December 2011
Top 10 Films Of 2011
Here we go.  My 10 favorite films of 2011. Do with this what you will. 10. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Simply put, Fincher doing what Fincher does best. Brooding and obsessive thriller fare. The film does seem to have a rather oddly paced third and final act (or better described as almost a fourth act), but it’s perfectly performed, brilliantly crafted, and beyond atmospheric.  Great...
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
#532-536 - The Santa Clause / Mission: Impossible...
Grades - D / B+ / F / F / B
Dec 28th
#530/531 - Weekend / Senna
Grades - A / B-
Dec 23rd
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#529 - The Adventures Of Tin Tin: The Secret Of...
Grade - A-
Dec 22nd
#528 - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Fincher,... →
My thoughts on Fincher’s new film…
Dec 22nd
#526/527 - Young Adult / Sherlock Holmes: A Game...
Grades - A- / C
Dec 19th
#525 - The Hit (Frears, 1984)
Grade - B+
Dec 15th
#524 - The First Grader (Chadwick, 2011)
Grade - C-
Dec 15th
#521-523 - Way Down East / Nothing Sacred /...
Grades - B / B / B
Dec 13th
#520 - The Future (July, 2011)
Grade - B-
Dec 10th
#519 - Birth Of A Nation (Griffith, 1915)
Grade - Review of Kino’s Blu-ray coming mid-week…That’s all I’ll say now…
Dec 10th
#518 - What! No Beer? (Sedgwick, 1933)
Grade - B
Dec 10th
Dec 10th
#517 - Sidewalks Of New York (Myers/White, 1931)
Grade - B+
Dec 9th
#516 - A Christmas Carol (Marin, 1938)
Grade - B-
Dec 9th
#514/515 - The Help / Wild Man Blues
Grades - D / B+
Dec 8th
#513 - The Debt (Madden, 2011)
Grade - C
Dec 7th
#512 - Blithe Spirit (Lean, 1945)
Grade - B-
Dec 6th
#511 - The Circus (Chaplin, 1928)
Grades - A
Dec 6th
#510 - The Descendants (Payne, 2011)
Grade - B+
Dec 4th
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#509 - Design For Living (Lubitsch, 1933)
Grade - B Full review will hit sometime (hopefully next week) over at GeeksOfDoom.  Briefly, the film itself is a perfect cleanser following a few months of very (brilliant) emotionally and intellectually moving films.  For those looking for some really fun and entertaining comedy, this is your film.  The film itself is absolutely fantastic (if a bit oddly paced), and while the release is fine,...
Dec 4th
#508 - If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth...
Grade - C
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
My thoughts on The Arbor (since my review has...
Rating: 5/5 Director: Clio Barnard Cast: Kate Rutter, Christine Bottomley, George Costigan Within the world of film, the documentary is often considered something of an outsider. Often fueled by talking heads and simple archival footage, the world of the documentary is either relatively stale, full of uninteresting slogs through uninteresting life stories or events, or wholly biased, with...
Dec 2nd
#506-507 Pearl Jam 20 / Under The Roofs Of Paris
Grades - B / A
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd
#505 - Aliens (Cameron, 1986)
Grade - A+
Dec 1st