Movie viewing from the current year back to 2020 is listed below.
Older movie viewing is covered on different page(s): https://douginnc.com/r-n-r/movies/movies-2017-2019/
- Movies are listed alphabetically within year viewed.
- Some are linked to a page of brief commentary.
- My “Star” ratings preface each title, e.g. … 7*=Seven stars.
(I’ve been told I’m harsh with my ratings!) - ‘Ten stars’ is for epics like Doctor Zhivago, which excels in history, acting, scenery, story, and score.
All movies viewed in 2021, alphabetically:
->A few received my commentary; those have links.
*(star) ratings are my own … 7*=Seven stars (maximum 10 stars)
- 7*; Accidental (2017) -short; French Horn and Cello “collide”
- 7*; Battle of Little Bighorn (2020); adequate slant on history
- 9*; The Bear (1988) -Director Annaud; GREAT nature/story
- 7*; A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) -Tom Hanks
->Link to Commentary - 6*; Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) -Chris Evans
- 8*; Cast Away (2000) -Tom Hanks
- 8*; Chef (2014) -Jon Favreau
- 6*; The Circle (2016) -Emma Watson; cute is not enough
- 7*; The Courier (2020) -Benedict Cumberbatch
- 7*; Dark Blue (2002) -Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson
- 7*; Deep Impact (1998) -Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni
- 7*; Edison (2005) -okay; better Timberlake is “In Time”
- 8*; Enemies (1989) -Angelica Houston; solid period film
- 6*; Eye See You (2002) -Stallone
- 9*; Ford v Ferrari (2019) -Matt Damon, Christian Bale
->Link to Commentary - 9*; Ghandi (1992) -Ben Kingsley, classic, better with age
- 7*; A Good Year (2006) -Russell Crowe
- 9*; Hoosiers (1986) -Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey
- 8*; Hush … Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) -B Davis’ eyes!
- 8*; Ladies in Lavendar (2004) -Judi Dench
- 7*; Land (2021) -Robin Wright is good not great
- 8*; Leave (2011) -Topic stars; what’s required to ‘leave’
- 7*; Life Itself (2018) -Mandy P.; int’l lives interwoven
- 8*; Miss Sloane (2016) -Jessica Chastain
->Link to Commentary - 7*; A Month in the Country (1987) -C. Firth; better book?
- 8*; Paris Blues (1961) -Newman, Woodward
- 8*; Paris, je t’aime (2006) -Vignettes with bright spots
- 7*; Picture Perfect (1997) -Jennifer Anniston comedy
- 7*; Pink (2021) -Alecia Hart doc, Wembley Stadium
- 5*; The Princess Bride (1987) -Mandy Pantinkin
- 7*; Rebel in the Rye (2017) -JD Salinger’s story
- 7*; Sound of Metal (2020) -Drummer; acting beats story
- 9*; Their Finest (2016) -WWII England Movie Making
->Link to Commentary - 7*; Unfinished Sky (2019) -Aussie farmer and lost girl
- 8*; The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) -Leonardo DeCaprio
All movies viewed in 2020, alphabetically:
->A few received my commentary; those have links.
*(star) ratings are my own … 7*=Seven stars (maximum 10 stars)
- 7*; 1917 Movie (2019); ->Link to Commentary
- 6*; 1984 (1984); -John Hurt, Aldous Huxley novel
- 7*; 21 Bridges (2019) -C. Boseman, *Stephan James
- 7*; An Acceptable Loss (2018) -Tika Sumpter, J.L.Curtis
- 7*; The Accountant (2016) -Ben Affleck
- 7*; American Folk (2017) -XCountry after 9/11
- 8*; Another Earth (2011) -Brit Marling
- 7*; The Apartment (1960) -Jack Lemmon, S. MacLaine
- 6*; The Art of Getting By (2011) -F. Hightower
- 7*; Atlas Shrugged Part I (2011) -Good storyline
- 6*; Atlas Shrugged Part II (2012) -Actors chg vs Pt I
- 4*; Atlas Shrugged Part III (2014) -Poor acting, storyline
- 8*; Blackway (2015) -J. Stiles, A. Hopkins
- 8*; Bombshell (2019) -Theron, Kidman, Robbie
- 8*; The Bookshop (2017) -Emily Mortimer
- 8*; Building The Ancient City (Prime) -Rome Doc
- 9*; Cake (2014) -Jennifer Anniston, Adriana Barraza
- 7*; Castles in the Sky (2014) -Pair with The Dish (2000)
- 5*; Catch and Release (2006) -Jennifer Garner
- 7*; A Christmas Carol (1951) -Classic story, stage acted
- 3*; Chumscrubber (2005) -Dark Comedy? Satire?
- 3*; Closer (2004) ->Link to Commentary
- 7*; The Comey Rule (2019) -Jeff Bridges
- 7*; The Commuter (2018) ->Link to Commentary
- 6*; The Contractor (2007) -Wesley Snipes
- 9*; The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) -A. Dumas
- 7*; Cowgirls and Angels (2012) -YA -Bailee Madison
- 10*; D-Day at Pointe-du-Hoc (2019) -Heroes!
- 8*; Déjà Vu (2006) -Denzel Washington
- 8*; The Dish (2000) -Australian
- 8*; Downtown Abbey (2019) -Movie nee TV
- 6*; Dripping in Chocolate (2012) -Australian Mystery
- 7*; Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (2018) -Painter Documentary
- 6*; Emma (1996) -Gwenyth Paltrow
- 5*; Enemy (2013) -Spider web of Sci Fi warped time
- 5*; Escape from NY (1981) -Curt Russell, E. Borgnine
- 6*; Faster (2019) -Dwayne Johnson
- 5*; The Freshman (1990) -Broderick, Brando
- 7*; The Frozen Ground (2013) -Cage, Cusack
- 4*, 6*; Glengarry, Glen Ross; (1992) -D. Mamet
- ->4* as film; 6* as “study -if world was only male”
- 6*; Go For It! (2011) -Carmen Marrón
- 8*; God’s Not Dead (2014) -Kevin Sorbo
- 2*; Gosford Park (2001) -Mystery’s Mystery
- 7*; The Grand Seduction (2013) -Brendan Gleeson
- 7*; Grant (2020) -History Channel 3-part Mini
- 7*; Green Book (2018) -Storytelling
- 8*; Hampstead (2017) ->Link to Commentary
- 7*; A Handful of Dust (1998) -Kristen Scott Thomas
- 8*; The Handmaiden (2016) -Korea; not for all (sexual)
- 7*; Hanna (2011) -Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett
- 8*; Havana (1990) -Robert Redford
- 5*; Hawaii (1966) -Julie Andrews
- 5*; Heartbreakers (2001) -Sigourney Weaver
- 6*; Henry Fool (1997) -Obscure and introspective
- 7*; High Road to China (1983); Bess Armstrong, T. Selleck
- 6*; Houseboat (1958) -Sophia Loren, Cary Grant
- 8*; The Hunt for Red October (1990) -Alec Baldwin
- 8*; In Harm’s Way (2017) -China; Yifei Liu, Emile Hirsh
- 7*; Invisible Life (2019) ->Link to Commentary
- 7*; The Lighthouse (2019) -R. Pattinson, Willem Dafoe
- 7*; The Karate Kid (1984) -Ralph Maccio, Pat Morita
- 7*; Keeping the Faith (2000) -Ed Norton, Ben Stiller
- 6*; Knives Out (2020) -Murder/Suicide Mystery
- 7*; The Last Dance (2019) -Sports Doc; M. Jordan, Bulls
- 8*; A Man Called Ove (2015) -Old Man in an HOA, Sweden
- 8*; Me Before You (2016) -Emelia Clarke
- 8*; Memphis Belle (1990) -Matthew Modine
- 7*; Message in a Bottle (1999) -Well acted N. Sparks tale
- 5*; Moonlight Mile (2002) -Jake Gyllenhaal, D. Hoffman
- 9*; Noble (2014) -Irish Helping Vietnam Orphans
- 7*; Nothing in Common (1986) -T.Hanks, Bess Armstrong
- 8*; On the Basis of Sex (2018) -Felicity Jones is RBGinsburg
- 7*; The Operative (2019) ->Link to Commentary
- 7*; Overboard (2010) -Anna Faris
- 7*; Parriah: … Sonny Liston (2019) ->Link to Commentary
- 8*; Raising Renee (2011) -Artist Beverly McIver doc
- 7*; Red (2010) -B.Willis, M.Freeman, J.Malkovich, H.Millen
- 8*; Red Joan (2018) -Judy Dench, Sophie Cookson
- 5*; Rent (2005) -Taye Diggs
- 7*; The Secret of Roan Inish (1995) -Irish Island Folk
- 7*; Second Act (2018) -Jennifer Lopez
- 7*; A Simple Favor (2018) -Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively
- 6*; Slow Burn (2005) -Ray Liotta political murder-mystery
- 8*; Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) -Julia Ormond, Sweden
- 7*; Star Wars IV -A New Hope (1977) -Epic in the Day
- 7*; Star Wars V: Empire Strikes (1980) -Hamill, Fisher, Ford
- 6*; Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) -Dullness
- 7*; Still of the Night (1982) -Scheider, Streep (very young!)
- 7*; Stone (2010) -Edward Norton
- ?*; SXSW shorts (2020) Pt1 ->Link to Commentary
- ?*; SXSW shorts (2020) Pt2 ->Link to Commentary
- 7*; The Take (2016) -Idris Elba, 2 good young actors, Paris
- 7*; Tess (1979) -Natassja Kinsky
- 1*; They Come Together (2014) -Amy Poehler
- 6*; Things You Can Tell … (2000) -Glenn Close, Holly Hunter
- 7*; Timeline (2003) -Frances O’Connor, Anna Friel
- 1*; The Tree of Life (2011) -Scenery; nothing else
- 7*; They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) -WWI documentary
- 5*; Undercover Blues (1993) -Kathleen Turner, D.Quaid
- 9*; Victoria & Abdul (2017) -Judy Dench, Ali Fazal
- 8*; Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) -War, Press, Children
- 7*; Yesterday (2019) ->Link to Commentary
Older movie viewing is covered on different page(s):
