Movie Log

As I get older I find myself forgetting if I’d seen a movie or read a book. Since 2005 I have been keeping track of everything I watch, read and sometimes listen too or play. I have also organized this list by title and rating.

2016

Patema Inverted

7/10
I decided to watch this anime on a whim after revisiting The Girl Who Leapt Through Time the other night. The... more

Tiger and Crane Fists

7/10
I assume most of the people who seek this movie out come to it the same way I did.... more

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

8/10
This live action adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time bears little resemblance to the original anime version. The cartoon... more

Disciples of the 36th Chamber

7/10
The third film in the 36th Chambers series changes the tone to comedy (apparently the second sequel is also a parody, but I... more

House of Flying Daggers

8/10
This movie made it to America in the wake of Crouching Tiger and has much of the same stylishness. Doesn’t quite... more

2015

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

8/10
This is a classic Kung-Fu film from the Shaw Brothers that doesn’t quite have the artistic flair that I look for in... more

The Force Awakens

9/10
An excellent and worthy sequel to the original series of films. It’s probably better than Return of the Jedi or at... more

The Omega Man

5/10
This classic sets itself up as a last man on Earth drama, but within five minutes kills that premise.... more

The Scar

8/10
A year ago a watched the other half of this double feature film noir DVD. This second movie is much better... more

The Sound of Music

9/10
Ok, my wife wanted the entire family to watch this and I fully expected to be bored by it,... more

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

8/10
My Adam Carolla film fest continues with this documentary about Paul Newman’s racing career. There are no amazing revelations... more

Road Hard

7/10
I used to listen to Adam Carolla’s podcast pretty regularly but stopped around the time Alison Rosen was unceremoniously... more

Star Trek into Darkness

8/10
The second Star Track reboot film was mindless fun. I was never bored despite the lame retread story, excessive attempts at... more

Spasmo

6/10
This giallo has been on my must see list for a very long time. Scored by Ennio Morricone, the... more

The Giant of Marathon

7/10
The Amazon prime version of this movie looks like crap. I watched it anyways as part of my Mario... more

Caltiki, the Immortal Monster

6/10
I have been slowly working my way through Tim Lucas’s All the Colors of the Dark mega-book about Mario Bava. Whenever... more

One Million Years B.C.

6/10
This movie is precisely as cheesy as one would expect for a low budget, mid-sixties film about bikini clad... more

Martial Arts of Shaolin

8/10
The final movie in the Dragon Dynasty Volume 1 DVD pack is probably the best of this set. The film banks... more

The Plainsman

2/10
Gary Cooper stars in this black and white western about Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok. It’s a very... more

Mad Monkey Kung Fu

7/10
Mad Monkey Kung Fu is all about the acrobatic fight choreography and feel a lot like a Nineties Jackie Chan... more

Executioners from Shaolin

7/10
A Shaolin monk on the run vows to avenge the death of a friend and, over the course of... more

Five Shaolin Masters

4/10
I just bought another Shaw Brothers box set and am watching the films in chronological order. This one has... more

Come Drink with Me

9/10
Come Drink with Me is heralded as the film that defined the kung-fu genre in the early sixties. I am... more

Golden Swallow

8/10
Of all the films in this DVD set, this one features the best fight choreography. I guess it’s a... more

Killer Clans

8/10
Another Shaw Brothers kung-fu extravaganza. This one was quite good with lots of blood, a complicated (in a good... more

Blood Brothers

6/10
Disc two in this Shaw Brothers set is the weakest of the lot. A pair of bandits join with... more

Rock Around the Clock

6/10
This film is really just a showcase for Bill Haley and his Comets. The plot and characters are tacked... more

The Avenging Eagle

7/10
The first film in the Shaw Brothers four-pack DVD I just bought. I loved USA Network’s Kung Fu Theater when I... more

World War Z

3/10
Well, the book wasn’t great, but at least it was a new twist on the zombie genre. The movie... more

Mad Max: Fury Road

10/10
This movie was essentially one continuous car chase, but, as terrible as that sounds, it works perfectly. Back when... more

A Bullet for the General

5/10
The story of a finely attired gringo mercenary who falls in with a group of banditos in a scheme... more

Edge of Tomorrow

8/10
This Tom Cruise action film is basically Groundhog’s Day meets Starship Troopers. Since Groundhog’s Day there must have been half-a-dozen rip-offs on various TV... more

Guardians of the Galaxy

8/10
Probably my favorite of the recent Marvel to film movie productions. It helps that it wasn’t an idiotic superhero... more

Jodorowsky’s Dune

6/10
Although the subject matter is interesting, I didn’t get much out of the documentary that I didn’t already know... more

Hell’s Ground

7/10
Mondo Macabro has been pretty consistent in their DVD releases. Lots of trashy and weird genre films from outside... more

O.K. Connery

5/10
This mediocre Eurospy movie is based entirely around the stunt casting of Sean Connery’s younger brother Neil in the... more

Deadlier Than the Male

8/10
Besides maybe Danger Diabolik, I haven’t seen many “Eurospy” movies—cheap, Bond knock-offs produced in Europe in the sixties. Surprising, this... more

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

9/10
The final film in of The Hobbit trilogy is an improvement over the second movie. While it is still a bit... more

Cold Sweat

6/10
This is an hour and a half of Charles Bronson being an unflinching tough guy. Seems Charles’ old war-prison... more

Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

9/10
This is a Stephen Chow kung-fu film through and through. There’s the standard wire-fu action and stunts, lots of... more

2014

The Limping Man

6/10
Lloyd Bridges stars in this 1950’s film noir about an American returning to England after the war who becomes... more

Dead Space: Downfall

5/10
The creators of the Dead Space series must be really proud of the little story they came up with because it... more

The Reincarnation of Isabel

4/10
This is a confusing mess of a movie. Somewhere a midst the toplessness is a plot involving vampires, witches... more

Look

8/10
I am a crowd supporter for Penn Jillette’s upcoming Director’s Cut movie and the story goes that Penn watched this movie... more

Zero Charisma

9/10
I rather enjoyed this comedy about an angry tabletop gaming nerd who loses what little social standing he had... more

Hercules in the Haunted World

6/10
Mario Bava directed this early sixties Italian Hercules film and his colorful style is all over the place. It’s... more

Day of Anger

6/10
A goofy but entertaining spaghetti western featuring Lee Van Cleef as a gunslinger who inspires the town garbage collector... more

Godzilla [2014]

7/10
Well, like everyone else who saw this movie, I think the first quarter is very good, mostly because Brian... more

Silent Running

5/10
A dated and preachy science fiction story from the seventies about the last forest of earth being preserved in... more

Tim’s Vermeer

9/10
This a nice little documentary produced and directed by Penn & Teller, respectively. This is a documentary for people... more

Night Train Murders

7/10
An Italian thriller (aka L’ultimo treno della notte) that leaves you feeling a bit icky not because of gore, but... more

2013

Bloody Pit of Horror

6/10
A ridiculous Gothic horror from 1965 that features a crazed executioner in crimson wresting tights who tortures and kills... more

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

8/10
I loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy and I am glad that they are making these Hobbit movies, I wish... more

Road House

8/10
An eighties “classic” which I never got around to watching because I always thought the video box looked dull... more

Pacific Rim

8/10
Mindless popcorn fair that manages to be entertaining without getting too annoying. The story and characters are really, REALLY... more

Decoy

4/10
A mediocre crime film from the forties with lots of hammy acting and a thoroughly ridiculous plot involving reviving... more

Crime Wave

8/10
A noir crime film from 1954 that features a young Charles Bronson (credited as Charles Buchinsky) as the heavy... more

Videodrome

7/10
Videodrome always seems to turn up on lists of the best horror films of all time. While it was visually... more

Evil Dead (2013)

6/10
This was a movie that did not need to be made. That said, it’s reasonably entertaining but not at... more

The Raid: Redemption

8/10
This was a good Indonesian action film that has a minimal plot and zero character development. A bunch of... more

DEFCON: The Documentary

8/10
I have enjoyed all of Jason Scott’s documentaries. His films tend to be about somewhat niche areas in computing... more

The Castle of Cagliostro

8/10
I was familiar with about the first fifteen minutes of this movie from the old laser disc video game, Cliffhanger.... more

Graveyard Disturbance

5/10
Graveyard Disturbance is a silly, made-for-TV quality horror film from Lamberto Bava, and it’s surprisingly bloodless considering the director. At... more

Beyond the Door

4/10
This film is an Italian Exorcist rip-off that takes forever to get to the puking, cursing demon action. The first two... more

A Doppia Faccia

5/10
(a.k.a. Double Face) Mediocre giallo featuring Klaus Kinski in search of his estranged wife’s killer. Noteworthy moments: super fake... more

Hercules Unchained

7/10
Aside from the incredible Hercules starring Lou Ferrigno, I have not seen many of these Italian swords and sandals epics. This... more

Ultraviolet

3/10
This not so much a movie as it is a seemingly endless collection of stylized hero shots. The dialogue... more

Wreck-It Ralph

7/10
Another “secret life of _____” CGI animated feature. In this case it’s the secret life of video game characters.... more

Mr. Moto’s Last Warning

6/10
Watch as Peter Lorre plays a Japanese man who is a master of disguise. This movie is pretty boring... more

Nude… Si Muore

6/10
A mediocre giallo that felt a lot like early 60s Bava without the style. Although the twist, which should... more

Tony Arzenta – Big Guns

7/10
Outside of Bava’s Rabid Dogs I have not seen many Italian Eurocrime movies. This one was pretty good. It had a... more

The Magnificent Seven

7/10
I am a fan of Westerns, especially the spaghetti kind, but I not very familiar with many of the... more

Scream of Fear

8/10
Just when I was about to lose hope regarding my Hammer Films: Icons of Horror DVD set, I got around to... more

2019: After the Fall of New York

7/10
This is a zero-budget Italian take on post-nuclear sci-fi. It is utterly derivative and filled with bad acting, plot... more

2012

Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

6/10
Although, as someone who has played a ton of Minecraft, I did enjoy watching this documentary about its creator(s). But... more

Death Wish

9/10
I can’t believe I went through the 80’s without ever seeing this movie or any of its sequels. Charles... more

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

9/10
I loved the Lord of the Rings movies so I realize I have a huge bias towards liking this no matter... more

Death Walks At Midnight

8/10
Also known as La Morte Accarezza a Mezzanotte, this is more of a Italian police story rather than straight up... more

The Avengers

7/10
I stopped going out of my way to see these superhero films quite some time ago. As a result,... more

The Gorgon

6/10
My Halloween movie this year was The Gorgon from the Icons of Horror: Hammer Films DVD. I think I am coming to the... more

The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb

5/10
The second film on the Icons of Horror: Hammer Films is a disappointment. It’s completely devoid of any suspense or tension... more

The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll

6/10
One of the best DVD sets I own is the six movie Hammer Films Icons of Suspense Collection. Although I... more

Never Take Candy from a Stranger

8/10
This is an incredibly creepy thriller about a town that defends an elderly pedophile who is a member of... more

The Cabin in the Woods

8/10
This is a slasher movie with a twist. The unique thing here is that the twist is revealed in... more

A Blade in the Dark

7/10
Outside of Demons, I have not see many of Lamberto Bava’s films. A Blade in the Dark has a few really effective... more

Hobo with a Shotgun

5/10
Although it had its moments, this film feels like it’s trying too hard to be hip and cool. It... more

Super 8

7/10
Having recently watched the very good Super, I thought I would skip right through Supers 2 – 7 and go right to... more

Super

8/10
As I have noted many times on this site, I am a bit sick of super hero movies. Super could have... more

Aenigma

8/10
Something must have happened to Lucio Fulci around 1982-83. That seems to be about the time he decided his... more

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

8/10
An adequate conclusion to the Potter movies. If part one was all just brooding, this one was all just... more

Drag Me to Hell

8/10
As a horror director, Sam Raimi is best known for the oft quoted but overrated Army of Darkness and the much... more

Prometheus

5/10
What a pretty movie about characters which I couldn’t care less about. I wanted so bad to like this... more

These Are the Damned

8/10
This was the final film in the super excellent The Icons of Suspense Collection: Hammer Films five-disc DVD set. Unlike the... more

Death Walks on High Heels

7/10
Although a bit lacking in terms of style, Death Walks on High Heels is another reasonably good giallo. The first part... more

The Great Silence

9/10
What at first glance seems like a rather derivative spaghetti western (except for the unusual snowy setting), reveals itself... more

I Vampiri

7/10
The English title of this one is Lust of the Vampire. Thankfully, these are just titles and there are no... more

Kill List

8/10
Kill List starts off as a relationship drama then soon morphs into a British gangster film following the antics of... more

The House of Clocks

4/10
Aside from the laugh-out-loud “twist” finale involving a cat, a bag and a car driving down a winding road,... more

Don’t Look Now

4/10
Don’t Look Now is known mostly for Donald Sutherland’s naked gyrations. I was more impressed with his hobbit-y mop of... more

All the Colors of the Dark

7/10
This was a strange, dreamy giallo that reminded me a lot of Bava’s Lisa and the Devil. At any moment... more