My Movie Log

My Movie Log Last updated: 06/28/2010
TO WATCH: Any suggestions?
Where the Wild Things Are, June 2010	Not a retelling of the classic children's book-- that would make a terrible movie. Fills in the gaps of that story but makes some glaring omissions and alterations! Inspired by the fantastic creatures. It's a coming of age story about a kid who leaves his childhood inner monster on an island!
Crazy Heart, May 2010	Much like the movie below, this movie casts a spell and captivates thanks to great acting by Bridges... but does so in a completely regular way. Must speak well to the country Red State folk it portrays... to us Blue State folk it's mildly endearing. Great review
Blindside, May 2010	Completely normal genre, plot, and dialogue, but convincingly acted-- good acting can make any movie gripping no matter how typical the story is. Also a little bit racist.
Sherlock Holmes, April 2010	So awful. I rarely quit watching a film but this one was just so bad. Clever mystery is absent in favor of laughably hackneyed villains and silly fight scenes.
Crawford, Winter 2010	Documentary about Bush's adopted hometown. Interesting to get a look beyond mainstream media. Teen's suicide proves to be an unexpected twist.
Paranormal Activity, Winter 2010	An indoor Blair-Witch-Project. A rip-off, but still works well. Most of the scary stuff happens in the imagination. Dreaded night scenes. Inspiringly low budget.
Serious Man, Winter 2010	Stereotypes used so heavily that it becomes interesting as opposed to expected. More questions than answers. "What's Going On?" Modern-day Job tale.
Hurt Locker, Winter 2010	Very arresting film on a difficult contemporary issue. Seems like an accurate portrayal of Iraq.
500 Days of Summer, Winter 2010	Love story that tries very hard to be unconventional. Couple ends up breaking up but it's still a happy ending. Gender roles reversed.
Year One, Winter2010	Blasphemous mockery of the Bible. Hilarious.
Avatar, Winter 2010	One of my new favorite movies. Beautiful vision combined with entertaining action and environmental message. The perfect movie.
A Christmas Story Winter 2010	Over-indulgence in 3d crap... that alone is not enough. Jim Carey's ugly face contorted even more in huge 3D is hard to forget.
2012, Winter 2010	Great disaster movie... LA getting pulverized was great. The film knows it's ridiculous... it makes fun of itself. Doesn't even pretend to be believable. But still thoroughly entertaining
The Triplets of Bellville, Fall 2010	Mind-altering silent animation with grotesque distortions of man and man-made.
Black Dog, Fall 2010	Movie about a trucker. Some pretty cool action sequences. Plot and dialogue=barf. Watched for free on Hulu after Patrick Swazi death.
The Departed, Fall 2010	Awesome performances... Jack is freaky, Dicaprio tries to be a tough guy but dies yet again, Damon is weasely yet you still empathize with him. Convoluted ironic plot tied together beautifully and ends like a modern Shakespearean tragedy.
The Soloist, Fall 2010	Music films are almost always cheesy... and less amusing for real musicians. Still some cool musical montages and a touching true story.
Gran Torino, Aug 2009	A really good film, especially from an anthropological point of view, plus Eastwood's acting is superb. Some of the Hmong characters and his family... not as convincing. Mixes humor and tragedy. What's up with all the Christ-like sacrifices at the end of films? It's really in nowadays. Actors want to make themselves into Gods... plus it's a powerful gesture.
I am Legend, Aug 2009	A rip off of 28-days later, the only difference being the sacrifice scene at the end. Will Smith is really impressive in this film.
Angels and Demons, Aug 2009	Cheesy mystery necessary dialogue at times, but overall really awesome, especially if you know Rome. Unlike Da Vinci Code, this one does justice to the book, which has some amazing jiu jitsu when you think it's over.
Brüno, Aug 2009	Disgusting. Had to look away literally.
The Hangover, Aug 2009	Hilarious situations and great drama. Great chemistry between the cast.
GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra, Aug 2009	I have a special spot in my heart for this Hasbro genre of comic strips / cartoons because I remember them from childhood. Amazing to see them reincarnated with state of the art CGI and sound. Even the awful cheesy dialogue scenes are fun because they fit in this genre. In a real movie they would never make it.
Julie & Julia Aug, 2009	Annoying movie about annoying wives doing what the things that redeem them from annoyingness: cooking. Mmmm
Transformers, June 2009	Yeah!!! Great movie. Sound effects: AMAZING. CGI Amazing. Watching Petra and the Pyramids get destroyed is also amazing. Geographical non-congruity for anyone who recognizes those locales knows where they are, and has been there: not so amazing.
The Man From Laramie, June 2009	James Stewart makes for a nice mostly non-violent cowboy.
Robocop 2, June 2009	Garbage. I like the Robocop walk though. And the no smoking scene. What's with the 80's and a grim view of the future??
The Firm May 2009	TV Movie of a Grisham book I read in 8th grade. Nice drama... early 90's Tom Cruise cheesiness... predictable yet tense drama. All Grisham is the same formula of the single guy against the big corrupt organization. Lends itself well to cinema.
The Visitor May 2009	Good subject area to explore... puts people together that you otherwise wouldn't connect. Pretty good performance of awkward professor who finds a passion by Richard Jenkins.
Birth, May 2009	Weird, slow movie with an eerie tone. Unexpected but logical twist at the end. Kidman looks ghost-like. Little boy Cameron Bright does a great job as the stoic but persistent "Sean."
Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, May 2009	Cool fantasy world with great effects but why did they have to muck it up with all that clichéd typical movie cheesy stuff?
Lost Seasons 1-5, Feb-May 2009	So captivating because they keep you in the dark. And just when you figure out a little bit more, they introduce more mystery. (One step forward, two steps back) Beautiful colorful cast of characters, fast paced, watched for free with limited commercials on abc.com.
Something About Mary, Feb 2009	Diaz is incredible... shines. Stiller and others are hilarious. Finally got around to watching this painfully funny flick.
Footloose, Feb 2009	Coming of age story about a city boy in a small town... some OK dance scenes... but overall meh.
Dirty Dancing, Feb 2009	Cheesy and predictable, but in a way that makes it classic rather than groan-worthy. Quick transformation is not entirely realistic but made-up for by dancing talent.
Slumdog Millionaire, Jan. 2009	Great film. Unrealistic fairy tale that manages to capture reality of third world very accurately. Read my review!
Tropic Thunder, Jan. 2009	Hollywood obsessed with itself making fun of things that aren't funny. Disgusting. Completely not entertaining unless you are a fawning fan of those dumb ass actors. One of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Family Guy: Stewie: The Untold Story, Jan. 2009	Mindless stupidty. Family Guy is meant to be a short TV show in short clips not an entire movie!!
Cider House Rules, Jan. 2009	Orphanage films... it's a genre of its own, and they're all poignant. This one is also quite good with some surprises but nothing way out of the ordinary.
Turn Left At the End of the World (Hebrew), Jan. 2009	Coming of age story about a young girl in a remote town in the Israeli Negev Desert. Good acting, and that raw sadness common in Israeli films and songs.
Black Night, Dec. 2008	A few funny moments of typical African American humor, but otherwise expectedly lame and formulaic.
Times of Harvey Milk (Documentary), Dec. 2008	Accidentally watched this documentary instead of the feature film... but it was interesting also.
Comancheros, Dec. 2008	Nothing new... but an amusing if dumb western. It is clear where the conservative Republicans get their act.
A Tale of Two Cities, Nov. 2008	Great portrayal of the French Revolution, and great representation of Dickens' novel.
Hannibal Rising, October, 2008	Not as scary as the other ones but pretty well done, more or less fits in with the rest of the series and helps to explain them. But explaining it makes it less scary.
10,000 BC, October, 2008	A beautiful journey, great special effects recreating the ancient world. History, accuracy, plausibility? what are those?
Edward Scissorhands, September 2008	Quirky in a good way. Minimalist sets, faked acting but it's intentional to show how fake people are in their mobthink.
Mice and Men, September 2008	Lives up to the book-- pretty good. Music by Copland: disappointing.
The Notebook, September 2008	Cheesy love story but original bit at the end when they die together.
Goodfellas, August 2008	The matter-of-factness with which the story is told is what makes it great.
The Fountainhead, August 2008	Rand's philosophy is brilliant and ruthlessly logical. Some of the assumptions she makes for her logic are her fatal flaw: for example, her rejection of the basic human need for community. The movie is a pretty good representation of her ideology and clear cut style
Millennium, August 2008	Idiotic story (going back in time to get undiseased people who were gonna die anyway in plane crashes to save humanity), bad action (cliched special effects), bad acting, bad special effects, bad dialogue. Blech.
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, August 2008	Interesting footage and a good way to learn about that freak, but not for the naive and impressionable. This is unbalanced-- a very hagiographic autobiography.
Bang, August 2008	How wearing a uniform affects the way the world sees you... More than just explicit sex and violence but not much more.
The Lover, August 2008	Boring soft-core porno... story has potential-- forbidden love, exotic colonial Vietnam setting.... but not well executed
Semi-Pro, August 2008	Not Will Ferrel's best... occasional scenes will mack you chuckle but overall pretty lame.
Hostel, August 2008	Not that scary and scary part had little to do with the hostel, but scenes of backpacking were fun.
No Country for Old Men, August 2008	Modern Western: cowboy sheriff with existential issues (Tommy Lee Jones), a creepy murderer with a pressurized air tank instead of a Gun, and a hero who is a white trash thief and is trying to get away. Interesting, suspenseful, but not great.
Accidental Tourist, June 2008	Weird Romance... a dry businessman and a freaky single mom. Very 80's
Love Comes Lately, July 2008	SF Jewish Film Festival. Slow moving quirky profile of a really old man who is a dawg
Untraceable, July 2008	Creepy but not scary movie about cyber murders. Most interesting point is the public's hunger for blood and gore even if it's real. Set in cloudy grey Portland, OR of all places.
Red River, June 2008	John Wayne acts a lot like GW Bush in this one.... stay the course, with us or against us. Classic Cowboy film
Conspiracy, June 2008	Creepy, but somehow believable. The presentation and marketing of this as a thriller or as an entertaining film with actors you'll wanna see, etc.... shows a lack of understanding of the subject that ultimately allowed the holocaust to happen.
THX-1138, May 2008	How many times can we have this theme of an extreme oppressive totalitarian dystopia? 1984, A Brave New World, Farenheit 451, etc.... but it's an important theme. Some of the imagery in this film is unforgettable even though the main premise is not original.
Out of the Ashes, May 2008	Adds element of American doubt and callousness to Holocaust story. Accents are overdone to the point of distastefulness. Lahti is a poor choice for this-- she acted decently but her face is to recognizable for a true story Holocaust film.
Sullivan's Travels, May 2008	Juxtaposes comedy and seriousness very well
A Night in Casablanca, May 2008	The Marx Brothers are great. The mute guy trying to relay a message was hilarious.
The Freshman, May 2008	Brando laughs at self in this silly Mafia comedy.
North by Northwest, May 2008	Classic thriller about survival. I'm sure it's just the different era talking, but Cary Grant seems naivly chivalrous yet shrewd and brave at the same time. Great snappy dialogue typical for 1950's. Great story full of unexpected twists (except the falling in love part) Prairie airplane scene and Mt Rushmore scene were great.
Dangerous Beauty, May 2008	One could take the cynical view and see this film for what it is: cliched story, cliched music, cliched beauty, cliched chivalry... or one could surrender to the romance and swim in melted cheese. Courtesans of Venice = (Geishas in Japan) = refined prostitutes who have to bury their love.
Perfume, May 2008	Starts off well with some masterful sequences relating sense of smell and story. Some of the scenes relating talent could have been done more convincingly. But after the half-way point goes down-hill and turns into an ugly horror thriller with a twist of twisted but vaguely beautiful logic. The last sequence, however obliterates that last bit of comprehensability or believability... which not necessarily ruins the movie-- it is a surprise ending rather than cliche, which is preferable even if it is so bizzare.
Secretary, May 2008	At once disturbing, funny, sexy, endearing, beautiful. Maggie Gyllenhall is a demure goddess; her counterpart James Spader is a bit less convincing but also gives a unique and possessed performance.
Baraka, May 2008	Virtually identical to Koyanisqatsi, but without the mesmerising sound track, and several years later. Baraka does, however, include more of a focus on individual humans and film stunning landscapes and human rituals.
Memoirs of a Geisha, May 2008	Lots of incredible beauties and a glimpse into a beautiful world. But story is lame and drags on too long. Zizi is a gem.
Zoolander, May 2008	What can I say... I actually laughed and was not completely bored by this film. I was entertained. Sometimes that's all you need from a film. But with this subject matter I actually felt embarassed to be watching it.
Jumper, May 2008	For a simple adolescent action movie, it was entertaining and fun. Liked the scenes at the pyramids and rome, the special effects convey the concept really well.
Heat, April 2008	Regular crime action movie...other than a few moments of brilliance from Al Pacino (when he loses his temper) this film has very little to offer. A typical cat & mouse.
Halloween, April 2008	Just as disturbing than the actual images in these horror films is the amount and popularity of them. People who like these kinds of films are fulfilling their voyeuristic thirst for blood and evil. It's one thing if horror is done artfully and with cleverness like Hitchcock or The Ring, but this one was hardly even scary.
Into the Wild, April 2008	Great true story, some of the effects are a little weird... probably intentional: it's hard to sympathize with the selfish main character when he dies, but you do feel sorry for him.
They Live, April 2008	Are all action movies from the late 80's this terrible? Catch lines that make you want to vomit out of your ears after hearing them. Unconvincing, pointless action scenes. Unoriginal story... aliens take over with the use of technology subliminally controlling humanity. Again. Kinda like the Matrix, but at least Matrix had good acting and amazing action...
August Rush, April 2008	Kinda moving, but whoever made this thing didn't know much about music. Very cheesy.
Live from the Met in HD: La Boheme, April 2008	See my big review at: Broadstreetreview.com
American Gangster, March 2008	Heart-pumping crime "history movie" Denzel is great, as is Crow, and when they finally come together at the end, they seem like old friends. After slow start, great flow and especially powerful when it shows the effects of the crimes on the junkies. Also powerful scene at the end where justice reigns while the church sings- very Godfather.
Knocked Up, March 2008	Genuinely funny and entertaining except for the new "macheesemo" that has replaced "machismo." Outside of baby parody story line, a great critique of fake Southern Cali stereotypical culture.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets, February 2008	Sequels are supposed to be similar to the prequels but this one literally follows almost the exact same jokes, formula, with some historical monuments substituted for others. The first one was better.
Syriana, February 2008	Greedy corruption and aggrandizement in the usual places: CIA, Dept. of Justice, Congressional business regulators, Arab Emirate Oil Controllers, of course Corporate Oil. And only the terrorists are made to look like they are the victims and therefore join the evil party. With so many evil parties, the movie ends up being hardly intelligible and Clooney & Damon hardly get any screen time, with of course no time for any character development either. Even the quiet black investigator ends up being a backstabber of his the evil boss he's supposed to be working for.
Elizabethtown, February 2008	Orlando Bloom is a little twirp... seriously, what is attractive? Kristen Dunst is annoying. "Look! I am speshul. I am unique. I am a free spirit!" BS. I used to like that actress. Some good scenes, though. The surreal workplace and the suicide plans. The Kentukey family. The Road Trip at the end. Ends up being a decent movie despite dumb ass actors.
Bucket List, February 2008	Dialogue is contrived, message is cliche. I just wanted to see where they'd end up going
National Treasure, February 2008	Clever Adventure that weaves in and out of History... gotta love those. Especially when it involves the Masons, B Franklin and Philly
Pursuit of Happyness, February 2008	Smith's best performance so far. True story about a man who managed a job, a non-paying internship, raising a son, getting evicted and broke, left by his wife... and beat it all to become a Millionaire. Smart words about PURSUIT of Happiness... but never finding it?
Anchorman, February 2008
Rocky Balboa, February 2008	Yet ANOTHER Rocky movie, again he does the improbable.
Salah Shabatti, February 2008
3:10 to Yuma, February 2008
December Boys, January 2008	Harry Potter actor as an orphan on the beach in Australia, a film about coming of age and friendship. OK but not particularly memorable
Beaufort, January 2008	Israel's entry into the Oscars with a very dark brooding war film. Realistic because for a very long time, not much happens, and the action is very sudden, intense, but short-lived. Interesting, but not gripping from a cinematic point of view.
Walking on Water, January 2008	An Israeli version of a Munich like character, with an added dimension of third-generation Germans in Israeli, under the Holocaust's shadow. Yet another added dimension with homosexuality. Almost tries to do too much, but still a very good film. Nice to see Israel scenic pictures.
Syrian Bride, January 2008	Israeli film about ridiculousness of bureaucracy and how it directly affects personal lives. Also a revealing look into neighboring cultures. Well acted, and vibrant pictures. Un-Hollywoodness of Israeli films is great, along with moments of local humor.
Cinderella Man, January 2008	Yet another underdog boxing movie. This one doesn't have much new to add, except that it's set in the great depression. Russel Crow doesn't come close to portraying a man exceptionally determined and brave. His small stature also doesn't seem credible in the ring. Rocky is much better.
Message in a Bottle, January 2008	Heartbreaking, but Kostner doesn't really convey the love and depth of soul that the letters convey. The girl is annoying but sweet. The little boy, I wanted to choke. The father was good. Would have loved to see better photography of the beauty of the N. Carolina coast.
Mr. Bean's Holiday, January 2008	Hilarious, but only in small scenes. Watching this idiot make an ass for more than ten minutes very quickly goes from funny to annoying to sad.
Frisco Kid, January 2008	A must see for every Jew! The right blend of comedy, action, and meaning. Even funnier if you know the inside jokes.
Click, December 2007	Adam Sandler with his usual semi-funny goofy stupidity in the begining but then gets much better, and does something in the shadow of It's A Wonderful Life
Little Big Man, , December 2007	The Epitome of irony right from its title. Juxtaposes humor with tragedy, stupidity with wisdom. Not your usual western by a long shot.
Psycho (Old version), December 2007	Not only is Bernard Herrmann's score brilliant, it is also dispatched with ferocious passion by the orchestra- extremely rare in film scores! Hitchcock's mastery of suspense is not as scary the second time around but the final scene still gave me the chills.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, December 2007	As "gold-diggger Loreli", Monroe exceeds her stupidity level in this one... just annoying. Then she says she's playing stupid because she thinks that's what men like. I don't buy it... she's still stupid because all she cares for is money and diamonds. She glows though. Songs are pretty boring. Dialogue has old-style cleverness
A Hard Day's Night, December 2007	Following around the carefree Beatles. One gets envious of their ease and popularity... seems disingenuous, or maybe it's their way-of-life genius. The movie has not plot though. Fun / interesting to watch legends play and sing and talk and live. But gets boring when pointless with no real plot.
Stevie (2002), December 2007	Documentary about a true, absolutely real life convict with a messed up life. A life wasted and destroyed by the self and by his dysfunctional family. Once again, the importance of family. And the shock of poor people in a the U S of A. Bona-fide HICKS. A family of obese women with names like Brenda, Bernice, and Berna around fatty little Stevie. Quite sad.
Sweet Sixteen (2002), December 2007	I had to put the subtitles on because the Scottish pronunciation might as well be German or Swedish to me-- that is to say... I'll understand 1 word out of 8 or 9. Hormonal teenager drops out of school and screws up. Hard to believe the recklessness and callousness of his mum. Bleak life in a 1st-world country. Makes you appreciate what you have.
Oh Brother Where Art Thou, December 2007	Loosely based on the Odyssey, set in the Mississippi in the great depression. You feel for and love the characters-- rare in a comedy. Great foot-tappin ol timee music!
Death in Gaza, December 2007	Grim, and fairly well-balanced account. The filmmaker's death is partly his own fault: approaching an APC in the middle of the night and ignoring gunshots?
Mr. Holland's Opus, December 2007	Cheeese. "Play the sunset" Instantly the student's technique problems are solved. Somewhat inspiring and heartwarming if you're open to it.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), December 2007	Very gory. Hot bods. Middle of nowhere crazy hicks. That's about it.
Bourne Ultimatum, December 2007	Non-stop action, but even high speed urban car chases get boring after the third or fourth time around. Some ol' govt' against lil' man story. Matt Damon's stunt men deserve more credit than he does, but he does a good job of portraying vacuousness of a man lost.
Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy, December 2007	One of the stupidest most random, unamusing films I've ever watched. Shallow aimless.
Bowling for Columbine, December 2007	Michael Moore makes the surprising conclusion that not only guns, but mostly media sensationalism and Americans' extreme fearfulness, along with injustice with the poor, that causes violence. A interesting but disorganized and crazy movie. Always funny to see execs put in uncomfortable situations though.
The Incredible Lightness of Being, December 2007	"You (Don Giovanni Doctor) are so strong... you take life lightly. I am weak, I take life heavily. So I am going back to the land of the weak [Soviet Occupied] Prague" The find happiness and he appeases his restlessness on a farm.
The Philadelphia Story, December 2007	Very clever dialogue and expressive acing. Old movie that feels a lot more like a play than a realistic movie. Kind of like a Henry James story. Stewart is so classy! Katherine Hepburn is ugly and beautiful at the same time. Hugh Grant is also a class act.
Witness, November 2007	Happened to get this action movie set in Amishland right after seeing the Amish! Annoying 80's music
Wall Street, November 2007	Typical 80's movie about a kid who matures.
Requiem for a Dream, November 2007	Very disturbing and haunting movie about some ugly realities of life and the power of addiction to drugs, TV, medical pills, food, and sex.
Bee Movie, November 2007	Cute, stupid, occasionally funny. Ha ha.
Beowulf, November 2007	Animation is getting better and better. Some characters look more real than others. Story-wise, the change about the Jolie-monstress is very good. Action is very blurry though.
V for Vendetta, November 2007	Matrix makers try again but not nearly as good. Too unrealistic for one man to pull of a revolution and do all those things... only one cool action scene with blood flying in slow motion out of throats.
Chaplin, November 2007	Interesting and education biography about Charlie Chaplin. I never knew!
Red Dragon, November 2007	Basically a remake of Silence of the Lambs... exact same idea but new disturbing crimes and insanities. Different detective.
Oceans 13, November 2007	OK they can stop now
Hocus Pocus, November 2007	Lame?
A Few Good Men, November 2007	Just watched it so I can see the context of the Can't Handle the Truth thing. An interesting military culture exposee but really beyond Nicholson's big tirade there is little special.
Munich, November 2007	Made for controversy. Spielberg's apology in the beginning of the DVD version is deplorable... but also admirable, can't decide which.
Transformers, November 2007	Great action. I grew up with the orginal cartoon and this was fun.
The Simpsons Movie, November 2007	Lame.
Hannibal, November 2007	Original in its unmatched gruesomeness but after Silence of the Lambs, lacks in drama and acting power from everyone but Hopkins.
The Inside Man, November 2007
The Simpsons, November 2007	Stupid... much of it is same ol slapstick and wimpy-offensive humor. But why when they turn it into a film they have to put the requisite cheesiness: a love story... father & son... community.... we're not looking to the Simpsons for that kind of morality! We're looking for satirical morality. Even the Simpsons Jumped on the green bandwagon. Funny moment: "Worst day of my life...." Homer: "Yet!"
Sicko, November 2007	Eye Opening. Especially the part about doctors getting bonuses for denying insurance company payment. Sickening. However, the overly rosy picture of universal healthcare in Europe is obviously too one-sided. Shows none of the problems in socialized hospitals. From this perspective it's not a factual documentary but opinionated propaganda. Even so, it may convince me to vote for Hillary's Universal Healthcare in 08.
Lion King, November 2007	Watched again after all these years. Opening sequence still gives shivers. Most of the rest seems to have lost a lot of it's magic... lots of silly moments.
Silence of the Lambs, November 2007	EPIC SCARY
Ali, November 2007
Cinderella (Disney) October 2007
Pink Floyd The Wall, October 2007	WOW. Great insight towards the album.
Rocky II, October 2007
Rocky, October 2007	"Adrian!" So raspy and piercing. How a dumb brute can melt your heart!
Se7en, October 2007
Blades of Glory, October 2007
Forrest Gump, October 2007	Watched again on TV in a Motel 8 in Scott's Bluff, Nebraska. Still impossible to turn away from.
Bus Stop, October 2007
Perfect Stranger, August 2007
Fracture, August 2007
Little Heroes (Hebrew) August 2007
Spiderman 3 August 2007
Premonition, July 2007
Song of Love (1947), May 2007
Woman of the Year (1942), May 2007
50 First Dates, May 2007
The Mystery of Picasso, May 2007
Shrek 3, May 2007
The Searchers, May 2007
Shenandoah, May 2007
Wedding Crashers, May 2007
Scream, May 2007
Crocodile Dundee, April 2007
Dirty Harry, April 2007
The Namesake, April 2007
Proof, April 2007
Cocoon, April 2007
The Big Land, April 2007
Law and Order (1953), April 2007
Being Julia, April 2007
The Aviator, March 2007
Who Killed the Electric Car? March 2007
Dawn of the Dead, Feb. 2007
Frenzy, Feb. 2007	Disturbing serial rape-murder mystery movie, but old-school special effects and drama style kinda take away from the overall scariness by today's standards. Alfred Hitchcock's tie murderer is an average friendly guy... that's scary.
Brokeback Mountain, Feb. 2007	A heartbreaking love story, with the homosexual connotations it's even sadder. Stunningly beautiful Montana backdrop and heartfelt yet simple music intensify emotion even more.
Moby Dick, Feb. 2007	An honorable attempt at depicting the movie.
Interview with the Vampire, Feb. 2007
Jarhead, Feb. 2007
Little Odessa, Feb. 2007
Boiler Room, Feb. 2007
Borat: Cultural Findings..., January 2007	Previews were better than movie itself. Hotel wrestling scene is a shocker!
40 Year Old Virgin, January 2007	Not that funny
The Rock, December 2006
Invincible, December 2006
Little Miss Sunshine, December 2006	Hilarious. Cringe ending.
The Old Man and the Sea, December 2006	Book is better, but still an OK movie.
Million Dollar Baby, December 2006	Real sad.
Intermezzo (1939), December 2006
Naqoyqatsi, December 2006	Not as mesmerizing as the other qatsi's... too many weird special effects, but still an amazing fusion of music and motion picture, and a powerful commentary on society.
Callas Forever, November 2006
1984, November 2006
Pollock, November 2006
Saraband, November 2006
Eyes Wide Shut, November 2006
The Beat My Heart Skipped (French), November 2006,
Rear Window, October, 2006
Scent of a Woman, October, 2006
13 Conversations about one thing October, 2006
Dead Poets Society, September 2006
Kippur, September 2006
Badlands, September 2006
Tristan & Isolde (Metropolitan Opera), August 2006
The Legend of 1900, August 2006
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, July 2006,
Phat Girlz, July 2006,
Tristand + Isolde, June 2006	Disappointingly boring
Malcolm X, May 2006
Thank You for Smoking, Apr 2006
Rent, Apr 2006
Aida (Met Opera, 1989) , Apr 2006
The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds, Apr 2006
I, Robot, Apr 2006	Great special effects... story is that same old fear of technology taking over. People are really afraid of that, huh?
Troy, Apr 2006
Lifeboat, March 2006
Play It Again, Sam, Jan. 2006
In this World, Jan. 2006
Notorious, Dec. 2005
Breakfast at Tiffany's Dec. 2005
Metropolis Dec. 2005
Supersize Me Dec. 2005
Under the Tuscan Sun, Nov. 2005
Amistad, Nov. 2005
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Nov. 2005
Napoleon Dynamite, Oct 2005
You Were Never Lovlier, Oct 2005
A Girl in Black, Oct 2005
The Graduate, Oct 2005
The Terminal, Oct 2005
Glenn Gould: Off the Record, Sept 2005
Gods and Monsters, Sept 2005
West Side Story, Sept 2005
Hitch, August 2005
Quo Vadis, August 2005
Testament, July 2005
War of the Worlds, July 2005
Orfeus (Jean Costeau) July 2005
Patch Adams, June 2005
Sunset Boulevard, June 2005
Meet the Parents, June 2005
The Bodyguard, June 2005
Death in Venice, June 2005
Cadfael and the Potter's Field, June 2005
Net, June 2005
Goodwill Hunting, June 2005
Glory, June 2005
Crash, June 2005
Welcome to Sarajevo, June 2005
Les Misérables (1998), June 2005
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, June 2005
Grapes of Wrath, June 2005
Immortal Beloved, June 2005
A Clockwork Orange, June 2005
Hotel Rawanda, May 2005
Evita, May 2005
Farewell My Concubine, May 2005
Manchurian Candidate, May 2005
25th Hour, May 2005
Predator, May 2005
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, May 2005
The Power of One, May 2005
One Hour Photo, April 2005
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, April 2005
Face Off, April 2005
Taxi Driver, March 2005
High Noon, March 2005
Fidelio (Convent Garden Production), March 2005
Thin Red Line, March 2005
One Hour Photo, March 2005
Vertigo, March 2005
Cabaret, March 2005
The Talented Mr. Ripley, March 2005
Thirteen, March 2005, March 2005
Hamlet (Olivier, 1948) March 2005
Dracula (1992), March 2005
Koyaanisqatsi, March 2005
Cadafael: Devil's Novice, March 2005
A Streetcar Named Desire, March 2005
Galipoli, March 2005
American Pie, Feb 2005
On the Waterfront, Feb 2005
The Last Emperor, Jan 2005
Matrix: Revolutions, Jan 2005
Chain Reaction, Jan 2005
Sous le Sable (French: Under the Sand), Jan 2005
Phantom of the Opera, Jan 2005
Office Space, Jan 2005
Trekkies, Jan 2005
To Kill A Mockingbird, Jan 2005
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jan 2005
Passion of the Christ, Jan 2005
8 Mile, Jan 2005
Pearl Harbor, Jan 2005
Sideways, Jan 2005
Citizen Kane, Dec 2004
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Dec 2004
Amadeus (again), Dec 2004
Super Troopers, Dec. 2004
Ocean's Eleven (2003), Dec. 2004
It's a Wonderful Life, Dec. 2004
The Punisher, Dec. 2004
A Night at the Opera, Dec. 2004
Desiree, Dec. 2004
Julius Ceasar (1953), Dec. 2004
Spunge-Bob Square-Pants, Nov. 2004
Signs, Nov. 2004
The Last Samurai, Nov. 2004
City the God, Nov. 2004
Boondock Saints, Oct. 2004
Enemy at the Gates,Oct. 2004
Dumb and Dumber, Oct. 2004
Lost in Translation, Oct. 2004
Big Fish Oct. 2004
I Huckabees Oct. 2004
28 Days Later, Oct. 2004
Death on the Nile, Oct. 2004
Dogma, Sept. 2004
Billy Budd (English National Opera), Sept. 2004
Run Lola Run, Sept. 2004
Exorcist: The Beginning, Sept. 2004
Madame Butterfly (La Scala), Sept. 2004
Salome (Royal Opera House), Sept. 2004
Bruce Almighty, August 2004
The Sound of Music, August 2004
Shawshank Redemption, August 2004
Patton, August 2004
Twelve O'clock High August 2004
Chocolat, August 2004
Gattaca, August 2004
American in Paris, August 2004
Fahrenheit 911, August 2004
Connie and Carla, August 2004
Godfather III June 2004,
The Birds, June 2004
Girl With a Pearl Earring, June 2004
Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, June 2004
Master & Commander June 2004
Catch Me if you Can June 2004,
Godfather II June 2004,
Ceux qui m'aiment prendrent le train, June 2004
Godfather I, June 2004
Panic Room, June 2004
Tous Les Matins Du Monde June 2004
Day After Tomorrow, June 2004
Spiderman, June 2004
Orgazmo, June 2004
Funny Girl, May 2004
Shrek 2, May 2004
Willow, May 2004
Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, May 2004
Othello, May 2004
S.W.A.T. May 2004
Artificial Intelligence (Spielberg), May 2004
Legally Blonde, May 2004
Kill Bill v.2, May 2004
Kill Bill v.1, May 2004
Papillion, May 2004
Psycho (1998 remake), May 2004
Philadelphia, May 2004
Temptress Moon, May 2004
All or Nothing, May 2004
Sense and Sensibility, May 2004
Sweet Home Alabama, May 2004
Casablanca, May 2004
Van Helsing, May 2004
Pretty Woman, May 2004
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, May 2004
Intolerable Cruelty, April 2004
Schindler's List, April 2004
Hellboy, April 2004
Hukkle, March 2004
Shakespeare in Love, March 2004
Broken Wings (Hebrew), March 2004
Midsummer Night's Dream (Michael Hofmann), March 2004
Something's Gotta Give, Feb 2004
Farinelli: il castrato, Feb 2004
Some Like it Hot, Feb 2004
Tess of the D'urbervilles, Feb 2004
Monsters, Inc, Jan 2004
The English Patient, Jan 2004
Whale Rider, Jan 2004
Chicago, Jan 2004
The Italian Job, Jan 2004
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and down a Mountain, Dec 2003
Behind the Sun, Dec 2003
Finding Nemo, Dec 2003
Cold Mountain, Dec 2003
Sea Biscuit, Dec 2003
Vatel, Nov 2003
Lolita, Oct. 2003
Down With Love, Aug 2003
Unfaithful, Aug 2003
Pirates of the Carribean, Dec 2003
Kandahar, Nov 2003
Mao to Mozart, Aug 2003
X-Men 2, Jul 2003
What a Girl Wants, Jul 2003
Singin' in the Rain, Jun 2003
Winged Migration, Jun 2003
The Hulk, Jun 2003
Together, May 2003
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, May 2003
Much Ado About Nothing, May 2003
Mulan Rouge, May 2003
Lilo and Stich, May 2003
The Pianist, April 2003
Punch Drunk Love, Dec. 2002
American Pie 2, Dec. 2002
Beautiful Mind, 2002
Back to the Future I, 2002
Star Trek: Nemesis, 2002
A Walk to Remember, 2002
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002
Bridge to Terabithia (1985) 2002
Minority Report, 2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002
Rush Hour 2, 2002
Star Wars: Episode Two- Attack of the Clones, 2002
Fifth Element, 2002
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2002
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2002
The Gods Must Be Crazy, 2001
Spy Games, 2001
Best in Show, 2001
Blackhawk Down, 2001
Die Hard, 2001
The Mummy Returns, 2001
Lawrence of Arabia, 2001
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000
Green Mile, 2000
Pitch Black
American Beauty, 2000
The Red Violin, 2000
Ha Hesder, 2000
The Bridge on the River Kwai, 2000
X-Men, 2000
Pulp Fiction, 2000
Toy Story 2, 2000
Fantasia 2000, 2000
2001: A Space Odyssey, 2000
007: The World is Not Enough, 1999 #71
Tarzan, 1999
Man in the Iron Mask 1999
Blue Streak, 1999
Amadeus, 1999
The Mummy, 1999
Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace, 1999
Three Kings, 1999
Star Trek: Insurrection, 1999
The Blair Witch Project, 1999
Being John Malkovitch, 1999
The Sixth Sense, 1999
Spartacus, 1999
Matrix, 1999
Elizabeth, 1999
Analyze This, 1999
Mulan, 1999
Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn, 1998
Starship Troopers, 1998
Saving Private Ryan, 1998
The Truman Show, 1998
Star Trek: First Contact, 1998
Armageddon, 1998
Rush Hour, 1998
To Kill A Mockingbird (old) 1998
Forrest Gump, 1998
Prince of Egypt, 1998
Air Force One, 1998
007: Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
Dances With Wolves, 1997
Parent Trap, 1997
Titanic, 1997
Wizard of Oz, 1997
City Slickers, 1997
Hercules, 1997
Jurrasic Park 2 , 1997
Toy Story, 1997
Ten Commandments, 1997
Little Princess, 1997
Men in Black , 1997
Contact, 1997
Independence Day, 1996
Demolition Man, 1996
Dr. Zhivago, 1996
Gandhi, 1996
Mrs. Doubtfire, 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1996
Speed, 1995
The Princess Bride, 1995
Free Willy 2, 1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, 1995
The Mask, 1995
Pocahontas, 1995
Richie Rich, 1995
The Gremlins, 1994
Lion King, 1994
Beethoven Lives Upstairs, 1994
Wizard of Oz, 1993
Secret Garden, 1993
Free Willy, 1993
Peter Pan, 1993
Aladdin, 1993
Jurrasic Park , 1993
Home Alone 2 , 1993
Home Alone , 1993
Jungle Book, 1992
Batman, 1991
Bambi, 1990
Mary Popins, 1989
Fantasia , 1988