Sunday, January 22, 2012

2011 MOVIE LIST ... 137 & COUNTING!

It's back again and better than ever!

THE STANDOUTS (18) - This should go without saying, but these are all must-sees.

Win Win ***1/2
Warrior ***1/2
I Saw the Devil ***1/2
Drive ***1/2
50/50 ***1/2
Hesher ***
Bellflower ***
Moneyball ***
Young Adult ***
The Ides of March ***
Super 8 ***
The Debt ***
A Better Life ***
Rango ***
Kidnapped ***
Rise of the Planet of the Apes ***
War Horse ***
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold ***

THE GOOD (36) - These represent quality filmmaking all-around.

Attack the Block ***
Red State ***
Bridesmaids ***
Contagion ***
Shame ***
Take Shelter ***
Midnight in Paris ***
The Help ***
The Descendants ***
Martha Marcy May Marlene ***
Beginners ***
The Skin I Live In ***
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol ***
Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within ***
Tyrannosaur ***
Sound of My Voice ***
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close ***
We Need To Talk About Kevin ***
The Trip ***
Hanna ***
Page One ***
Friends With Benefits ***
The Change Up ***
Cedar Rapids ***
Ceremony ***
Submarine ***
Exporting Raymond ***
Jeff, Who Lives at Home ***
The Robber ***
Water For Elephants ***
Another Happy Day ***
Hall Pass ***
Source Code ***
The Lincoln Lawyer ***
Bernie ***
Still Screaming **1/2

THE GOOD... BUT SHOULD'VE BEEN BETTERS (21) - Why weren't these good movies better? I don't really know. But they should be. Hence, the name of this section.

The Artist ***
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ***
Crazy Stupid Love ***
The Hangover Part II ***
X-Men: First Class **1/2
J. Edgar **1/2
Kill List **1/2
The Devil's Double **1/2
Paranormal Activity 3 **1/2
Miss Bala **1/2
My Week With Marilyn **1/2
Dirty Girl **1/2
The Guard **1/2
The Beaver **1/2
Margin Call **1/2
Bad Teacher **1/2
Super **1/2
Grave Encounters **1/2
Immortals **1/2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark **1/2
American: The Bill Hicks Story **1/2

THE GUILTY PLEASURES (16) - These are movies that I shouldn't like but I do, for one reason or another. I only feel ashamed because the Internet tells me I'm supposed to.

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas ***
Hobo With a Shotgun ***
Fast Five ***
Final Destination 5 ***
Just Go With It ***
Fright Night ***
Transformers: Dark of the Moon **1/2
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows **1/2
Take Me Home Tonight **1/2
The Green Hornet **1/2
Thor **1/2
The Double **1/2
The Mechanic **1/2
The Woman **1/2
Unknown **
Zookeeper **

THE UNDERWHELMING DISAPPOINTMENTS (37) - Chalk it up to expectations but these movies just didn't cut it for me.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy **1/2
Straw Dogs **1/2
Snowtown ** 1/2
Texas Killing Fields **1/2
Our Idiot Brother **1/2
Captain America **1/2
Paul **1/2
Horrible Bosses **1/2
Tower Heist **1/2
The Adventures of Tintin **
Hugo **
30 Minutes or Less **
Machine Gun Preacher **
Something Borrowed **
Rampart **
Page Eight **
The Adjustment Bureau **
The Tree of Life **
Scream 4 **
Limitless **
Insidious **
Knuckle **
Cold Weather **
The Dilemma **
The Sitter **
Fireflies in the Garden **
Real Steel **
Rubber **
The Catechism Cataclysm **
Peep World *1/2
The Rum Diary *1/2
Everything Must Go *1/2
A Dangerous Method *1/2
Coriolanus *1/2
Carnage * 1/2
The Thing *1/2
The Details *1/2

THE BAD (9) - For better or worse, I just don't know what these movies were thinking.

Melancholia *1/2
I Melt With You *1/2
The Son of No One *1/2
Green Lantern *1/2
Cowboys & Aliens *1/2
Battle: Los Angeles *
The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence *
Trespass 1/2*
Your Highness 1/2 *

OOPS, I MISSED (54): Abduction, Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Arthur Christmas, Beautiful Boy, The Big Year, Buck, Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star, Colombiana, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, The Conspirator, Cars 2, Cracks, The Darkest Hour, The Eagle, The Flowers of War, The Future, Good Neighbors, Happy Feet 2, Happythankyoumoreplease, Henry's Crime, In a Better World, Incendies, In Time, The Iron Lady, Jack and Jill, Jane Eyre, Killer Elite, Kill the Irishman, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Lady, The Ledge, The Lie, London Boulevard, Meek's Cutoff, Miral, NEDS, Project Nim, Puncture, Puss In Boots, Red Riding Hood, Retreat, Salvation Boulevard, Senna, Septien, Sympathy For Delicious, Tabloid, Terri, The Three Musketeers, Trust, Vanishing on 7th St., We Are What We Are, What's Your Number?, Wrecked

COMING SOON (14): Another Earth, Brawler, Extraterrestrial, In the Land of Blood and Honey, The Last Circus, Like Crazy, Margaret, The Muppets, Pariah, Point Blank, A Separation, Sleeping Beauty, We Bought a Zoo, Weekend

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