2008 Movie Journal Redux

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Blockbuster
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it

01/01 - Goodfellas - ****
01/01 - Blade Runner: The Final Cut - ****
01/03 - Yojimbo - *****
01/05 - The Adventures of Robin Hood - *****
The Seven Samurai - *****
01/11 - There Will Be Blood - *****
01/12 - 3:10 to Yuma - ****
01/20 - The Fountain - ****
3:10 to Yuma - ****1/2
01/21 - Cloverfield - ***1/2

2008 Movie Journal (it's back, baby!)

Netflix / iTunes
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre (paying for it)
T.V. Channel
Screening
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it

1/1 -- Bowfinger (1999) -- ****
1/2 -- Hostel (2006) -- *1/2
1/3 -- James and the Giant Peach (1996) -- ***
1/4 -- Oldboy (2004) -- *****
1/5 -- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) -- ***
1/6 -- The Trouble With Harry (1955) -- ***1/2
1/7 -- Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) -- ***1/2
1/8 -- Over Her Dead Body (2008) -- **1/2
1/10 -- Zodiac (Director's Cut - 2008) -- ****1/2
1/10 -- There Will Be Blood (2007) -- *****
1/11 -- Zodiac (Director's Cut - 2008; Fincher commentary) -- ****1/2
1/11 -- The Last of the Mohicans (1992) -- ***
1/12 -- The Simpsons Movie (2007) -- ***1/2
1/14 -- Cassandra's Dream (2008) -- **1/2
1/15 -- Definitely, Maybe (2008) -- *
1/17 -- Cloverfield (2008) -- ***1/2
1/18 -- The Signal (2008) -- ***1/2
1/18 -- Ratatouille (2007) -- ****
1/18 -- Once (2007) -- ***
1/19 -- Hot Fuzz (2007; Wright/Pegg Commentary) -- ****1/2
1/20 -- No End in Sight (2007) -- ****
1/21 -- This is England (2007) -- **
1/22 -- The Magnificent Seven (1960) -- ***1/2
1/23 -- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) -- **1/2
1/24 -- The Nines (2007) -- ***
1/24 -- Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show (2008) -- ***1/2
1/24 -- Persepolis (2007) -- ***1/2
1/26 -- Rambo (2008) -- **1/2
1/27 -- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2008) -- ****1/2
1/27 -- Jacob's Ladder (1990) -- ****
1/28 -- Hard Eight (1997) -- ****
1/30 -- Charlie Bartlett (2008) -- **1/2
1/31 -- Chopper (2000) -- ***

January Total: 16 + 9 + 6 + 1 + 1 = 33

2/1 -- The Natural (1984) -- **
2/3 -- Vertigo (1958) -- *****
2/6 -- In Bruges (2008) -- ***
2/7 -- Semi-Pro (2008) -- *1/2
2/8 -- Dangerous Liaisons (1988) -- **1/2
2/9 -- Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) -- ****
2/9 -- The Rundown (2003) -- ***1/2
2/9 -- Diner (1982) -- **1/2
2/10 -- A Night at the Opera (1935) -- ****
2/10 -- 100 Girls (2000) -- *1/2
2/11 -- Duck, You Sucker (1971) -- ***
2/12 -- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) (1935) -- ***1/2
2/13 -- Superman Doomsday (2007) -- *1/2
2/19 -- Be Kind Rewind (2008) -- ***1/2
2/22 -- There Will Be Blood (2007) -- ****1/2
2/25 -- 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days (2007) -- ***
2/27 -- Shine a Light (2008) -- **

Applies only to unedited films watched from beginning to end. Credits do not count, though. However, catching "most" of a movie when it's on cable does not count. Date is the date in which the majority of the film was watched, if I start watching a three hour film at 11 pm, then the film will go under the date after midnight. The goal for 2008 is at least 365 movies.

The scale with which these films are rated on the Leonard-Justus scale from 0 to 10. Markers are as follows:

10 - 9 - A masterpiece. One for the ages.
8 - 7 - Flawed greatness, or a very very good film. Could also be a masterpiece that needs a few years on it.
6 - 5 - Good, but not great. Film may also be solid, but an overall disappointment.
5 - 3 - Doesn't totally suck, would watch it on cable, fun but forgettable.
2 - 1 - Fuck this movie.
0 - Physically painful.

Date - Film - Writer/Director - Year - Format - Name of Theatre, if Applicable - Rating on the Leonard-Justus Scale

JANUARY

1.1 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Shane Black - 2005 - DVD - 9.0
1.2 - Juno - Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman - 2007 - Theatre - AMC Galleria - 8.5
1.2 - We Are Marshall- Jamie Linden/McG - 2006 - DVD - 1.0
1.3 - In A Lonely Place - Edmund H. North, based on Dorothy Hughes's novel/Nicholas Ray - 1950 - DVD - 9.0
1.4 - Miller's Crossing - Joel and Ethan Coen/Joel Coen - 1990 - DVR - Fox Movie Channel - 10.0
1.5 - Domino - Richard Kelly/Tony Scott - 2005 - DVD - 4.0
1.6 - Die Hard - Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza/John McTiernan - 1988 - DVD - 9.5
1.8 - Out of the Past - Daniel Mainwaring, based on his novel/Jacques Tourneur - 1947 - DVD - 10.0
1.9 - Die Hard 2: Die Harder - Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson/Renny Harlin - 1990 - DVD - 6.5
1.9 - Nightmare Alley - Jules Furthman, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel/Edmund Gouling - 1947 - DVD - 8.0
1.10 - Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door- Daniel Farrands & Phillip Nutman, based on Jack Ketchum's novel/Gregory M. Wilson - 2007 - DVD - 3.5
1.11 - Juno - Diablo Cody/Jason Reitman - 2007 - Theatre - Lowes 12 - 8.5
1.11 - National Treasure: Book of Secrets - The Wibberlys/Jon Turtletaub - 2007 - Theatre - Lowes 12 - 2.5
1.12 - Red Rock West - John & Rick Dahl/John Dahl - 1994 - DVD - 8.5
1.12 - WarGames - Walter F. Parkes & Lawrence Lasker/John Badham - 1983 - DVR - Turner Movie Classics - 8.0
1.14 - Out of Sight - Scott Frank, based on Elmore Leonard's novel/Steven Soderbergh - 1998 - DVD - 9.5
1.15 - The Shadow - David Koepp/Russell Mulcahy - 1994 - DVD - full-screen - 5.5
1.15 - Searching for Bobby Fischer - Steven Zaillian, based on Fred Waitzkin's book - 1993 - DVD - 10.0
1.15 - Laura - Jay Dratler and Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt, based on Vera Caspary's novel/Otto Preminger - 1944 - DVD - 10.0
1.15 - River's Edge - Neil Jimenez/Tim Hunter - 1986 - DVD - 4.0
1.17 - Red River - Borden Chase and Charles Schnee/Howard Hawks - 1948 - DVD - 9.5
1.18 - CSA: The Confederate States of America - Kevin Wilmott - 2004 - DVR - Independent Film Channel - 6.5
1.18 - The Kingdom - Matthew Michael Carnahan/Peter Berg - 2007 - DVD - 7.5
1.19 - Dick Tracy - Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr/Warren Beatty - 1990 - DVD - 5.5
1.22 - Where The Sidewalk Ends - Ben Hecht, Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas/Otto Preminger - 1950 - DVD - 8.0
1.23 - Bunny Lake Is Missing - John and Penelope Mortimer, based on Evelyn Piper's Novel - Otto Preminger - 1965 - DVD - 9.0
1.24 - Die Hard With A Vengeance - Jonathan Hensleigh/John McTiernan - 1995 - DVD - 7.0
1.25 - His Girl Friday - Charles Lederer, based on Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur's play/Howard Hawks - 1940 - DVD - 8.0
1.28 - Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud - 2007 - Theatre - Angelika NYC - 8.0
1.28 - Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy - 2007 - Theatre - Quad Cinema - 7.5
1.28 - I'm Not There - Todd Haynes and Oren Moverman/Todd Haynes - 2007 - Theatre - Film Forum - 9.8
1.29 - No Country for Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel - Theatre - Regal Union Square 14 - 9.5
1.31 - The Lady in Red - John Sayles/Lewis Teague - 1979 - DVD - Full-screen - 8.0

January Breakdown:
New Movies: 29
Movies Already Seen: 3
Movies Seen In The Theatre: 7
Movies Seen More Than Once: 1 (Juno)
January Total: 32 (31)

FEBRUARY

2.1 - Face/Off - Mike Werb and Michael Colleary/John Woo - 1997 - DVD - 7.0
2.2 - Night and the City - Jo Eisinger/Jules Dassin - 1950 - DVD - 9.0
2.5 - Shattered Glass - Billy Ray - 2003 - DVR - Independent Movie Channel - 8.0
2.5 - The Fabulous Baker Boys - Steve Kloves - 1989 - DVR - Fox Movie Channel - 9.0
2.5 - Body Heat - Lawrence Kasdan - 1981 - DVD - 6.5
2.11 - In Bruges - Martin McDonagh - 2008 - Theatre - Angelika NYC - 9.0
2.11 - Redemption Falls - Brendan M. Leonard - 2008 - 2nd rough cut
2.12 - There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson, based on Upton Sinclair's Oil! - 2007 - Theatre - Regal Union Square 14 - 9.5
2.15 - Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson/Ridley Scott - 2000 - DVD - 7.0
2.16 - The Howling - John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless, based on Gary Brander's novel/Joe Dante - 1981 - DVD - 8.0
2.17 - Alligator - John Sayles/Lewis Teague - 1980 - DVD - 7.0
2.17 - The Naked City - Albert Maltz and Marvin Wald/Jules Dassin - 1948 - DVD - 9.0
2.18 - Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard, based on Dennis Lehane's novel/Ben Affleck - 2007 - DVD - 9.0
2.18 - Return of the Secaucus 7 - John Sayles - 1980 - DVD - 8.0
2.19 - All That Jazz - Robert Alan Aurthur and Bob Fosse/Bob Fosse - 1979 - DVD - 10.0
2.22 - Raiders of the Lost Ark - Lawrence Kasdan/Steven Spielberg - 1981 - DVD - 9.0
2.25 - Brick - Rian Johnson - 2006 - DVD - 9.5
2.25 - Leave Her To Heaven - Jo Swerling, based on Ben Ames Williams' novel/John M. Stahl - 1945 - DVD - 7.5
2.27 - Rififi - Jules Dassin, René Wheeler, and Auguste Le Breton, based on Le Breton's novel/Jules Dassin - 1955 - DVD - 9.0
2.28 - Thieves' Highway - A.I. Bezzerides/Jules Dassin - 1949 - DVD - 6.5
2.29 - Inside Man - Russel Gewirtz/Spike Lee - 2006 - DVD - 8.0

February Breakdown:
New Movies: 15
Movies Already Seen: 6
Movies Seen in the Theatre: 2
Movies Seen More Than Once: 0
February Total: 21 (20)

MARCH

3.1 - Zodiac: Director's Cut - James Vanderbilt/David Fincher - 2007 - DVD - 9.5
3.1 - Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt/Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Ferris - 2006 - DVD - 8.0
3.2 - Jackie Brown - Quentin Tarantino, based on Elmore Leonard's novel - 1997 - DVD - 9.0
3.2 - Thumbsucker - Mike Mills, based on Walter Kim's novel - 2005 - DVD - 3.5
3.3 - Casablanca - Julius & Phillip Epstein and Howard Koch, based on the play/Michael Curtiz - 1942 - DVD - 10.0
3.4 - Adaptation. - Charlie and Donald Kaufmann, based on The Orchard Thief by Susan Orlean/Spike Jonze - 2002 - DVD - 9.0
3.5 - In The Line of Fire - Jeff Maguire/Wolfgang Petersen - 1993 - DVD - 8.0
3.10 - Midnight Run - George Gallo/Martin Brest - 1988 - DVD - 9.0
3.10 - Alien Nation - Rockne S. O'Bannon/Graham Baker - 1988 - DVD - 8.0
3.10 - The Times of Harvey Milk - Judith Coburn and Carter Wilson/Rob Epstein - 1984 - DVD - 9.5
3.11 - Three Days of the Condor - Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel, based on James Grady's novel/Sidney Pollock - 1975 - DVR - Turner Movie Classics - 8.0
3.12 - The Long Goodbye - Leigh Brackett, based on Raymond Chandler's novel/Robert Altman - 1973 - DVD - 9.0
3.13 - Night Moves - Alan Sharp/Arthur Penn - 1975 - DVD - 9.0
3.16 - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - Peter Stone, based on John Godey's novel/Joseph Sargent - 1974 - DVD - 8.5

Year To Date: 66 (65)

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it

January 4 + 15 + 3 + 6 = 28
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1/1 -- So Goes the Nation (IFC) ****
1/1 -- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Comedy Central) ***1/2
1/1 -- Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (AMC 42nd St.) ****
1/2 -- Once *****
1/4 -- Human Traffic ***
1/5 -- Children of Men (HBO) *****
1/5 -- Eddie Murphy Delirious *****
1/10 -- Lost: Season 2 Disc 1 *****
1/11 -- Lost: Season 2 Disc 2 *****
1/13 -- Lost: Season 2 Disc 3 *****
1/17 -- Lost: Season 2 Disc 4 *****
1/18 -- Cloverfield (Regal Cinemas Battery Park) ***1/2
1/19 -- Lost: Season 2 Disc 5 *****
1/21 -- Lost: Season 2 Disc 6 *****
1/22 -- Dexter: Season 1 Disc 1 ****
1/22 -- Take the Lead (HBO) **1/2
1/23 –- Dexter: Season 1 Disc 2 ****
1/24 -- Lost: Season 3 Disc 1 *****
1/25 -- Lost: Season 3 Disc 2 *****
1/26 –- Accepted (HBO) ***
1/26 –- Persepoles (BAM Rose Cinema) ****
1/26 -- The Sopranos: Season 6 Part 2 Disc 1 *****
1/26 -- The Sopranos: Season 6 Part 2 Disc 2 *****
1/27 -- Lost: Season 3 Disc 3 *****
1/28 –- The War Room (Sundance) ****
1/29 -- Lost: Season 3 Disc 4 *****
1/30 -- Lost: Season 3 Disc 5 *****
1/31 -- Lost: Season 3 Disc 6 *****

February 4 + 0 + 1 + 1 = 6 (Yeah... school started and there went my free time)
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2/3 -- Dexter Season 1 Disc 3 *****
2/8 -- Dexter Season 1 Disc 4 *****
2/12 -- Serenity ***
2/17 -- Ghostbusters (TBS) *****
2/18 -- Rushmore ***
2/23 -- Be Kind, Rewind (Loews Court Street) ****

March 5 + 3 + 0 + 8 = 16
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3/1 -- Top Gun (Cinemax) ***1/2
3/1 -- Untouchables (Cinemax) *****
3/5 -- Flannel Pajamas **
3/7 -- Air Guitar Nation (HBO) ***1/2
3/8 -- The Motorcycle Diaries *****
3/9 -- Disturbia (HBO) ****
3/10 -- Crank ***1/2 Totally fun ride!
3/12 -- The Namesake ****
3/14 -- Epic Movie (HBO) *
3/15 -- Sicko *****
3/16 -- The Last Waltz ****
3/21 -- La Vie en Rose ****
3/24 -- Juno *****
3/25 -- Garden State (IFC) *****
3/27 -- Blades of Glory (HBO) **
3/29 -- The Fountain (HBO) *****

April 7 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 8
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4/2 -- Michael Clayton ***
4/4 -- Into the Wild ****
4/6 -- Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford *****
4/17 -- The Core ***
4/19 -- Donnie Darko (Sundance Channel) *****
4/20 -- Fame ***1/2
4/23 -- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story ***
4/27 -- Better Luck Tomorrow ***

May ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
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5/1 -- The Kite Runner ****
5/3 -- Baghdad High (Village Cinemas East) ****
5/3 -- An Omar Broadway Film (Village Cinemas East) ***
5/3 -- My Life Inside (Village Cinemas East) **1/2
5/3 -- Idiots and Angels (Village Cinemas East) ***
5/4 -- Iron Man (Regal Battery Park) ***1/2
5/6 -- The Kite Runner ****
5/8 -- Science of Sleep (HBO) ****
5/12 -- Cloverfield ***
5/24 -- Outland ***
5/25 -- Open Water (HBO) **
5/26 -- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Krystal Skull (Loews 34th St.) ***
5/27 -- Before Night Falls (IFC uncut) *****

June ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
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6/3 -- There Will Be Blood ****
6/8 -- Reprise (BAM Rose Cinema) ****
6/14 -- The Orphanage ***1/2
6/15 -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly *****
6/22 -- Lars and the Real Girl ***
6/28 -- Youth Without Youth **

July ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
__________________________
7/14 -- The Darjeeling Limited ****

August ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
__________________________
8/10 -- Gone Baby Gone ***1/2
8/22 -- Tropic Thunder (Loews 34th St) ****
8/23 -- Elegy (BAM Rose Cinema) ***
8/24 -- Breakfast Club (HBO) ***1/2
8/28 -- Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay **

September ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
__________________________
9/6 -- Heat (TNT) *****
9/6 -- 8 Mile (MTV) ****
9/23 -- Cinema Paradiso *****

October ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
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10/3 -- Speed Racer ***1/2
10/4 -- Burn After Reading (BAM Rose Cinema) ****
10/5 -- Paper Moon ****
10/9 -- Forgetting Sarah Marshall ***1/2
10/10 -- Don't Mess With The Zohan ***
10/19 --Dreamgirls (HBO) ****

November ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
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11/2 -- The Visitor ****
11/9 -- Sex and the City: The Movie ***
11/12 -- Henry and June ***
11/23 -- In Bruges ****1/2
11/26 -- Baby Mama (HBO) ***
11/27 -- The Incredible Hulk (HBO) **

December ??? + ??? + ??? + ??? = ???
__________________________
12/1 -- Pineapple Express (Delta Airlines) ***
12/6 -- Synechdoche (BAM Rose Cinema) ***
12/8 -- The Lookout ***
12/12 -- Center Stage: Turn It Up ***
12/20 -- Akira ****
12/21 -- Milk (BAM Rose Cinema) ****1/2
12/23 -- The Savages ***
12/24 -- Låt den rätte komma in (BAM Rose Cinema) ****1/2
12/26 -- Wall-E ***
12/27 -- Step Brothers ***1/2

My List ...

Jan 1:
Die Hard
Die Hard 3
Die Hard 4.0

Jan 5:
There Will Be Blood

Jan 12:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Knocked Up

Jan 16:
Cloverfield

Jan 18:
16 Blocks
First Blood

Wow ... that isn't a great start. I did watch the entire first season of Friday Night Lights in there though. And I got Rockband.

Theatre
DVD
Other

ReWatching
First Time

I long ago adopted the CHUD 1-10 decimal rating. (Green means Rock N' Roll Mother Fucker.) (One Word Review)

1/1 - AMC 24, Morrow - Juno (8.7) - (Awww...)
1/2 - AMC 24, Morrow - Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem (2.7) - (Loses)
1/2 - AMC 24, Morrow - No Country For Old Men (9.9) - (Bleaktastic!)
1/3 - AMC 24, Morrow - Charlie Wilson's War (8.9) - (Charming)
1/4 - Home, McDonough - Idiocracy (8.1) - (Smart)
1/7 - Dorm, Savannah - The Man Who Wasn't There (9.2) - (Phlegmatic)
1/9 - Dorm, Savannah - Barton Fink (9.7) - (Surreal)
1/12 - Dorm, Savannah - The Simpson's Movie (8.4) - (Parity)
1/18 - Regal 10, Savannah - Cloverfield (8.3) - (Gimmickless)
1/19 - Regal 10, Savannah - Atonement (9.2) - (Anguished)

Okay, here we go. I'm following Matt's system (nee Diva's), with slight alteration (and no half stars -- waaaay too complicated for me).

Zip.ca Rental
DVD
Theatre (location, in Toronto unless otherwise stated)
Other (explanation)

Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Fantastic
**** Pretty Darn Good
*** Decent Enough
** Moderately Acceptable
* Not Good At All
0 Paycheck (2003)

January
01 -- Steal This Film! Part 1 (online) -- **
03 -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Cumberland 4) -- ***
03 -- Charlie Wilson's War (Silvercity Yonge & Eglinton) -- ***
05 -- Messenger of Death (Charles Bronson) -- *
05 -- Three Kings -- *****
08 -- There Will Be Blood (The Varsity) -- ****
09 -- Steal This Film! Part 2 (online) -- **
10 -- Murphy's Law (Charles Bronson) -- **
11 -- Harold and Kumar go to White Castle -- ***
14 -- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai -- ***
15 -- The Orphanage (The Varsity) -- ***
19 -- Ninja Wars -- ****
20 -- Cloverfield (Sheppard Grande) -- ****
21 -- Space: Above & Beyond (complete series) -- **

...

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it

Last movie seen in 2007 - Stardust ****
01/02 - For Your Consideration ***
01/04 - I Am Legend ***
01/08 - Little Miss Sunshine ***
01/12 - South Park Imaginationland Trilogy (DVR) *****
01/14 - Dragon Wars: D-War **
01/15 - Sunshine ****
01/16 - Shoot 'Em Up ***
01/21 - Juno *****

Home Video (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

I'm not going to bother rating them as I find it quite difficult to keep all ratings up to date.

1/1 - Charlie Wilson's War - Carmike 12
1/3 - The Adams Family (1991)
1/5 - No Country for Old Men - Studio on the Square
1/6 - Atonement - Studio on the Square
1/8 - Annie Hall
1/8 - The Mist - Malco Majestic 20
1/9 - Zodiac (Director's Cut)
1/9 - Back to the Future: Part II
1/9 - 3:10 to Yuma
1/10 - Sweeny Todd - The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street - Opry Mills
1/12 - Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
1/19 - There Will Be Blood - Studio on the Square
1/19 - Gone Baby Gone - Bartlett 10
1/20 - Ratatouille
1/21 - Into the Wild - Opry Mills

DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it

1/1 Adventures of Robin Hood -- *****
1/1 Titanic -- ***
1/2. The 25th Hour -- ****
1/3 The Burning - ***
1/4 Enchanted -- ***
1/5 Michael Clayton -- *****
1/5 Shock Treatment -- ***
1/6 Boogie Nights -- ****
1/10 Zodiac - *****
1/12 Superbad - *****
1/14 I Walked With A Zombie - ***
1/19 Cloverfield - ***
1/20 Sherlock Jr. - *****
1/21 Halloween (2007) - 1/2*
3/14 Funny Games -- ***
3/14 A Fistful of Dollars -- ****

I'll leave mine fairly simple, as I ran into trouble last time i did this with running out of space.

01/03 - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
01/05 - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
01/12 - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
01/13 - Smiley Face
01/19 - Cloverfield
01/20 - Juno
01/30 - Tekken Kinkreet

02/03 - The Assassination of Jesse James
02/09 - There Will be Blood
02/16 - Perespolis
02/23 - Beowulf
02/27 - School of Rock

03/08 - Nightmare Detective
03/09 - Southland Tales
03/10 - Appleseed Ex Machina
03/14 - Fu-Rai
03/15 - The Invincible Iron-Man
03/16 - Doomsday
03/29 - Mist (B&W Director's Cut)
03/30 - Penelope

Philadelphia Film Festival

04/04 - California Dreaming (R2) 155 min
04/04 – Baghead (R2) 84 min
04/04 - Bad Biology (P)
04/05 - Roman de Grace (R5)
04/05 - Storm (B)
04/05 - Like a Shooting Star (B)
04/05 – Stuck (R1)
04/06 - Matsugane Potshot Affair (R1) 112 min
04/06 - Kenny (R1) 103 min
04/06 - Phoebe in Wonderland (P)
04/06 - Mirageman (R2)
04/07 – Lovely by Surprise (R5) 99 min
04/07 – Day for an Affair (R5)
04/08 – I Just Didn’t Do It (B)
04/08 – The Savage Breast (IH)
04/08 – Sperm (B)
04/09 – Mister Foe (B)
04/09 – Priceless (B) 104 min
04/10 – Bad Habits (R1)
04/10 – Voyuers (B)
04/10 – Fata Morgana (B)
04/10 – Epitaph (R2)
04/11 – Autumn Ball (B)
04/11 – That Day (R1)
04/11 – Help Me Eros (R1)
04/11 – Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer (R2)
04/12 - Young People Fucking (P)
04/12 – Soo (B)
04/13 – Forbidden King (P)
04/13 – Film Noir (B)
04/13 – Timecrimes (B)
04/14 – Vexile (P)

(32 Films)

04/20 - Fragments of Tracy

05/03 - Iron Man
05/10 - Speed Racer
05/11 - Evangellion 1.0 - I Am (not) Alone
05/17 - Batman Begins
05/18 - Teeth
05/24 - Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skulls
05/25 - The Girls Rebel Force of Competitive Swimmers
05/27 - This World of Ours

06/02 - Nation Treasure: Book of Secrets
06/05 - Casino Royale
06/07 - Mother of Tears
06/09 - The Machine Girl
06/10 - Jumper
06/14 - Incredible Hulk
06/15 - Zombie Strippers
06/17 - Be Kind Rewind
06/22 - Awake
06/26 - Daywatch
06/27 - Nightwatch
06/28 - Wanted

07/04 - Hancock
07/12 - Tell No One
07/13 - Hellboy II
07/13 - Chaser
07/18 - Batman
07/21 - Wall-E
07/27 - L : Change the World

08/07 - Pineapple Express

09/10 - Next Avengers
09/17 - Brick

10/04 - Blindness
10/11 - City of Ember
10/19 - Babylon A.D.
10/29 - Midnight Meat Train

11/05 - Star War: The Clone Wars
11/09 - Synecdoche, New York
11/14 - Dear Wendy
11/15 - Quantum of Solace
11/23 - Slumdog Millionaire

12/02 - Let the Right One In
12/06 - Synecdoche, New York
12/13 - The Day the Earth Stood Still
12/23 - In Bruges
12/27 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it

1/1 -- Juno (2007) -- ****1/2
1/2 -- Atonement (2007) -- ***1/2
1/3 -- Zodiac (2007) -- ****
1/5 -- School of Rock (2003)-- ****
1/6 -- Open Range (2003) -- ****1/2
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)-- ****
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) -- *****
1/7 -- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) -- *****
1/8 -- The Big Lebowski (1998) -- *****
1/11 -- Colour Me Kubrick (2005)-- *1/2
There Will Be Blood (2007)-- *****
1/14 -- I Am Legend (2007)-- ***
1/15 -- No End in Sight (2007) -- ****1/2
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) -- ***1/2
1/17 -- Hatchet (2006) -- ***
1/18 -- Cloverfield (2008) -- ***
1/22 -- Rent (2005) -- **

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved It
**** Really Liked It
*** Liked It
** It's Alright
* Hated It
_____________________________

1/1 - The Jerk (Universal HD) ****
1/2 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (HD-DVD) ****
1/3 - The Big Lebowski (Showtime HD) *****
1/4 - Rounders (Encore) ***
1/6 - The Untouchables (HBO) ***
1/7 - Boogie Nights ****
1/9 - Dazed and Confused (Encore) ****
1/9 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Blu-Ray) *****
1/10 - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang ***
1/12 - Maverick (TNT HD) **.5
1/13 - Blade (Starz HD) **.5
1/13 - Gladiator (TNT HD) ***.5
1/14 - Ghost Rider (Starz HD) *
1/15 - Batman Returns *
1/16 - First Knight **
1/17 - Star Wars: A New Hope (HBO HD) *****
1/18 - Cloverfield ***.5
1/19 - The Royal Tenenbaums *****
1/19 - 3:10 to Yuma (Blu-Ray) ***
1/20 - Return of the Jedi ****

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** Loved it
**** Really Liked it
*** Liked it
** It's OK
* Hated it


1/1 -- Superbad (2007 | Commentary) -- *****
1/2 -- Fargo (1996) -- *****
1/3 -- Knocked Up (2007)-- ****.5
1/3 -- The Last Waltz (1978) -- ****
1/4 -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) -- ****
1/4 -- The Last Waltz (1978) -- ****.5
1/8 -- Juno (2007) -- ***
1/10 -- The Wizard (1989) -- **
1/11 -- Mad Max (1979) --***
1/11 -- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) -- *****
1/11 -- The Last Waltz (1978) -- ****.5
1/12 -- Show Boat (1951) -- ****
1/12 -- The Princess and the Pirate (1944) -- **.5
1/14 -- The Road Warrior (1981) --***.5
1/15 -- WarGames (1983) -- **.5
1/15 -- The Fountain (2006 | Commentary) -- *****
1/17 -- Run Lola Run (1998) -- ****
1/18 -- Cloverfield (2008) -- ***
1/22 -- Rounders (1998) --****

Netflix
DVD (owned/borrowed)
Theatre
T.V. Channel
Newly viewed
Previously viewed

***** I Came
**** I Approve
*** I Don't Not Dislike
** I Sad
* I Kill

1/3
Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society--****

1/4
Bug (2007)--****

1/5
Once--*****

1/6
Boogie Nights--****
Bill Cosby: Himself--****

1/7
Snatch--****

1/8
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street--****

1/10
Juno--*****

1/14
Back To The Future--****

1/16
An Evening With Kevin Smith--****

1/17
There Will Be Blood--*****

1/18
Cloverfield--****

1/20
Young Frankenstein--****
The Crow: Wicked Prayer--*

1/21
Ghostbusters--****

Goal, this year as always, is 365 movies.

Seen Before
Never Before Seen

DVD
TV
Theater

January:

1/1: Once (DVD)
1/1: Seven Chances (DVD)
1/1: Stardust (DVD)
1/2: Jonathan Livingston Seagull (DVD)
1/3: The Barkleys of Broadway (DVD)
1/4: The Apartment (DVD)
1/5: Hail the Conquering Hero (DVD)
1/7: Hot Shots: Part Deux (DVD)
1/8: The Navigator (DVD)
1/8: A Day at the Races (DVD)
1/8: The Toast of New Orleans (DVD)
1/10: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie (DVD)
1/11: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (DVD)
1/11: Three Ages (DVD)
1/11: Atonement (Theater - AMC Mayfair 18)
1/15: The Ex (DVD)
1/15: There Will Be Blood (Theater - Landmark Oriental)
1/16: The Baxter (DVD)
1/16: Roman (DVD)
1/17: The Ten (DVD)
1/18: The Future We Will Create: Inside TED (DVD)
1/18: Cloverfield (Theater - AMC Mayfair 18)
1/19: 3:10 to Yuma (DVD)
1/21: Pickup on South Street (DVD)
1/21: Killer of Sheep (TV - TCM)
1/22: Go West (DVD)

2008 Film Journal

This year I'm going to attempt to watch at least one movie a day, whether it be in the theater, or on DVD and Blu-Ray.

I have too many DVDs that I've yet to watch, so this year I plan to rectify that.

This time I'll put everything in one list noting with a T or D or B if it was a theatrical, DVD, or Blu-ray viewing.

Reviewed titles will be noted in bold.

01/01/08 - D - Hot Fuzz
01/01/08 - B - Resident Evil: Extinction
01/02/08 - B - Shoot 'Em Up
01/03/08 - D - White Tiger
01/04/08 - T - The Orphanage
01/05/08 - D - Crazy Love
01/05/08 - D - Once
01/06/08 - D - Flash Gordon
01/06/08 - D - A Woman Under The Influence
01/06/08 - D - Shadows
01/06/08 - D - Crime Wave
01/06/08 - D - Decoy
01/07/08 - D - Manhattan
01/07/08 - B - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
01/08/08 - D - Forbidden Planet
01/09/08 - D - Pulp
01/10/08 - D - Underworld (1996)
01/10/08 - D - Meet The Robinsons
01/11/08 - D - Shortbus
01/11/08 - T - The Great Debaters
01/12/08 - D - Reign On Me
01/12/08 - D - Little Children
01/12/08 - D - Wounded
01/12/08 - D - Crash (1995/II)
01/12/08 - D - Zodiac: The Director's Cut (Commentary 2)
01/13/08 - D - Zodiac: The Director's Cut (Commentary 1)
01/13/08 - D - Eraserhead
01/13/08 - D - Who's That Knocking At My Door
01/13/08 - B - 3:10 To Yuma
01/14/08 - B - Apocalypto
01/15/08 - D - Waitress
01/16/08 - D - Hot Rod
01/17/08 - D - Rush Hour 3
01/17/08 - D - Stardust
01/18/08 - D - Justice League - New Frontier
01/18/08 - T - Cloverfield
01/19/08 - D - Running With Scissors
01/19/08 - D - When Harry Met Sally
01/19/08 - D - In the Heat of the Night
01/20/08 - D - Drunken Angel
01/20/08 - T - Cassandra's Dream
01/21/08 - D - Children Of Men
01/21/08 - D - The Big Lebowski

January

1/1: Letter From an Unknown Woman (2004)
1/2: The Last Starfighter (1984)
1/4: Ninotchka (1939)
1/11: The Scarecrow (1920)
1/11: Number, Please? (1920)
1/12: The Kid (1921)
1/19: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1/19: Cloverfield (2008)
1/20: Underdog (2007)
1/21: The Great Dictator (1940)

Has editing been locked again?

Yeah. Boo.

We'll probably get it back once the kinks with the new site have been worked out. It's not like anyone fucked it. More importantly, how will we have another draft without it!

I started keeping a copy of my movie journal in MS Word back in 2005 or 2006.

I've already started a new one in that application for this year as well.

Bump.