Below are multiple lists since 2017. Some link to my commentary; more movies are simply listed alphabetically by year viewed.
Unlike book reports, and stage shows, I’m not writing “reviews” for films. However, challenged by a reader in August 2018, I added “star” ratings in front of the titles beginning with that year.
e.g. … 7*=Seven stars. Maximum of 10 is for epics like Doctor Shivago, which excels in history, acting, scenery, story, and score.
Brief commentaries, 2018, in order of viewing:
*(star) ratings are my own … 8*=Eight stars (maximum 10 stars)
Brief commentaries, 2017, in order of viewing:
Also viewed, without commenting:
2019, alphabetically:
*(star) ratings are my own … 7*=Seven stars (maximum 10 stars)
- 6*; Alice’s Restaurant (1969) -Arlo Guthrie
- 6*; America’s Yellowstone (2007) -Documentary
- 7*; The Black Widow (1987) -Debra Winger
- 4*; Crazy Rich Asians (2018) -Awkwafina
- 7*; Dangerous Minds (2009) -Michelle Pfeiffer
- 6*; The Doors: When You’re Strange (2009) -Johnny Depp
- 7*; The Greatest Showman (2017) -Hugh Jackman
Music by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Alex Lacamoire - 9*; Griffin & Phoenix (2006) -Amanda Peet
- 7*; Head in the Clouds (2004) -Charlize Theron
- 8*; King Arthur (2004) -Clive Owen
- 9*; Ladies in Black (2018) -Australian
- 8*; Molly’s Game (2017) -Jessica Chastain
- 5*; Native Son (1951) -Richard Wright
- 8*; The Pelican Brief (1993) -Julia Roberts
- 7*; The Post (2017) -Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks
- 8*; A Private War (2018) -Rosamund Pike
- 8*; Ratatouille (2007) -Pixar
- 7*; Rocketman (2019) -Elton John story
- 7*; Soufra (2017) -Beirut documentary
- 6*; Secret Admirer (1985) -Lori Laughlin
- 6*; Shapemaker: Sculptor Don Frost (2017) -Docu Short
- 7*; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Mo (2017) -McDormand
2018, alphabetically:
*(star) ratings are my own … 7*=Seven stars (maximum 10 stars)
- 3*; Bangkok Dangerous (2008) -Nicholas Cage
- 4*; Because I Said So (2007) -Diane Keaton
- 4*; ^Brother’s Keeper (1992 documentary)
- 6*; Certain Women (2016) -Michelle Williams; 3 vignettes
- 5*; Claire in Motion (2016) -Betsy Brandt
- 5*; Face of A Nation (2017) -U.S. in World Expos; Mina Chow
- 8*; ^A Friendship in Tow/Toe (2018 documentary)
- 7*; The Game (1997) -Michael Douglas, Sean Penn
- 5*; Home Again (2017) -Reese Witherspoon
- 7*; The Interpreter (1992) -Sean Penn, Nicole Kidman
- 7*; ^Inventing Tomorrow (2018 documentary)
- 9*; Joan of Arc: The Messenger (1999) -Milla Jovovich
- 7*; The Last Movie Star (2017) -B. Reynolds, Ariel Winter
- 6*; The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) -Liz Taylor
- 7*; Jesus Christ Superstar Live TV (2018) -Legend, Bareilles
- 8*; The Longest Day (1962) -John Wayne, et al
- 4*; Mercy (2009) -Scott and James Caan
- 6*; Mission Impossible (1996) -Tom Cruise
- 5*; Paris Was a Woman (1992) -Greta Schiller documentary
- 6*; Perrier’s Bounty (2009) -Brendan Gleeson
- 5*; ^The Pushouts (2018 documentary)
- 8*; Red Sparrow (2018) -Jennifer Lawrence
- 6*; Rush: Time Stand Still (2016) -Music documentary
- 7*; Selma (2014) -MLK
- 5*; The Shape of Water (2018) -Best Picture Oscar
- 7*; Six by Sondheim (2013) -theater music
- 6*; Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) -Mary Stuart Masterson
- 7*; State of Play (2009) -Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams
- 6*; The Thin Red Line (1998) -Sean Penn
- 6*; Tombstone (1993) -Val Kilmer, Kurt Russell
- 4*; Unlocked (2017) -Noomi Rapace
- 5*; The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) -David Duchovny
- 8*; The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017) -Jessica Chastain
- ^=2018 Full Frame Film Festival viewings, Durham, NC.
2017, alphbetically:
- Alien Convenant
- American President
- American Sniper
- Dead Calm
- Deepwater Horizon
- East
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Jackie
- La La Land
- Moana
- Morning Glory
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Shakespeare In Love
- The Snowman
- Sully
