Hollywood Bitchslap

[Jason Whyte]

Hey all,

I have formerly posted my film lists on the Home Theater Forum and most recently my blogger at jasonwhyte.blogspot.com, but I thought it was about time to finally get the film list diary going on my real home which is right here.

For those of you who don't know what this is, essentially this is my diary of every movie I see this year, with a star rating out of four stars. Current films, older films seen for the first time, festival stuff, and so forth (I even have a section devoted to music!) I see so much stuff (yeah, I know, I don't review them all with the insane amount of work I do every week to pay my bills, heh) that I HAVE to keep track of it somehow, and the forum is the best way to do it.

I encourage all of you to post your lists this year and we'll definately get a better swing on this in 2006. My list will be below this post, and feel free to set yours up however you see fit. I think it will be a lot of fun for all of us to see what everybody else is watching (and I know Mr. Weinberg keeps a list too, so here's hoping he gets it over here soon!).

Any questions, just fire me a PM or email.

Jason
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"I talked to Jeremy Piven on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury. So my understanding is that he is leaving showbusiness to pursue a career as a thermometer." -- David Mamet

[Jason Whyte]

Jason's 2005 Film List Diary

2005 LIST NOW CLOSED. 2006 Film List Diary will continue any 2005 releases seen in '06. Click HERE for the new list.

Last Updated: December 31st, 2005
Criteria Used: USA/Canada (exc. Quebec) Release

Added Recently: Memoirs of a Geisha, The Producers, Cheaper By The Dozen 2, Rumor Has It, The Ringer, Fun With Dick & Jane, Wolf Creek, Munich, Brokeback Mountain,The Chumscrubber, Down to the Bone, The Three Burials of of Melquiades Estrada, Domino, King Kong, The Family Stone, Capote, Hoodwinked (to TBA 2006), Into The Blue & Match Point
Coming Soon: The Producers, Memoirs of a Geisha and the 2006 Film List Diary

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Eligible Films Count: 256
No Distributor/Festival/Theatrical Reissues & Revivals Count and Shorts: 113
2004 Film List Continued! Count: 10
First Time Count: 10
Total To Date Count: 389
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List By Title
Title/Rating out of ****/Country/Aspect Ratio/Running Time/Director

The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Robert Rodriguez
Aeon Flux / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Karyn Kusama
Alone in the Dark / * / Canada / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Uwe Boll
The Amityville Horror / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Andrew Douglas
Antares / *** / Austria / 1.85:1 / Götz Spielmann
Are We There Yet? / * / Vancouver / 1.85:1 / Brian Levant
The Aristocrats / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Paul Provenza
Assault on Precinct 13 / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Jean-François Richet

Bad News Bears / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Richard Linklater
The Ballad of Jack and Rose / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Rebecca Miller
Ballets Russes / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Dan Geller & Dayna Goldfine
Batman Begins / **** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Christopher Nolan
The Baxter / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Michael Showalter
Beautiful Boxer / *** / Thailand / 1.85:1 / Ekachai Uekrongtham
Beauty Shop / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Billie Woodruff
Because of Winn-Dixie / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Wayne Wang
Be Cool / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / F. Gary Gray
Bee Season / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Scott McGehee & David Siegel
The Best Of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù) (Part One and Part Two) / **** / Italy / 1.85:1 (from 16mm) / Marco Tullio Giordana
Bewitched / ½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Nora Ephron
Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope) / *½ / Quebec / 1.85:1 / Denise Filiatrault
Bride & Prejudice / *** / United Kingdom, India / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Gurinder Chadha
Brokeback Mountain / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Ang Lee
Broken Flowers / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Jim Jarmusch
The Brothers Grimm / *½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Terry Gilliam

Caché (Hidden) / **** / Austria / 1.85:1 / Michael Haneke
Cake / *½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / Nisha Ganatra
Camping sauvage (Happy Camper) / ***½ / Quebec / 1.85:1 / André Ducharme, Guy Lepage & Sylvain Roy
Capote / ***½ / United States / 2.39:1 / Bennett Miller
The Cave / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Bruce Hunt
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Tim Burton
Cheaper By The Dozen 2 / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Adam Shankman
Chicken Little / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Mark Dindal
Childstar / *** / Canada / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Don McKellar
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Andrew Adamson
The Chumscrubber / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Arie Posin
Cinderella Man / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Opie Cunningham
Clean / ***½ / France / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Olivier Assayas
Coach Carter / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Thomas Carter
The Constant Gardener / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Fernando Meirelles
Constantine / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Francis Lawrence
Corpse Bride / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Tim Burton & Mike Johnson
Crash / ***½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Paul Haggis
C.R.A.Z.Y. / *** / Quebec / 1.85:1 / Jean-Marc Vallee
Cry Wolf / *½ / Canada / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Jeff Wadlow
Cursed / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Wes Craven

The Dark Hours / ½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / Paul Fox
Dark Water / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Walter Salles
Darwin's Nightmare / *** / Austria / 1.85:1 / / Hubert Saper
Dead Man's Shoes / **½ / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 /Shane Meadows
Dear Frankie / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Shona Auerbach
Derailed / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Mikael Håfström
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo / ZERO / United States / 1.85:1 / Mike Bigelow
The Devil's Rejects / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Rob Zombie
Dirty Love / ZERO / United States / 1.85:1 / John Asher
Domino / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Tony Scott
Doom / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Andrej Bartkowiak
Downfall (Der Untergang) / *** / Germany / 1.85:1 / Oliver Hirschbiegel
Down to the Bone / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Debra Granik
Dreamer / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Gatins
The Dukes of Hazzard / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Jay Chandrasekhar
Duma / ***½ / United States & South Africa / 1.85:1 / Carroll Ballard
Dust to Glory / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Dana Brown
The Dying Gaul / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Craig Lucas

The Edukators / *** / Germany / 1.85:1 / Hans Weingartner
Elektra / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Rob Bowman
Elizabethtown / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / Cameron Crowe
Empire Falls / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Fred Schepisi
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Alex Gibney
L'esquive (Games of Love and Chance) / *** / France / 1.85:1 / Abdel Kechiche
The Exorcism of Emily Rose / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Scott Derrickson
Everyone / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Bill Marchant
Everything is Illuminated / *** / United States / 106 min. / Liev Schrieber

The Family Stone / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Thomas Bezucha
Fantastic Four / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Tim Story
Fever Pitch / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Peter and Bobby Farelly
5x2 (Cinq fois deux) / *** / France / 1.85:1 / Francois Ozon
Flightplan / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Robert Schwentke
Forty Shades of Blue / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Ira Sachs
The 40-Year-Old Virgin / ***½ / United States / 116 min. / Judd Apatow
Four Brothers / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Singelton
Fun With Dick & Jane / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Dean Parisot

Get Rich or Die Tryin' / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Jim Sheridan
Go For Zucker! (Alles Auf Zucker!) / *** / Germany / 1.85:1 / Dani Levy
Good Night, and Good Luck. / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / George Clooney
The Greatest Game Ever Played / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Bill Paxton
The Great Raid / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Dahl
Green Street Hooligans / *** / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Lexi Alexander
Grizzly Man / ***½ / United States / Werner Herzog
Guess Who / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Hank Williams First Nation / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Aaron James Sorensen
Happy Endings / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Don Roos
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire / ***½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Mike Newell
Haute Tension (also known as High Tension or Switchblade Romance) / * / France / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / 89 min. / Alexandre Aja
Havoc / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Barbara Kopple
Heights / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Chris Terrio
Herbie: Fully Loaded / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Angela Robinson
Hide & Seek / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John "Yeah, I directed Swimfan" Polson
A History of Violence / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / David Cronenberg
Hitch / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (VERY poor Super 35) / Andy Tennant
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Garth Jennings
A Hole in My Heart (Ett Hål i mitt hjärta) / ** / Sweden / 1.85:1 / Lukas Moodysson
The Honeymooners / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Schultz
Horloge biologique (Dodging the Clock) / *** / Quebec / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Ricardo Trogi
Hostage / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Florent Siri
House of D / *½ / United States / 1.85:1 / David Duchovny
House of Wax / * / United States / 1.85:1 / Jaume Serra
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) / ***½ / Japan / 1.85:1 / Hayao Miyazaki
Hustle & Flow / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Craig Brewer

The Ice Harvest / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Harold Ramis
Ice Princess / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Tim Fywell
Ill Fated / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Mark A. Lewis
In Her Shoes / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Curtis Hanson
Inside Deep Throat / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato
The Interpreter / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Sydney Pollack
Into The Blue / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Stockwell
The Island / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Michael Bay
It's All Gone Pete Tong / *** / Canada / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Michael Dowse

The Jacket / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Maybury
Jarhead / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Sam Mendes
Jimmywork / *** / Quebec / 1.85:1 / Simon Sauve
Junebug / *** / United States / 1.85:1 (from 16mm) / Phil Morrison
Just Like Heaven / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Mark Waters

Keane / *** / United States / Lodge Kerrigan
Kicking & Screaming / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Jesse Dylan
Kingdom of Heaven / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Ridley Scott
King Kong / ***½ / New Zealand / 2.39:1 / Peter Jackson
King's Ransom / *½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Jeff Byrd
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Shane Black
Kontroll (Control) / *** / Hungary / 1.85:1 / Nimród Antal
Kung Fu Hustle (Gong fu) / **** / Hong Kong / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Stephen Chow

Ladies in Lavender / ** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Charles Dance
Land of the Dead / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / George A. Romero
Last Days / ***½ / United States / 1.37:1 / Gus van Sant
Layer Cake / *** / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Matthew Vaughn
The Legend of Zorro / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Martin Campbell
Lie With Me / *½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / Clement Virgo
little man / * / United States / 1.85:1 / Nicole Conn
Look at Me (Comme une image) / ***½ / France / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Agnès Jaoui
The Longest Yard / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Peter Segal
Lord of War / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Andrew Niccol
Lords of Dogtown / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Catherine Hardwicke
A Lot Like Love / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Nigel Cole

Madagascar / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath
Mad Hot Ballroom / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Marilyn Agrelo
Ma Mere (My Mother) / ** / France / 1.66:1 / Christophe Honore
The Man / * / United States / 1.85:1 / Les Mayfield
Man of the House / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Stephen Herek
March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur) / *** / France / 1.85:1 / Luc Jaquet
Margaret Cho: Assassin / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Kerry Asmussen
Match Point / **** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Woody Allen
Me and You and Everyone We Know / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / Miranda July
Melinda and Melinda / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Woody Allen
Mémoires affectives (Looking for Alexander) / *** / Quebec / 1.85:1 / Francis Leclerc
Memoirs of a Geisha / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Rob Marshall
Millions / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Danny Boyle
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Pasquin
Mondovino / * / Argentina / 1.85:1 / Jonathan Nossiter
Monster In-Law / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Robert Luketic
Mr. & Mrs. Smith / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Doug Liman
Munich / **** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Steven Spielberg
Murderball / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro
Must Love Dogs / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Gary David Goldberg
My Date With Drew / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Jon Gunn, Brian Herzlinger & Brett Winn
Mysterious Skin / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Gregg Araki
My Summer of Love / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Pawel Pawlikowski

Night Watch (Nochnoy dozor) / ** / Russia / 1.85:1 / Timur Bekmabetov
9 Songs / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Michael Winterbottom
Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) / ***½ / Japan / 1.85:1 / Hirokazu Kore-eda
North Country / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Niki Caro
November / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Greg Harrison

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror / ** / United States / 1.33:1 / Gerard Ungerman & Audrey Brohy
Off The Map / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Campbell Scott
Oldboy / ***½ / South Korea / 2.39:1 (HD Blowup) /Chan-wook Park
Omagh / ***½ / Ireland / 1.85:1 / Pete Travis
Ong-bak / ***½ / Thailand / 1.85:1 / Prachya Pinkaew

The Pacifier / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Adam Shankman
Palindromes / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Todd Solondz
Paradise Now / *** ½ / Palestine / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Hany Abu-Assad
The Perfect Man / *½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Mark Rosman
Pretty Persuasion / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Marcos Siega
Pride and Prejudice / ***½ / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Joe Wright
Prime / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Ben Younger
The Producers / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Susan Stroman
Proof / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / John Madden
Pure / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Gillies MacKinnon

Quill / *** / Japan / 1.85:1 / Yoichi Sai

Racing Stripes / ** / United States & South Africa / 1.85:1 / Fredrik De Chau
Rebound / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Steve Carr
Red Eye / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Wes Craven
Rent / ½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Chris Columbus
The Ringer / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Barry Blaustein
The Ring Two / * / United States / 1.85:1 / Hideo Nakata
Rize / *** / United States / 1.33:1 / David LaChapelle
Robots / * / United States / 1.85:1 / Chris Wedge
Roll Bounce / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Malcolm D. Lee
Rory O'Shea Was Here / *** / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Damien O'Donnell
Rumor Has It / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Rob Reiner

Sahara / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Breck Eisner
Saint Ralph / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Michael McGowan
Save The Green Planet! (Jugureul Jikyeora!) / *** / South Korea / 1.85:1 / Jang Jun-Hwan
Saving Face / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Alice Wu
Saw II / ½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Darren Lynn Bousman
Scaredsacred / **½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / Velcrow Ripper
Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus / * / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Andrew Douglas
Separate Lies / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Julian Fellows
Serenity / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Joss Whedon
Seven Times Lucky / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Gary Yates
Shopgirl / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Anand Tucker
Show Me / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Cassandra Nicolaou
Siblings / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / David Weaver
Sin City / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Ken Kwapis
16 Years of Alcohol / *** / Scotland / 2.39:1 (HD Blowup) / Richard Jobson
Skeleton Key / *½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Iain Softley
Sky High / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Mike Mitchell
Smile / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Jeff Kramer
A Sound of Thunder / ½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Peter "Yeah, I'm still working. Surprised eh?" Hyams
The Squid & The Whale / *** ½ / United States 1.85:1 / Noah Baumbach
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (HD Blowup) / George Lucas
Stay / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Marc Forster
Stealth / * / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Rob Cohen
Supercross: The Movie / ½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Steve Boyum
Syriana / ***½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Stephen Gaghan

3-Iron (Bin-jip) / *** / South Korea / 1.85:1 / Kim Ki-Duk
This Divided State / ***½ / United States / 1.33:1 / Steven Greenstreet
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Tommy Lee Jones
Thumbsucker / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Mike Mills
Transporter 2 / ** / France / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Louis Leterrier
Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand) / ***½ / Iran / 1.85:1 / Bahman Ghobadi
Two For The Money / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / D.J. Caruso

Undiscovered / ** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Meiert Avis
An Unfinished Life / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Lasse Hallström
Unleashed (Danny The Dog) / **½ / France / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Louis Leterrier
Up and Down (Horem pádem) / ***½ / Czech Republic / 1.85:1 / Jan Hrebejk
The Upside of Anger / ***½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Mike Binder

Walk on Water / *** / Isreal / 1.85:1 / Eytan Fox
Walk The Line / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / James Mangold
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit / **** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Nick Park & Steve Box
Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Robert Greenwald
War of the Worlds / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Steven Spielberg
Water / ***½ / Canada / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Deepa Mehta
The Wayward Cloud (Tian bian yi duo yun) / ***½ / Taiwan / 1.85:1 / Tsai Ming-liang
The Weather Man / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 102 min. / Gore Verbinski
Wedding Crashers / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / David Dobkin
Where The Truth Lies / *** / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Atom Egoyan
The White Diamond / ***½ / Germany / 1.85:1 / Werner Herzog
White Noise / * / Canada / 2.39:1 (Super 35) / Geoffery Sax
Window Theory / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / Andrew Putschoegl
Winter Solstice / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / Josh Sternfeld
Wolf Creek / *½ / Australia / 1.85:1 / Greg McLean

XXX: State of the Union / ½ / United States / 2.39:1 (Anamorphic) / Lee Tamahori

The Year of the Yao / **½ / United States / 1.33:1 / Adam Del Deo & James D. Stern
Yes / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / Sally Potter

Zathura / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / Jon "My little baby's all growns up" Favreau
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List By Rating:

****
(90-100)

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Munich

****
(80-89)

Batman Begins
The Best Of Youth (La Meglio Gioventù) (Part I & Part II)
Caché (Hidden)
Elizabethtown
Kung Fu Hustle (Gong fu)
Match Point
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit

***½
(70-79)

Camping sauvage (Happy Campers)
Capote
Clean
Crash
Down to the Bone
Duma
Empire Falls
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Grizzly Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A History of Violence
Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)
Hustle & Flow
King Kong
Last Days
Look at Me (Comme un image)
Mad Hot Ballroom
Melinda and Melinda
Murderball
Mysterious Skin
Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai)
Off The Map
Oldboy
Omagh
Ong Bak
Paradise Now
Pride & Prejudice
The Squid & The Whale
Syriana
This Divided State
Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand)
Up and Down (Horem pádem)
The Upside of Anger
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit
War of the Worlds
Water
The Wayward Cloud (Tian bian yi duo yun)
The White Diamond

***
(50-69)

Antares
The Aristocrats
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Ballets Russes
Beautiful Boxer
Bee Season
Bride & Prejudice
Brokeback Mountain
Broken Flowers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Childstar
Cinderella Man
Coach Carter
The Constant Gardener
Corpse Bride
C.R.A.Z.Y.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Darwin's Nightmare
Dear Frankie
The Devil's Rejects
Downfall (Der Untergang)
Dust To Glory
The Dying Gaul
The Edukators
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
L'esquive (Games of Love and Chance)
Everyone
Everything is Illuminated
Fever Pitch
5x2
Go For Zucker! (Alles Auf Zucker!)
Green Street Hooligans
Happy Endings
Heights
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Horloge biologique (Dodging the Clock)
Ill Fated
In Her Shoes
Inside Deep Throat
It's All Gone Pete Tong
Jarhead
Jimmywork
Junebug
Just Like Heaven
Keane
Kicking & Screaming
Kingdom of Heaven
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kontroll (Control)
Layer Cake
Lord of War
Lords of Dogtown
March of the Penguins (La Marche de l'empereur)
Mémoires affectives (Looking for Alexander)
Memoirs of a Geisha
Millions
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
My Date With Drew
My Summer of Love
9 Songs
North Country
Palindromes
Prime
Proof
Pure
Quill
Rize
Rory O'Shea Was Here
Saint Ralph
Save The Green Planet! (Jugureul Jikyeora!)
Saving Face
Separate Lies
Serenity
Shopgirl
Sin City
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
16 Years of Alcohol
Sky High
Stay
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
3-Iron (Bin-jip)
Thumbsucker
An Unfinished Life
Walk on Water
Walk the Line
The Weather Man
Wedding Crashers
Where The Truth Lies
Winter Solstice
Yes

**½
(40-49)

The Baxter
Bad News Bears
The Chumscrubber
Constantine
Dark Water
Dead Man's Shoes
Dreamer
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The Family Stone
Flightplan
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Hitch
The Ice Harvest
The Jacket
The Interpreter
Red Eye
Scaredsacred
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Two For The Money
Unleashed (Danny The Dog)
Wal Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
The Year of the Yao

**
(30-39)

The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D
Beauty Shop
Because of Winn-Dixie
Cheaper By The Dozen 2
Chicken Little
Four Brothers
The Great Raid
Guess Who
Hank Williams First Nation
Herbie: Fully Loaded
A Hole In My Heart (Ett Hål i mitt hjärta)
The Honeymooners
Hostage
Ice Princess
Ladies in Lavender
The Legend of Zorro
A Lot Like Love
Madagascar
Ma Mere (My Mother)
Must Love Dogs
Night Watch (Nochnoy dozor)
November
The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Pretty Persuasion
The Producers
Racing Stripes
Rebound
Roll Bounce
Rumor Has It
Sahara
Seven Times Lucky
Show Me
Siblings
Smile
Transporter 2
Undiscovered
Window Theory
Zathura

*½
(20-29)

Aeon Flux
Be Cool
Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)
The Brothers Grimm
Cake
The Cave
Cry Wolf
Derailed
Doom
Hide & Seek
House of D
King's Ransom
Lie With Me
The Longest Yard
The Perfect Man
The Skeleton Key
Wolf Creek

*
(10-19)

Alone in the Dark
The Amityville Horror
Are We There Yet?
Assault on Precinct 13
Cursed
Domino
The Dukes of Hazzard
Elektra
Fantastic Four
Fun With Dick & Jane
Haute Tension
House of Wax
Into The Blue
The Island
Land of the Dead
little man
The Man
Man of the House
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
Mondovino
Monster In-Law
The Pacifier
The Ringer
The Ring Two
Robots
Stealth
White Noise

½
(5-9)

Bewitched
The Dark Hours
Rent
Saw II
A Sound of Thunder
Supercross: The Movie
XXX: State of the Union

ZERO
(0-4)

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
Dirty Love
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Film Festival Releases Without US/CA Distribution:

No Distributor/TBR 2006

Edison / ½ / Vancouver / 2.39:1 / David J. Burke
Hoodwinked / *½ / United States / 1.85:1 / Cory Edwards

The 24th Vancouver International Film Festival – September 29th – October 14th

Accused (Anklaget) / **** / Denmark / 1.85:1 / 103 min. / Jacob Theusen
All Winter Without Fire (Tout un hiver sans feu) / *** / Switzerland / 1.85:1 / 90 min. / Greg Zglinski
Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet / NA / Switzerland / 1.85:1 / 97 min. / Luc Schaedler
Arvo Pärt: 24 Preludes for a Fugue (Arvo Pärt 24 prelüüdi ühele fuugale) / *** / Estonia / 1.33:1 / 87 min. / Dorian Supin
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes / NA / Isreal / 1.85:1 / 104 min. / Avi Mograbi
April Snow (Woi-cheul) / **½ / South Korea / 1.85:1 / 105 min. / Jin-Ho Hur
Based on a True Story / **½ / Netherlands / 1.77:1 / 75 min. / Walter Stokman
Bashing / ** / Japan / 1.66:1 / 82 min. / Kobayashi Masahiro
Behind The Mirror (Darpan ke Peechhe) / **½ / India / 1.85:1 / 88 min. / Rajkuma Bhan
Beowulf & Grendel / *½ / Canada / 2.40:1 / 104 min. / Sturla Gunarsson (TBA 2006)
Bonjour tristesse / **** / United States, 1958 / 2.35:1 / 94 min. / Otto Preminger
Brasileirinho / *** / Switzerland / 92 min. / Mika Kaurismaki
The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle d’honneur / *½ / France / 1.85:1 / 110 min. / Claude Chabrol
The Cabin Movie / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 90 min. / Dylan Akio Smith
Cavite / **½ / United States, Phillipines / 1.85:1 / 79 min. / Neill Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon
Changing Destiny (Nemmeno il Destino) / *** / Italy / 110 min. / Daniele Gaglianone
Changing Times (La Temps qui changent) / **½ / France / 1.66:1 / 98 min. / Andre Techine
Crash Test Dummies / *** / Austria / 1.85:1 / 93 min. / Jorg Kalt
Crying Fist (Joomeoki Woonda) / *** / South Korea / 2.39:1 / 126 min. / Ryoo Seung-Wan
Dalecarlians (Masjavlar) / **½ / Sweden / 1.85:1 / 98 min. / Maria Blom
Days & Hours (Kod Amidze Idriza) / ** / Bosnia / 1.85:1 / 96 min. / Pjer Zalica
The District (Nyoker!) / *** / Hungary / 1.85:1 / 87 min. / Aron Gauder
Dog Nail Clipper (Koirankynnen leikaaja) / *** / Finland / 104 min. / Markku Polonen
Duelist (Hyeongsa, Duelist) / ** / South Korea / 2.39:1 / 110 min. / Lee Myung-Se
L’enfant (The Child) / **** / Belgium / 1.66:1 / 95 min. / Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Fallen (Krisana) / *** / Lativia / 1.37:1 / 88 min. / Fred Kelemen
Fateless (Sorstalansag) / *** / Hungary / 2.39:1 / 140 min. / Lajos Koltai
The Fever / *½ / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / 83 min. / Carlo Nero
4 / ** / Russia / 1.85:1 / 126 min. / Ilya Khrzhanovsky
The Gronholm Method / *** ½ / Spain / 2.39:1 / Marcelo Pinyero
Heading South (Vers le Sud) / *** / France / 1.85:1 / 105 min. / Laurent Cantet
Heart, Beating In The Dark – Original 1972 Version (Yamiutusu Shinzo) / ** / Japan / 1.37:1 (8mm) / 75 min. / Nagasaki Shunichi
Heart, Beating In The Dark (Yamiutusu Shinzo) / ** / Japan / 1.85:1 / 104 min. / Nagasaki Shunichi
Hell (L’Enfer) / *** / France / 2.39:1 / 98 min. / Danis Tanovic
Hell on Wheels (Hollentour) / *** / Germany / 1.85:1 / 123 min. / Pepe Danquart
The Hours Go By (Como pasan las horas) / **½ / Argentina / 2.39:1 / 85 min. / Ines de Oliveira Cezar
I am a Sex Addict / *** / United States / 1.33:1 DV / 98 min. / Caveh Zahedi
Kekexili: Mountain Patrol / *** ½ / China / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Lu Chuan
Kissed By Winter / *** ½ / Norway / 1.85:1 / 80 min. / Sara Johnsen
La Neuvaine (The Novena) / *** ½ / Quebec / 1.85:1 / 97 min. / Bernard Emond
Look Both Ways / *** ½ / Australia / 1.85:1 / 100 min. / Sarah Watt
Low Profile / *** / Germany / 2.39:1 / 86 min. / Christoph Hochhausler
M.A.I.D. (Mission Almost Impossible Done) / ** / Thailand / 1.85:1 / 91 min. / Yongyoot Thongkongtoon
Manderlay / **** / Denmark / 2.39:1 / 138 min. / Lars von Trier
The Masseur (Masahista) / * / Phillipines / 1.85:1 / 80 min. / Brilliante Mendoza
Memories in the Mist (Kaalpurush) / *** / India / 2.39:1 / 121 min. / Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 96 min. / Sam Dunn, Scot McFayden & Jessica Joy Wise
The Miracle of Candeal / *** / Spain / 2.39:1 / 129 min. / Fernando Trueba
Netto / *** / Germany / 1.85:1 / 86 min. / Robert Thalheim
Odete / **½ / Portugal / 1.85:1 / 101 min. / Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Pavee Lackeen / **½ / Ireland / 1.85:1 / 87 min. / Perry Odgen
Peacock / *** / China / 1.85:1 / 144 min. / Gu Changwei
Play / **½ / Chile / 1.85:1 / 105 min. / Alicia Scherson
Police Beat / *** / United States / 2.39:1 / 80 min. / Robinson Devor
Princess Raccoon (Operetta Tanuki Goten) / * / Japan / 1.85:1 / 112 min. / Seijun Suzuki
Shanghai Dreams (Qinghong) / *** ½ / China / 1.85:1 / 119 min. / Wang Xiaoshuai
A Simple Curve / **½ / Canada / 94 min. / Aubrey Nealon
Skrítek / *** ½ / Czech Republic / 1.85:1 / 87 min. / Tomás Vorel
Sound Barrier / ZERO / United States / 1.78:1 / 102 min. / Amir Naderi
Souvenir of Canada / *** / Canada / 1.77:1 HD / 69 min. / Robin Ninstein
State of Fear / **½ / United States, Peru / 1.77:1 HD / 94 min. / Pamela Yates
Stolen Childhood (Certi Bambini) / ** / Italy / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Andrea & Antonio Frazzi
Swimmers / *** / United States / 2.39:1 / 91 min. / Doug Sadler
Takeshis / **** / Japan / 1.85:1 / 112 min. / Takeshi Kitano
Three Dollars / *** / Australia / 1.85:1 / 115 min. / Robert Connolly
3 Needles / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 125 min. / Thom Fitzgerald
Three Times (Zui Hao de Shiguang) / ** / Taiwan / 1.85:1 / 131 min. / Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Unknown White Male / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / 96 min. / Rupert Murray
Wake Up, Arezoo! (Bidar Show, Arezoo) / *** / Iran / 90 min. / Kianoosh Ayyari
War Hospital / *** / Canada / 1.77:1 HD / 90 min. / David Christensen & Damien Lewis
When The Tide Comes In (Quand la mer monte) / *** / France / 1.66:1 / 95 min. / Yolande Moreau, Gilles Porte
Why We Fight / *** / United States / 98 min. / Eugene Jarecki
Wrong Side Up / *** / Czech Republic / 1.85:1 / 107 min. / Petr Zelenka
Yang Ban XI: The 8 Model Works (Yang Ban Xi: De 8 Modelwerken) / **½ / Netherlands / 1.85:1 / 85 min. / Yang Ting
Yasmin / *** / United Kingdom / 1.85:1 / 87 min. / Kenny Glenaan

Short Subjects:

Air Quality / **½ / Quebec / 1.85:1 / 12 min. / Anne Thibodeau Emond
The Argument (A “Burnt Toast” Opera) / *** ½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 5 min. / Larry Weinstein
Big Girl / *** ½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 15 min. / Renuka Jeyapalan
Death of Theodore Graham / * / Canada / 1.33:1 / 10 min. / Erik Hecht
Esc / *** / Canada / 1.33:1 / 4 min. / Justin Henton
Fallen / *** ½ / Canada / 15 min. / Allison Beda
I’m Soooo Over You (A “Burnt Toast” Opera) / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 7 min. / Larry Weinstein
Jilted / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 8 min. / Meghan Ciana Doidge
Kata Practice / *** / Canada / 1.33:1 / 5 min. / Siu Ta
London Calling / *** / Japan / 1.37:1 (16mm) / 13 min. / Nagasaki Shunichi
My Dad is 100 Years Old / *** ½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 18 min. / Guy Maddin
Noise / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 17 min. / Greg Spottiswood
Optical Sound / *** ½ / Finland / 2.39:1 / 6 min. / Mika Taanila

The 2005 Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival: February 4th-13th, 2005

Beat The Drum / *** / South Africa / 2.39:1 / 113 min. / David Hickson
Behind The Mascot / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 92 min. / Doug Barber & James Philips
Being Caribou / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 72 min. / Leanne Allison & Diana Wilson
Cable Beach / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 94 min. / James Head
Exist / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 78 min. / Esther Bell
@Festivbercine.ron / ** / Mexico / 1.85:1 / 98 min. / Gabriel Retes & Lourdes Elizarraras
Hair High / *** / United States / 1.66:1 / 79 min. / Bill Plympton
I, Curmudgeon / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 93 min. / Alan Zweig
Lies Like Truth / * / Canada / 1.85:1 / 91 min. / Michael Bateman
The Limb Salesman / ** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 81 min. / Anais Granofsky
Mondo Plympton / *** / United States / 1.33:1 / 82 min. / Bill Plympton
Public Lighting / **½ / Canada / 1.33:1 / 77 min. / Mike Hoolbloom
Python (Pitons) / ***½ / Lativia / 2.39:1 / 88 min. / Laila Pakalnina
Rosy Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick / ** / Italy / 1.85:1 / 88 min. / Luciano Barcaroli
Some Things That Stay / **½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 99 min. / Gail Harvey
Two Great Sheep (Hao da yi dui yang) / **½ / China / 1.85:1 / 100 min. / Liu Hao
Vares: Private Eye (Vares - Yksityisetsivä) / **½ / Finland / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Aleksi Mäkelä
Weird Sex & Snowshoes / *** / Canada / 1.85:1 / 59 min. / Lisa Sharpe
__________________________________________

Short Subject Films:

Cinedictum Shorts / ***½ / Russia / 1.33:1 / 45 min. / Shakvat Karimov
Guard Dog / *** / United States / 1.33:1 / 6 min. / Bill Plympton
In an Instant / *** / United States / 2.39:1 / 20 min. / Steven Wayne
Ryan / ***½ / Canada / 1.85:1 / 14 min. / Chris Landreth
Trails / **** / United States / 2.39:1 / 20 min. / Gavin Heffernan
White Light / *** / Canada / 1.33:1 / 6 min. / Simon Reynolds

__________________________________________

2004 Film List: Continued!

The Assassination of Richard Nixon / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 95 min. / Niels Mueller
Beyond The Sea / **½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 119 min. / Kevin Spacey
Born Into Brothels / *** / 1.85:1 / 85 min. / Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman
The Chorus (Les Choristes) / *** / France / 2.39:1 / 95 min. / Christophe Barratier
Imaginary Heroes / *** / United States / 2.39:1 / 112 min. / Dan Harris
In Good Company / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / 110 min. / Paul Weitz
The Last Shot / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 93 min. / Jeff Nathanson
The Merchant of Venice / *** / United Kingdom / 2.39:1 / 130 min. / Michael Radford
Overnight / ***½ / United States / 1.85:1 / 85 min. / Tony Montana & Mark Brian Smith
Million Dollar Baby / **** / United States / 2.39:1 / 135 min. / Clint Eastwood
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 121 min. / Xan Cassavetes
__________________________________________

Films Seen for the First Time in 2005:
*- Added Recently

The Boondock Saints / ½ / United States / 2.39:1 / 104 min. / Troy "Harvey's Bitch" Duffy
Dog Day Afternoon / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / 126 min. / Sidney Lumet
Drunken Master (Jui kuen) / **** / Hong Kong / 2.39:1 / 110 min. / Yuen Woo-Ping
*F For Fake / **** / France / 1.66:1 / 88 min. / Orson Welles
The Girl Next Door / *** / United States / 1.33:1 / 82 min. / Christine Fugate
*The Ice Pirates / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / 94 min. / Stewart Raffill
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Extended Edition / **** / United States / 2.39:1 / 250 min. / Peter Jackson
Network / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / 121 min. / Sidney Lumet
The Nutty Professor / **½ / United States / 1.85:1 / 107 min. / Jerry Lewis
Stripes / *** / United States / 1.85:1 / 95 min. / Ivan Reitman
Touch of Evil: Restored Director's Cut / **** / United States / 1.85:1 / 110 min. / Orson Welles
Vixen! / ** / United States / 1.85:1 / 75 min. / Russ Meyer
__________________________________________

The 2005 Album List Diary
* - Recently Added

(Note: This section lists various albums, soundtracks and singles that I've been listening to. Since it will cover various years, I am not counting this section towards my 2005 Film List. This will just give you an idea about what I'm listening to.)


Aimee Mann: The Forgotten Arm / ***½
Amerie: Touch / ***
The Album Leaf: In A Safe Place / ****
The Album Leaf: Seal Beach (EP) / ***½
Andrew Bird: The Mysterious Production of Eggs / ****
And You Will Know Us By The Trails of Dead: Worlds Apart / ****
Animal Collective: Sung Tongs / ****
Antony and the Jonsons: I am a Bird Now / ***½
Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll / ***
Batman Begins: Film Soundtrack / ****
Bear vs. Shark: Terrorhawk / ***
Ben Folds: Songs for Silverman / ***½
Black Mountain: Black Mountain / **
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl / ***
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm / ****
The Boy Least Likely To: The Greatest Party Ever / ***½
Brakes: Give Blood / ***½
Broken Social Scene: s/t / ****
The Caesars: Paper Tigers / ****
Caesar's Palace: Cherry Kicks / ***
Chin Up Chin Up: We Should have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers / ***½
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: s/t / ****
The Clogs: Stick Music / ****
Clor: s/t / ***½
Coldplay: X and Y / ****
Darling Violetta: Parlour / ***
Deadbeat: New World Observer / **½
Death From Above 1979: You're a Woman, I'm a Machine / ***
The Decemberists: Castaways and Cutouts / ****

The Decemberists: Her Majesty The Decemberists / ****
The Decemberists: Five Songs (EP) / ***
The Decemberists: Picaresque / ****
Dressy Bessy: s/t / ***
Duke Spirit: Cuts Across the Land / ***
Dungen: Ta det lugnt / ****
The Edukators: o/s/t / ***
The Evens: s/t / ***
Fiery Furnaces: EP / **
Flotation Toy Warning: Bluffer's Gide To The Flight Deck / ***½
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle: Film Soundtrack / **½
Harvey Danger: Little By Little / ***½
[b]Head
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[TheAngryJew]

Weinberg's 2005 Movie List!



I've divided my list into the following three sections:

I. Films already released theatrically in 2005:

II. Direct-to-video (or TV/cable) movies released in 2004:

III. Festival/Foreign Flicks Destined for a 2005 (or unknown future) release:


(Numeric rating after the titles is my star rating, on a 1 - 5 scale.)


I-A. 2005 Theatrical Releases (*wide or semi-wide release):

The 40 Year-Old Virgin (4.5) Judd Apatow / 8-19 / Universal

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (1.5) Robert Rodriguez / 6-10 / Dimension-Miramax
Aeon Flux (1.5) Karyn Kusama / 12-2 / Paramount
Alone in the Dark (1) Uwe Boll / 1-28 / Lions Gate
The Amityville Horror (2.5) Andrew Douglas / 5-15 / MGM-Sony
Are We There Yet? (1) Brian Levant / 1-21 / Columbia-Sony
Assault on Precinct 13 (2.5) Jean-Francois Richet / 1-19 / Rogue-Universal

Bad News Bears (2) Richard Linklater / 7-22 / Paramount
Batman Begins (4.5) Christopher Nolan / 6-15 / WB
Be Cool (2.5) F. Gary Gray / 3-4 / MGM-Sony
Beauty Shop (2) Bille Woodruff / 3-30 / MGM-Sony
Because of Winn-Dixie (2) Wayne Wang / 2-18 / Fox
Bewitched (2) Nora Ephron / 6-24 / Sony
Boogeyman (1) Stephen T. Kay / 2-4 / Screen Gems-Sony
Brokeback Mountain (4.5) Ang Lee / 12-9 / Focus-Universal
The Brothers Grimm (1.5) Terry Gilliam / 8-26 / Dimension-Miramax

The Cave (2.5) Bruce Hunt / 8-26 / Screen Gems-Sony
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (4) Tim Burton / 7-15 / WB
Chicken Little (3) Mark Dindal / 11-4 / Disney
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2.5) Andrew Adamson / 12-9 / Disney
Cinderella Man (3.5) Ron Howard / 6-3 / Universal
Coach Carter (2.5) Thomas Carter / 1-14 / Paramount
The Constant Gardener (4) Fernando Meirelles / 8-31 / Focus-Universal
Constantine (3) Francis Lawrence / 2-18 / WB
Corpse Bride (4.5) Tim Burton / 9-16 / WB
Crash (4) Paul Haggis / 5-6 / Lions Gate
Cry Wolf (2.5) Jeff Wadlow / 9-16 / Universal
Cursed (1.5) Wes Craven / 2-25 / Dimension-Miramax

Dark Water (4.5) Walter Salles / 7-8 / Touchstone-Disney
Derailed (2.5) Mikael Hafstrom / 11-11 / WeinsteinCo
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (1) Mike Bigelow / 8-12 / Columbia-Sony
The Devil's Rejects (1.5) Rob Zombie / 7-22 / Lions Gate
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2) Darren Grant / 2-25 / Lions Gate
Domino (2) Tony Scott / 10-14 / New Line
Doom (2) Andrzej Bartkowiak / 10-21 / Universal
The Dukes of Hazzard (1.5) Jay Chandrasekhar / 8-5 / WB

Elektra (1.5) Rob Bowman / 1-14 / Fox
Elizabethtown (3.5) Cameron Crowe / 10-14 / Paramount
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2.5) Scott Derrickson / 9-9 / Screen Gems-Sony

The Family Stone (3.5) Thomas Bezucha / 12-16 / Fox
Fantastic Four (2) Tim Story / 7-8 / Fox
Fever Pitch (2.5) Farrely Bros. / 4-8 / Fox
Flightplan (2.5) Robert Schwentke / 9-23 / Disney
The Fog (1.5) Rupert Wainwright / 10-14 / Columbia-Sony
Four Brothers (3) John Singleton / 8-12 / Paramount
Fun with Dick and Jane (2.5) Dean Parisot / 12-21 / Columbia-Sony

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2) Jim Sheridan / 11-9 / Paramount
Good Night, and Good Luck. (5) George Clooney / 10-7 / Warner Ind.
The Great Raid (4) John Dahl / 8-12 / Miramax
The Greatest Game Ever Played (3.5) Bill Paxton / 9-30 / Disney
Guess Who (3) Kevin Rodney Sullivan / 3-25 / Columbia-Sony

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (3.5) Mike Newell / 11-18 / WB
Hide and Seek (1.5) John Polson / 1-28 / Fox
High Tension (4) Alexandre Aja / 6-10 / Lions Gate
A History of Violence (4.5) David Cronenberg / 9-23 / New Line
Hitch (1.5) Andy Tennant / 2-11 / Columbia-Sony
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (4) Garth Jennings / 4-29 / Disney
The Honeymooners (1.5) John Schultz / 6-10 / Paramount
Hoodwinked (3.5) Cory Edwards / 12-16 / Weinstein
Hostage (2.5) Florent Siri / 3-11 / Miramax
House of Wax (2) Jaume Serra / 5-6 / WB
Hustle & Flow (4) Craig Brewer / 7-22 / Paramount Classics

The Ice Harvest (4.5) Harold Ramis / 11-23 / Focus-Universal
Ice Princess (3) Tim Fywell / 3-18 / Disney
In Her Shoes (3) Curtis Hanson / 10-7 / Fox
The Interpreter (3) Sydney Pollack / 4-22 / Universal
Into the Blue (1.5) John Stockwell / 9-30 / Columbia-Sony
The Island (4) Michael Bay / 7-22 / DreamWorks

The Jacket (2.5) John Maybury / 3-4 / Warner Independent
Jarhead (3) Sam Mendes / 11-4 / Universal
Just Friends (3.5) Roger Kumble / 11-23 / New Line

Kicking & Screaming (3) Jesse Dylan / 5-13 / Universal
King Kong (4.5) Peter Jackson / 12-14 / Universal
Kingdom of Heaven (2.5) Ridley Scott / 5-6 / Fox
King's Ransom (1.5) Jeff Byrd / 4-22 / New Line
Kung Fu Hustle (4) Stephen Chow / 4-8 / Sony Pictures Classics

Land of the Dead (4) George Romero / 6-24 / Universal
The Legend of Zorro (3.5) Martin Campbell / 10-28 / Columbia-Sony
The Longest Yard (2) Peter Segal / 5-27 / Paramount
Lord of War (4) Andrew Niccol / 9-16 / New Line
A Lot Like Love (2.5) Nigel Cole / 4-22 / Disney
Lords of Dogtown (2.5) Catherine Hardwicke / 6-3 / Columbia -Sony

Madagascar (3) Darnell / McGrath / 5-27 / DreamWorks
The Man (1) Les Mayfield / 9-9 / New Line
Man of the House (1.5) Stephen Herek / 2-25 / Columbia-Sony
March of the Penguins (4) Luc Jacquet / 6-24 / Warner Ind.
The Matador (4) Richard Shepard / 12-23 / WeinsteinCo
Match Point (4.5) Woody Allen / 12-28 / Dreamworks
Mindhunters (3) Renny Harlin / 5-13 / Dimension-Miramax
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (1) John Pasquin / 3-24 / WB
Monster-in-Law (1.5) Robert Luketic / 5-13 / New Line
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (4) Doug Liman / 6-10 / Fox
Munich (4.5) Steven Spielberg / 12-23 / Universal
Must Love Dogs (2.5) Gary David Goldberg / 7-29 / WB

Oliver Twist (4) Roman Polanski / 9-23 / Sony

The Pacifier (1) Adam Shankman / 3-4 / Disney
The Perfect Man (1) Mark Rosman / 6-17 / Universal
Pride & Prejudice (4.5) Joe Wright / 11-11 / Focus-Universal
The Producers (4) Susan Stroman / 12-16 / Universal

Racing Stripes (1) Frederik Du Chau / 1-14 / WB
Rebound (1.5) Steve Carr / 7-1 / Fox
Red Eye (3.5) Wes Craven / 8-19 / DreamWorks
Rent (3.5) Chris Columbus / 11-23 / Columbia-Sony
The Ring 2 (1.5) Hideo Nakata / 3-18 / DreamWorks
Robots (2.5) Chris Wedge / 3-11 / Fox
Roll Bounce (2) Malcolm D. Lee / 9-23 / Fox
Rumor Has It... (2.5) Rob Reiner / 12-25 / WB

Sahara (3.5) Breck Eisner / 4-8 / Paramount
Saw 2 (4) Darren Bousman / 10-28 / Lions Gate
Serenity (5) Joss Whedon / 9-30 / Universal
Sin City (5) Rodriguez & Miller / 4-1 / Dimension-Miramax
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2.5) Ken Kwapis / 6-1 / WB
The Skeleton Key (2.5) Iain Softley / 8-12 / Universal
Sky High (4) Mike Mitchell / 7-29 / Disney
Son of the Mask (1.5) Lawrence Guterman / 2-18 / New Line
A Sound of Thunder (2) Peter Hyams / 9-2 / WB
Star Wars: Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (4.5) George Lucas / 5-19 / Fox
Stay (2.5) Marc Forster / 10-21 / Fox
Stealth (1) Rob Cohen / 7-29 / Sony
Supercross (1) Steve Boyum / 8-17 / Fox
Syriana (3) Stephen Gaghan / 11-23 / WB

Transporter 2 (3) Louis Leterrier / 9-2 / Fox
Two for the Money (3) D.J. Caruso / 10-7 / Universal

Underclassman (1) Marcos Siega / 9-2 / Miramax
Undiscovered (1) Meiert Avis / 8-26 / Lions Gate
Unleashed (1.5) Louis Leterrier / 5-13 / Focus-Universal

Valiant (2.5) Gary Chapman / 8-19 / Disney
Venom (2) Jim Gillespie / 9-16 / Dimension-Miramax

Waiting... (3) Rob McKittrick / 10-7 / Lions Gate
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (4.5) Nick Park / 10-5 / DreamWorks
Walk the Line (4) James Mangold / 11-18 / Fox
War of the Worlds (4.5) Steven Spielberg / 6-29 / Paramount
The Weather Man (3.5) Gore Verbinski / 10-28 / Paramount
Wedding Crashers (4) David Dobkin / 7-15 / New Line
The Wedding Date (1.5) Clare Kilner / 2-4 / Universal
White Noise (2) Geoffrey Sax / 1-7 / Universal
Wolf Creek (2.5) Greg McLean / 12-25 / Dimension-Miramax

xXx: State of the Union (2) Lee Tamahori / 4-29 / Columbia-Sony

Zathura (4) Jon Favreau / 11-11 / Columbia-Sony

(WIDE NEEDS: Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story, First Descent, The Gospel, Herbie: Fully Loaded, In the Mix, Just Like Heaven, Kids in America, Memoirs of a Geisha, The New World, North Country, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Prime, The Ringer, Yours Mine and Ours)

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I-B. 2005 Theatrical Releases (*limited, arthouse, foreign, regional, etc.):

5 x 2 (4) Francois Ozon / 6-10 / Thinkfilm

Abel Raises Cain (4) Jenny Abel & Jeff Hockett / 11-15
After Innocence (5) Jessica Sanders / 10-21 / New Yorker
After the Apocalypse (3.5) Yasuaki Nakajima 3-16 / Pioneer
Appleseed (3.5) Shinji Aramaki / 1-14 / Geneon Entertainment
The Aristocrats (5) Paul Provenza / 7-29 / ThinkFilm

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (3.5) Rebecca Miller / 3-25 / IFC
The Baxter (2.5) Michael Showalter / 8-26 / IFC
The Boys & Girl from County Clare (3.5) John Irvin / 3-11 / First Look
The Boys of Baraka (4.5) Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady / 11-30 / Loki
Broken Flowers (4.5) Jim Jarmusch / 8-11 / Focus-Universal

Capote (4.5) Bennett Miller / 9-30 / Sony Pictures Classics
The Comedians of Comedy (4.5) Michael Blieden / 11-4 / Netflix
Cronicas (4.5) Sebastian Cordero / 7-8 / Palm
CSA: Confederate States of America (3.5) Kevin Willmott / 10-7 / IFC

D.E.B.S. (3) Angela Robinson / 3-25 / Samuel Goldwyn
Dead & Breakfast (4) Matthew Leutwyler / 4-20 / Lion's Gate
The Deal (1.5) Harvey Kahn / 6-17 / Front Street
Dear Frankie (3.5) Shona Auerbach / 3-4 / Miramax
Death of a Dynasty (3.5) Damon Dash / 4-29 / TLA Releasing
Dirty Deeds (1.5) David Kendall / 8-26 / Freestyle
Dirty Love (1.5) John Asher / 9-23 / First Look
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (3) Paul Schrader / 5-20 / WB
Double Dare (3.5) Amanda Micheli / 4-15 / Capital
Downfall (4.5) Oliver Hirschbiegel / 2-18 / Newmarket

Emmanuel's Gift (3.5) Lisa Lax & Nancy Stern / 10-21 / First Look
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (4.5) Alex Gibney / 4-22 / Magnolia

Fear X (2.5) Nicolas Winding Refn / 1-28 / Silver Nitrate

The Girl From Monday (2) Hal Hartley / 4-15 / Possible Films
Green Street Hooligans (4) Lexi Alexander / 9-9 / UIP
Grizzly Man (4.5) Werner Herzog / 8-12 / Lions Gate
Gunner Palace (3.5) Michael Tucker / 3-4 / Palm

Happy Endings (3) Don Roos / 7-15 / Lions Gate
Happy Here and Now (1.5) Michael Almereyda / 12-14 / MGM
House of D (1.5) David Duchovny / 4-15 / Lions Gate

I Love Your Work (3) Adam Goldberg / 11-4 / ThinkFilm
In My Country (2) John Boorman / 3-11 / Sony Pictures Classics
Inside Deep Throat (4) Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato / 2-11 / Universal

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2.5) Vadim Jean / 5-6 / MGM-Sony
Junebug (4) Phil Morrison / 8-3 / Sony Pictures Classics

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (4.5) Shane Black / 10-21 / WB
Kontroll (4) Nimrod Antal / 4-1 / ThinkFilm

The Land of College Prophets (3) Hale Manor Group / 5-20 / Hale Manor
Layer Cake (3.5) Matthew Vaughn / 5-13 / Sony Pictures Classics
Lightning Bug (4) Robert Hall / 8-9 / Anchor Bay
The Locals (2.5) Greg Page / 8-9 / Anchor Bay

Mad Hot Ballroom (2.5) Marilyn Agrilo / 5-13 / Paramount Classics
Make It Funky! (3.5) Michael Murphy / 9-9 / Triumph
The Man With the Screaming Brain (2) Bruce Campbell / 6-6 / Anchor Bay
McLibel (4.5) Franny Armstrong / 5-20 / Cinema Libre
Me and You and Everyone We Know (3.5) Miranda July / 6-17 / IFC
Melinda and Melinda (4) Woody Allen / 3-18 / Fox Searchlight
Memories of Murder (4) Joon-ho Bong / 7-15 / Palm
Milk and Honey (3.5) Joe Maggio / 3-18 / Wellspring
Millions (4.5) Danny Boyle / 3-11 / Fox Searchlight
MirrorMask (4.5) Dave McKean / 9-30
Mrs. Henderson Presents (3.5) Stephen Frears / 12-9 / WeinsteinCo
Murder-Set-Pieces (1.5) Nick Palumbo / 1-7 / Fright Flix
My Big Fat Independent Movie (2) Philip Zlotorynski / 9-30 / Big Fat Movies

National Lampoon's Blackball (2) Mel Smith / 2-11 / First Look
Never Been Thawed (4.5) / Sean Anders / 4-15 / Harkins

Occupation: Dreamland (4) Ian Olds / 9-23 / Rumur
Off the Map (4) Campbell Scott / 3-11 / Holedigger
Oldboy (4.5) Chan-wook Park / 3-25 / Tartan
One Missed Call (3) Takashi Miike / 4-22 / Media Blasters
Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior (3.5) Prachya Pinkaew / 2-11 / Magnolia

Palindromes (2.5) Todd Solondz / 4-13 / Wellspring
Pretty Persuasion (4.5) Marcos Siega / 8-12 / Goldwyn
Proof (4) John Madden / 9-16 / Miramax

Rock School (3.5) Don Argott / 6-3 / Newmarket

Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (4) Liam Lynch / 11-11 / Roadside Attractions
Save the Green Planet! (4) Jun-hwan Jeong / 4-20 / Koch Lorber
Secuestro Express (3) Jonathan Jakubowicz / 8-5 / Miramax
Shopgirl (3.5) Anand Tucker / 10-21 / Disney
The Squid and the Whale (3.5) Noah Baumbach / 10-5 / Goldwyn
Steamboy (3) Katsuhiro Ôtomo / 3-18 / Triumph
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (3) Chan-wook Park / 8-19 / Tartan

Three...Extremes (3.5) Fruit Chan, Takashi Miike, Chan-wook Park / 10-28 / Lions Gate
Thumbsucker (4) Mike Mills / 9-16 / Sony Pictures Classics
Transamerica (3) Duncan Tucker / 12-21 / WeinsteinCo
Twist of Faith (4.5) Kirby Dick / 7-1 / Artistic License

Undead (3) Michael & Peter Spierig / Lions Gate / 7-1 / Lions Gate
Up For Grabs (5) Michael Wranovics / 4-15 / Laemmle-Zeller
The Upside of Anger (4) Mike Binder / 3-11 / New Line

The Warrior (3) Asif Kapadia / 8-11 / Miramax
Where the Truth Lies (2) Atom Egoyan / 10-14 / ThinkFilm
Who Killed Cock Robin? (2) Travis Wilkerson / 4-11
The World's Fastest Indian (3) Roger Donaldson / 12-7 / Magnolia
Writer of O (3.5) Pola Rapaport / 5-4 / Zeitgeist

Yes (2) Sally Potter / 6-24 / Sony Pictures Classics

Zombie Honeymoon (4) David Gebroe / 10-4 / Fabrication Films

LIMITED NEEDS: 2046, The Beat My Heart Skipped, Chaos, The Chumscrubber, Howl's Moving Castle, Murderball, My Date with Drew)

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II. Direct-to-video (or TV/cable) movies released (or coming soon) in 2005:

7 Seconds (2) Simon Fellows / 6-28 / Sony

Ab-normal Beauty (3.5) Oxide Pang / 12-26 / Tartan
Acacia (4) Ki-Hyung Park / 6-28 / Tartan
After Image (1.5) Robert Manganelli / 8-2 / Miramax
Alien 3000 (1.5) Jeff Lorey / 7-5 / Lions Gate
Alien Planet (3.5) Pierre de Lespinois / 5-14 / Discovery
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (3) Jeremy Kasten / 6-11 / IDT
American Pie Presents Band Camp (1.5) Steve Rash / 12-27 / Universal
Antares (3) Gotz Spielmann / 4-1 / Film Movement
Art Heist (1.5) Bryan Goeres / 3-22 / Columbia
Ascension (3) John Krawlzik / 8-9 / Film Threat

Bad Girls from Valley High (1) John Kretchmer / 3-22 / Universal
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy (1.5) / Neill Fearnley / 4-4 / NBC
The Best Thief in the World (3) Jacob Kornbluth / 1-11 / Showtime
Blind Horizon (2) Michael Haussman / 3-29 / Lions Gate
Bloodline (3) Coulouris & Schrader / 12-13 / Lions Gate
Bob the Butler (1) Gary Sinyor / 12-20 / Visual
Boo (3) Anthony Ferrante / 10-25 / Ventura
Brothers in Arms (2) Jean-Claude La Marre / 7-26 / Sony
Bullfighter (1.5) / Rune Bendixen / 1-4 / Universal

The Calcium Kid (2.5) Alex De Rakoff / 10-17 / Universal
Camp Utopia (1) Robert Madero / 5-17 / Texas Trouble
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (1.5) Michael Bregman / 9-27 / Universal
Chain of Fools (3.5) Traktor / 2-15 / Warner Bros.
Charlie (3) Malcolm Needs / 7-19 / Fox
Chronicle of the Raven (2) Daniel De La Vega & Pablo Parés / 5-31 / Lions Gate
Chupacabra Terror (2) John Sheppird / 5-3 / Columbia
Control (3) Tim Hunter / 2-15 / Columbia
Creep (3.5) Christopher Smith / 12-13 / Lions Gate
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2) Lance Mungia / 7-19 / Dimension
Crusader (1.5) Bryan Goeres / 8-23 / Sony
Cube Zero (3.5) Ernie Barbarash / 2-22 / Lions Gate
Cypher (4) Vincenzo Natali / 8-2 / Dimension

Daddy Who? (1) Frederic Golchan / 6-14 / Ardustry
Dead Birds (2.5) Alex Turner / 3-15 / Columbia
Dead Meat (4) Conor McMahon / 6-14 / Hart Sharp
Death to the Supermodels (1) Joel Silverman / 11-29 / MGM
Decadent Evil (1.5) Charles Band / 6-28 / Wizard
Devour (2) David Winkler / 5-31 / Columbia
Dirty Work (3) David Sampliner / 7-12 / Sundance
Doll Graveyard (2.5) Charles Band / 10-11 / Wizard
Dracula 3: Legacy (1.5) Patrick Lussier / 7-12 / Dimension
Dragonhead (4) Joji Iida / 9-27 / Media Blasters
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2.5) Gerry Lively / 11-8 / Warner Bros.

Employee of the Month (1.5) Mitch Rouse / 1-4 / Lions Gate
Evil Remains (1.5) James Merendino / 1-11 / Screen Media

Face (3.5) Antonia Bird / 10-25 / Image
Face of Terror (1.5) Bryan Goeres / 3-22 / Columbia
The Fallen Ones (1.5) Kevin VanHook / 5-14 / IDT
Filthy McNastier (1) Chris Seaver / 5-17 / Tempe
Filthy McNastiest (1) Chris Seaver / 5-17 / Tempe
The Football Factory (3) Nick Love / 12-26 / Image
Freeze Frame (2.5) John Simpson / 1-18 / First Look
Frog-g-g! (1.5) Cody Jarrett / 4-12 / Vital Fluids
Frostbite (1.5) Jonathan Schwartz / 2-15 / Fox

Galaxy Hunter (1) Mark Borchetta / 5-17 / Razor Digital
Gas (2) Henry Chan / 1-11 / Fox
Ghost Lake (2) Jay Woelfel / 5-17 / Velocity
The Gingerdead Man (1.5) Charles Band / 11-8 / Full Moon

Havoc (2) Barbara Kopple / 11-29 / New Line
Hellevator (3.5) Hiroki Yamaguchi / 2-22 / Media Blasters
Hellraiser: Deader (2) Rick Bota / 6-7 / Dimension
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2.5) Rick Bota / 9-6 / Dimension

The I Inside (3) Roland Suso Richter / 3-8 / Miramax
Infection (3.5) Masayuki Ochiai / 5-17 / Lions Gate
Izo (2) Takashi Miike / 10-11 / Media Blasters

Jack O' Lantern (1.5) Ron McLellen / 9-20 / Lions Gate
Jacqueline Hyde (1.5) Rolfe Kanefsky / 10-18 / Warner

Knots (4) Greg Lombardo / 6-14 / Lions Gate

Larva (2) Tim Cox / 1-22 / Sci-Fi Channel
Left Behind: World at War (1.5) Craig R. Baxley / 10-21 / Sony
Lil' Pimp (1.5) Mark Brooks & Peter Gilstrap / 1-11 / Lions Gate
The Locker (3.5) Kei Horie / 9-13 / Geneon
The Locker 2 (3) Kei Horie / 9-13 / Geneon
Locusts (1.5) David Jackson / 4-24 / CBS

Madhouse (1.5) William Butler / 2-22 / Lions Gate
Man-Thing (1.5) Brett Leonard / 4-30 / Lions Gate
The Mangler Reborn (1.5) Cunningham & Gardner / 11-29 / Lions Gate
Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls (1) Bryan Michael Stoller / 7-26 / Vanguard
Mosquito Man (2) Tibor Takacs / 3-5 / Sci-Fi
Mulan 2 (2.5) Darrell Rooney / 2-1 / Disney
Murder at the Presidio (2) John Fasano / 8-9 / Sony

Nirvana (1.5) Gabriele Salvatores / 3-1 / Miramax

Open House (2.5) Dan Mirvish / 11-15 / Wellspring

Paper Chasers (3.5) Maxie Collier / 7-12 / Koch
Paranoia 1.0 (3) Jeff Renfroe & Marteinn Thorsson / 1-18 / ThinkFilm
Pit Fighter (2) Jesse Johnson / 6-7 / Fox
Premonition (4) Norio Tsuruta / 7-12 / Lions Gate
The Prophecy: Forsaken (1.5) Joel Soisson / 9-6 / Dimension
The Prophecy: Uprising (1.5) Joel Soisson / 6-7 / Dimension
Prozac Nation (2.5) Erik Skjoldberg / 3-19 / Miramax & Starz

Raging Sharks (2) Danny Lerner / 7-26 / MTI
Razorteeth (1) John Polonia / 4-26 / Sub Rosa
Red Riding Hood (1.5) Giacomo Cimini / 2-22 / MTI
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2.5) Andy Fickman / 4-16 / Showtime
Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (5) Ron Berger & Dan Klores / 4-20 / USA
Rottweiler (2) Brian Yuzna / 7-19 / Lions Gate
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (3) Eric Idle / 3-1 / Warner Bros.

Satan's Little Helper (3.5) Jeff Lieberman / 10-4 / Universal
See Arnold Run (1.5) James B. Rogers / 1-30 / Paramount
The Self-Made Man (3.5) Susan Stern / 7-26 / PBS
Seven Times Lucky (2) Gary Yates / 9-27 / BFS
Shackles (1.5) Charles Winkler / 9-20 / Columbia
Shadow of the Wraith (2.5) Toshiharu Ikeda / 6-28 / Ventura
Shallow Ground (2) Sheldon Wilson / 6-28 / Universal
Single White Female 2: The Psycho (1.5) Keith Samples / 10-25 / Columbia
The Sisterhood (1) David DeCoteau / 6-28 / Image
Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun (3) Vin Crease / 9-27 / ThinkFilm
Sleepover Nightmare (2) Boon Collins / 6-21 / Velocity
Slipstream (2.5) David van Eyssen / 11-8 / Lions Gate
Sorted (2.5) Alexander Jovy / 5-24 / Ardustry
Spring Break Shark Attack (1) Paul Shapiro / 3-20 / CBS
Steal (2) Gerard Pires / 4-5 / Buena Vista
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (4) Peter Shin / 9-27 / Fox
Strings (3.5) Anders Rønnow-Klarlund / 8-16 / Wellspring
Studio 666 (1.5) Corby Timbrook / 6-14 / Razor Digital
Subhuman (2) Mark Tuit / 4-19 / MTI
Subzero (1.5) Jim Wynorski / 9-6 / Lions Gate

Tarzan 2 (3) Brian Smith / 6-14 / Disney
They Are Among Us (2.5) Jeffrey Obrow / 7-26 / Lions Gate
Thunderstruck (3.5) Darren Ashton / 9-6 / Anchor Bay
The Toolbox Murders (3.5) Tobe Hooper / 3-15 / Lions Gate
Trauma (2) Marc Evans / 6-14 / First Look

Unreal (3) Sloan Copeland / 7-26 / Facets Video
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2) Mary Lambert / 7-19 / Sony

Vampires: The Turning (1.5) Marty Weiss / 5-3 / Columbia

War of the Worlds (3) David Michael Latt / 6-28 / Asylum
The War of the Worlds (2) Timothy Hines / 6-14 / Sterling
Who's Your Daddy? (2.5) Andy Fickman / 1-18 / Universal
Written in Blood (3) John Terlesky / 9-6 / Dimension

Zodiac Killer (1) Ulli Lommel / 7-19 / Lions Gate

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Scott Weinberg

[laura]

Miss Saigon doesn't even remotely resemble Cats.

[robertrosado]

Good idea!

Out of a **** rating scale.

2005 films:

Alone in the Dark *none*
The Amityville Horror *1/2
Assault on Presinct 13 **1/2
The Ballad of Jack and Rose ***
Batman Begins ****
The Beat That My Heart Skipped ***1/2
Be Cool **
Boogeyman *none*
Broken Flowers ***
The Brothers Grimm *
Capote ****
The Cave 1/2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory **
Cinderella Man **
The Constant Gardener ****
The Corpse Bride *1/2
Crash **
Cursed **
Cry_Wolf **1/2
Dark Water ***
Dear Frankie ***1/2
The Devil's Rejects ***
Domino **1/2
Elizabethtown **
Everything is Illuminated ***
The Exorcism of Emily Rose ****
Fantastic Four *
Fever Pitch ***
The Fog 1/2
Flightplan **1/2
The 40 Year-Old Virgin ***1/2
Good Night, and Good Luck ***
Grizzly Man ****
Happy Endings ***
Heights ****
Hidden ***
Hide and Seek **
High Tension ****
A History of Violence ****
Hitch **1/2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy *1/2
Hostage **1/2
House of Wax ***1/2
Hustle & Flow ***
In Her Shoes ***1/2
The Interpreter **1/2
The Jacket **
Junebug ****
Just Like Heaven **
Keane ***1/2
Kingdom of Heaven *
Land of the Dead ***
Last Days ***1/2
Layer Cake ***1/2
Little Manhattan ****
Loggerheads ***
Lords of Dogtown ***
A Lot Like Love **1/2
Me and You and Everyone We Know ***1/2
Melinda and Melinda **1/2
Millions ***
Monster-in-Law *1/2
Mr. and Mrs. Smith ***
Murderball ****
Mysterious Skin ****
North Country ***
November ***
Prime **1/2
Pride & Prejudice ***1/2
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio ***1/2
Proof ***1/2
Red Eye ***
Rent ***
The Ring Two **1/2
Saw II **1/2
Shopgirl ***1/2
Sin City ****
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ***
The Skeleton Key ***
The Squid and the Whale ****
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith **
Stay **
2046 ***1/2
An Unfinished Life **
Unidentified White Male ***1/2
The Upside of Anger ****
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ***1/2
War of the Worlds ***
The Weather Man ***1/2
Wedding Crashers **1/2
White Noise 1/2
XXX: State of the Union *


Older films seen for the first time:

Around the Bend (2004) **1/2
Barry Lyndon (1975) ****
The Cell (2000) ***1/2
Darkness (2004) 1/2
The Devil's Backbone (2001) ***1/2
Klute (1971) ***1/2
Lolita (1962) ****
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) ***
Midnight Cowboy (1969) **
Mildred Pierce (1945) ****
The Punisher (2004) **1/2
The Remains of the Day (1993) ****
Session 9 (2001) ***1/2
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) ***1/2
Taxi Driver (1976) ****
The Changeling (1980) ***1/2
The Machinist (2004) ***
The Terminal (2004) **
Undertow (2004) ***
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That's just my opinion. You could be wrong.

Please visit my website: FilmPix.cjb.net

[Jack Sommersby]

Theatrical releases:

Million Dollar Baby: **
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room: ****
In My Country: ***1/2
Layer Cake: **
Miss Congeniality 2: *

DVD:

A Love Song for Bobby Long: ***1/2
Saw: *1/2
Alien vs. Predator: *
Dodgeball: **1/2
The Toolbox Murders (remake): *
The Goodbye Girl (remake): *1/2
Road Games: *1/2
Door in the Floor: *1/2
Against the Ropes: ****
Gangs of New York: *1/2
Alien Hunter: ***1/2
People I Know: ***1/2
Scarecrow: **1/2
Possums: *
Cheerleader Camp: *
Quicksand: *
Daredevil: ***
Something's Gotta Give: **1/2
Swimming Pool: **
In Good Company: *
The Girl Next Door: ****
Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack: *1/2
School of Rock: ***
Gigli: **
The Forgotten: **1/2
Friday Night Lights: *1/2
The Bourne Supremecy: ****1/2
The Village: **
American Wedding: ***
Owning Mahoney: **1/2
Runaway Jury: ***1/2
Cabin Fever: *1/2
Spartan: ***
Never Cry Wolf: ****
Bridget Jones 2: *1/2
Resident Evil 2: ***1/2
Shall We Dance?: *1/2
Sideways: ***
Spanglish: ***
Gothika: ***1/2
Cheaper by the Dozen: **1/2
The Punisher: ***1/2
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"Joe the Plumber -- you can quote me -- is a dumbass." -- Meghan McCain

[David Cornelius]

I only keep tabs of the current year's releases, if only to help with year-end listmaking (it'd get too crowded to keep notes on every oldie I watch). A key: (dtv) is a direct-to-video title; (tv) is a made-for-tv or made-for-cable title; (v) is a foreign release that played in theaters elsewhere but got its US debut on video (marked just to keep them separate from the DTV titles).

Also: I'm not counting any movies I may have turned off halfway through. I've saved myself many a bad evening by simply deciding that I don't need to watch every ounce of crap made this year. (Mindhunters, I'm looking at you...)

UPDATED NOV. 30:

*****
Murderball
Yesterday
Primer
The Aristocrats
Infection (v)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Batman Begins
War of the Worlds
Old Boy
JSA: Joint Security Area (v)
George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead
Sky High
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Girl In the Café (tv)
Lord of War
Dragonhead (v)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Good Night, and Good Luck
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

****
Six Strong Guys (v)
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Fearless Freaks
Kung Fu Hustle
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy
Off the Map
Brothers
The Animation Show 2005
H (v)
Unleashed
H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds (dtv)
Five Children and It (v)
Dark Water
Hide and Creep (dtv)
March of the Penguins
The Eye 2 (v)
This Divided State
Ong-Bak
Public Enemy (v)
It’s All Gone Pete Tong
Flightplan
A History of Violence
Elizabethtown
The Weather Man
Zathura
Up For Grabs

***
Cube Zero (dtv)
Yesterday Once More (v)
The I Inside (dtv)
Toolbox Murders (dtv)
Sin City
Sahara
Call It Democracy
Kingdom of Heaven
Kicking & Screaming
Hitch
Serenity
Letter To the President
Strange Bedfellows (v)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Memories of Tomorrow
Valiant
The Cave
Fever Pitch
One Missed Call
Inside Deep Throat
Make It Funky!
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (dtv)
Millions
Dreamer

**
Mulan II (dtv)
Balto: Wings of Change (dtv)
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie
Mansquito (tv)
Steamboy
Cat and Mouse (v)
Malevolence
White Noise
The Longest Yard
Madagascar
The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl In 3-D
Man-Thing (tv)
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Blast (dtv)
Elvis Has Left the Building (dtv)
Glass Trap (dtv)
Some
The Dukes of Hazzard
Beauty Shop
Lilo & Stitch 2 (dtv)
Bingo
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
House of D
The Fog
The Devil’s Rejects
Slipstream (dtv)
The Defender (dtv)
The Man With the Screaming Brain

*
Lil’ Pimp (dtv)
Back By Midnight (dtv)
Stella Street (v)
Ice Princess
House of Wax
Are We There Yet?
D.E.B.S.
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (dtv)
Fantastic Four
Man of the House
Bride & Prejudice
King’s Ransom
XXX: State of the Union
Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls (dtv)
Guess Who
The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz (tv)
Monster-In-Law
A Sound of Thunder
Palindromes
See Arnold Run (tv)
Bewitched
Margaret Cho: Assassin
War of the Planets (dtv)
The Honeymooners
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (dtv)
Kong: King of Atlantis (dtv)
Stealth
Alien Apocalypse (tv)
Dirty Love
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

[genji]

Here's the stuff I've been seeing at the Melbourne International Film Festival, if anyone's interested, with a short description. I don't have enough money to see everything that comes out in mainstream/arthouse cinemas, but I make an exception for film festivals.

Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (China) - A true story about the illegal deer fur trade in the mountains of Tibet
Princess Raccoon (Japan) - Japanese fable, told with various theatrical and musical flourishes. Entrancing, but very strange. Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachtani (Japan) - a virus drives all who catch it to commit suicide. The only cure is a certain kind of sound that two musicians are trying to create. Music heals the soul, as they say.
3-Iron (South Korea) - The latest from Kim Ki-duk, the celebrated painter-turned-filmmaker. A ghostly man who never speaks breaks into people's houses while they are away, makes himself at home, and leaves when they come back.
Blood and Bones (Japan) - "Beat" Takeshi really lives up to his nickname in this one. He plays Kim, a Korean migrant to Osaka, and one of the most despicable characters ever to grace the screen. It tells the story of his life, over 2 1/2 hours of beatings, rapes, suicides, murders, etc. You might want to take a cold shower after seeing it.
Platform (China) - a realist take on Communist China in the 1980's, focusing on a travelling theatre troupe. It was quite shocking to see how rundown many provincial towns still were, on the sidelines in the push for modernisation. It was banned in China, unsurprisingly.
The Wayward Cloud (Taiwan) - arthouse porn, but porn nonetheless. The things people do in this film with water bottles and watermelons... ugh. It won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, if that's any indication of quality. Maybe there's some metaphorical meaning that I haven't seen yet.

Also, I'll be seeing Three... Extremes, a trio of short horror films from Asian directors, the new Takashi Miike film Izo and Hou Hsiao-hsien's tribute to Ozu, Cafe Lumiere.
_________________
It's a strange world

[John Steffens]

JOHN STEFFEN'S FILM'S OF 2005
"Why don't you ask Tom, How come he's so good at killing people....Ed Harris as Carl Fogaty in A History of Violence

All ratings are out of 4 stars. The only rating I don't include is 1/2 of a star.
I also added 2005 films that were not released to theaters(straight to DVD)they are sepereated by their own count and highlighted in red

NOTE: I added a TV on DVD section(way at the bottom of page)-UPDATED Oct 31st

LAST UPDATED: Nov 2nd


UPDATED WITH
2005: Land of the Dead
2005 NON THEATRICAL: Happy Here and Now
2004: Saw
UNRATED/DIR CUT. DVD:
SHORTS:
FIRST TIME: In dreams, Jeepers Creepers 2


CURRENT 2005 FILM COUNT: 93
FILMS IN DIGITAL: 2
IMAX: 1

2005 NON THEATRICAL: 5
FILM FESTIVAL COUNT: 13
FILM FESTIVAL SHORT COUNT: 13
2004: 57
UNRATED/DIR CUT DVD: 7
SHORTS: 3
FIRST TIME: 63
REWATCH: 36

40 Year Old Virgin,The ****

Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D ZERO STARS
Alone in the Dark *
Aristocrats ***1/2
Assault on Precinct 13 **1/2
Assisted Living ***1/2

Bad News Bears **
Bailey's Billions ZERO STARS
Batman Begins ****
Beautiful Country,The ***
Be Cool ***
Bewitched *
Boogeyman *1/2
Broken Flowers ****
Brothers Grimm,The **1/2

Cave,The ZERO STARS
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory IMAX Experience ***1/2
Cinderella Man ***1/2
Coach Carter ***
Crash ****
Cursed ZERO STARS
Constantine ***
Constant Gardener,The ***1/2
Cry_Wolf ZERO STARS

Dallas 362 **1/2
Dark Water **
D.E.B.S. ZERO STARS
Deuce Bigalow:European Gigolo ZERO STARS
Dirty Love
Dukes of Hazard, The ZERO STARS

Edukators **
Elektra **1/2
The Exorcism of Emily Rose ***
Eye 2 **

Face ***1/2
Family Guy Movie: Stewie Griffin the Untold Story ***1/2
Fantastic Four *1/2
Fever Pitch ***
Flightplan
Flyerman ***
Four Brothers **1/2

Great Raid, The **

Happy Here and Now **
Herbie Fully Loaded ***
Hide & Seek *
Hitch ***
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy **
Hostage **
House of Wax ZERO STARS
Howl's Moving Castle ****
Hustle & Flow ***1/2

Interperter, The **
Island, The *1/2

Jacket, The ***
Junebug **
Just Like Heaven

Kicking & Screaming **1/2
Kingdom of Heaven **
Kung Fu Hustle ***1/2

Land of the Dead *1/2
Longest Yard, The ***
Lord of War ***

Madagascar **1/2
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D IMAX
Man of the House *1/2
Man with the Screaming Brain ZERO STARS
March of the Penguins ****
Me and You and Everyone We Know ****
Mindhunters **
Miss Congeniality 2 : Armed & Fabulous *1/2
Monster-in-Law **!/2
Mr. & Mrs. Smith ***1/2
Murderball ****
Must Love Dogs *1/2

Pacifier, The **1/2

Rebound *1/2
Red Eye **1/2
Ring Two,The *

Sahara *1/2
Serenity ***
Sin City ***1/2
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants ***1/2
Skeleton Key *
Sky High DIGITAL ***1/2
Sound of Thunder,A ZERO STARS
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith DIGITAL **1/2
Stealth *1/2
Supercross:The Movie *

The Man *
Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride
Transporter 2 ***1/2

Underclassman,The ZERO STARS
Undiscovered *1/2
Unfinished Life,An ****
Upside of Anger,The ***1/2
Urban Legends:Bloody Mary *

Valiant *1/2
Venom *

Wallace & Gromit:Curse of the Were-Rabbit ***1/2
Wedding Crashers **1/2
Wedding Date *
White Noise **1/2
War of the Worlds ***




LIKE/DISLIKE RATIO ROUND-UP

LIKE(**1/2 to ****)
COUNT: 50


DISLIKE(ZERO to **)
COUNT: 43
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FILM FESTIVALS

CINEVEGAS June 10th-18th

FILMS

About Love ***1/2
Charlie's Party ***1/2
Holiday Dreaming ***
In Memory of My Father ***1/2
Inside Out *
Little Athens *1/2
Losing Ground ***
Radiant ***
Red Doors ****
Self-Medicated *1/2
Spicebush ZERO STARS
Standing Still **
Turning Green ***

SHORTS

Bliss **1/2
Brave & Stupid:Game Over *1/2
Cactus That Looked Just Like a Man **1/2
Celebrity Club ***1/2
Cleaning up Matters *1/2
Cosmetic Emergency *1/2
Exoticore **
Leo Las Vegas **
Managers Corner ***
Oh My God ***1/2
Sans Simon ZERO STARS
Spotlighting ***1/2
Year of the Scapegoat ***
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2004 LIST CONT
Film COUNT: 57

69 ***1/2
301/302 *
Alien Vs. Predator ***
Anchorman: Wake Up Ron Burgundy **
Assassination of Richard Nixon ***1/2
Aviator,The ***1/2
Being Julia ****
Beyond the Sea ***
Closer ***1/2
Code 46 ***
Criminal *1/2
Doppelganger *
Enduring Love ***
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ****
Final Cut **
Finding Neverland ****
Forgotten,The *
Friday Night Lights ***1/2
Ghost in the Shell 2:Innocence ***
Hotel Rwanda ****
I Heart Huckabees ***
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead ***
Incredibles, The ****
In Good Company ***
Kinsey ***
Ladder 49 ***
Last Shot, The ***1/2
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ***
Love Song for Bobby Long ***
Mean Creek ***1/2
Million Dollar Baby ****
Mona Lisa Smile ***
Pauley Shore is Dead *1/2
Primer ***
Ray ***1/2
Resident Evil:Apocalypse ***
Riding Giants ***1/2
Saw *1/2
Scooby-Doo 2:Monsters Unleashed **
Shark Tale **1/2
Sideways ****
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ***
Spy Girl(Geunyeoreul moreumyeon gancheob) *
Starsky & Hutch **
Taking Lives: Unrated DVD version *1/2
THX-1138 Dir Cut **
Undertow ****
Vanity Fair ***1/2
Vera Drake ****
Very Long Engagement,A(Un long dimanche de fiançailles) ***1/2
Virgin **
We Don't Live Here Anymore *
What the Bleep Do We Know? *
Wicker Park **1/2
Woodsman,The ***
Wood Wars ***
Zhou Yu's Train **1/2
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UNRATED/DIR. CUT DVD'S
Note:These are movies I've seen before, but not in this version
NEW RATING SYSTEM: rating of dir cut/rating of the orig
COUNT: 7

Coyote Ugly:Dir Cut/Unrated **1/2/**
Cry-Baby:Dir Cut ***1/2/***1/2
Dawn of the Dead:Unrated Dir Cut(2004) ***1/2/***1/2
Gone in 60 Seconds: Dir. Cut(2000) **1/2/**1/2
Mallrats: 10th Anniversary Ext Cut **/***
Stripes:Extended Cut ***1/2/****
Taxi:Extended Version(2004) **1/2/**1/2
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SHORTS
COUNT:3

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB **
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper ***
Tales of Dementia: Cell Phone(2005) **1/2
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FIRST TIME LIST
COUNT: 62

25th Hour(2003) ****
28 Days Later(2002) ***1/2
Andromedia(1998) ZERO STARS
Assault on Precinct 13(1976) ***
Bad News Bears(1976) ***
Basketball Diaries(1995) ***1/2
Barbershop(2002) ***1/2
Big Fish(2003) ***1/2
Broken Wings(2002) **
Call Northside 777(1948) ***1/2
Cat Returns, The(2002) "English Version" ***
Company,The(2003) ***
Cooler,The(2003) ***1/2
Dream Lover(1994) ***
Elephant(2003) ***1/2
Firefox(1982) **
Flight of the Phoenix(1965) ***1/2
Foxfire(1996) **1/2
Freeway(1996) **1/2
Goodbye Lenin!(2003) ***
Head in the Clouds(2003) ***
Heart of the Dragon(Long de xin)(1985) **
Hoosiers(1986) ***1/2
In Dreams(1999) ZERO STARS
Iron Giant(2003) ****
Jeepers Creepers 2(2002) ZERO STARS
Laura(1944) ****
Le Divorce(2003) *
Liberty Heights(1999) ***1/2
Loaded(1994) *
Manic(2003) **1/2
Mickey Blue Eyes(1999) **1/2
More Dead Than Alive(1968) **1/2
Moving Violations(1985) *
Much Ado About Nothing(1993) ***1/2
Nausicaa: of the Valley of the Wind(1984) "English Version" ****
Nightwatch(1997) **
Noi(2003) ***1/2
Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003) ***
Open Water(2003) ***
Orgazmo(1998) **1/2
Oscar & Lucinda(1997) **
Panic in the Streets(1950) ***
Parent Trap, The(1961) ***1/2
Paris, Texas(1984) ****
Passionada(2002) ***
Paycheck(2003) **1/2
Porco Rosso(1992) "English Version" ***
Quiet American, The(2002) ***1/2
Return of the Living Dead(1985) **
SFW(1994) ZERO STARS
Shattered Glass(2003) ***1/2
Simple Twist of Fate(1994) ***
Spitfire Grill[(1996) ****
Sylvia(2003) ***
Tigerland(2001) ****
Tokyo Godfathers(2003) **
Touching the Void(2003) ****
Triplettes of Bellville(2003) ****
Two Moon Junction(1988) **
Wasted(2001) **
When Will I Be Loved(2003) ***
Wild at Heart(1990) **
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REWATCH PILE
NOTE: these are films I've already seen, and rewatch them for what ever reason

COUNT: 36

Amelie(2001) ****
Armed & Dangerous(1986) ***1/2
Be Cool(2005) ***
Beverly Hills Cop 2(1987) ***1/2
Constatine(2005) ***
Donnie Darko: Dir Cut(2001/2004) ****
Dutch(1991) ***
Empire Strikes Back(1980) ****
Goonies,The(1985) ****
Grudge, The(2004) ***
Gung Ho!(1986) ***
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban(2004) ***1/2
Hexed(1993) ***
How I Got into College(1988) ***1/2
Incredibles,The(2004) ****
Karate Kid, The(1984) ***1/2
Leap of Faith(1992) ***1/2
License to Drive(1988) ***1/2
Like Father Like Son(1987) **
Lonely Guy,The(1983) ***1/2
Mask,The(1994) ***
Max Dugan Returns(1983) ***1/2
Naked Gun(1988) ****
Necessary Roughness(1991) **
Nuns on the Run(1990) ***
Pacifier,The(2005) **1/2
Pirate Movie,The(1982) ***
Rush Hour 2(2001) ***1/2
Sideways(2004) ****
Signs(2002) ***
Spaceballs(1987) ***1/2
Speed(1994) ***1/2
Star Trek: First Contact(1996) ***1/2
Summer School(1987) ***1/2
Wayne's World(1992) ***1/2
Weekend at Bernie's(1989) ***1/2
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TV on DVD
COMPLETE: 25

RECENTLY COMPLETED: South Park:Season 8, South Park Season 7, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(80's) Season 2

SPECIAL NOTE: All these have been watched throughout 2005. All TV are in complete sets except for Mystery Science Theater 3000(which is impossible to have season sets, so it's seperated by episodes)

Alias:Season 3 (22 Episodes) ***1/2
Alias:Season 4 in progress
Alias:Season 5 in progress
Brady Bunch:Season 1 (25 Episodes) ***1/2
Brady Bunch:Season 2 (24 Episodes) ****
Brady Bunch:Season 3 in progress
Charmed:Season 1 (22 Episodes) ***
Charmed:Season 2 in progress
Family Guy:Season 4 (10 Episodes) ****
Family Guy:Season 5 in progress
Firefly: Complete Series (14 Episodes) ****
Greatest American Hero:Season 1 (8 Episodes) ***
Just Shoot Me:Season 1&2 (31 Episodes) ***1/2
Land of the Lost:Season 3 -in progress
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman:Season 1 (21 Episodes) **
Lost: Season 1 (24 Episodes) ****
Lost: Season 2 (24 Episodes) in progress
Muppet Show, The: Season 1 (24 Episodes) in progress
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Show 408:Hercules Unchained ****
Show 410:Hercules Against the Moon Men ****
Show 806:The Undead ***
Show 816: Prince of Space ****
Show 1004: Future War ****
Show 1013: Diabolik ***1/2
News Radio:Season 1&2 (22 Episodes) ****
Night Court:Season 1 (13 Episodes) ***
Office,The:Season 1(U.S. Version) (6 Episodes) in progress
Office,The:Season 1(British Version) in progress
Quantum Leap:Season 3 (22 Episodes) ****
Robot Chicken:Season 1 (20 Episodes) ****
Saved By the Bell:Season 5 (24 episodes) ***
SCTV:Volume 3 (9 Episodes) in progress
SCTV:Volume 4 in progress
Seinfeld:Season 4 (24 Episodes) ****
Sledge Hammer:Season 1 in progress
Sliders:Season 3 (25 Episodes) in progress
Smallville:Season 3 (22 Episodes) ****
Smallville:Season 4 (22 Episodes) ***
Smallville:Season 5 in progress
Soap:Season 3 (22 Episodes) ***1/2
South Park:Season 5 (14 Episodes) ****
South Park:Season 7 (15 Episodes) ****
South Park:Season 8 (14 Episodes) ****
South Park:Season 9 in progress
Star Wars:Clone Wars:Season 1in progress
Superfriends:Season 2( 16 episodes) **
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(80's):Season 2 (13 Episodes) ***
Three's Company:Season 4 (25 Episodes) ****

[Jason Whyte]

Just a polite reminder to all to update your lists on here! My thanks to all who are providing their lists -- awesome stuff.

Jason
_________________
"I talked to Jeremy Piven on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury. So my understanding is that he is leaving showbusiness to pursue a career as a thermometer." -- David Mamet

[livealittle]

::kicks self in face for not doing this this year::

[John Steffens]

I'm really hoping alot more people do a 2006 list.

[Charles Tatum]

I wanna play! I wanna play!

Here is a list of the videos I have watched since August 1, 2005 (when I began to keep track). They are divided by IMDB rating, 10 (the best) down to 1 (the worst). The title is followed by the IMDB original year of release, in alphabetical order:

10
Tarnation (03)

9
Alive and Kicking (96)
Crocodile Tears (98
The Dawning (88
In the Realms of the Unreal (04)
The Thirteenth Floor (99)

8
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (03)
Appleseed (04)
Batman: The Mystery of Batwoman (03)
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (98
Go (99)
The Great Waldo Pepper (75)
Jesus of Nazareth (77)
Monster (03)
Ravenous (99)
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (00)
Sin City (05)

7
Across 110th Street (72)
Arisan! (03)
Around the Fire (99)
Awakenings (90)
The Bedford Incident (65)
Charlotte Gray (01)
The Death of Vince Foster: What Really Happened? (95)
An Extremely Goofy Movie (00)
Gattaca (97)
Grey Owl (99)
Jefftowne (98
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (05)
Loophole (81)
The Mountain Men (80)
Secret Window (04)

6
The Gift (00)
Groove (00)
Queen of the Damned (02)
Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster (04)
Terror Tract (00)
Timeline (03)

5
Air Bud: Golden Receiver (98
Ash Wednesday (02)
Continental Divide (81)
Going My Way (44)
Good Boy! (03)
In the Flesh (98
Last Action Hero (93)
Space Jam (96)

4
The Hours and Times (91)
Pokemon 3 (01)
Taboo: The Beginning of Erotic Cinema (??)
The Tommyknockers (93)

3
Almost Partners (87)
And the Band Played On (93)
Creation and Miracles: Past and Present (??)
Get Carter (00)
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (00)
Green Plaid Shirt (97)
Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams (99)

2
Deja Vu (85)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (99)
Isn't She Great (00)
The Light at the Edge of the World (71)
The Slayer (82)

1
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (90)
The Brown Bunny (03)
Code Name: Wild Geese (84)
Control (87)
Delta Force 2 (90)
Hero and the Terror (88
If I Die Before I Wake (98
Lying Eyes (96)
Mondo Bizarro (66)
Mondo Freudo (66)
Necropolis Awakened (02)
Paranoia (69)
The Point Men (01)
Scalps (83)
Teenage Caveman (02)
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That's 77 movies in a month and a half, and I gave a 1 to 15 of them...I sure watch a lot of crap. All of these were on video and DVD, I haven't seen a movie in a theater since February 2004.

[David Cornelius]

[robertrosado]

[robertrosado]

Updated again.
_________________
That's just my opinion. You could be wrong.

Please visit my website: FilmPix.cjb.net

[Oz]

Shannon Tweed movies I've seen this year: None.

It's been a very good year.
_________________

[Jason Whyte]

Ditto on that, although I did get stuck in a cinema watching Saw II which I found worse than Hidden Obessions...or was it Dark Obessions, The Passion of the Night, Obsessive Instinct, Instinct of Passion, or...

Whatever it was called, it had boobs.
_________________
"I talked to Jeremy Piven on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury. So my understanding is that he is leaving showbusiness to pursue a career as a thermometer." -- David Mamet

[William Goss]

Ratings are out of five stars.

2005

11:14 (****)
2046 (***)
3-IRON (***½)
40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN, THE (****)
AEON FLUX (**)
ALONE IN THE DARK (*)
AMERICAN PIE PRESENTS BAND CAMP (*½)
AMITYVILLE HORROR, THE (***)
ARE WE THERE YET? (*)
ARISTOCRATS, THE (****½)
ARYAN COUPLE, THE (*½)
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (****)
BAD NEWS BEARS (***½)
BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, THE (***)
BALLETS RUSSES (***½)
BATMAN BEGINS (****½)
BE COOL (***½)
BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED, THE (***½)
BEE SEASON (**)
BEST OF YOUTH, THE (****½)
BEWITCHED (**½)
BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (****½)
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (****½)
BROKEN FLOWERS (****)
BROTHERS GRIMM, THE (***)
CACHÉ [Hidden] (****½)
CAPOTE (*****)
CASANOVA (***)
CAVE, THE (**½)
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (****)
CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 (*½)
CHICKEN LITTLE (**½)
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, THE (***)
CHUMSCRUBBER, THE (***)
CINDERELLA MAN (***½)
CONSTANT GARDENER, THE (***)
CONSTANTINE (***½)
CORPSE BRIDE (***½)
CRASH (****)
CREEP (***)
CRIMEN PERFECTO/FERPECTO, EL [The Perfect/Ferpect Crime] (****)
CRONICAS (****)
CRY_WOLF (**)
CYPHER (***)
DARK WATER (**½)
DEAD & BREAKFAST (***½)
DERAILED (*½)
DEUCE BIGALOW: EUROPEAN GIGOLO (½)
DEVIL'S REJECTS, THE (****)
DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN (*½)
DIRTY LOVE (*½)
DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (***½)
DOMINO (**)
DOOM (**)
DOWNFALL (****)
DRAGONHEAD (****)
DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY (**½)
DUKES OF HAZZARD, THE (**)
DYING GAUL, THE (***½)
EDUKATORS, THE (***½)
ELIZABETHTOWN (***)
ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (****)
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED (***½)
EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE, THE (**)
FAMILY GUY PRESENTS: STEWIE GRIFFIN - THE UNTOLD STORY! (***½)
FAMILY STONE, THE (**½)
FANTASTIC FOUR (***)
FEVER PITCH (****½)
FLIGHTPLAN (****)
FOG, THE (*½)
FOUR BROTHERS (***½)
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (***)
GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' (**½)
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (***½)
GOSPEL, THE (*½)
GREAT RAID, THE (***½)
GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS (***½)
GRIZZLY MAN (****)
GUESS WHO (***)
HAPPY ENDINGS (***)
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (***½)
HAVOC (**)
HEAD-ON (***)
HEIGHTS (***½)
HIGH TENSION (***½)
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, A (*****)
HITCH (***½)
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, THE (****)
HOSTAGE (***½)
HOUSE OF WAX (**½)
HUSTLE & FLOW (****)
I AM CUBA: THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH (***)
ICE HARVEST, THE (***½)
IN HER SHOES (***½)
INTERPRETER, THE (***)
INTO THE BLUE (**½)
ISLAND, THE (****)
JACKET, THE (**½)
JARHEAD (**½)
JUNEBUG (***½)
JUST FRIENDS (***½)
JUST LIKE HEAVEN (***)
KEANE (****)
KICKING & SCREAMING (**½)
KING KONG (***½)
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (***)
KINGS & QUEEN (***½)
KISS KISS, BANG BANG (*****)
KONTROLL (****)
KUNG FU HUSTLE (****½)
LAND OF THE DEAD (****)
LAYER CAKE (***)
LEGEND OF ZORRO, THE (***)
LIBERTINE, THE (***)
LONGEST YARD, THE (***)
LORD OF WAR (****)
MADAGASCAR (***½)
MAN OF THE HOUSE (**½)
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (***½)
MATADOR, THE (***½)
MATCH POINT (****)
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (***½)
MELINDA AND MELINDA (****)
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (***)
MEMORIES OF MURDER (****)
MEMORY OF A KILLER, THE (****)
MILLIONS (****½)
MINDHUNTERS (***)
MIRRORMASK (***½)
MONSTER-IN-LAW (**½)
MR. & MRS. SMITH (****)
MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS (****)
MRS. PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT (**)
MUNICH (****)
MURDERBALL (****)
MUST LOVE DOGS (**½)
MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE (**)
MY SUMMER OF LOVE (***)
MYSTERIOUS SKIN (****)
NEW WORLD, THE (**½)
NINE LIVES (*½)
NOBODY KNOWS (****)
NORTH COUNTRY (***)
NOTHING (****)
NOVEMBER (***)
OLDBOY (****½)
ONE MISSED CALL (***½)
ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR (****)
PALINDROMES (***½)
PARADISE NOW (***½)
PERFECT MAN, THE (*½)
PRESIDENT'S LAST BANG, THE (****)
PRETTY PERSUASION (***½)
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (***½)
PRIME (***)
PRODUCERS, THE (***½)
PULSE [Kairo] (****)
RED EYE (****)
RENT (**½)
RING TWO, THE (**½)
RINGER, THE (**)
RIZE (***½)
ROBOTS (**½)
RUMOR HAS IT... (**½)
SAHARA (***½)
SARAH SILVERMAN: JESUS IS MAGIC (***½)
SAW II (***½)
SECUESTRO EXPRESS (**½)
SEPARATE LIES (**)
SERENITY (****)
SHOPGIRL (**½)
SIN CITY (*****)
SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, THE (**½)
SKELETON KEY, THE (**½)
SKY HIGH (***½)
SOUND OF THUNDER, A (**)
SQUID AND THE WHALE, THE (****)
STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (****)
STAY (*½)
STEALTH (*½)
SUPERCROSS (*½)
SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (***½)
SYRIANA (**½)
THEY CAME BACK (***½)
THREE... EXTREMES (**)
THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA, THE (****½)
THUMBSUCKER (****)
TONY TAKITANI (***½)
TRANSAMERICA (***½)
TRANSPORTER 2 (***)
TWIST OF FAITH (****½)
TWO FOR THE MONEY (**½)
UNLEASHED (***½)
UP AND DOWN (***½)
UPSIDE OF ANGER, THE (****½)
WAITING... (***½)
WALK ON WATER (***½)
WALK THE LINE (***½)
WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (****½)
WAR OF THE WORLDS (****½)
WATERMARKS (***)
WEATHER MAN, THE (***)
WEDDING CRASHERS (****)
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES (**½)
WHITE COUNTESS, THE (***½)
WHITE NOISE (*)
WINTER SOLSTICE (**½)
WOLF CREEK (**½)
WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, THE (***½)
XXX: STATE OF THE UNION (**½)
YOURS, MINE, & OURS (*½)
ZATHURA (****½)
ZOMBIE HONEYMOON (****)

Top Ten + Honorable Mentions:

01. A History of Violence
02. Capote
03. Sin City
04. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
05. (tie) Brokeback Mountain / The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
06. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
07. Batman Begins
08. Oldboy
09. Twist of Faith
10. (tie) War of the Worlds / Munich
11. The Best of Youth
12. The Upside of Anger
13. Kung Fu Hustle
14. Millions
15. Breakfast on Pluto
16. Caché (Hidden)
17. Match Point
18. The Devil's Rejects
19. Fever Pitch
20. The Aristocrats

Bottom Ten:

01. Alone in the Dark
02. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo
03. White Noise
04. Stay
05. (tie) Diary of a Mad Black Woman / The Gospel
06. Stealth
07. Derailed
08. The Fog
09. (tie) Dirty Love / The Perfect Man
10. (tie) Are We There Yet? / Cheaper by the Dozen 2 / Yours, Mine, & Ours

Movies That Deserved A Shot:
Fever Pitch, The Island, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Serenity, Zathura

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2004

50 FIRST DATES (**)
AFTER THE SUNSET (***½)
ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (***)
ALONG CAME POLLY (**½)
ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY (***)
AVIATOR, THE (***)
BAD EDUCATION (***½)
BARBERSHOP 2: BACK IN BUSINESS (***)
BEFORE SUNSET (****½)
BLADE: TRINITY (***)
BOURNE SUPREMACY, THE (****)
BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (**½)
BUTTERFLY EFFECT, THE (***½)
CATWOMAN (*½)
CELLULAR (****)
CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, THE (***)
CLOSER (***)
CLUB DREAD (***)
COLLATERAL (****½)
CONNIE AND CARLA (***)
CUBE ZERO (**½)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (*****)
DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THE (***½)
DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (****½)
ENVY (*½)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (*****)
EULOGY (***)
EUROTRIP (***½)
EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (**½)
FAHRENHEIT 9/11 (****)
FINAL CUT, THE (***½)
FINDING NEVERLAND (****)
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX (***)
FORGOTTEN, THE (***)
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (***)
GARDEN STATE (****)
GARFIELD (**)
GIRL NEXT DOOR, THE (****)
GODSEND (**)
GRUDGE, THE (***)
HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE (****)
HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN (****½)
HELLBOY (***½)
HERO (****½)
HOTEL RWANDA (****)
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (***½)
I HEART HUCKABEES (***)
I, ROBOT (***½)
I'M NOT SCARED (****½)
IN GOOD COMPANY (****)
INCREDIBLES, THE (*****)
JERSEY GIRL (***)
KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (*****)
KINSEY (****)
LADYKILLERS, THE (****)
LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (****)
LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU, THE (***½)
MACHINIST, THE (***½)
MAN ON FIRE (****)
MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (***)
MARIA FULL OF GRACE (****)
MEAN CREEK (***½)
MEAN GIRLS (****½)
MEET THE FOCKERS (***)
MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE (***)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY (****½)
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES, THE (****)
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (****)
NATIONAL TREASURE (***)
NOTEBOOK, THE (*½)
OCEAN'S TWELVE (***)
P.S. (**½)
PAPER CLIPS (*½)
PASSION OF THE CHRIST, THE (***)
PERFECT SCORE, THE (***)
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE (**½)
POLAR EXPRESS, THE (***)
PRIMER (****)
PUNISHER, THE (***)
RAY (***½)
RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (**½)
SAVED! (****)
SAW (***½)
SECRET WINDOW (**½)
SEED OF CHUCKY (***)
SHARK TALE (**½)
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (*****)
SHREK 2 (****)
SIDEWAYS (****½)
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (****)
SOUL PLANE (**)
SPANGLISH (**)
SPARTAN (****)
SPIDER-MAN 2 (****)
STARSKY & HUTCH (***½)
STEPFORD WIVES, THE (**½)
STRAIGHT-JACKET (***½)
SUPER SIZE ME (****)
SUSPECT ZERO (**½)
TAE GUK GI: THE BROTHERHOOD OF WAR (****)
TAKING LIVES (*½)
TAXI (***½)
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE (****½)
TERMINAL, THE (***½)
TORQUE (*½)
TROY (***)
VAN HELSING (*)
VANITY FAIR (**½)
VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT, A (****½)
VILLAGE, THE (**½)
WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT (**)
WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?! (*)
WHITE CHICKS (**)
WHOLE TEN YARDS, THE (*½)
WITHOUT A PADDLE (*½)
WOODSMAN, THE (****)

Top Ten + Honorable Mentions:

01. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
02. The Incredibles
03. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
04. Sideways
05. Million Dollar Baby
06. Collateral
07. Before Sunset
08. I’m Not Scared
09. (tie) A Very Long Engagement / Hero
10. (tie) Dawn of the Dead / Shaun of the Dead
11. Mean Girls
12. Team America: World Police
13. Garden State
14. Primer
15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Bottom Ten:

01. What the Bleep Do We Know?!
02. Van Helsing
03. Paper Clips
04. Catwoman
05. The Notebook
06. Taking Lives
07. The Whole Ten Yards
08. Without a Paddle
09. Envy
10. Torque

- CLOSED as of 10/31/06 -
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[robertrosado]

William-

Please write a review for The Devil's Rejects! On the movie's main page, there are an unbelievable amount of harsh comments.
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[William Goss]

[David Cornelius]

[William Goss]

[William Goss]

That's it. I'm bumping this bad boy. Is anyone else keeping up with theirs besides myself and Jason?
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[TheAngryJew]

Yes.
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Scott Weinberg