Mark R. Leeper

Reviewing films on the Internet since 1984. Probably the longest running film reviewer on the Internet.

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The current issue of our fanzine, the MT VOID .

My interests include

Cinema.
My articles and reviews are listed below.

Comments on the 1945 Retro Hugo Nominations in the Dramatic Presentation Category (updated 05 March 2020)

The Top Five Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of the '00s

Top Ten Films of 2023
Top Ten Films of 2022
Top Ten Films of 2021
Top Ten Films of 2020
Top Ten Films of 1986-2023
Top Ten Films of 1986-2023 (reverse order, titles only)

The Phantoms of the Opera: A Survey of Adaptations
Six Lost Worlds: The Dramatic Adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Novel
Bollywood 101
Neglected Gems of Fantasy and Science Fiction Films
Sword and Sandal Films
James Bond Films
James Bond Songs

Of related interest:
Book Review:Into The Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale (2006)
Book Review:I Was a TV Horror Host (2007)
DVD Review: Maurice Jarre: A Tribute To David Lean (2007)
Book Review: War Eagles (2008)
Imaginary Travelogue: Excerpt from "Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil Travelog" (Maple White Land)

Mark Leeper's Film Reviews

2024::

2023::

OCTOBER SKY low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
"Godzilla" films
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in January
DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
ASTEROID CITY +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BARBIE high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
A DOG OF FLANDERS (1960)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in December
NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION! +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
SHARE? 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS +3 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
OF MICE AND MEN (1939)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November
TRAVELLING SALESMAN +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
CRYPTID 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
DAGON high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
GETTYSBURG +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
THE IN-LAWS
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October
GODZILLA '98 low 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
WHAM! BLAM! ROY LICHTENSTEIN AND THE ART OF APPROPRIATION +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
THE LONELIEST WHALE--THE SEARCH FOR 52 (2021): THE LONELIEST WHALE--THE SEARCH FOR 52 +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
GOJIRA and GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in September
WIND RIVER +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BOILING POINT 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
FUNNY FACE (1957) -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10
OPPENHEIMER +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
BLACK NARCISSUS
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in August
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
RAT FILM +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
The "Quatermass" Series
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in July
BABYLON +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
SAVING LINCOLN low +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
DAVE MADE A MAZE high +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DISENCHANTED +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
NANNY +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE ACT OF READING +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
HOLLYWOOD DREAMS & NIGHTMARES: THE ROBERT ENGLUND STORY high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
TRUMAN & TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE TRUMAN SHOW (anniversary reprint)
Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in June
MASTER low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
M3GAN +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
AI LOVE YOU low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
PK +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MIDSOMMAR high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
WE HAVE A GHOST low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE BURNING SEA high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
SPIN ME ROUND +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
FIVE MILLION YEARS TO EARTH (QUATERMASS AND THE PIT) (1968)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in May
JERRY AND MARGE GO LARGE low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ROSALINE low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE MENU high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
GLASS ONION--A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
Disney's PINOCCHIO low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BRIAN AND CHARLES 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
THE PILGRIM PROJECT (1960)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in April
THREE MINUTES--A LENGTHENING +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
SIDNEY low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
HIDDEN LETTERS low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
RAYMOND & RAY high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
VENGEANCE low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
PUSS IN BOOTS--THE LAST WISH low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
DON'T WORRY DARLING high +1 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
A MAN CALLED OTTO +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MY POLICEMAN high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966)>

LOST HORIZON (1937)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in March
AMSTERDAM low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE FABELMANS +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
TED K +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
SHE SAID +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE WOMAN KING +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
UNA GREAT MOVIE +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
WOMEN TALKING high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE CROWDED SKY
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in February
TROLL +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BONES AND ALL low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ULTRASOUND high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BULLET TRAIN low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
BROS low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MARRY ME +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
WOODLANDS DARK AND DAYS BEWITCHED +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
LOVING HIGHSMITH low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2022::

DESIGNING WOMAN
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in January
FOUR SAMOSAS +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL. low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
NEXT EXIT high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
SHE WILL high -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10
THE INNOCENTS low -1 (-4 to +4) or 2/10
WENDELL & WILD low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BLACK ADAM high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
GOOD NIGHT OPPY high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
HOLD YOUR FIRE +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
COW +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER
BLOOD RELATIVES low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
NOPE low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
VESPER +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
VOODOO MACBETH +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ADIEU GODARD +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
LIE HARD high 0 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
JURASSIC WORLD--DOMINION high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE LOST CITY +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (2022) +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BIGGER THAN LIFE
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November
PRINCE OF DARKNESS high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
GATTACA +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
A TRIP TO INFINITY +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
HUSTLE low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
OPERATION SEAWOLF +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE PRINCESS BRIDE +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October
CYPHER +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
Six Lost Worlds: The Dramatic Adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Novel
A FACE IN THE CROWD
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in September
The "Samurai" Trilogy
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in August
CONTACT low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Thoughts on Quatermass and QUATERMASS AND THE PIT
THE LOST CONTINENT
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in July
LINCOLN high +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
BLADE RUNNER low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
JOHN CARPENTER'S THE THING +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
THE BEAST MUST DIE
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in June
THE BETA TEST high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE CARD COUNTER +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE FRENCH DISPATCH OF THE LIBERTY, KANSAS, EVENING SUN high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
TICK, TICK ... BOOM! low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE HOUSE high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
ENCOUNTER +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (2021) +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
CRUELLA +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
JUNGLE CRUISE +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in May
BOOK OF LOVE low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BELFAST low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MUNICH--THE EDGE OF WAR
FOUND low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ACASA, MY HOME +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
NO MAN OF GOD high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
HOUSE OF GUCCI +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
PIG +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
MANDIBLES high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
FIRST DATE high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
DRIVE MY CAR high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
"A Trip to the Moon" (1902)
AWAY FROM HER
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in April
FINCH high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
SWAN SONG high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
I'M YOUR MAN high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
MOTHER/ANDROID low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
TITANE +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
LITTLE FISH +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in March
AILEY high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
MLK/FBI +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
PASSING +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
WIFE OF A SPY low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
FRANCE high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BAD LUCK BANGING, OR LOONY PORN 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
BILLY BUDD
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in February
NO TIME TO DIE +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DON'T LOOK UP high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
OLD +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE DJINN low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
SETTLERS 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
DUNE--PART ONE +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
MAYDAY +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
COME TRUE low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

2021::

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in January
CYRANO low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
FALLING FOR FIGARO low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE NOWHERE INN low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE--A SONG CYCLE 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
WEREWOLVES WITHIN high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE FEAST (GWLEDD) +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
CRYPTOZOO +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
FAUCI +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MY SALINGER YEAR +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
SWAN SONG high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BEING THE RICARDOS high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Retrospective: THE DYBBUK (1938) high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: MONKEY BUSINESS (1952) high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in December
WORTH +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
Retrospective: THE FLY (1958) Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November
SHIVA BABY low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE MEANING OF HITLER high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE RESCUE low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BECOMING COUSTEAU +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
PLAYING WITH SHARKS high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
WOLFGANG +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
NEEDLE IN A TIMESTACK high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October
AFTER THE DARK (2013) low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
FRENCH EXIT +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10
Retrospective: FORBIDDEN PLANET +4 (-4 to +4) or 10/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in September
Retrospective: 7 FACES OF DR. LAO
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in August
LAND Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
Retrospective: AIRPLANE!
MIDWAY (2019) Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Retrospective: THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924 and 1940)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in July
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM [no rating]
DADS Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
REBUILDING PARADISE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
PALM SPRINGS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
POSSESSOR Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
WOLFWALKERS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DOLITTLE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: THE BLACK SCORPION (1957)
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in June
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
BUFFALOED Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
MANK Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
SHIRLEY Rating: low 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
THE BLACK EMPEROR OF BROADWAY Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
RESISTANCE Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
BLACK BEAR Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS Rating: -2 (-4 to +4) or 1/10
SHE DIES TOMORROW Rating: -2 (-4 to +4) or 1/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in May
HILLBILLY ELEGY Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE PAINTED BIRD Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ANYTHING FOR JACKSON Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE BEACH HOUSE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE MORTUARY COLLECTION Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
ALONE Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
THE CONSPIRATORS (1944)
ZAPPA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
OLYMPIA Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
MY DARLING VIVIAN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
OLIVER SACKS--HIS OWN LIFE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
SOME KIND OF HEAVEN Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE DONUT KING Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
Retrospective: DESTINATION MOON (1951) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in April
STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ON THE ROCKS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
APOCALYPSE '45 Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THIS IS NOT A MOVIE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
DESERT ONE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Retrospective: BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in March
THE VIGIL (2020) Rating: low 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
THE CALL OF THE WILD (2020) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
NOMADLAND Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
GREYHOUND Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
A GHOST WAITS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
NEWS OF THE WORLD Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
M. C. ESCHER: JOURNEY TO INFINITY Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE ELEPHANT QUEEN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
FIREBALL--VISITORS FROM DARKER WORLDS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
SPACESHIP EARTH Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in February
MADE IN ITALY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE TRIP TO GREECE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE GRIZZLIES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE LODGE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
FEELS GOOD MAN Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
SLAY THE DRAGON Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
RADIOACTIVE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
AMMONITE Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
TESLA Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
THE BANKER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DA 5 BLOODS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
ANTEBELLUM Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2020::

My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in January
CAMP CRIP Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
LEAP OF FAITH--WILLIAM FRIEDKIN ON THE EXORCIST Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
DAVID ATTENBOROUGH--A LIFE ON OUR PLANET Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Retrospective: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: WORLD WITHOUT END Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in December
Retrospective: THEM! Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Retrospective: ATTACK OF THE 50-FOOT WOMAN Rating: low -2 (-4 to +4) or 1/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in November
Retrospective: FROM HELL IT CAME (1954) Rating: -2 (-4 to +4) or 1/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October
Retrospective: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in September
ALL HAIL THE POPCORN KING Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in August
My Picks for Turner Classic Movies in July
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
HARRIET Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
QUEEN AND SLIM Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
LITTLE JOE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ABOMIMABLE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
AMERICAN FACTORY Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
I LOST MY BODY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
COLOR OUT OF SPACE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BUDDY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE SERENGETI RULES Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
IN MY ROOM Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2019::

HOTEL MUMBAI Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DEPRAVED Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ANYA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE REPORT Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
JOJO RABBIT Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
Retrospective: THE MORTAL STORM Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE AERONAUTS Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
Retrospective: THE WOMAN IN THE MOON (FRAU IM MOND) (1929) Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE DEAD DON'T DIE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE RIOT ACT Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE DAY SHALL COME Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE BESTOWAL Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
AUGGIE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
Retrospective: THE MAGNETIC MONSTER (1953) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
DRIVEN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ODE TO JOY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
CREATING WOODSTOCK Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/1
GENERAL MAGIC Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ASTRONAUT Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
OPHELIA Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
I AM MOTHER Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
FUNNY STORY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE LAST MOVIE STAR Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ROOM FOR RENT Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
SOBIBOR Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BOOK OF MONSTERS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE PUBLIC Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
LOST & FOUND Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
TANGENT ROOM Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BULLITT COUNTY Rating: low +1 on the -4 to +4 scale or 5/10
PATRICK Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
CANNIBALS AND CARPET FITTERS Rating: low +0 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
IN LIKE FLYNN Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE GOLEM (2018) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE FAVOURITE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

2018:

THE ADVOCATES Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
GREEN BOOK Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE 20TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS
THE HATE U GIVE Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
SUSPIRIA (2018) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ISLE OF DOGS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
BONEHILL ROAD Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/1
SOLIS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: MURDERS IN THE ZOO (1933) Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
FIRST MAN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
STRANGE NATURE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BLACKKKLANSMAN Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
A NIGHT IN OLD MEXICO Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
Retrospective: THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD (1957) Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
PAYING THE PRICE FOR PEACE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
Retrospective: THE HYPNOTIC EYE: Rating 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
Retrospective: KRONOS (1957) Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
CURVATURE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: WAR OF THE SATELLITES Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
A.I TALES Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: THE GENERAL (1926) Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
Retrospective: LIFEFORCE (1985) Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
Retrospective: 3:10 TO YUMA Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
MABEL, MABEL, TIGER TRAINER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
WONDER WOMAN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
BAJA Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE FORGIVEN Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
MADAME Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
PRODIGY (2017) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ACTORS OF SOUND: A FOLEY ART DOCUMENTARY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/1
ANNIHILATION Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE MILLIONAIRES' UNIT Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
MADAME Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE SECT Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
7 GUARDIANS OF THE TOMB Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE MUSIC OF SILENCE Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
ENTANGLEMENT Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
CASANOVA VARIATIONS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
HOSTILES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
OPERA Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ABE & PHIL'S LAST POKER GAME Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
CRAZY FAMOUS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2017:

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
UNAMERICAN STRUGGLE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
INGRID GOES WEST Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE 19TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS (2017)
THE POST Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
THE SHAPE OF WATER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BREATHE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
GIFTED Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
JANE Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
DAGUERREOTYPE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
LET IT FALL: 1982-1992 Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
REALIVE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE 13TH FRIDAY Rating: +0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
COLD MOON Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
NEVER LET GO Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
ANTI-MATTER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
6 DAYS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
1944 Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
DUNKIRK Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
UNDER THE TURBAN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
A QUIET PASSION Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
THE MIDNIGHTERS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
AARON'S BLOOD Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
BE AFRAID Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
AFTERIMAGE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
THE WOMEN'S BALCONY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
STEFAN ZWEIG: FAREWELL TO EUROPE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE GIRL FROM THE BROTHEL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
WORLDS APART Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
BETHANY Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
BOKEH Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
DIG TWO GRAVES Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
TICKLING GIANTS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
KONG: SKULL ISLAND Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
ATOMICA Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
BRIMSTONE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
LAVENDER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
BURLESQUE THE HEART OF THE GLITTER TRIBE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ROAD TO THE WELL Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE DAUGHTER Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
A PATCH OF FOG Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4)
CLAIRE IN MOTION Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
ROGUE ONE Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE STOLEN LYRIC. Rating: -3 (-4 to +4) or 0/10

HACKSAW RIDGE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

2016:

COUNTER CLOCKWISE Rating +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SMART Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DENIAL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ARRIVAL Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE MONSTER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SHIN GODZILLA Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE WINDMILL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

YO-KAI WATCH: THE MOVIE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959) Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

NOW WE'RE ALIVE (ET MAINTENANT NOUS SOMMES EN VIE) Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

SOLE PROPRIETOR Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SOMNUS Rating: -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10

SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SULLY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

I.T. Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE PEOPLE GARDEN Rating: -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10

FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

LONDON ROAD Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

STAR TREK BEYOND Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

KILLER PARTY (formerly SHOWER) Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

yHOMELESS? Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SUN CHOKE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

NUTS! Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

OUTLAWS AND ANGELS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

RISING TIDES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SOUTHBOUND Rating low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE LOBSTER Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THERAPY FOR A VAMPIRE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE GOD CELLS Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
RUSHLIGHTS (Original and Director's Cut) Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
THE CURSE OF SLEEPING BEAUTY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
SACRIFICE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
DOUGH Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
LOVE THY NATURE Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
RETROSPECTIVE: CLOUDS OVER EUROPE (1939)
MOMENTS OF CLARITY Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
CAMINO Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
A COUNTRY CALLED HOME Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
COLLIDING DREAMS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ADMIRAL Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
FORSAKEN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
HAIL, CAESAR! Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
2015 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES IN SHORT LIVE-ACTION AND ANIMATION
DURANT'S NEVER CLOSES Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10
JERUZALEM Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10
ANOMALISA Rating 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10
SICARIO Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10
MACBETH (2015) Rating: low +2 on the -4 to +4 scale or 7/10

2015:

TURBO KID Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

TRUMBO (2015) Rating: high +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

SUFFRAGETTE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/1

BROOKLYN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

FLUTTER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SPECTRE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

WOMAN IN GOLD Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BONE TOMAHAWK Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

STEVE JOBS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ROTOR DR1 Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BEASTS OF NO NATION Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

CRIMSON PEAK Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BRIDGE OF SPIES Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

THE MARTIAN Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

REVERSION Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE PRIME MINISTERS: SOLDIERS AND PEACEMAKERS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PAY THE GHOST Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE 17th ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS

PAPER PLANES Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DUSTY'S TRAIL: SUMMIT OF BORNEO Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BLOOD PUNCH Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MESSAGE FROM HIROSHIMA Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MOLLY MOON AND THE INCREDIBLE BOOK OF HYPNOTISM Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE--ROGUE NATION Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DARK WAS THE NIGHT Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

10 CENT PISTOL Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE OUTRAGEOUS SOPHIE TUCKER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ADVANTAGEOUS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CAFFEINATED Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

INSIDE OUT Rating: +3 on the -4 to +4 scale or 9/10

JURASSIC WORLD Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BIG GAME Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DAYS OF GRACE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE WOMAN IN BLACK: ANGEL OF DEATH Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

TIME LAPSE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

EX MACHINA Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

LAUGH KILLER LAUGH Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

1915 Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

24_DAYS Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

BECAUSE I WAS A PAINTER Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE GIRL IS IN TROUBLE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

UNDOCUMENTED EXECUTIVE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BIRDMAN: OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BOYHOOD Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SLEEP DEALER (2008) Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

A MOST WANTED MAN Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE WALKING DECEASED Rating: high +0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

WALTER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

DIGGING UP THE MARROW Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

QUEEN AND COUNTRY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

2014 Academy Award Nominees in Short Live-Action and Animation (2014)

UNBROKEN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SELMA Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PUMP Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

2014:

THE IMITATION GAME Rating: high +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

INSIDE THE MIND OF LEONARDO Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

POKER NIGHT Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE BABADOOK Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE IMMORTALISTS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

HOUSEBOUND Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

INTERSTELLAR Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

PELICAN DREAMS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DIPLOMACY Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

WAKE WOOD Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE DECENT ONE (DER ANSTANDIGE) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

HERO OF THE DAY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DRIVE HARD Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

BELIEVE ME Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FIELD OF LOST SHOES Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE SCRIBBLER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

ROCKS IN MY POCKETS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SEPTIC MAN Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

WET BEHIND THE EARS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

AFTERMATH Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

PARTICLE FEVER Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

GREASEPAINT Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DRIVEN: FROM WHEELCHAIR TO RACE CAR Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

REDWOOD HIGHWAY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

RIGOR MORTIS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

RIDE REPORT Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

LULLABY Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

KIDS' RIGHTS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

GODZILLA (2014) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

AS HIGH AS THE SKY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BEARS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

LIVING THINGS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE QUIET ONES Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

THE MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH (1959) Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

TOO SANE FOR THIS WORLD Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

UWANTME2KILLHIM? Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MARS (2010) Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

ODD THOMAS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

HAIRBRAINED Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE LEGO MOVIE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

VAASTU SHASTRA (2004) Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE TOWER Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE WIND RISES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE OUTSIDER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

FORWARD 13 Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

HER Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

LONE SURVIVOR Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BANSHEE CHAPTER Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2013:

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SAVING MR. BANKS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

NEBRASKA Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MAN OF STEEL Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

GO FOR SISTERS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WONG FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

FROZEN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ENOUGH SAID Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

ALL IS LOST Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

EERIE TALES (1919) Rating: unrated

12 YEARS A SLAVE Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THIS AMERICAN JOURNEY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE HUNT (JAGTEN) Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

NO PLACE ON EARTH Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

KISS OF THE DAMNED Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

THE ACT OF KILLING Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SHORT TERM 12 Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

EUROPA REPORT Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE PRIME MINISTERS: THE PIONEERS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE CASTLE PROJECT: COLORADO'S HAUNTED MANSION Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

GRAVITY Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

PRISONERS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

RED REIGN: THE BLOODY HARVEST OF CHINA'S PRISONERS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

LIFE TRACKER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

LUCKY EXPRESS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BARBARIAN DAYS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ELYSIUM Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

EVIDENCE Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

JUG FACE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ROBERT WILLIAMS MR. BITCHIN' Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

RUSHLIGHTS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

WHEN COMEDY WENT TO SCHOOL Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

PACIFIC RIM Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

WORLD WAR Z Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

Retrospective: CARNIVAL OF SOULS (1962) Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE HAPPY POET Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

NICKY'S FAMILY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE STROLLER STRATEGY Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

MUD Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

AMERICAN COURTESANS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

FRANCES HA Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

1-900-TONIGHT Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

SAVE THE FARM Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS (1999) Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

DECEPTIVE PRACTICE: THE MYSTERIES AND MENTORS OF RICKY JAY Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

OBLIVION Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DESPERATE ACTS OF MAGIC Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

FAMILY WEEKEND Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MAY I BE FRANK Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

HAVA NAGILA (THE MOVIE) Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

FROM UP ON POPPY HILL Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

QUARTET Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

COIN TOSS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SIDE EFFECTS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SUPERPOWER Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

DIRTY ENERGY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

KOCH Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DJANGO UNCHAINED Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

UPRISING Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

2012:

LES MISERABLES Rating: +4 (-4 to +4) or 10/10

THE IMPOSSIBLE Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

CONNECTED Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

HITCHCOCK Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

ANNA KARENINA Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

LIFE OF PI Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

LINCOLN Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SKYFALL Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

IN THE FAMILY Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

ARGO Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

FRANKENWEENIE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SIMON & THE OAKS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE MASTER Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

LOOPER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ARBITRAGE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ADVENTURES IN PLYMPTOONS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SUPER HERO PARTY CLOWN Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE POSSESSION Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

SERVING UP RICHARD Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE BOURNE LEGACY Rating: low 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

SEDONA Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

TRUE WOLF Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

IT IS NO DREAM: THE LIFE OF THEODOR HERZL Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE INTOUCHABLES Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE DETECTIVE'S LOVER Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PATRIOCRACY Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MARY PICKFORD: THE MUSE OF THE MOVIES Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PORTRAIT OF WALLY Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

PROMETHEUS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

EXTRATERRESTRIAL Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

NORMAL Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

NORMAN MAILER THE AMERICAN Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE AVENGERS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE (1958) Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

FROM THE OTHER SIDE Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DOWNTOWN EXPRESS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

LOSING CONTROL Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

TEEN A GO GO Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FROM TIME TO TIME Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

JOHN CARTER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

LONDON RIVER Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SHADOW OF AFGHANISTAN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

A SEPARATION Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: LASZLO & VILMOS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2011) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ETHOS: A TIME FOR CHANGE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE FORGOTTEN BOMB Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

SLEEPING BEAUTY (2011) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2011:

BURKE AND HARE (2011) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE ARTIST Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MISS MINOES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

HUGO Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

NOW & LATER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10.

THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE LAST CIRCUS Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

J. EDGAR Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

FORCE OF NATURE: THE DAVID SUZUKI MOVIE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE DESCENDANTS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

TREE OF LIFE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4 scale) or 8/10

PROJECT NIM Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE WAY Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

COSMIC VOYAGE (1935) Rating: unrated due to language barrier

IMAGINE IT! Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MONEYBALL Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

50/50 Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DRIVE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

EVERYDAY SUNSHINE: THE STORY OF FISHBONE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

TROLLHUNTER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

LITTLE SENEGAL Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CONTAGION Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2 Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

TEST PILOT PIRX Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ROMEO AND JULIET IN YIDDISH Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

SHOLEM ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

SUPER 8 Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

QUEEN OF THE SUN: WHAT ARE THE BEES TELLING US? Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

HELLO LONESOME Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THOR Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FAT, SICK, & NEARLY DEAD Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MEETING SPENCER Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

HANNA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

PAUL Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

JOHNNY BE GONE Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

SOURCE CODE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

LIMITLESS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CAT RUN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE LINCOLN LAWYER Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

CANNES MAN Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE DESERT OF FORBIDDEN ART Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

BARNEY'S VERSION Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

RANGO Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

UNCORKED Rating: Good.

THE ILLUSIONIST Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

COLD WEATHER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

SONG AT MIDNIGHT (1937) Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

EL SUPERSTAR: THE UNLIKELY RISE OF JUAN FRANCES Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

THE KING'S SPEECH Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MADE IN DAGENHAM Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

2010:

TRUE GRIT (2010) Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4)or 8/10

LET ME IN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CASINO JACK Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FOUR LIONS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

BLACK SWAN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MONSTERS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

SOUTH OF THE BORDER Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

TEMPLE GRANDIN Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

MACHETE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE AMERICAN Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

FOR MY WIFE... Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WATER WARS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MY DOG TULIP Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

DVD Review: YOO-HOO MRS. GOLDBERG

PIRANHA 3D Rating: low 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SOUL KITCHEN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE STONE TAPE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

COLIN FITZ LIVES! Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

INCEPTION Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

DESPICABLE ME Rating: low +1 (-4 to 4) or 5/10

TOY STORY 3 Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

NOTHING Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CYPHER Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

THE MINI Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

SPLICE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

VALHALLA RISING Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

EXAM Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WHIZ KIDS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE NATURE OF EXISTENCE Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE Rating: +0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

FINAL GIFTS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CITY ISLAND Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE GHOST WRITER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MUTANTS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ATTACK OF THE VEGAN ZOMBIES! Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

AFGHAN STAR Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

COASTING Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SHUTTER ISLAND Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE WOLFMAN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

PHYLLIS AND HAROLD Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE HURT LOCKER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

A SINGLE MAN Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE LOVELY BONES Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

PONTYPOOL Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

UP IN THE AIR Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

BETWEEN THE FOLDS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

2009:

AVATAR Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

9 Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE YOUNG VICTORIA Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CRAZY HEART Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

INVICTUS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

FANTASTIC MR. FOX Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

BRIGHT STAR Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE SECOND BEST SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE EVER MADE Rating: -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10

OUTRAGE Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

WORLD'S GREATEST DAD Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE STONING OF SORAYA M Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

GUNS ON THE CLACKAMAS: A DOCUMENTARY Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

MARY AND MAX Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE INFORMANT! Rating +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

PONYO Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS Rating: high +0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

BROKE: THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

IN THE LOOP Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

COLD SOULS Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

DISTRICT 9 Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

I SELL THE DEAD Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FISSURE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BILL PLYMPTON'S DOG DAYS

A DOG OF FLANDERS Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

LOVELY BY SURPRISE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE BROTHERS BLOOM Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE RISING: BALLAD OF MANGAL PANDEY Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

OFF JACKSON AVENUE Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DEAD SNOW Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

RIP! A REMIX MANIFESTO Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

DRAG ME TO HELL Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

UP Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

UNMISTAKEN CHILD Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

YOO-HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

UNDER OUR SKIN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

A GRIN WITHOUT A CAT Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

STAR TREK Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DVD Review: History Channel Presents: The Prehistoric Collection

REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

FOREVER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

KNOWING Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SITA SINGS THE BLUES Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

FERMAT'S ROOM Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

SKILLS LIKE THIS Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WATCHMEN Rating: -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10

FORBIDDEN LIE$ Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

HEARTS AND MINDS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE READER Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CORALINE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

FROST/NIXON Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MILK Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

LIFELINES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DEFIANCE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

2008:

VALKYRIE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

IF I WERE DICTATOR Rating: high -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE WRESTLER Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

CHE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ADAM RESURRECTED Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

HORROR IN THE WIND Rating: +0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

QUANTUM OF SOLACE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

APPALOOSA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

HOW ABOUT YOU Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

RELIGULOUS Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WE ARE WIZARDS Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

DVD Review: Smothers Brothers Comedy Album: The Best of Season 3

ACE IN THE HOLE Rating: high +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

GHOST TOWN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE HANDS OF ORLAC (1924) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE MAN FROM EARTH Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

THE BEAT GENERATION Rating: -1 (-4 to +4) or 3/10

TRAITOR Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

HAMLET 2 Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

THE DARK KNIGHT Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (2008) Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MONGOL Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WALL-E Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE INCREDIBLE HULK Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

TRUMBO Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE LIFE I LIVED Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

CHRONICLES OF AN EXORCISM Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

IRON MAN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE COUNTERFEITERS Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

YELLA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

GOOGLE ME Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

REFUSENIK Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CRAP SHOOT: THE DOCUMENTARY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FODOR'S HAMLET Rating: low 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

WAIT UP HARRIET Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

JELLYFISH Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

AMERICAN ZOMBIE Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

THE BANK JOB Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

COLD DECEMBER Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

CHOP SHOP Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

DEAR MR. WALDMAN Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

WAR MADE EASY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

ROAD TO VICTORY Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

CLOVERFIELD Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

THERE WILL BE BLOOD Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

2007:

SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

GOLDEN DOOR Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

I AM LEGEND Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ATONEMENT Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE ORPHANAGE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

JUNO Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE SINGING REVOLUTION Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

BEOWULF Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

YIDDISH THEATER: A LOVE STORY Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

AMERICAN GANGSTER Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

GONE BABY GONE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

MICHAEL CLAYTON Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

EASTERN PROMISES Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

PLAGUES & PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

3:10 TO YUMA Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

GOLDA'S BALCONY Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

A NEW WAVE Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

THE INVASION Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ZEBRAMAN Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

FLATLAND: THE MOVIE Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

STARDUST Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

RATATOUILLE Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

IN BETWEEN DAYS Rating: high 0 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

OCEAN'S THIRTEEN Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

GYPSY CARAVAN (WHEN THE ROAD BENDS: TALES OF A GYPSY CARAVAN) Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

AWAY FROM HER Rating: +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

THE PROMISE (WU JI) Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BLACK Rating: low +3 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

SUPERMAN (1980, Telugu language) Rating: -2 (-4 to +4) or 1/10

THE NAMESAKE Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

GRINDHOUSE Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

MEET THE ROBINSONS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER Rating: low +1 (-4 to +4) or 5/10

300 Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE LAST MIMZY Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

ZODIAC Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

FLATLAND: THE FILM Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

ADAM'S APPLES Rating: low +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

VENUS Rating: high +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

AMAZING GRACE Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE ASTRONAUT FARMER Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

BREACH Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

NOTES ON A SCANDAL Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

DRACULA (2006) Rating: +0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA Rating: high +2 (-4 to +4) or 8/10

DRAKULA ISTANBUL'DA (DRACULA IN ISTANBUL)

PAN'S LABYRINTH Rating: high +3 (-4 to +4) or 9/10

FROM OTHER WORLDS Rating: +1 (-4 to +4) or 6/10

THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10

CHILDREN OF MEN Rating: 0 (-4 to +4) or 4/10

(A MORE COMPLETE ARCHIVE BACK TO 1986 IS HERE .)

My observations on political bias in American film .

An explanation of the "-4 to +4 rating scale" including a list of my +4 films .

The Internet Movie Database is a site I use a lot.

Book Reviews

1453: The Holy War For Constantinople And The Clash Of Islam And The West by Roger Crowley

1776 by David McCullough

The Best American Science Writing 2007 by Gina Kolata and Jesse Cohen

The Curious Child by Donni Floyd

Frankenstein: A Cultural History by Susan Tyler Hitchcock

Heavenly Intrigue by Joshua and Anne-Lee Gilder

I Was a TV Horror Host by John Stanley

Into The Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale by Andy Murray

Irreligion by John Allen Paulos

The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini

The Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll

The Man who Saved Britain by Simon Winder

Marley & Me by John Grogan

Rats: Observations On The History And Habitat Of The City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan

Scorpion's Gate by Richard E. Clarke

The Terrible Hours by Peter Maas

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalid Hosseini

Three Cups of Tea by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson

Tuva or Bust! by Ralph Leighton

Travel -- Logs of our most recent trips: (Warning: the linked texts are long!)

Round Trip NewJersey to Texas (August-September, 2013)

Costa Rica (January, 2013)

Southern Africa: South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Botswana (January-February, 2012)

Reno and the Parks of California, Oregon, and Nevada (August, 2011)

The Atlantic Provinces of Canada (July-August, 2009)

Southeast Wyoming (August 2008)

New Jersey to the Canadian Rockies (June-August, 2007)

Northwest United States (April-May, 2007)

Hawai'i (April-May, 2006)

New Jersey to Arizona, Round Trip (June-July, 2004)

Cross Country (May-June, 2003)

North Central United States (June-July, 2002)

Bangor, Maine (September-October, 2001)

Vietnam and Singapore (March, 2001)

Las Vegas and the Mojave Desert (July, 2000)

Ireland (May-June, 2000)

Paris (November, 1999)

Australia (August-September, 1999)

Turkey (April-May, 1998)

Southeastern United States (August-September, 1997)

Vancouver and Alaska Cruise (July-August, 1977)

Japan (October, 1996)

Edinburgh Festival and Wales (August-September, 1995)

Utah and the Four Corners area (May, 1995)

Baltics, Finland, Sweden (October, 1994)

Northern India (October, 1993)

Arizona and New Mexico (October, 1992)

Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic (September, 1992)

Eastern Europe (June, 1991)

Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore (October, 1990

Benelux (August,1990)

London, Brighton, and Scotland (August, 1987)

Comments on Las Vegas, December 2003

Science Fiction -- My wife, the charming Evelyn Leeper , and I edit one of what is perhaps only two weekly science fiction fanzines in the country, THE MT VOID. Feel free to browse our back issues here which are recent or here which are older . This link gives all the news of the last day that refers to "science fiction" or "sci-fi." I find it useful.

The following are files published for Millennium Philcon, The Year 2001 World Science Fiction Convention:

Neglected Fantasy and Science Fiction Films
Mathematical Science Fiction

This link takes you to the BBC site for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Other Interests:

Recreational Mathematics . My perpetual calendar formula is here . More mathematics is available at this history site. A paper by me is here. And here is Steve Seiden's fabulous Theoretical Computer Science Cheat Sheet.

On-line Books especially ones about the fantastic. Also the Baen Library, and the Classic Library.

Origami .

Golems

Radio Drama

See a galaxy in 3-D

Klingon Birds of Prey chasing USS Enterprise. Models made during an origami workshop at Chicon 7. All figures invented by me.

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Impressive optical illusion: stare at the cross and see what happens to the circle of dots.

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The Dubious Wisdom of Mark Leeper:

On the war on terrorism: the liberals don't know that the house has radon gas, and the conservatives do but are trying to punch it.
-- Mark Leeper

Live TV died in the late 1950s, electronic bulletin boards came along in the mid-1980s, meaning there was about a 25-year gap when it was difficult to put your foot in your mouth and have people all across the country know about it.
-- Mark Leeper

Oh what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive.
So if deception doth attract us we must have a lot a practice.
-- Mark Leeper

These days the news media feels comfortable only when they are covering a major trial. That is because it is exciting to some, it sits in one place, and there only too rarely is shooting.
-- Mark Leeper

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: and when I was a man I decided how foolish it would be to give all that up.
-- Mark Leeper

They say that life begins when the kids go away to school and the dog dies. But no man whose wife believes that can rest easily.
-- Mark Leeper

Give a man a fish and you have fed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you have fed him for life. Give a fish a vote and he will say to give the man just the one fish, preferably one that is already dead.
-- Mark Leeper

The problem with turning 50 is that dying is about the only thing left that people can be surprised that you did so young.
-- Mark Leeper

The greatest political opportunist of all time has to be God. Somehow He always manages to say just exactly what His audience is predisposed to believe.
-- Mark Leeper

Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. Those who trust history are condemned to be misled by it. Nothing happens the same way twice.
-- Mark Leeper

[On hearing Freeman Dyson speak...] A sufficently visionary scientist is indistinguishable from a crackpot.
-- Mark Leeper

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