| "0-9" All Films Watched 2000-2010 |
| All films are rated on a scale of **** (A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 (D+), * 1/2 (D), * 1/4 (D-), * (F) |
| Links are to longer reviews on site. A film defined as 70 min.+ visual event. |
| The year included with the film is the year I watched each film. |
| (V) = TV, Video or DVD ( +) = repeat viewing (W/O)= walked out |
| [500] DAYS OF SUMMER (2009, d. Marc Webb) *** 1/2 |
| [UNTITLED] (2009, d. Jonathan Parker) *** |
| 06/05 THE SIXTH OF MAY (2005, d. Theo Van Gogh) ** 3/4 |
| 1:1 (2006, d. Annette K. Olesen) *** |
| 10 ITEMS OR LESS (2006, d. Brad Silberling) ** 1/2 |
| 10 (2003, d. Abbas Kiarostami) Ten vignettes of lady cab driver & her passengers (including her son). Static camera, droning voices. I snoozed. * 1/2 |
| 10.5 (2004, d. John Lafia) V. The most epically ridiculous, scientifically absurd, horribly written & acted mini-series in tv history. But the f/x were pretty awesome. * |
| 100 MILE RULE (2003, d. Brent Huff) Caper film about a salesman at a conference who is entrapped into an illicit affair. *** 1/4 |
| 101 REYKJAVIK (2000, d. Baltasar Kormákur) *** 1/4 |
| 101 REYKJAVIK (2001, d. Baltasar Kormákur) + *** |
| 10th DISTRICT COURT (2005, d. Raymond Depardon) Docu of the quotidien goings on in a local Parisian court. Illuminating...better than Judge Judy. *** |
| 11'9''01 (2003, France doc. d. various) 11 short films by various directors based on 9/11. Mostly a waste of celluloid. ** 1/2 |
| 12 HOURS (2001, d. Raul Marchand Sanchez) * 1/2 |
| 12 ROUNDS (2010, d. Renny Harlin) V.An action flick of desperate unlikliness with a hero of utter stolidity. But it moves fast enough to be almost tolerable. ** |
| 12 (2008, d. Nikita Mikhalkov; Russia) *** |
| 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (2006, d. Camelia Porumboiu) ** |
| 127 HOURS (2010, d. Danny Boyle) Franco is splendid in a role that he mostly has to play alone (or to a videorecorder); but the film tries too hard. *** 1/4 |
| 13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING (2002, d. Jill Sprecher) *** 1/2 |
| 13 GOING ON 30 (2004, d. Gary Winick) Another ridiculous kid in a grownup's body fantasy, though Mark Ruffalo is always worth watching. * 1/2 |
| 13 MOONS (2002, d. Alexandre Rockwell) 0* |
| 13 TZAMETI (2008, d. Géla Babluani) V. Fr./Georgian variation on Intacto. Suspenseful +Giorgi Babluani is a find! *** 1/4 |
| 1408 (2007, d. Mikael Hafström) ** 3/4 |
| 17 AGAIN (2009, d. Burr Steers) Absurd wish fullfilment fantasy revisiting hi-school with hints of incest. Strangely enjoyable since Zac Efron pulls it off; ** 3/4 |
| 1981 (2010, d. Ricardo Trogi) ** 1/4 |
| 2 DAYS IN PARIS (2007, d. Julie Delpy) *** |
| 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS (2003, d. John Stockman) Great action & sound; but the longest 65 minutes of repetitive testosterone tweaking ever. * 3/4 |
| 2 MINUTES LATER (2007, d. Robert Gaston) * 1/2 |
| 2:37 (2006, d. Murali K. Thalluri) *** 1/2 |
| 20 CENTIMETERS (2006, d. Ramón Salazar) *** |
| 20 FINGERS (2004, d. Mania Akbari) Tight close-ups of a couple in motion, arguing shrilly, incessantly, boringly. Like recent Kiarostami, only feminist. * 3/4 |
| 20:30:40 (2004, d. Sylvia Chang) Interwoven, soapy comedy about 3 varied aged women neighbors in modern Taipei. Somewhat superficial and overly long. * 3/4 |
| 2009 ACADEMY SHORT ANIMATIONS (2010, d. various) Some clever stuff (esp. Logorama), but a long Wallace & Gromit shows series is played out. ** 3/4 |
| 2009 ACADEMY SHORT FILMS (2010, d. various) 4 serious message films and one comedy in an average year for this category. ** 3/4 |
| 2046 (2005, d. Wong Kar-Wei) Ravishingly beautiful romantic film, Tony Leung beds several women and androids, and as usual I lost the narrative thread. *** |
| 21 GRAMS (2003, d. Alejandro Gonzálas Iñárritu) Art film about love & dying with a choppy non-linear narrative & some great acting by all involved. *** 1/2 |
| 21 (2008, d. Robert Luketic) A slam dunk for me both in subject & Jim Sturgess; but so logically flawed it's a shame. ** 3/4 |
| 23 (2003, Germany d. Hans-Christian Schmid) True life story of youg German hackers who provide crucial passwords to the Russians. *** |
| 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002, d. Michael Winterbottom) *** 1/2 |
| 24TH DAY, THE (2004, d. Tony Piccirillo) Excellent 2-person gay-themed drama with incredibly good acting by Scott Speedman & James Marsden. *** 1/2 |
| 25 CENT PREVIEW (2007, d. Cyrus Amini) ** |
| 25 DEGREES IN WINTER (2004, d. Stéphane Vuillet) Fun comedy about a Spanish family who has an adventure helping a Ukranian illegal immigrée in Brussels. ** 3/4 |
| 25th HOUR (2002, d. Spike Lee) *** 1/2 |
| 27 CLUB, THE (2008, d. Erica Dunton) ** 1/4 |
| 28 DAYS LATER (2003, d. Danny Boyle) DV looked terrible, but story gripped and terrific visuals. Cillian Murphy, so great in Disco Pigs, is hot! *** |
| 28 DAYS (2000, d. Betty Thomas) ** 1/2 |
| 28 WEEKS LATER (2007, d. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo) Spare, horrifying, pessamistic...Michael Haneke would be proud. *** |
| 3 LITTLE PIGS, THE (Les 3 p'tits cochons) (2007, d. Patrick Huard) Fr. Canadian sex comedy which somehow works. *** |
| 3 NEEDLES (2006, d. Thom Fitzgerald) *** 1/4 |
| 3:30 TO YUMA (2007, d. James Mangold) A perfect Western, until unmotivated ending spoiled it. *** 1/4 |
| 300 (2007, d. Zack Snyder) Spectacular design, coherent narrative, even good dialog well presented. Comic book gore, but wow. *** 1/4 |
| 32A (2008, d. Marian Quinn) ** 1/2 |
| 36 QUAI DES ORFÈVRES (2005, d. Olivier Marchal) Auteuil & Depardieu in a French noir that could have been a Michael Mann film, dark & violent. *** |
| 39 POUNDS OF LOVE (2005, d. Dani Menkin)V. *** |
| 39 STEPS, THE (2010, d. James Hawes) V. One of the worst BBC Masterpiece's ever. No chemistry, plot holes. Why remake perfection? * 1/2 |
| 3-IRON (2005, d. Kim Ki-Duk) Fascinating, but weird Korean thriller about a silent young guy who breaks into houses. Very filmic and mysterious. *** 1/4 |
| 3SOME (2010, d. Salvador Garcia Ruiz) *** 3/4 |
| 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (2007, d. Cristian Mungiu; Romania) *** 1/4 |
| 4 (2005, d. Ilya Khzhanovsky) Allegorical Russian film, lots of symbolism of items of 4; but stupefyingly repetative, overlong and obscure. * |
| 4: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER (2007, d. Tim May) ** |
| 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (2002, d. Michael Lehmann) *** |
| 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, THE (2005, d. Judd Apatow) * 1/4 |
| 4400, THE (2004, d. various)V. "Limited" tv sf series about returned alien abductees with strange powers. Compelling serial tv and I hope it continues. *** |
| 49 UP (2006, d. Michael Apted) *** 1/2 |
| 50 FIRST DATES (2005, d. Peter Segal) V. Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore bring out the best of each other. This film mines gold out of a weird concept. *** |
| 54 (2006, d. Mark Christopher) V. Finally caught this interesting film. Ryan Phillippe never hotter; Mike Myers never better. *** |
| 5x2 (2005, d. François Ozon) Unsparing, fascinating film about a dissolving marriage told in 5 reverse vignettes. Ozon's best in years. *** 3/4 |
| 66/67 - FAIRPLAY WAR GESTERN (2010, d. Ludwig & Glaser) ** |
| 6IXTYNIN9 (Ruang talok 69) (2000, d. Pen-Ek Ratanaruang) ** |
| 6TH DAY, THE (2000, d. Roger Spottiswoode) ** |
| 7 VIRGINS (2005, d. Alberto Rodríguez) *** 1/4 |
| 7 YEARS (2007, d. Jean-Pascal Hattu) *** 1/4 |
| 8 1/2 WOMEN (2000, d. Peter Greenaway) * 3/4 |
| 8 MILE (2002, d. Curtis Hanson) *** |
| 8 WOMEN (2002, d. François Ozon) ** 1/2 |
| 800 BULLETS (2003, d. Alex de la Iglesia) Comedy moden day homage to spaghetti Westerns & their genre. Funny, poignant. *** 1/2 |
| 881 (2007, d. Royston Tan; Singapore) W/O |
| 9 SONGS (2005, d. Michael Winterbottom) Video verité about a couple, she American, he English, into Sex, Antarctica, and Rock & Roll. *** 1/4 |
| 9 SOULS (2004, d. Toshiaki Toyota) A comedy about escaped convicts rampaging. I was bored and unamused and walked after an hour. W/O |
| 9 (2003, d. Umit Unal) Turkey AFF. Docudrama. Videotaped interrogation of 6 suspects in murder rape. ** 1/2 |
| 9:06 (2010, d. Igor Sterk; Slovenia) ** 1/2 |
| 99 FRANCS (2008, d. Jan Kounen) *** |
| 9TH COMPANY (2006, d. Fyodor Bondarchuk; Russia) *** 1/2 |