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.

2024

Winners & Sinners

6/10

It’s the origin story of the perverts from Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars! It really isn’t much better than the... more

Lake Michigan Monster

7/10

Another film from the creator of Hundreds of Beavers. It used the same black and white old-timey style, but... more

The Possessed

7/10

A 1965 proto-giallo about a novelist who returns to an off-season resort in search of a girl he photographed... more

Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars

5/10

Sammo Hung directs and stars in this incoherent mess of a movie. You would never know he’s the star... more

Hundreds of Beavers

8/10

Hundreds of Beavers is essentially a feature length live action Looney Tunes cartoon with a unique lo-fi style. There... more

Challenge of the Masters

7/10

Another film from my four movie Lau Kar-Leung blu-ray set has Gordon Liu as a nerd whose biggest wish... more

Heroes of the East

6/10

This Shaw Bros. classic starts out very promising. It’s basically a romantic comedy about a young entitled Chinese man... more

South Pacific

6/10

Another one of the old musicals which, as I watch, I keep saying to myself, “oh, this is where... more

L’Eclisse

7/10

Yet another plot-less art film from Antonioni about the tedium of life in early middle age. Wonderfully shot, but... more

L’isola Delle Svedesi

5/10

The Island of the Swedes, also known as Twisted Girls, is basically 45 minutes of movie and 45 minutes... more

Interstellar

7/10

I appreciate the brainy sci-fi themes regarding relativity and time dilation, but the “human” story about connecting with a... more

Nocturne

3/10

I watched this because the music was by Gazelle Twin. Ostensibly a horror film but it plays mostly like... more

Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I

7/10

Say what you will about Tom Cruise, he knows how to put together a decent popcorn movie. The plot... more

Eugenie

6/10

I’m starting to think this Jess Franco guy might be a bit of a pervert. Here we have another... more

High Noon

7/10

A classic western that doesn’t hold up against my beloved spaghetti westerns. The acting is stilted and the continuous... more

La Notte

7/10

I’m slowly working my way through the films of Michelangelo Antonioni. I think I liked this better than L’Avventura,... more

L’Avventura

7/10

All of the artsy Italian films from the 60s seem to be about the same thing: wealthy middle aged... more

The Dead Zone

8/10

Christopher Walken’s evolution into a parody of Christopher Walken makes this a little hard to take seriously. In the... more

Animal House

6/10

Baby Boomers love this movie and you’ll often seen it ranked as one of the best comedies of all... more

Glass

3/10

Unbreakable was great. Split was pretty good too. Glass, however, is a piece of unmitigated garbage. The premise is... more

MacGruber

6/10

They took a one joke skit and expanded it to movie length! It’s okay. I laughed a couple of... more

Wise Blood

8/10

This was a weird one with hardly any plot. There are probably deep messages about faith, but I enjoyed... more

Dune: Part 2

8/10

It’s big, loud, and brown. Like the number in the name.

Step Brothers

7/10

This Will Ferrell comedy is exactly what you’d expect it to be. Add to the list of movies whose... more

Matchless

5/10

Matchless is a late 60s euro-spy spoof about a reporter who finds a magic Chinese ring of invisibility and... more

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

4/10

The entire movie feels like a slick commercial for a luxury car. In fact, there may be more convincing... more

Godzilla Minus One

8/10

Yes, it’s a very good Godzilla movie but it’s not quite the revelation that many reviewers are making it... more

How to Seduce a Virgin

6/10

Jess Franco was such a gifted director. Too bad he wasted much of his talents on softcore trash like... more

2023

An American in Paris

6/10

Gene Kelly dances and sings in an attempt to woo a teenager. Mostly a mediocre musical with a visually... more

Man, Pride and Vengeance

7/10

This has all the look and feel of a typical spaghetti western except this takes place in 19th century... more

Gaslight [1940]

8/10

After watching the famous version from a few years later, I wanted to see this, the first adaptation of... more

The Devil’s Nightmare

8/10

The Devil’s Nightmare would pair nicely in a double feature with Bava’s Lisa and the Devil. Both films tell... more

The Werewolf and the Yeti

6/10

The title here is somewhat deceptive. The yeti vs. werewolf battle you would expect is just tacked on to... more

The Devil’s Possessed

5/10

Never mind the satanically suggestive title, this is just a cheesy riff on Robin Hood. Naschy plays the king... more

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse

7/10

Paul Naschy’s attempt at a black-gloved (and red pants’ed) killer giallo feels like result of a twisted game of... more

Hunchback of the Morgue

8/10

Paul Naschy is back to his old tricks. Yes, once again he’s killing animals for your cinematic enjoyment. Ok,... more

Two Evil Eyes

5/10

This is a horror anthology film featuring two stories, one by George Romero and the other by Dario Argento.... more

Fellini’s Casanova

7/10

Donald Sutherland is miscast as the titular Casanova in this beautiful looking interpretation of that story. Every colorful frame... more

Exorcism

6/10

The Paul Naschy Collection II went on sale and, of course, I had to get it. I’m starting off... more

Gaslight

9/10

The 1944 classic is apparently the second film version of the play Gaslight. This version takes its time establishing... more

Witness in the City

9/10

The third film in the French Noir blu-ray set is probably the best of the three. What’s so great... more

Back to the Wall

8/10

The second film in the French Noir blu-ray set is about as noir-y as noir can get. The movie... more

The Public Enemy

6/10

James Cagney smashes a grapefruit in some ditzy broad’s face… see. Then he becomes the gangster king of beer…... more

Paths of Glory

7/10

Stanley Kubrick made a World War I movie? Well, I learn something every day. In reality, most of this... more

Speaking of Murder

6/10

Speaking of Murder is the first film in a three disc collection of French noir movies I recently purchased... more

Targets

7/10

Boris Karloff’s final film role has him basically playing himself, an aging horror movie star whose films are now... more

Dressed to Kill

7/10

I don’t think I get Brian Depalma yet. The whole time I was watching this I was thinking about... more

Breakout

8/10

Good gravy, the 70s were a great time for movies! It seems like they would greenlight a picture based... more

The World’s End

7/10

The third Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright collaboration feels much like the last two. Lots of jokes that come from strategic... more

A Bullet For Sandoval

3/10

A lame Italian Western that is only noteworthy because you get to see Ernest Borgnine gored by a bull... more

The Sword and the Sorcerer

4/10

This corny early eighties fantasy opens with some great creature effects and then proceeds to bore the audience for... more

Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds

5/10

I had this movie on my DVD wishlist for many years and never got around to buying it. I... more

Sieben Tage Frist

4/10

Also known as School of Fear, this krimi is about a boarding school for boys where the students sneak... more

#Alive

6/10

A Korean fast-zombie zombie movie that focuses on the survival of a single kid in an apartment complex. His... more

Der Mörder

7/10

This 1963 black and white Krimi opens up with a nebbish man killing his wife at a rural bus... more

Brian and Charles

7/10

This is a one joke movie about a man who creates a robot. The joke is that the robot... more

Libido

7/10

Ernesto Gastaldi is much better known as a screenwriter rather than a director. He’s responsible for some of the... more

Nope

7/10

I enjoyed this movie for the most part but there were a few plot points that felt off, and... more

Wet Hot American Summer

7/10

A goofball comedy about summer camp councilors created by the people behind the 90s sketch show, The State. Apparently... more

Nightmares Come at Night

3/10

The only thing this Jess Franco movie has going for it is its score by Bruno Nicolai. The rest... more

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

7/10

The third Gamera reboot film is the best of the three. It actually takes some time to establish some... more

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion

6/10

Another passable giant monster movie from Japan. The its predecessor there is absolutely nothing interesting about the human characters... more

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

6/10

I wanted to watch a somewhat “modern” take on a Japanese giant monster movie. This was okay. The effects... more

Last House on the Beach

6/10

A group of young theater students and their chaperone (played by Florinda Bolkan) are held captive by a trio... more

Winners & Sinners (6/10)

It’s the origin story of the perverts from Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars! It really... more

Lake Michigan Monster (7/10)

Another film from the creator of Hundreds of Beavers. It used the same black... more

The Possessed (7/10)

A 1965 proto-giallo about a novelist who returns to an off-season resort in search... more

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