA pretending to make a movie in order to smuggle US-embassy employees out of Iran during the hostage crisis. The cast is good and the idea isn’t bad but the execution is a bit slow, especially in the second act, where I felt that they didn’t sustain the suspense well at all. The direction and cinematography were quite good, but not exceptional for... [More]

1. Alien (1979) — 9/10
2. Hancock (2008) — 7/10
3. Daybreakers (2009) — 6/10
4. God Bless America (2011) — 5/10
5. The Cannonball Run (1981) — 6/10
6. Cannonball Run II (1984) — 3/10
7. Friends with Benefits (2011) — 8/10
8. Run, Fatboy, Run (2007) — 7/10

Alien (1979) — 9/10

The classic film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Sigourney Weaver (Ripley), John Hurt and Tom Skerritt. It documents the journey of a commercial deep-space mining ship on its way to investigate an... [More]

X-Men: First Class (2004) — 9/10

Possibly the best of all of the X-Men movies so far, with Jean Grey coming from the dead as Phoenix and fighting with Professor X himself for supremacy. They took out Magneto—made him human—and man was I rooting for the Phoenix to make a clean slate of things at the end. Mainstream movies always cop out when it comes to destroying the world, though. Still recommended, though, and highly recommended for fans of comic-book movies.

Kill Bill Vol. I (2003)... [More]

1. Blade: Trinity (2004) — 7/10
2. The Prestige (2006) — 10/10
3. Skyfall (2012) — 6/10
4. Flight (2012) — 8/10
5. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (S01E09) (2012) — 10/10
6. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (S01E10) (2012) — 10/10
7. The Bourne Legacy (2012) — 7/10
8. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (S01E08) (2012) — 10/10
9. Ghost Rider (2007) — 5/10
10. The Big Lebowski (1998) — 10/10

Blade: Trinity (2004) — 7/10

Wesley Snipes stars as the... [More]

Tangled (2010) — 5/10

Disney’s take on the story of Rapunzel, done in modern, 3d-animated style. The characters are unsurprising: there’s a beautiful virginal girl who sings, a young handsome rogue who sings and an evil old witch. The story is only tangentially related to the original Grimm’s fairy tale: in the original, the witch was initially the wronged party; in the Disney version, there’s no gray area and the witch is evil from the start. There were no real star voices and only a... [More]

Manufactured Landscapes (2006) — 9/10

This is a documentary about manufacturing—mostly in China—about the world that humanity creates for itself and about the lives that people live in this world. The film starts with a long, slow pan along a factory floor that seems to last for kilometers. It is equal parts horrifying to think of how people can live and work in places like this and awe-inspiring to think what gigantic structures man has created. The documentary also acknowledges its own... [More]

1. Joe vs. the Volcano (1990) — 8/10
2. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States S01E03 (2012) — 10/10
3. Crude (2009) — 8/10
4. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States S01E04 (2012) — 10/10
5. A Very Harold And Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) — 6/10
6. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) — 8/10
7. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States S01E05 (2012) — 10/10
8. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States S01E06 (2012) — 10/10
9. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo... [More]

1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009/se) — 8/10
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) — 6/10
3. Paprika (2006) — 9/10
4. Your Highness (2011) — 2/10
5. Into Eternity: A Film for the Future (2010) — 7/10
6. Waiting for Armageddon (2009) — 8/10
7. C.S.A. – The Confederate States of America (2004) — 8/10
8. Casino Jack (2010) — 6/10
9. The Expendables 2 (2012) — 7/10
10. Get Shorty (1995) — 8/10
11. Battleship (2012) — 4/10
12. Ted (2012) — 8/10
13. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)... [More]

1. Johnny English Reborn (2011) — 8/10
2. Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — 9/10
3. Platoon (1986) — 9/10
4. Midnight Express (1978) — 6/10
5. John Carter (2012) — 8/10
6. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) — 8/10
7. Paul (2011) — 7/10
8. The African Queen (1951) — 6/10
9. Culture in Decline – Episodes 1-3 (2012) — 8/10
10. The Dictator (2012) — 6/10
11. In Time (2011) — 8/10
12. Killer at Large (2008) — 9/10
13. The Campaign (2012) — 7/10

Johnny English Reborn (2011) — 8/10

A surprisingly amusing and... [More]

1. Crank (2006) — 6/10
2. Crank: High Voltage (2009) — 5/10
3. Hudson Hawk (1991) — 6/10
4. Franklyn (2008) — 6/10
5. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) — 7/10
6. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) — 5/10
7. Casa de mi Padre (2012) — 5/10
8. Green Lantern (2011) — 5/10
9. I Am Comic (2010) — 6/10
10. Aliens (1986) — 8/10
11. 2081 (2009) — 7/10
12. Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States E01 (2012) — 10/10
13. Prometheus (2012) — 7/10
14. Tower Heist (2011) — 7/10
15. Nosferatu, eine... [More]

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) — 5/10

This sequel, worse than the original, is, on top of it all, showing its age. This time, Max cynically helps a settlement try to get petrol while the forces of Humungus (the evil, Bane-like leader of the marauders) try to destroy them and steal all of their supplies. Everything is very post-apocalyptic and the final half of the film is an interminable truck chase across the Australian wastelands. Not really recommended; watch the first one instead.... [More]