The Looking Closer Film Viewing Journal is open for business.

This is the post where I’ll catalog most of the movies I see.

(Want to take a trip down my moviegoing memory lane? Here are past film-viewing journals for 2007, 2006, and 2005.)

Oh, so you noticed the ratings, did you? You’re probably thinking, “But I thought he criticized the process of giving stars and number-ratings to movies in this rant at Filmwell!” Good point. But these letter-grades do not represent my permanent judgment of the films’ artistry, moral characters, or “recommendability.” They’re a personal note, a tenuous measurement of my enthusiasm for the film after that particular viewing. They do not concern whether or not I’d recommend the film. I don’t intend for LookingCloser.org to be a “Consumer Reports” for movies, but something more like a travel journal where we share our various experiences and insights on film. My recommendations will differ depending on a person’s interests, experiences, sensitivities, and age just as if I was recommending food or drink… so I avoid making blanket statements about movies.

Okay, let the record-keeping begin…

*= indicates first-time viewing.
>=indicates I’ve reviewed the film

2012

November

  • The Silver Linings Playbook* (Oak Tree)…..6.5
  • Take This Waltz* (Netflix Instant)…..7.5
  • Alps* (Netflix Instant)…..7.5
  • Django Unchained* (Pacific Place)…..7
  • On the Road* (Uptown)…..4
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* – 3D, 48fps (Pacific Place)…..6.5
  • A Muppet Christmas Carol* (blu-ray)…..4.5

November

  • Ocean’s 11 (blu-ray)…..6.5
  • Margaret: Extended Cut* (DVD)…..8
  • Life of Pi 3D* (Cinebarre)…..6
  • Margaret (second viewing, DVD)…..7.5
  • Brave (blu-ray, 3rd viewing)…..7.5
  • In America (DVD, third viewing) …..8
  • Vanya on 42nd Street (Criterion)…..8.5
  • Elena* (DVD)…..7
  • The Darjeeling Limited (DVD)…..6.5
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (DVD)…..8.5
  • Skyfall* (Uptown)…..6.5
  • Holy Motors (Seven Gables)…..8
  • Lincoln* (Pacific Place)…..8
  • Rushmore (Criterion DVD)…..7
  • Bottle Rocket (Criterion DVD)…..7.5
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter* (Vudu)…..4

October

  • Moonrise Kingdom (Crest, 2nd viewing)…..8.5
  • Abigail Harm (screener)…..7
  • The Loneliest Planet* (screener)…..8
  • Sinister* (Thornton Place)…..6.5
  • Argo* (Thornton Place)…..7
  • Robot & Frank* (Crest)…..5.5
  • Moonrise Kingdom (Crest, 2nd viewing)…..8.5

September

  • Looper* (Thornton Place)…..6
  • Bernie* (Netflix DVD)…..6.5
  • The Master* (Pacific Place)…..7.5
  • The Avengers (Crest, second viewing)…..7
  • Big Eden* (DVD)…..3
  • 8 1/2 (Criterion bluray)…..8.5
  • Safety Not Guaranteed* (Crest)…..6
  • 28 Weeks Later* (DVD)*…..5

August

  • Clue (Netflix)…..4
  • Roxanne (blu-ray)…..7.5
  • Compliance (Varsity)*…..w/o
  • Super 8 (Netflix)…..6
  • Your Sister’s Sister* (Crest)…..6
  • Men in Black 3* (Crest)…..6
  • Nashville* (DVD)…..7.5
  • The Bourne Legacy* (Pacific Place)…..4

July

  • Brave (2nd viewing, theatre in Santa Fe)…..8
  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia* (DVD)…..8
  • The Dark Knight Rises* (IMAX 3d, Thornton Place)…..6
  • The Amazing Spider-man* (IMAX 3d, Thornton Place)…..4
  • GalaxyQuest (DVD)…..6.5
  • >Batman Begins (DVD)…..6.5

June

  • Prometheus* (IMAX 3d, Thornton Place)…..5.5
  • >Alien (director’s cut, blu-ray)…..8.5
  • >Brave* (Thornton Place)…..8
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild* (Pacific Place)…..7
  • >Moonrise Kingdom* (Guild 45th)…..8
  • >First Position* (Seven Gables)…..5.5
  • My Neighbor Totoro (DVD)…..8.5
  • Red* (DVD)…..4
  • Your Highness (turned it off after 30 minutes)…..0.5
  • >Star Trek (DVD)…..6

May

  • The Royal Tenenbaums (DVD)…..8.5
  • Shaun of the Dead (blu-ray)…..7.5
  • The Big Lebowski (DVD)…..6.5
  • >Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2nd viewing, Vudu.com)…..7
  • Tyrannosaur* (Netflix Instant)…..7.5
  • The Deep Blue Sea* (Seven Gables)…..7
  • The Tourist* (DVD)….1.5

April

  • >The Avengers* (3D, Pacific Place)….7
  • Damsels in Distress* (Harvard Exit)…..4.5
  • >Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DVD)….6.5
  • >Chariots of Fire (DVD)…..8
  • Encounters at the End of the World (2nd viewing, DVD)…..7.5
  • >Winnie the Pooh (2nd viewing, blu-ray)…..7.5
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (director’s cut, blu-ray)…..8.5
  • The Truman Show (blu-ray)…..8.5
  • Source Code* (DVD)…..6
  • >There Will Be Blood (blu-ray)…..8.5
  • Black Narcissus* (blu-ray)…..8
  • >Certified Copy (blu-ray)…..9.5
  • Dark City (blu-ray)…..8
  • >Blue Like Jazz* (Pacific Place)…..6.5
  • Smiley’s People (TV)* (DVD)…..7
  • L’Apollonide (House of Tolerance)…..7

March

  • >The Cabin in the Woods*…..6.5
  • My Winnipeg* (DVD)…..6.5
  • >The Hunger Games* (Pacific Place)…..6
  • Some Like It Hot* (DVD)…..5.5
  • >Casa de Mi Padre* (Pacific Place)…..3
  • Young Adult* (DVD)…..5.5
  • >The Kid With a Bike* (DVD screener)…..8.5
  • Baghead* (DVD)…..5
  • The Puffy Chair* (DVD)…..5
  • A Separation* (Egyptian)…..8.5
  • Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (Crest)…..6
  • Troubled Water* (Netflix Instant)…..5.5

February

  • >John Carter* (3D, Pacific Place)…..6
  • Being Elmo* (Netflix Instant)…..6.5
  • Film Socialisme* (Netflix)…..8
  • Captain Ahab* (DVD)….6
  • Higher Ground* (DVD)…..6
  • >The Muppets (2nd time, Crest)….7.5
  • >Pina* (3D, Uptown)…..9
  • That Evening Sun* (DVD)…..5.5
  • >Camilla Dickinson* (SPU)…..6.5
  • Margaret* (Uptown)…..7.5
  • X-Men: First Class (vudu.com)…..6.5
  • Corpse Bride (DVD)…..5.5

January

  • Hot Fuzz (third viewing, DVD)…..8
  • Bridesmaids* (DVD)…..3.5
  • Lucky Life (second viewing, DVD)…..8
  • Midnight Run (DVD)…..9.5
  • >Three Colors: Blue (Criterion blu-ray)…..10
  • Tuesday, After Christmas* (DVD)…..8.5
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (Seven Gables)…..7.5
  • Blood Simple (blu-ray)…..7
  • Mysteries of Lisbon (2010, vudu.com)*…..7.5
  • >The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (blu-ray)…..7

2011

December

  • >The Artist* (Harvard Exit)*…..4
  • A Dangerous Method* (Egyptian)…..6.5
  • Melancholia* (Varsity) (walk-out)
  • Submarine* (Netflix DVD)…..7
  • The Red Shoes* (Criterion DVD)…..9
  • >Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol* (Thornton Place IMAX)…..7
  • >Nostalgia for the Light* (Netflix DVD)…..8
  • >Le Havre* (Uptown)…..7
  • >The Adventures of Tintin* (Thornton Place, 3D)…..3.5
  • >Where the Wild Things Are (blu-ray)…..8.5
  • >War Horse*…..7.5
  • Bellflower* (DVD)…..1.5
  • The Descendants* (Thornton Place)…..6.5

November

  • >Hugo* (Oak Tree)…..7
  • >The Arbor* (Netflix streaming)…..7.5
  • >The Tree of Life (blu-ray)…..9
  • >Attack the Block* (DVD)…..7
  • >The Muppets* (Thornton Place)…..7.5
  • >My Week with Marilyn* (Pacific Place)…..5.5
  • >La Quattro Volte* (Netflix DVD)…..7.5
  • >Wrestling for Jesus (DVD screener)…..6.5
  • Come Undone (Netflix streaming)…..5
  • Liverpool (Netflix streaming)…..7.5
  • Robin Hood (2010, DVD) …..3
  • Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (blu-ray)…..9.5
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (Crest)…..7
  • The Dark Crystal (blu-ray)…..7.5
  • Everything Must Go* (DVD)…..6
  • Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (blu-ray)…..8.5
  • Day of Wrath* (DVD)…..8

October

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Extended Edition (DVD)…..9
  • Toy Story 2 (blu-ray)…..9
  • Me and Orson Welles* (Netflix Streaming)…..7.5
  • The Gleaners and I (DVD)…..8.5
  • Take Shelter* (Harvard Exit)…..7
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut (DVD)…..9.5
  • Lourdes* (Netflix DVD)…..7.5
  • Between the Folds* (Netflix streaming)…..6
  • Poetry* (Netflix streaming)…..6.5
  • Night of the Hunter* (DVD)…..7.5
  • Captain America* (in-flight movie)…..4
  • The Tree of Life (Metro, fourth viewing)…..9

September

  • The Mill and the Cross* (Harvard Exit)…..8.5
  • Buck* (Crest)…..7.5
  • Moneyball* (Pacific Place)…..7
  • Fletch (DVD)…..5
  • Certified Copy (bluray, third viewing)…..9.5
  • The Blues Brothers* (DVD)…..6
  • Bride and Prejudice* (DVD)…..5
  • The Station Agent (DVD, eighth viewing?)…..9
  • True Grit (2010, second viewing, blu-ray)…..8.5
  • Drive* (Seven Gables)…..8
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene* (Harvard Exit)…..8

August

  • Winnie the Pooh* (Crest Cinemas)…..8
  • Secret Sunshine* (Criterion DVD)…..7
  • Contagion*…..6.5
  • M. Hulot’s Holiday* (Criterion DVD)…..7.5
  • Machine Gun Preacher* (Pacific Place)…..4.5
  • Red Riding Trilogy: Part 3: 1983* (Netflix streaming)…..6.5
  • Animal Kingdom* (DVD)…..5
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done* (DVD)…..2.5
  • Everlasting Moments* (Criterion DVD)…..8.5
  • Tangled (Netflix Streaming)*…..5.5
  • Another Earth*…..5
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire* (DVD)…..3
  • Midnight in Paris*…..6.5
  • >The Secret of Kells*…..8.5
  • The Gleaners and I (DVD, film seminar)…..9
  • >Seraphine (DVD, film seminar)…..8.5
  • >My Kid Could Paint That (DVD, film seminar)…..8.5
  • The Five Obstructions (DVD, film seminar)…..8.5
  • Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (DVD, film seminar)…..9

July

  • Rubber* (DVD)…..4.5
  • Mary and Max* (Netflix Instant)…..7.5
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two*…..5.5
  • Somewhere* (DVD)…..7.5
  • >The Tree of Life (Pickford in Bellingham, third viewing)…..9
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One* (DVD)…..5.5
  • >Cars 2…..4

June

  • >The Tree of Life (Egyptian, second viewing)…..9
  • >The Cave of Forgotten Dreams (in 3D, Meridian 16)…..6.5
  • >Super 8 (Cinebarre)…..5.5
  • >Babette’s Feast (DVD)…..8.5
  • >The Secret of Kells (third viewing, Bluray)…..8
  • >Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Northwest Film Forum)…..8
  • Labyrinth (DVD)…..5.5
  • Days of Heaven (Criterion DVD, third viewing)…..9.5

May

  • >Meek’s Cutoff* (Harvard Exit)…..7.5
  • >The Tree of Life* (Pacific Place)…..8.5
  • >Beginners* (Pacific Place)…..7
  • Oceans* (Netflix streaming)…..6
  • A Town Called Panic* (Netflix streaming)…..7.5

April

  • The Way Back* (Netflix DVD)…..7.5
  • The American* (Netflix DVD)…..5
  • Get Low* (Netflix DVD)…..6.5
  • L’Illusioniste* (Crest)…..7
  • Rango* (Thornton Place)…..7

March

  • Of Gods and Men* (Harvard Exit)…..8
  • Certified Copy (DVD screener, 2nd viewing)…..9.5
  • Certified Copy* (DVD screener)…..9.5
  • Alamar* (Netflix streaming)…..7
  • Dogtooth* (Netflix DVD)…..7.5
  • >Babies (Netflix streaming, 2nd viewing)…..7
  • Sweetgrass* (Netflix streaming)…..7.5
  • >Win Win* (Guild 45)…..7
  • Delicatessen (Netflix)…..8
  • Please Give* (Netflix streaming)…..7
  • Carlos* (Netflix streaming)…..7
  • >Jane Eyre* (Pacific Place)…..7

February

  • The Kids are All Right* (DVD)…..7
  • Red Riding: 1980* (Netflix streaming)…..6
  • >127 Hours*…..6
  • >The Adjustment Bureau*…..5
  • Red Riding: 1973* (DVD)…..6.5
  • Micmacs* (Netflix DVD)…..7.5

January

  • >Another Year*…..8
  • Distant Voices, Still Lives (DVD)…..8
  • Sherlock Holmes (2nd viewing, DVD)…..5
  • Greenberg* (DVD)…..6.5
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (Netflix)…..6
  • The Friends of Eddie Coyle* (DVD)…..7
  • The Exploding Girl* (DVD)…..7.5
  • Ondine* (DVD)…..7
  • Badlands* (DVD)…..8
  • Exit Through the Gift Shop (DVD)*…..6
  • Despicable Me*…..5.5
  • Make Way for Tomorrow (DVD)*…..8.5

2010

December

  • >Toy Story 3 (DVD)…..8.5
  • >The Fighter*…..6.5
  • >The King’s Speech*…..8
  • >True Grit (2010)*…..8.5
  • Tron: Legacy*…..3.5
  • True Grit (original) (iTunes rental)*…..6.5
  • Blue Valentine*…..7
  • F is for Fake* (Netflix Streaming)…..8
  • >The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*…..5
  • Rabbit Hole*…..7

November

  • >Black Swan*…..6
  • >The Sun*…..8.5
  • The Town*…..6.5
  • Close-up* (DVD)…..9
  • Thirst* (DVD)…..5
  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles (VHS)…..7.5
  • >I Am Love* (DVD)…..7.5
  • The Hit* (Criterion DVD)…..7.5
  • >Four Lions* (DVD screener)…..8.5
  • >Waste Land* (DVD screener)…..7
  • The Thin Red Line (Criterion DVD)….9
  • >Vision: The Life of Hildegard Von Bingen….6.5
  • The ‘Burbs (DVD)….8

October

  • Kick-Ass* (iTunes)…..2
  • Coco Before Chanel* (DVD)…..4.5
  • >Conviction* …..4.5
  • Let Me In*…..6
  • The Hobbit (Rankin/Bass animated version) (VHS)…..6
  • The Big Clock…..7.5
  • >28 Days Later (DVD)…..7.5
  • Night of the Living Dead* (1968) (DVD)…..7
  • As It Is In Heaven (DVD)…..4
  • >The Social Network*…..8

September

  • >Never Let Me Go*…..7

August

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World*…..7.5
  • >Three Colors: Blue…..10
  • >Code Unknown…..9.5
  • >The Son…..10
  • >Ordet (Criterion DVD)…..10
  • >Au hasard Balthazar (Criterion DVD)…..9.5
  • La Jetee (Criterion DVD)…..8.5

July

  • Salt*…..4.5
  • >The Son…..9.5
  • La Jetee* (Criterion DVD)…..7.5
  • >Where the Wild Things Are (second viewing)…..8
  • >Inception…..7.5
  • >Winter’s Bone…..7.5

June

  • >Spirited Away (DVD)…..9
  • >The Secret of Kells (second viewing)…..8
  • Toy Story 3*…..8.5

May

  • >Ordet (DVD, third viewing)….. 9.5
  • Get Smart (DVD, second viewing)….. 6
  • Zombieland* (DVD)….. 6.5 (for Bill Murray’s scenes) 3.5 (for the rest)
  • The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (DVD)…..7
  • >Babies*…..7.5
  • >The Secret of Kells*…..8
  • >Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky (second time, DVD)…..7

April

  • >The Secret in Their Eyes*…..7
  • Lucky Life* (DVD screener)…..8.5
  • Pinocchio* (DVD)…..8.5
  • >Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky*……7
  • >MINE* (DVD)…..6
  • The Headless Woman* (DVD)…..7
  • How to Train Your Dragon* (IMAX 3D)…..7

March

  • Grand Illusion* (Criterion DVD)…..7
  • Revanche* (DVD)…..6.5
  • Yella* (DVD)….7.5
  • Volver* (DVD)…..6
  • Invictus*…..7
  • Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story* (DVD)…..3.5
  • >The Secret of the Grain* (DVD)…..9

February

  • Music and Lyrics* (DVD)…..3.5
  • Fargo (DVD)…..9
  • Drag Me to Hell* (DVD)…..6
  • Shutter Island*…..7.5
  • The Limits of Control* (DVD)…..7.5
  • The Wolfman* (DVD)…..5
  • The Princess and the Frog* (DVD)…..6

January

  • The Lovely Bones*…..4.5
  • The Gleaners and I (second viewing) (DVD)…..9
  • Julia* (DVD)…..7
  • Sugar* (DVD)…..6.5
  • The White Ribbon*…..7.5
  • >Police, Adjective*…..8.5
  • Prime Suspect 6…..7.5

2009

December

  • Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog (web series DVD)…..6.5
  • Sherlock Holmes*…..5
  • >Gomorra* (Italian import DVD)…..8.5
  • The Maid*…..7.5
  • Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire*…..5.5
  • An Education…..7
  • >Avatar…..7
  • Away We Go* (DVD)…..7
  • Up in the Air…..6

November

  • >The Girlfriend Experience (DVD)…..8.5
  • >Star Trek (second viewing, DVD)…..7.5
  • >Wings of Desire (Criterion DVD)…..10
  • Diary of a Country Priest (second viewing, DVD)…..8.5
  • >The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Extended Edition (DVD)…..7.5
  • Aliens (DVD)…..8.5
  • >The Men Who Stare at Goats…..4.5
  • >Treeless Mountain…..8

October

  • >Where the Wild Things Are…..8
  • >The Road…..7.5
  • Goodbye Solo…..7.5
  • Ponyo*…..7.5
  • >Phoebe in Wonderland* (Netflix Instant)…..7.5
  • >A Serious Man*…..8
  • Of Time and the City (DVD)…..7

September

  • >In the Loop*…..7.5
  • >Seraphine*…..8.5
  • The Informant!*…..7
  • >Coraline (DVD, second viewing)…..7.5

August

  • Playtime* (Criterion DVD)…..8
  • Five Minutes of Heaven* (screener DVD)…..6.5
  • Still Walking* (screener DVD)…..7
  • >Inglourious Basterds*…..7.5
  • District 9*…..7.5
  • 500 Days of Summer*…..6.5
  • >Lorna’s Silence*…..8
  • The Soloist* (DVD)…..6
  • Tell No One*…..7
  • The Brothers Bloom*…..6.5

July

  • Sunshine Cleaning…..6
  • Rachel Getting Married (2nd viewing, DVD)…..8
  • >Up (2nd viewing, 3D)…..8
  • The Hurt Locker*…..7

June

  • >Summer Hours (second viewing, theatrical)…..8.5
  • >Public Enemies*…..7.5
  • Psycho* (DVD)…..7.5
  • Code Unknown (DVD, sixth viewing)…..10+
  • >Three Colors: Blue (DVD, twelfth viewing)…..10

May

  • >Summer Hours* (DVD)…..8
  • Heartbeat Detector* (DVD)…..8+
  • >Up*…..8
  • >Lake Tahoe* (DVD for press)…..8
  • >The Song of Sparrows* (DVD for press)…..8
  • >Star Trek*…..7.5
  • The Edge of Heaven (DVD)…..7

April

  • Quantum of Solace* (in-flight movie)…..6.5
  • >Sparrow* (in-flight movie)…..7.5
  • >Departures* (in-flight movie)…..7.5
  • Hunger*…..7.5
  • Moon*…..8
  • Revolutionary Road*…..7
  • >Coraline*…..8

March

    • >Times and Winds*…..8
    • Waltz with Bashir*…..8
    • Redbelt* (DVD)…..7
    • Step Brothers*…..5
    • >Watchmen*…..6

(About as hypocritical and disingenuous as superhero movies get. While its characters lament the corruption and excesses of a lust-driven culture, the film serves up extra helpings of gratuitous gore and soft-porn sex to dazzle the fanboys. Philosophically, the film does strike some resonant chords about the meaningless of life if there is no God (or at least no loving God), but the film is so “steroidal” in its sensual overload that it subverts what discussion-worthy material can be found there.)

    • Happy-Go-Lucky*…..7.5
    • The Long Day Closes* (DVD)…..8.5

(One of the most beautiful films I’ve ever seen. An immediate favorite.)

  • Tropic Thunder* (DVD)…..6.5

February

  • >Let the Right One In*…..7.5
  • >Eldorado* (DVD)…..7
  • Paranoid Park* (DVD)…..7
  • Paris, Je T’aime (second viewing, DVD)…..7
  • >Still Life* (DVD)…..8
  • >WALL-E (fourth viewing, DVD)…..8
  • >Shotgun Stories (fourth viewing, DVD)…..8.5

January

  • My Neighbor Totoro (DVD)…..9+
  • >Horton Hears a Who* (DVD)…..6
  • Rachel Getting Married*…..8

2008

December

  • The Bank Job* (DVD)…..6
  • >The Visitor (second viewing, DVD)…..7.5
  • >Silent Light*…..8.5
  • >Slumdog Millionaire*…..6
  • >The Class*…..8.5+
  • >The Tale of Despereaux* (DVD)…..4
  • Baby Mama* (DVD)…..6
  • White Mane* (DVD, Criterion)…..7
  • Doubt*…..7.5
  • Frost/Nixon* (DVD)…..6.5
  • Chop Shop* (DVD)…..7

November

  • The Fall* (DVD)…..7.5
  • >A Christmas Tale*…..7.5
  • Twilight*…..4
  • >The New World – The Extended Cut (DVD)…..10
  • >Shotgun Stories (second viewing, DVD)….. 8

October

  • Finding Nemo (DVD, fourth viewing)…..9
  • The Earrings of Madame de…* (Criterion DVD)…..7.5
  • Synecdoche, New York*…..7.5
  • >Call + Response*…..4
  • >Up the Yangtze*…..7.5
  • Trouble the Water*…..7
  • >Body of Lies*…..6
  • >Ben X* (DVD)…..7
  • I’ve Loved You So Long*…..6.5

September

  • >Honeydripper* (DVD)…..7 (Here’s a sublime review by Roger Ebert.)
  • >We Are Together* (DVD)…..5.5
  • >Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp (second viewing, DVD)…..7
  • >Homemade Hillbilly Jam*…..4
  • >Man on Wire*…..7.5
  • >Awake, My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp* (online)…..6.5

August

  • The Band’s Visit* (DVD)…..7
  • The Band’s Visit* (DVD)…..7
  • In Bruges* (DVD)…..7.5
  • Wordplay* (DVD)…..5
  • Iron Man (second viewing)…..7.5
  • >Ostrov (The Island)* (DVD)…..8
  • Be Kind Rewind* (DVD)…..6.5
  • Days and Clouds* (DVD)…..7
  • Encounters at the End of the World*…..7.5
  • The Grocer’s Son*…..6.5

July

  • The X-Files: Fight the Future (DVD, second viewing)…..6.5
  • >Vicky Cristina Barcelona*…..6
  • >The Dark Knight*……8
  • >Hellboy 2: The Golden Army*……7.5
  • >Choking Man* (DVD)……7
  • Kung Fu Panda*……7
  • Son of Rambow*……7.5
  • >My Kid Could Paint That* (DVD, 3rd viewing w/coworkers)……8
  • >My Kid Could Paint That (DVD, 2nd viewing w/ friends)…..8
  • >My Kid Could Paint That* (DVD)…..7.5

June

  • >WALL-E (second viewing)…..7.5
  • >WALL-E*…..8.5
  • >Munyurangabo* (DVD)….8.5 (perhaps A+)
  • Get Smart*…..6
  • >Shotgun Stories* (DVD screener)…..8.5
  • Heading South* (DVD)…..7.5

May

  • > Private Fears in Public Places* (DVD)…..7
  • > Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (second viewing)…..6.5
  • Ballast*…..7.5 (A review by Robert Davis.)
  • > Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*…..6.5
  • Angel-A*…..6.5
  • The Orphanage*…..7
  • Noise*…..D
  • Iron Man*…..7

April

  • > Once (second viewing, DVD)…..8
  • Southland Tales* (DVD)…..5.5

March

  • > Flight of the Red Balloon* (DVD screener)…..8.5
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (DVD, second viewing)…..7
  • > Ratatouille (DVD, second viewing)…..8
  • Run, Fatboy, Run*…..2 (walked out mid-way through)
  • Feast of Love* (DVD)…..5.5
  • > Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (DVD)…..9
  • The Station Agent (DVD)…..8.5

February

  • > No Country for Old Men (DVD, second viewing)…..8
  • Syndromes and a Century* (DVD)…9
  • > Longford* (DVD)…7
  • Rescue Dawn* (DVD)…7
  • > Sweeney Todd*…7.5
  • > Adam’s Apples*…7
  • Gone Baby Gone*…7.5
  • Bridge to Terabithia*…7
  • > U23D*…7.5
  • Midnight Run (bazillionth viewing)…9
  • > 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days…8.5
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut* (DVD)…9.5

January

  • > There Will Be Blood (second viewing)…9
  • > The Diving Bell and the Butterfly*…7.5