The Movies I Watched in December

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024  7/10

 

Black Widow 1954  6/10 

La boulangère de Monceau 1963  7/10

 La carrière de Suzanne 1963  7/10

Cast Away 2ßßß  6/10

La chute de la maison Usher 1928   

Cocksucker Blues 1972 6/10

The Dead Don't Hurt 2023  7/10

Drive a Crooked Road 1954  6/10 

Ecologia del delitto 1971  6/10

The Fall Guy 2024  7/10

 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016  6/10

The Flintstones 1994  6/10

Heathers 1988  7/10

Hit Man 2023  7/10

 L'hypothèse du tableau volé 1978  7/10

It's a Gift 1934  7/10

 Kisapmata 1981  7/10

The Landlord 1970  6/10

The Miniaturist 2017  6/10

Murder She Said 1961  6/10

Obsession 1949  6/10 

Oramunde 1933  7/10

Polyester 1981  7/10

 A Quiet Place. Day One 2024  7/10

Raised by Wolves, Season 1 2020  7/10

 

Raised by Wolves, Season 2 2022  6/10 

Såsom i en spegel 1961  7/10

Snow White and the Huntsman 2012  6/10

Strangers in Good Company 1990  7/10

Una sull'altra 1969  6/10

Szürkület 1990  8/10

 Taiyô wo nusunda otoko 1979  7/10

The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021  7/10

No Country for Old Men (2007)

 

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. 

Congenial adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel finds the Coen Bros. at the top of their art spinning a dark, sinister and thrilling tale full of excellent scenes, great photography and top performances all around.

Maltin***1/2: "Crackling tale...Creating tension from the first moments onward (and without the use of music), the Coens' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel is a brooding tale of fate set against a stark backdrop...but not without irony and humor. Set on fire by Bardem's Academy Award-winning performance; brilliantly photographed by Roger Deakins." 

 

The Big Lebowski (1998)

 

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Easy-going (like its titular character), serendipitous drama, full of black humor and numerous memorable sequences and with a colorful ensemble of eccentric characters is thoroughly entertaining; an instant cult classic.

Halliwell**: "A meandering thriller that provides a great deal of incidental pleasures on a journey to nowhere in particular."

Maltin**1/2: "One big shaggy-dog joke, courtesy of the Coen brothers...Mostly an excuse for off-the-wall character vignettes, some of which are amusing, some of which are just...strange. Minor Coen concoction with a most agreeable cast. Turturro is a standout as Jesus the bowler, but Bridges' Dave the Dude has become a pop culture icon." 

 

The Movies I Watched in November

The Accountant of Auschwitz 2018  7 

 

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane 2006  5 

The Big Lebowski 1998  8

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2020  5

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving  1973  7 

 

The Dead Zone 1983  8 

 

Double Cross 1941  5

The Duel 2016  6

The Four Feathers 1978  6

House of Seven Belles 1979  4

The Juniper Tree 1990  7

 

The Killer Shrews  1959  4

Man on the Moon 1999  6

The Mule 2018  6 

Music, Money, Madness... Jimi Hendrix In Maui (2020)  6

My Octopus Teacher 2020  8 

 

Opera 1987  7

Operation Petticoat 1959  6

The Queen's Gambit 2020 8 

 

Ride With the Devil 1999  6

Stridulum 1978  4

Unsolved Mysteries, Season 2 2020  7

 

Wadjda 2012 7 

 

Das Wolkenphänomen von Maloja 1924  7

 

Z For Zachariah 2015  6

True Grit (2010)

A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer.

Solid and tasteful remake of a John Wayne classic with a great central performance, but the movie doesn't add anything new or unique.

On rewatching: Entertaining and well-made, but not better than the original; perfect role for Jeff Bridges, though.

Maltin***: "Remake of the 1969 hit allows Bridges to put his own stamp on the role...The Coens' script calls on their love for language..., while cinematographer Roger Deakins fills the screen with beautiful imagery. Entertaining, to be sure, but being as unsentimental as it is, there isn't any emotional resonance when it's all over."

The Movies I Watched in February

Bad Samaritan 2018  6
Before I Fall 2017  6
Beoning (2018)  7

Black Sea 2014  6
The Cabin in the Woods 2011  6
Hell or High Water 2016  7

The Hole in the Ground 2019  6
L'Homme de chevet 2009  6
Hostile 2017  5
Kehraus 1983  7

Marriage Story 2019  7

Morgan 2016  6
The Net 1995  5
Only the Brave 2017  6
Prospect 2018  6
Scarface 1983  6
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946  6
The Thing 2011  6
True Grit 2010  6
Where Does a Body End? 2019  7

The Movies I Watched in December

Anaconda 1997  6
Babylon Berlin 2018  7

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018  7

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)  7

Butter 2011  5
Cam 2018  7

The Courier 2012  5
Downsizing 2017  7

Elektra 2005  5
The Equalizer 2014  6
The Fourth Estate 2018  7

The Gambler 2014  6
It Happened at Lakewood Manor 1977  3
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 1966  7

The Jungle Book 1967  8

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2015  5
Murphy's Law 1986  6
Navajo Joe 1966  6
Nurse 3-D 2013  5
Outlaw King 2018  6
Savages 2012  7

Something's Gotta Give 2003  6
Suspiria 2018  6
Wind River 2017  6
The Woman in Black 2012  6