Movie Time!: Archive

The Year in Review

I would say at times, I felt like I was pushing myself to watch movies and it was a chore sometimes, but this challenge is relatively easy to do. I expect it would be harder if I had more responsibilities, but 2010 was pretty fancy free for me. Many thanks to the Maverick movie night crew and everyone who helped me with recommendations and such.

Christine Curry gets the nod for best recommendation for Some Like it Hot and Troy Foley gets the nod for worst recommendation for Thankskilling, which doubles as the worst movie I saw in 2010! Dave Lyman gets a big pat on the back for giving me the idea of the blog and for so many good movie ideas and of course watching them with me.

Some of them were an hour and a half and some were pushing three and more and when you combine that with the fact that I watched the entire series of Boardwalk Empire, Band of Brothers and The Pacific as well as all seasons for Community, Parks and Recreation and the current series’ of my regular shows, I think it’s safe to say I have too much downtime.

My next project for the year is to do a lot more film creating instead of watching. There are no parameters yet, but I promise that before 2011 is done, the feature length season finale of Uncle Nagy’s House will be done. Ken, I’m gunna need your help on that one big guy.

Jan 2, 20117 notes

2010 in Order from Best to Worst

Lawrence of Arabia
In Cold Blood
Vengeance Is Mine
Badlands
Kramer vs. Kramer
The Shooting
The Verdict
The Yakuza
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Wild Strawberries
The Last Picture Show
The Killers (1946)
Some Like It Hot
It Happened One Night
That Obscure Object Of Desire
The Bicycle Thief
Hell in the Pacific
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Cruising
Hiroshima Mon Amour
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Lives of Others
Let the Right One In
The Apartment
Rolling Thunder
Five Easy Pieces
The Man Who Would Be King
ZwartBoek (Black Book)
Woman in the Dunes
Days of Heaven
The Third Man
Affliction
If….
High and Low
*Inception
Foxy Brown
Stagecoach
Night of the Iguana
The Thin Man
Eureka
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
La Haine
Rashomon
Rebel Without a Cause
Missing
Out of Africa
The Harder They Come
Horror of Dracula
Sorcerer
*Four Lions
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Double Indemnity
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Two-Lane Blacktop
A Fistful of Dynamite
The Asphalt Jungle
Patton
*Black Swan
Murder, My Sweet
Duel to the Death
Castle of Sand
Repulsion
Face of Another
True Grit
Shadow of a Doubt
Black Rain
In the Heat of the Night
Zardoz
The African Queen
After Hours
Erin Brockovich
*Enter The Void
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
From Here to Eternity
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Kynodontas (Dogtooth)
Rio Grande
Lone Wolf and Cub: Babycart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart In Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart To Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
The Gypsy Moths
Performance
A Place in the Sun
Dr. No
*Toy Story 3
Bride of Frankenstein
Strangers on a Train
The Outfit
Withnail and I
The Pitfall
Weekend
Laura
*127 Hours
Taken
The Informant!
Roman Holiday
Frankenstein
Pieces
24 Hour Party People
Bonnie and Clyde
Breathless
Twilight
Fatal Attraction
Diamonds Are Forever
Gung Ho
Dancer in the Dark
Sabrina (1954)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Color Purple
“10”
Synecdoche, NY
Precious
Extreme Prejudice
The Dirty Dozen
*Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
East of Eden
Wings of Desire
The XYZ Murders
The Big Red One
Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
*Exit Through The Gift Shop
Hausu (House)
Cat People
The Messenger
Sleuth
Psychomania
Staircase
Coffy
Forty Guns
Dial M For Murder
The Killers (1964)
Ace in the Hole
Reds
Barry Lyndon
*Animal Kingdom
A Simple Plan
To Live and Die In LA
*Tron Legacy
Grey Gardens
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Truck Turner
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Magnificent Ambersons
In the Mood For Love
The Boxer
Ride in the Whirlwind
Hope and Glory
*Shutter Island
Wolfen
Dodesukaden
The Great Silence
Mongol
From Beyond
All About Eve
I Was A Teenage Werewolf
Stalag 17
*Iron Man 2
The Thin Red Line
Days of Being Wild
Five Graves To Ciaro
*The Wolfman
Class of 1984
Dead Ringers
Big Fan
Stay Hungry
Stone Cold
The Longest Day
Motorpsycho
The Lost Weekend
Rob Roy
*The Town
Paprika
Swamp Thing
September
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Thin Blue Line
Public Enemies
The Big Bird Cage
The Right Stuff
*Splice
The Big Doll House
Used Cars
*The A-Team
The Vampire Lovers
Jogoku (hell)
S.O.B.
*The Social Network
Day of the Dead
The Invisible Man
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Friday
Death Spa (Witch Bitch)
Sweet and Lowdown
Trick r Treat
Trouble Man
Spider Baby
The Mack
Race With The Devil
Shivers
Inland Empire
We Own The Night
2046
The Hurt Locker
Pit Stop (The Winner)
Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans
*Predators
Lolita
Kikujiro
An Affair to Remember
One Million Years B.C.
A Serious Man
*The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
The Killer Elite
*Hot Tub Time Machine
Jerkbeast
*Machete
How The West Was Won
Jennifer’s Body
La Moustache
The Butcher Boy
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
*The Other Guys
Bunny and the Bull
Fort Apache The Bronx
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance
Once Upon A Time In America
Husbands and Wives
Logan’s Run
*Due Date
Tokyo-Ga
Goldfinger
Mommie Dearest
Hit Man
Dark Angel: I Come in Peace
The Wolf Man (1941)
*Red
The Loveless
Billy Liar
Hollywood Shuffle
*Repo Men
Easy Money
Rock N’ Roll Nightmare
The Towering Inferno
Deadly Prey
You Only Live Twice
Rats: Night of Terror
Black Mama, White Mama
A Dirty Shame
*Kick-Ass
Bullets Over Broadway
Woodstock
*The Expendables
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Valhalla Rising
Prizzi’s Honor
Baby Snakes
*Dinner for Schmucks
Pathfinder
Three Days of the Condor
The Science of Sleep
Lock Up
Ocean’s Eleven (1960)
Mystery Team
Brubaker
Samurai Cop
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The Hitcher
*The Karate Kid
Women In Cages
2019: After the Fall of New York
New York Stories
Nighthawks
Cleopatra
Bloodeaters
Harry Brown
Love in the Afternoon
Pennies From Heaven
District 13
A Film With Me In It
Cannibal Holocaust
The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Education of Sonny Carson
Scent of a Woman
Swimming with Sharks
Raw Deal
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
*Jackass 3D
Shadows and Fog
Mr. Brooks
The Room
Hard Rock Nightmare
1990 Bronx Warriors
*Piranha 3D
White Sands
*Monsters
Mandingo
Killer’s Kiss
Shampoo
The Buddy Holly Story
Manhattan Murder Mystery
The Blind Side
$5 A Day
The Crimson Pirate
My Bodyguard
The Exterminator
*Nine
Ip Man
Next of Kin
The Odd Couple
Red Heat
Slackers
*Nightmare on Elm Street
Deadly Friend
Man-Thing
Jack Frost
Paycheck
Brain Damage
Near Death
(500) Days of Summer
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
The Mad Bomber
Akeelah and the Bee
Screamers
Vampire Hunters
Return to Horror High
In Like Flint
Henry and June
Alice
Help!
Yours, Mine and Ours
The Wild Life
G-Force
Metropolis
Gigi
Paradise Alley
Religulous
X-Files: I Want To Believe
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Abby
District 13: Ultimatum
A Cat in the Brain
Ghoulies II
The Stuff
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Murdercycle
*The Last Airbender
House 2: The Second Story
Troll 3
Monsturd
Southland Tales
Anonymous Rex
Deconstructing Harry
The Jolson Story
The Lords of Flatbush
New Moon
The Singing Detective
Blackenstein
Sukiyaki Western Django
*The Last Exorcism

364. Thankskilling

(* = movies that were released in 2010)

(somehow I missed one movie to put on the list but I have no idea which one) (oh, well)

Jan 2, 20113 notes

365. Paprika

Very awesome visuals and a bizarre story. Pretty much the anime tradition, I guess. This was a very fine example of such, but the music was not so great at times. Overall it was excellent. Thanks to Lindsey for the recommend.

Jan 2, 20112 notes

364. In Cold Blood

A perfect movie. I would recommended this one to just about anybody.

Jan 2, 20112 notes

363. Scent of a Woman

It was OK. Predictable, but has a good, albeit over the top at times, performance from Pachino. File this one under, “what you would expect, but enjoyable anyway”.

Jan 2, 20112 notes

362. Lock Up

It was OK. Pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a Stalone action movie. I think where he went wrong with his later action movies was try and be the everyman. He’s not the everyman and it just comes out boring. Cobra; Now there’s a movie.

Dec 30, 20102 notes

361. Pennies From Heaven

Great dance numbers, but the story was way too serious for the way they were presenting the story. If it owned its lightheartedness a bit more, we would have been in business. Seriously, though, the dance numbers were sweet. Steve Martin is a talented MoFo, no matter what Dave Frost says.

Dec 30, 20102 notes

360. The Outfit

Good shit. It gets better as it goes on, which is pretty great. Awesome bravado filled buddy action movie in the vein Rolling Thunder. Which makes sense as it is the same director.

Dec 26, 20102 notes

359. Breathless

I waited a long time to see this one. It may very well have been the victim of too much hype. I thought it was really good, but not the five star movie I was expecting. It might be a different story if I were to watch it further down the line. I would say that I am not a huge Godard fan. He’s awesome, but not always my cup of tea.

Dec 26, 20102 notes

358. The Harder They Come

Fucking great. Rise and fall of a rude boy. A must-see!

Dec 26, 20103 notes

357. Mommie Dearest

Pretty good, but feels really weird. Not too sure what to make of it. Good performance by Dunaway, for the sheer fact that she looses her shit in just about every scene. The movie is totally missing something, though and the end is bad.

Dec 26, 20102 notes

356. Harry Brown

Somewhere in between Gran Torino and Death Wish, lies this movie with Michael Caine. It was OK. Bad CGI blood.

Dec 26, 20102 notes

355. 2046

Third part of the trilogy starting with Days of Being Wild and followed by In the Mood For Love. I would have to say this was the weakest one. It has the great costumes and camerawork, but they put in this weird futuristic aspect that did not work for me at all. If they had kept it in the 60’s and lost the narration, it would have been much better. Not a bad movie overall.

Dec 26, 20102 notes

* 354. Tron Legacy

Very entertaining Sc-Fi movie. The main guy could have been more interesting and there were some bits of dialogue that was not excellent, obviously, but very awesome looking and well paced. I will also give kudos to the smart-thinking when crafting the sequel. They could have just slapped some shit together, but I thought the idea was way smarter than I would have given them credit for. They also held pretty true to the strange feeling atmosphere of the original. Well done.

Dec 26, 20101 note

353. Jack Frost

Eh, not so good. One or two laughs and looks better than most cheesy shit out there, but pretty disappointing in many categories. Even for bad movie standards.