Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016) -- 3.5/5

The Handmaiden (Chan wook park, 2016) -- 3/5

The Measure of a Man (Stephane Brize, 2016) -- 4/5

Ju-On: The Grudge (Takashi Shimizu, 2002) -- 2/5

Ringu 2 (Hideo Nakata, 1998) -- 1/5

Event Horizon (Paul Anderson, 1997) -- 3/5

Arrival (Denis Villenueve, 2016) -- 4/5

Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007) -- 3/5

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (Werner Herzog, 2016) -- 3/5

Microbe and Gasoline (Michel Gondry, 2016) -- 3/5

Weiner (Josh Kriegman, 2016) -- 4/5

Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016) --  turned it off

Louder Than Bombs (Joachim Trier, 2016) -- 3/5

Damsels in Distress (Whit Stillman, 2011) -- turned it off

The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998) -- 2/5

State and Main (David Mamet, 2000) -- 1/5

The Hallow (Corin Hardy, 2015) -- 1.5/5


Thursday, February 16, 2017

Snowden (Oliver Stone, 2016): 3.5/5

Hell or High Water (David Mackenzie, 2016): 3/5

Sully (Clint Eastwood, 2016): 3/5

Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross, 2016): 2/5

The Girl on the Train (Tate Taylor, 2016): 1/5

American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016): 1/5

The Seventh Fire (Jack Pettibone Riccobono, 2016): 3/5

The Night Manager (Susanne Bier, 2016): 3/5

Cash Only (Malik Bader, 2015): 2/5

In Order of Disappearance (Hans Petter Moland, 2014): 3.5/5

Rush (Ron Howard, 2013): 2/5

Diary of a Chambermaid (Benoit Jacquot, 2015): 3/5

Farewell, My Queen (Benoit Jacquot, 2012): 2/5

A Toute de Suite (Benoit Jacquot, 2004): 3/5

A School of Flesh (Benoit Jacquot, 1998): 3/5

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, rw (Andrew Dominik, 2008): 5/5

The Devil Wears Prada, rw (David Frankel, 2006): 3/5

Postcards From the Edge, rw (Mike Nichols, 1990): 3.5/5

The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, 1987): 2/5

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Sullivan's Travels, rw (Preston Sturges, 1941): 5/5

Meet John Doe, rw (Frank Capra, 1941): 3.5/5

Ninotchka, rw (Ernst Lubitsch, 1941): 3/5

The Shop Around the Corner, rw (Ernst Lubitsch, 1940): 3.5/5

The Philadelphia Story, rw (George Cukor, 1940): 5/5

Midnight, rw (Mitchell Leisen, 1939): 5/5

My Man Godfrey, rw (Gregory La Cava, 1936): 2/5

Hands Across the Table (Mitchell Leisen, 1935): 2/5

No Man of Her Own, rw (Wesley Ruggles, 1932): 4/5

Lucky Star (Frank Borzage, 1929): 2.5/5

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Gleason (Clay Tweel, 2016): 4/5

Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross, 2016): 3/5

Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016): 3.5/5

Jackie (Pablo Larrain, 2016): 5/5

Paterson (Jim Jarmusch, 2016): 5/5

Moonlight (Barry Jenkins, 2016): 2/5

The OA, Season One (Batmangli & Marling, 2016): 1.5/5

Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson, 2016): 5/5

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Raising Arizona (Joel Cohen, 1987) --  2/5

How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) (Joe Angio, 2007) -- 2/5

Miller's Crossing (Joel Cohen, 1990) -- turned it off

Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, 2016) -- turned it off

Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudi, 2014) -- 3/5

Russian Ark (Aleksandr Sakurov, 2002) -- 2.5/5

American Honey (Andrea Arnold, 2016) -- 2/5

The Abyss (James Cameron, 1989) -- 2/5

You Can Count On Me (Kenneth Lonergan, 2000) -- 3/5

Home Movie (Chris Smith, 2001) -- 2/5

Re-watched The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky, 2006) -- 2/5 (Original rating: 3/5)

Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener, 2013) -- 3/5

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar (Beeban Kidron, 1995) -- 3/5

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (Tony Randell, 1988) -- 2/5

May (Lucky McKee, 2003) -- 3/5

Stranger Things Season 1  -- 4/5

Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005) -- 4/5


Thursday, January 19, 2017

Jonah Who Will be 25 Years Old in the Year 2000 (Alain Tanner, 1976): 4.5/5

Collective: Unconscious (Lily Baldwin, et al., 2016): 1.5/5

Eyes of My Mother (Nicolas Pesce, 2016): 3/5

Little Men (Ira Sachs, 2016): 3.5/5

Don't Breathe (Fede Alvarez, 2016): 3/5

*La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016): 4/5

Miss Stevens (Julia Hart, 2016): 3/5

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Terminator Genisys (Alan Taylor, 2015): 2/5

Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016): 4/5

Sausage Party (Greg Tiernan & Conrad Vernon, 2016): 3.5/5

I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (Oz Perkins, 2016): 3/5

Goliath, Season 1 (David E. Kelly & Jonathan Shapiro, 2016): 3/5

Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016): 3.5/5

* Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Gareth Edwards, 2016): 3.5/5

Little Sister (Zach Clark, 2016): 2.5/5