| Movie Title: | DVD Date: | Grade | Comments |
| 13 Going On 30 | Now | C | One funny scene as Garner hits on a boy, otherwise average. |
| 50 First Dates | Now | B- | Weak comedy surrounding sincere romantic story. Good ending. |
| After the Sunset | Now | C- | Very weak heist flick, though Hayek's curves are shown well, and Brosnan and Harrelson pair well. |
| Against the Ropes | Now | ||
| The Alamo | Now | B- | Billy Bob Thornton is great as Crockett, good music and cinematography, but uninspiring. |
| Alexander | Now | C- | Too long, Stone's epic talks a lot but says little. |
| Alfie | Now | F | Not romantic, not funny, Jude Law's eventual breakdown is the only scene worth seeing. |
| Alien vs Predator | Now | C- | Almost cool concept relating to human history, but it's just ridiculous action. |
| Along Came Polly | Now | C+ | Standard romantic comedy with a funny moment or two. |
| Anchorman | Now | B- | Too much like an SNL character. Baxter the Spanish- talking dog is probably the best part. |
| Around the Bend | Now | ||
| Around the World in 80 Days | Now | B- | One of Chan's weakest (for adults) roles. Coogan is good. |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Now | B+ | A compelling tragedy. Recommended. |
| The Aviator | Now | B- | Too long. Blanchett overdoes her Hepburn. I'd have cast Liev Schreiber or Hank Azaria for Hughes. |
| Barbershop 2: Back in Business | Now | C | Standard comedy. |
| Before Sunset | Now | B+ | Really a coda to Before Sunrise, the couple's last scene is excellent. Delpy sings a beautiful waltz. |
| Being Julia | Now | C- | Lucy Punch gives the best performance; Bening's diva is really annoying an unworthy of award. |
| Beyond the Sea | Now | B- | Enjoyable musical segments but the movie lacks a deeper connection with Darin the person. |
| The Big Bounce | Now | F | A waste of a good cast on a weak heist story. |
| Birth | Now | C+ | Excellent score, interesting cinematography (including great opening shot), Kidman looks scary and the plot twist is a letdown. |
| Blade [3]: Trinity | Now | B- | Ryan Reynolds is hilarious, he and Biel look great, but the vampire cast of characters is pathetic. |
| The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi | Now | D+ | Some blazingly quick sword action between long boring scenes is done in by ugly cgi blood. |
| Bluegrass Journey | Now | A- | Great docu on bluegrass, though I would have preferred an emphasis on traditional rather than contempory. |
| Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius | Now | B- | Nice cinematography but the Jones seems oversold in his sufferings. |
| Bon Voyage | Now | D | Adjani's character is unbearably annoying, as are the others in putting up with her. (in French) |
| The Bottom of the Sea | Unknown | C | Argentine film shown at the DC FilmFest. Great obsessive thriller ends with a dud. (in Spanish) |
| The Bourne Supremacy [2] | Now | B | The cinematography is more appreciated after the DVD extras, but I miss the romantic element of Bourne 1. |
| Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason | Now | C- | Standard romcom, but the insecurity becomes tedious. |
| Bright Young Things | Now | B- | The characters were bored with their spoiled lives, so how am I supposed to remain interested? |
| The Butterfly Effect | Now | B | Much better than expected, more a romance than sci-fi thriller. |
| Catwoman | Now | C- | The decent soundtrack and visuals kept this movie from being awful. |
| Cellular | Now | C+ | Decent chase action thriller, given suspension of disbelief. |
| The Chorus | Now | B | Pleasant movie that would have been better with more songs. (in French) |
| Christmas with the Kranks | Nov? | ||
| Clearing | Now | B- | Good thriller though a lack of action and dud ending. |
| Closer | Now | A- | Great movie in its dark dialogue and interactions, Clive Owen is the standout. |
| Code 46 | Now | C+ | Well shot, an interesting romance set in the future, despite plot believability. |
| Coffee and Cigarettes | Now | ||
| Collateral | Now | A- | Cruise plays my favorite character of the year. Great story structure. |
| The Cookout | Now | ||
| Criminal | Now | D | I like heist/con movies, but this one stretched disbelief too far. Nice appearance by Peter Mullan. |
| Danny Deckchair | Now | C+ | Decent romantic comedy. |
| Darkness | Now | C- | Yet another haunted house story. Yawn. |
| Dawn of the Dead | Now | F | The worst editing of the year, and most disgusting and pointless scene of the year. |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Now | C- | Awesome destruction sequences, but laughably bad dialogue and plot. |
| De-Lovely | Now | B- | Pleasant survey of Cole Porter's music. |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Now | B | Some good lines, and Justin Long's physical comedy is great. |
| Dogville | Now | F | I don't know where to begin on how bad this "movie" was. |
| The Door in the Floor | Now | C- | Melodramatic. |
| Downfall | Now | B+ | Interesting, very real-feeling almost documentary. I could have continued watching this all day. |
| The Dreamers | Now | C- | Well shot but otherwise pointless. |
| Ella Enchanted | Now | B | Cheap cgi, but Anne Hathaway is excellent. |
| Enduring Love | Now | C- | Intriguing, well shot opening gets wasted on generic stalker thriller with poorly written characters. |
| Envy | Now | F | Potential great comedic pairing just flops without anything funny. |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Now | A- | Hard to get into, but once you do, the ending is just perfect. |
| Eulogy | Now | ||
| Eurotrip | Now | C+ | Some decent laughs, but Matt Damon's song is hilarious(ly wrong). |
| Fahrenheit 9/11 | Now | ||
| Fat Albert | Now | ||
| The Final Cut | Now | B- | Great sci-fi premise just isn't served well by the weak and scatterbrained plot. |
| Finding Neverland | Now | B | A nice enough movie, but one that I'd expect to see on the Disney Family Channel. Young Peter is excellent. |
| Flight of the Phoenix | Now | C | Nice cinematography, but a pointless remake. |
| The Forgotten | Now | C- | Three great heart-stopping frights, but overall this is a lame thriller. |
| Friday Night Lights | Now | B | Thornton and the kids are good, but "Any Given Sunday" is better. |
| Garden State | Now | A | This movie lived up to its great trailer. My favorite movie of 2004. Great visuals, excellent compilation soundtrack. |
| Garfield The Movie | Now | ||
| The Girl Next Door | Now | B | Timothy Olyphant is the king of swagger, and Chris Marquette should become a big star. |
| Godsend | Now | F | Totally pointless horor, bad audio mix balance the dvd. |
| Goodbye Lenin! | Now | B | Clever comedy. (in German) |
| The Grudge | Now | ||
| Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle | Now | B- | Good natural acting (and funny Niel Patrick Harris cameo) in a standard comedy. |
| Harry Potter [3] and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Now | B- | Strangely quiet and dark, I was hoping for more fun adventure. |
| Head in the Clouds | Now | C- | No sympathetic characters. |
| Hellboy | Now | B- | The best parts of this were when Hellboy was flirting, away from the action. |
| Hero | Now | B | Too long and cyclic, the romance here lacks that of Crouching Tiger. Outstanding visuals. (in Mandarin) |
| Hidalgo | Now | B+ | Good adventure. |
| Highwaymen | Now | C- | Well shot chase sequences but an implausible story. |
| A Home at the End of the World | Now | F | Utterly boring drama, and I'm a Robin Wright Penn fan. |
| Home on the Range | Now | C- | Cuba Gooding Jr's horse got a couple laughs out of me. |
| Hotel Rwanda | Now | A- | Excellent drama, more claustrophobic not as downbeat as Schindler's List. |
| House of Flying Daggers | Now | B | Same as Hero, but with annoying cgi blood and endless endings. (in Mandarin) |
| I Heart Huckabees | Now | D | Wahlberg is good, but it's just too 'written,' too offbeat. Doesn't click. |
| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Now | D | Dull. Clive Owen smolders but catches fire. |
| I, Robot | Now | B | The robots impressed me more than when I first saw pics of them. |
| In Good Company | Now | A- | Consistently funny throughout, Topher and Quaid are excellent. |
| The Incredibles | Now | B | Laughed once or twice, after a slow beginning. Amazing visuals, but the story didn't match the teaser hype. |
| Infernal Affairs (Wu jian dao) | Now | B | Slow, and odd story elements (the women), but good police epic drama. |
| The Intended | Now | ||
| Intermission | Now | B- | Surprising role for Colin Farrell, decent comedy ensemble. |
| Jersey Girl | Now | C- | Not much rom or com in this romcom. |
| Kaena: The Prophecy | Now | F | Hard to watch animation, bizarre story. |
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 | Now | B | Better than the first, Michael Parks was great. |
| King Arthur | Now | C- | The effort to make this realistic made it boring. The enemy cast was awful. |
| Kinsey | Now | B- | Good story, poor cinematography. Sarsgaard was great. |
| Ladder 49 | Now | C | I like tragic remembrance stories like this, but it's too sleepy. "For Love of the Game" was better at it. |
| The Ladykillers | Now | B | Actually a very funny comedy if you get past the quirks. |
| The Last Shot | Now | D+ | Baldwin is pretty good, but the comedic beats are just off. |
| Laws of Attraction | Now | B- | Standard romcom doesn't have any fire to it. |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Now | B+ | The kids are excellent, Carrey's jabs at the "monkey" are great, fantastic visuals and soundtrack, but it's inconsistent in tone and tempo. |
| The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Now | C- | Just when it seems like it will be funny, it fails. Dafoe is probably the best part. |
| Lightning In a Bottle | Now | A | Excellent documentary and great collection of blues music. |
| Little Black Book | Now | ||
| The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra | Now | ||
| Love Me If You Dare (Jeux d'Enfants) | Now | C+ | Starts off clever, ends strangely. (in French) |
| A Love Song for Bobby Long | Now | F | Drowning in self-pity, Travolta is lousy playing a cliched character. |
| Luther | Now | C- | On the same religious-trial subject, "Messenger: Joan of Arc" is more interesting. |
| The Machinist | Now | A- | Excellent thriller feels like a spooky Hitchcock movie. Bale's physique is shocking. |
| Man On Fire | Now | B+ | Great character, overly aggressive cinematography. |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Now | C | This tried to hard to be thrilling |
| Maria Full of Grace | Now | B | Solid story, but not as gritty as it should have been for the subject matter. |
| Mean Girls | Now | B | Funny, but not great. Rachel McAdams is better in brunette. |
| Meet the Fockers | Now | B- | More of the same, Streisand is surprisingly (to me) not bad. |
| The Merchant of Venice | Now | B+ | Great cinematography, soundtrack, and performances, particularly Lynn Collins. Weak daughter subplot. |
| Million Dollar Baby | Now | A- | Huge unexpected story turn doesn't become a Lifetime channel hospice melodrama, though it should have. Flawed in hindsight. |
| Miracle | Now | A- | Slow buildup, but Russell's performance is excellent, as is the final action. |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | Now | B+ | Gets better and better further into the movie. Great footage of South America. (in Spanish) |
| Mr. 3000 | Now | ||
| Napoleon Dynamite | Now | A | Great acting by Heder in this offbeat comedy. I loved the 80s elements. |
| National Treasure | Now | B- | Entertaining adventure, but Cage/Voight are no Ford/Connery. |
| Ned Kelly | Now | B- | This version was better than Mick Jagger's. |
| Nobody Knows | Now | B | Good but it didn't hold my interest. (in Japanese) |
| Noel | Now | ||
| The Notebook | Now | B+ | Gosling is very good, Rachel McAdams is gorgeous. The elderly characters were too little too late to become as familiar. Good cinematography. |
| Ocean's Twelve | Now | B- | Fell well short of the first, though Damon had a better role. The plot is a mess. |
| Open Water | Now | D+ | Tragic, somewhat believable end, but a tedious work up to it. |
| P.S. | Now | C+ | A sexy but odd May-December romance with an ending that doesn't answer the big question. |
| Paparazzi | Now | C+ | Shamelessly pro death-to-paparazzi, but hey - so am I. |
| The Passion of the Christ | Now | A- | Moving, well shot, but the subject matter is off-putting, and characters hard to identify. |
| The Perfect Score | Now | ||
| The Phantom of the Opera | Now | C | Good music, Rossum was great, but bad audio-visual synch and a dumb story compouneded this too-long movie. |
| The Polar Express | Now | C+ | Good cgi is almost spooky in its facial movements. Feels like an impromtu story rather than classic tale. |
| Primer | Now | C+ | Great premise, but David Mamet's dialogue isn't this annoying. "huh?" finale. |
| The Prince & Me | Now | C+ | Some good flirting and sharp dialogue, but a stalled ending. |
| The Princes Diaries 2: Royal Engagement | Now | ||
| The Punisher | Now | D | One good fight scene saved this from an F, barely. |
| Ray | Now | A- | Great survey of his music, too long because of the dwelling on his childhood. |
| The Reckoning | Now | C- | A poor reflection of "The Name of the Rose. "Bettany stands out because he's the only one trying to perform. |
| Resident Evil [2] Apocalypse | Now | F | It shouldn't be that hard to make a passable blow-em-up action movie. |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | Now | C | Standard action, some interesting cinematography. |
| Riding Giants | Now | A- | Excellent visuals, interesting history of surfing and its practitioners. |
| The Saddest Music in the World | Now | F | Horrid story, ugly performances and cinematography. |
| Saved! | Now | B- | Okay satire, just a decade behind the curve. |
| Saw | Now | ||
| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Now | ||
| The Sea Inside | Now | B | Well done, but I remember "Whose Life is it Anyway?" being more compelling. |
| Secret Window | Now | ||
| Seducing Dr. Lewis | Now | B | Nice light comedy like "Waking Ned Devine," which is a little better. |
| Sex Is Comedy | Now | ||
| Shall We Dance? | Now | D+ | Tucci and Some brief heat by the annoyingly timid Lopez are the only notable points. |
| Shark Tale | Now | B- | Too short, but I thought Lenny was hilarious. |
| Shaun of the Dead | Now | A | Hilarious comedy and parody of the zombie genre. |
| Shrek 2 | Now | B+ | Boring first two thirds, hilarious third act enhanced by the minor characters, Incredibly beautiful graphics. |
| Sideways | Now | B+ | Solid comedy. |
| Silver City | Now | D | Poor performance by star Danny Huston, a So what? plot. |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Now | B- | Interesting, if not great, visuals. Great adventure story. |
| Soul Plane | Now | F | Lame. |
| Spanglish | Now | C | Leoni is scary and unsympathetic. Way too clunky, though Vega is funny and beautiful. |
| Spartan | Now | B | Great character and Kilmer performance, Mamet's dialogue manages to be not annoying. |
| Spider-Man 2 | Now | B | Good adventure and comedy, but unbelievable sci-fi. |
| The Spongebob Squarepants Movie | Now | ||
| Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall. . . and Spring | Now | B | Beautifully shot, requires patience. (in Mandarin) |
| Stage Beauty | Now | B- | Weak first half, excellent performance in the second half, steamy love scene. |
| Stander | Now | B+ | Great heist drama. |
| Starsky & Hutch | Now | C+ | Standard comedy. I was expecting more, based on Zoolander. |
| Stateside | Now | D | Dull, poorly executed. |
| The Stepford Wives | Now | D | Weak comedy. Are they robots, cyborgs, or human??? |
| Super Size Me | Now | A- | Excellent documentary, but missing on the exercise element. |
| Surviving Christmas | Now | D+ | Just didn't click until Applegate shows up, then I liked their chemistry. |
| Suspect Zero | Now | C+ | Another intense performance by Kingsley is wasted in this nongripping thriller. Interesting premise. |
| Taking Lives | Now | D | Unbelievable plot. |
| Taxi | Now | D+ | It made me want to buy a BMW 760, and date Jennifer Esposito, but skip the next Jimmy Fallon movie. |
| Team America: World Police | Now | B | Some long scenes, some great dialogue, cinematography, and action. |
| The Terminal | Now | C+ | Clunky romcom. |
| Thunderbirds | Now | C- | The sophisticated tv show dumbed down beyond adult acceptability, Kingsley is embarrassing. |
| To Kill A King | Unknown | C- | I like historical films, but this one didn't grab me. |
| Touching the Void | Now | A | Excellent thrilling documentary (best of the year) on survival. |
| Troy | Now | C+ | Good set pieces wasted on bad acting. |
| Turtles Can Fly | Now | C- | Different from American films, but it's too down. |
| The Twilight Samurai | Now | C+ | Not enough swordplay. (in Japanese) |
| Twisted | Now | D | Weak cop thriller. |
| Undertow | Now | F | Downer drama with no redeeming value. |
| The United States of Leland | Now | C- | Gosling doesn't cut it, Chris Klein actually turns out okay. Cheadle is good. |
| Van Helsing | Now | D+ | What a waste of potential. I actually laughed out loud at a movie out of contempt. |
| Vanity Fair | Now | C- | Boring, ambling narrative. |
| Vera Drake | Now | C+ | Good performance by Staunton, but I needed her character to get a stiff upper lip much sooner. |
| A Very Long Engagement | Now | B+ | Excellent cinemagraphy, but a romance needs interaction between the pair. (in French) |
| The Village | Now | B+ | Some scary moments, interesting twist, but potential plot holes. |
| Walking Tall | Now | C+ | Decent brawler. |
| Warriors of Heaven and Earth | Now | D | Boring. (in Mandarin) |
| We Don't Live Here Anymore | Now | C+ | Almost the same as "Closer" except not as good. |
| Welcome To Mooseport | Now | D | Almost no humor. |
| Wheel of Time | Unknown | C+ | Slow but interesting documentary on the trek to a Buddhist ceremony. |
| When Will I Be Loved? | Now | F | Ugh, what an obnoxiously bad... thriller? drama? none of the above? |
| The Whole Ten Yards | Now | D | Unfunny sequel. |
| Wicker Park | Now | ||
| Wimbledon | Now | C+ | Good casting, decent romcom, but lacks fire. |
| Win a Date With Tad Hamilton | Now | ||
| Without a Paddle | Now | B- | Some laughs. Dax Shepard is great. |
| The Woodsman | Now | B+ | Bacon manages to create a sympathetic character with uneasy subject material. |
| The Yes Men | Now | C+ | Somewhat funny documentary on activists making fun of the WTO. |
Last update: 11/30/2005 (The Polar Express)