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  • Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012

    ★★ Watched 31 Jan, 2013

    I cannot fathom the reason behind the accolades for this film. The plot is thin, the characters are at the low-end of two-dimensional, and while Wallis is adorable, she is nowhere near Oscar-worthy.

  • Purple Rain 1984

    ★★★ Rewatched 18 Jan, 2013

    Best soundtrack of the #80s, and probably top ten all-around album of the decade too.

  • L.A. Confidential 1997

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Jan, 2013

    Love this film from top to bottom. That being said, I don't now that Basinger deserved an Oscar, but she doesn't detract from the film.

  • Mirror Mirror 2012

    Watched 17 Jan, 2013

    D R E A D F U L. Worst movie I've seen in a long time that wasn't "so bad it's good".

  • The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 14 Jan, 2013

    I'm not sure why I had low expectations for this film, but they were entirely unfounded. Great fun!

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2012

    ★★★ Watched 12 Jan, 2013

    Cute. That's about it.

  • Zero Dark Thirty 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 11 Jan, 2013

    Wow open. Spectacular ending. Soft middle. My full review ...

    http://scribehardonfilm.wordpress.com/2013/01/12/zero-dark-thirty-where-the-history-channel-meets-lifetime/

  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005

    ★★★½ Rewatched 09 Jan, 2013

    And 8 years later Brad and Angelina are still married. You can see the chemistry here. Fun, check-your-mind-at-the-door actioner, with eye candy for everyone.

  • Pocahontas 1995

    ★★½ Rewatched 09 Jan, 2013

    I hadn't seen this in a long time. The animation has something of a 1940s throwback feel; not so much in the lines, but in the colors. As renaissance Disney animation goes, this is meh, though.

  • The Avengers 2012

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 09 Jan, 2013

    Love love love this movie. It's proof that popcorn can have quality.

  • Bernie 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 07 Jan, 2013 1

    McCaunaghey and MacLaine are VERY overrated here, but Jack Black is the good. The townspeople make the movie, though.

  • Silver Linings Playbook 2012

    ★★★★½ Watched 06 Jan, 2013

    1. If you haven't known, even to a mild degree, any of the dysfunction on display in this movie, I really need to meet your family.

    2. Bradley Cooper. Who knew?

    3. The Kevin Kolb jersey on Cooper's character's mom says SO much.

    4. Thank you, filmmakers, for sparing us the obligatory shot of the Rocky statue.