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    1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
    2. Wild River (1960)
    3. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
    4. Stagecoach (1939)
    5. All the President's Men (1976)
    6. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
    7. Blue Velvet (1986)
    8. Hope and Glory (1987)
    9. Rio Bravo (1959)
    10. Blue Gate Crossing (2002)

    Worst weekend ever to watch Black Mirror's "The Waldo Moment" and A Face in the Crowd back-to-back.
    Midnight Run (1988) - 9
    The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
    The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
    Sisters (1973) - 6.5
    Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5

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    1. Cosmic Ray (Bruce Conner)
    2. World of Tomorrow
    3. Breakaway (Bruce Conner)
    4. The Lobster
    5. Love (Noe)
    6. 45 Years
    7. Mustang
    8. Looking for Mushrooms (Bruce Conner)
    9. The Lego Movie
    10. The Big Combo

    HMs: The Big Short, Bullitt, Carol, Arrival, Sicario, Creed, Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener), The Witch (up until the last couple minutes), Neon Demon

    Least favorite: X-Men: Apocalypse, Youth, Watchmen, Frozen, Poltergeist (the original), Brooklyn

    Most pleasant surprises: Junebug, Creed, Enough Said, Rabbit Hole, The Lego Movie

    Biggest disappointments: Anomalisa, Pineapple Express
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    1. The Conformist (1970) - 85
    2. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) - 81
    3. Polytechnique (2009) - 77
    4. The Seventh Seal (1957) - 76
    5. Margaret: Extended Version (2011) - 75
    6. Overlord (1975) - 75
    7. The Silent Partner (1978) - 74
    8. Muddy River (1981) - 73
    9. Red Beard (1965) - 73
    10. Linda Linda Linda (2005) - 72
    11. Very Ordinary Couple (2013) - 72
    12. Destry Rides Again (1939) - 72
    13. When the Wind Blows (1986) - 72
    14. Juggernaut (1974) - 71
    15. Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion (1972) - 71
    16. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) - 71
    17. The Nice Guys (2016) - 71
    18. Waltz with Bashir (2008) - 71
    19. Seoul Station (2016) - 71
    20. The Reflecting Skin (1990) - 71
    21. The Lobster (2016) - 70
    22. The Big Short (2015) - 70
    23. Green Room (2016) - 70
    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

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    Updates for Midnight in Paris, Dr. Strange, Roman Holiday, Zootopia, La Strada, with Roman upsetting Witness for best flick I've seen in a year full of some goddamn excellent flicks.

    It's been therapeutic to de-emphasize horror this year.

    1. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
    2. Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)
    3. The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)
    4. Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
    5. Porco Rosso (Hiyao Miyazaki, 1992)
    6. Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight, 2016)
    7. Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut, 1960)
    8. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
    9. The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2016)
    10. Green Room (Saul Gaulnier, 2016)

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    • The Wedding March (Erich von Stroheim, 1928)
    • Hail the Conquering Hero (Preston Sturges, 1944)
    • Partie de campagne (Jean Renoir, 1946)
    • The Prowler (Joseph Losey, 1951)
    • Bad Day at Black Rock (John Sturges, 1955)
    • Come Back, Africa (Lionel Rogosin, 1959)
    • Chronique d'un été (Edgar Morin and Jean Rouch, 1961)
    • Yearning (Mikio Naruse, 1964)
    • Violence at Noon (Nagisa Oshima, 1966)
    • Son of Saul (László Nemes, 2015)
    Just because...
    The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
    Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
    The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild

    The last book I read was...
    The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain


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    1. Fail-Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
    2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
    3. Airplane! (Abrahams/Zucker, 1980)
    4. Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)
    5. Dressed To Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)
    6. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
    7. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
    8. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
    9. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981)
    10. Carnival of Souls (Hank Harvey, 1962)


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    1. Fail-Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
    2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
    3. Airplane! (Abrahams/Zucker, 1980)
    4. Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)
    5. Dressed To Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)
    6. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
    7. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
    8. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
    9. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981)
    10. Carnival of Souls (Hank Harvey, 1962)

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    Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
    Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
    Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
    M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
    Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
    Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5

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    GREAT
    DAMN GOOD
    NOT TOO BAD
    NOT SO GOOD
    BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER


    1. Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953)
    2. Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)
    3. The Hidden Fortress (Akira Kurosawa, 1958)
    4. Oldboy (Park Chan-Wook, 2003)
    5. Porco Rosso (Hiyao Miyazaki, 1992)
    6. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000)
    7. The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin, 1940)
    8. Kubo and the Two Strings (Travis Knight, 2016)
    9. The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2016)
    10. Shoot the Piano Player (Francois Truffaut, 1960)
    11. Green Room (Saul Gaulnier, 2016)
    12. The Raid 2 (Gareth Evans, 2014)
    13. Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)
    14. Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016)
    15. 10 Cloverfield Lane (Dan Trachtenberg, 2016)
    16. La Strada (Federico Fellini, 1954)
    17. Paprika (Satoshi Kon, 2006)
    18. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Gareth Edwards, 2016)
    19. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954)
    20. Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)
    21. Moana (Musker & Clements, 2016)
    22. Project A (Jackie Chan, 1983)
    23. Armour of God (Jackie Chan, 1986)
    24. Finding Dory (Andrew Stanton, 2016)
    25. The Witches of Eastwick (George Miller, 1987)
    26. Ip Man (Wilson Yip, 2008)
    27. Lion (Garth Davis, 2016)
    28. Dr. Strange (Scott Derrickson, 2016)
    29. He Never Died (Jason Krawczyk, 2015)
    30. The Witch (Robert Eggers, 2016)
    31. The Conjuring 2 (James Wan 2016)
    32. Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosora, 2009)
    33. The Boys From Brazil (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1978)
    34. Deadpool (Tim Miller, 2016)
    35. Ghostbusters (Paul Feig, 2016)
    36. Captain America: Civil War (The Russos, 2016)
    37. Experimenter (Michael Almereyda, 2015)
    38. High-Rise (Ben Wheatley, 2016)
    39. Zootopia (Howard & Moore, 2016)
    40. The Secret Life of Pets (Renaud & Cheney, 2016)
    41. The Boy (William Brent Bell, 2016)
    42. L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)
    43. Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: UE (Zack Snyder, 2016)
    44. Suicide Squad (David Ayer, 2016)
    45. Hush (Mike Flanagan, 2016)
    46. The Forest (Jason Zada, 2016)
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    1. Only Yesterday (Isao Takahata, 1991)
    2. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (Chantal Akerman, 1975)
    3. Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2016)
    4. Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015)
    5. Tampopo (Jûzô Itami, 1985)
    6. Greetings (Brian De Palma, 1968)
    7. Rocco and His Brothers (Luchino Visconti, 1960)
    8. The Lobster (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2015)
    9. Mermaid (Stephen Chow, 2016)
    10. Late Spring (Yasujirô Ozu, 1949)
    Giving up in 2020. Who cares.

    maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore (Sky Hopinka) ***½
    Without Remorse (Stefano Sollima) *½
    The Marksman (Robert Lorenz) **
    Beckett (Ferdinando Cito Filomarino) *½
    Night Hunter (David Raymond) *

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    1. The Conformist (1970) - 85
    2. Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) - 81
    3. Polytechnique (2009) - 77
    4. Lake Mungo (2008) - 76
    5. The Seventh Seal (1957) - 76
    6. Margaret: Extended Version (2011) - 75
    7. Overlord (1975) - 75
    8. The Silent Partner (1978) - 74
    9. Bleak Night (2011) - 73
    10. Muddy River (1981) - 73
    11. Red Beard (1965) - 73
    12. Linda Linda Linda (2005) - 72
    13. Very Ordinary Couple (2013) - 72
    14. Destry Rides Again (1939) - 72
    15. When the Wind Blows (1986) - 72
    16. Juggernaut (1974) - 71
    17. Female Prisoner 701 Scorpion (1972) - 71
    18. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) - 71
    19. The Nice Guys (2016) - 71
    20. Waltz with Bashir (2008) - 71
    21. Seoul Station (2016) - 71
    22. The Reflecting Skin (1990) - 71
    23. The Lobster (2016) - 70
    24. Bad Company (1972) - 70
    25. The Big Short (2015) - 70
    26. Green Room (2016) - 70

    Bonus! Five Worst Films Seen This Year:

    1. Suicide Squad (2016) - 16
    2. Obsession (1976) - 31
    3. The Last Winter (2006) - 33
    4. Creep (2015) - 34
    5. Grave Encounters (2011) - 37
    Last 10 Movies Seen
    (90+ = canonical, 80-89 = brilliant, 70-79 = strongly recommended, 60-69 = good, 50-59 = mixed, 40-49 = below average with some good points, 30-39 = poor, 20-29 = bad, 10-19 = terrible, 0-9 = soul-crushingly inept in every way)

    Run
    (2020) 64
    The Whistlers
    (2019
    ) 55
    Pawn (2020) 62
    Matilda (1996) 37
    The Town that Dreaded Sundown
    (1976) 61
    Moby Dick (2011) 50

    Soul
    (2020) 64

    Heroic Duo
    (2003) 55
    A Moment of Romance (1990) 61
    As Tears Go By (1988) 65

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    There were only 4 weeks in 2016 where I did not watch a movie (not counting the 53rd week of Dec 30th and 31st which haven't occurred yet)- The most was 12 between March 18th and 24th)

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    Where do you get that graphic from?

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    Uwe Boll movies > all Marvel U movies
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    I work in grocery. I have not gotten sick. My fellow employees have not gotten sick. If the virus were even remotely as contagious as its being presented as, why haven’t entire store staffs who come into contact with hundreds of people per day, thousands per week, all falling ill in mass nationwide?

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    1. Fail-Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
    2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
    3. Airplane! (Abrahams/Zucker, 1980)
    4. Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)
    5. Dressed To Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)
    6. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
    7. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
    8. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
    9. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981)
    10. Carnival of Souls (Hank Harvey, 1962)

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    Final update. Damn good year.

    MASTERPIECE
    GREAT
    GOOD
    MEH
    BAD
    HORRENDOUS

    1. Fail-Safe (Sidney Lumet, 1964)
    2. Ran (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)
    3. Airplane! (Abrahams/Zucker, 1980)
    4. Misery (Rob Reiner, 1990)
    5. Dressed To Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)

    6. Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)
    7. Lethal Weapon (Richard Donner, 1987)
    8. The Manchurian Candidate (John Frankenheimer, 1962)
    9. The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1981)
    10. Carnival of Souls (Hank Harvey, 1962)


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    Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)

    The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
    Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
    Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
    M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
    Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
    Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5

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    1. Cosmic Ray (Bruce Conner)
    2. World of Tomorrow
    3. Breakaway (Bruce Conner)
    4. The Lobster
    5. Love (Noe)
    6. 45 Years
    7. Mustang
    8. Looking for Mushrooms (Bruce Conner)
    9. The Lego Movie
    10. The Big Combo

    HMs: The Big Short, Bullitt, Carol, Arrival, Sicario, Creed, Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener), The Witch (up until the last couple minutes), Neon Demon, Green Room, Eye in the Sky, Timbuktu

    Least favorite: X-Men: Apocalypse, Youth, Watchmen, Frozen, Poltergeist (the original), Brooklyn, Sausage Party, Love & Friendship, and especially Martyrs

    Most pleasant surprises: Junebug, Creed, Enough Said, Rabbit Hole, The Lego Movie

    Biggest disappointments: Anomalisa, Pineapple Express, Jason Bourne
    I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?

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