The Weekly Movie Watch 2014 Year-End Review

Twenty-three volumes of the weekly watch were posted to the blog this year.

I watched one-hundred and fifty movies in the year, seventy-nine of which were recorded on the blog. Here are my top and bottom picks for the year. This is based simply on the movies I watched this year, not on what was released this year.

The Top 9:

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 23

This week I watched When the Game Stands Tall, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The November Man.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

When the Game Stands Tall - The inspirational high school football film.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 22

This week I watched Nothing, The Salton Sea, Trading Places, Snow on Tha Bluff.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Nothing - As strange as anything you'll ever see.

Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Review

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 21

This week I watched Blackfish, JCVD.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Blackfish - Some animals weren't meant for cages.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 20

This week I watched 22 Jump Street, Open Range, Sabotage, Exit through the Gift Shop.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

22 Jump Street - Time to do it again.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 19

This week I watched The Giver, Munich, Slap Shot.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

The Giver - A book adapted to film that isn't that bad.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 18

This week I watched Come and See, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, The Purge: Anarchy.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Come and See - Nothing good comes from war.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 17

This week I watched Killing Them Softly, The Best of Youth, Under the Skin, Kingpin.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Killing Them Softly - Violence begets violence.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 16

This week I watched Interstellar, Hercules, Million Dollar Arm.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Interstellar - Humankind strives to survive.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 15

This week I watched Hellion, Chronicles of Riddick.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Hellion -Hitting drink cans with a bat sums it up.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 14

This week I watched Titan A.E., Snowpiercer.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Titan A.E. - Amazing animation, though a cliche story.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 13

This week I watched The Fault in Our Stars.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

The Fault in Our Stars - Despite a unique story, it's still just a romance movie.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 12

This week I watched TRON, Bad Grandpa, Tokyo Story.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Tron - It's all about that light cycle.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 11

This week I watched Cold in July, The Frozen Ground.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Cold in July - It's time to cowboy up.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 10

This week I watched The Rover, Toy Story 2, The Magnificent Seven.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

The Rover - He really wants his car back.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 9

This week I watched Locke, THX 1138, A River Runs Through It.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

In the nine consecutive weeks this features has been running, I've reviewed thirty eight movies. That's an average of four reviews a week, helping you pick out nothing but the best.

Locke - Simple in approach, amazing in execution.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 8

This week I watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Raid 2: Berandal, Dil Chahta Hai, Lords of Dogtown.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier - The Captain is back.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 7

This week I watched Pet Sematary, The Raid: Redemption, Closed Circuit.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Pet Sematary - A graveyard next to an ancient burial ground? Seems harmless to me.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 6

This week I watched Enemy, Noah, Little Shop of Horrors, Goodbye World, Legends of the Fall, Dead Man Walking, Last Days, Leaving Las Vegas.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Enemy - Running in circles.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 5

This week I watched Dom Hemingway, The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Dom Hemingway - An affable rogue.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 4

This week I watched Fargo, Arlington Road, The Ringer, The Return of the Dragon, Transcendence, Breath In, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ESPN 30 for 30: Bad Boys, Philadelphia.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Fargo - There is no minimum standard to be a criminal, ya darn tootin'.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 3

This week I watched Lone Survivor, A Night in Old Mexico, Darjeeling Limited, Five Easy Pieces.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Lone Survivor - A harrowing tale of brave men.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 2

This week I watched War Horse, The Outlaw Josey Wales,

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

War Horse - The horse doesn't say a word yet steals the show.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 1

This week I watched Internal Affairs, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Winter's Tale, Blood Ties.

I watch movies every week and then write down my thoughts. Read my previous reviews!
My rating is simple, Watch It, It Depends, Skip it.

Internal Affairs - Richard Gere prepares for a friendly chat.

HBO's True Detective - Catch this Crime Caper

I was excited to watch the premiere of HBO's True Detective. I even encouraged friends and family to watch. Something I usually refrain from doing.

First, it's HBO, they have a reputation for well-made programming; they are the station to beat. Second, they managed to secure Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, film talents that signed on for a television show because they will only be a part of it for the first season.

True Detective will be an anthology. Each season will have a completely new cast and story- unrelated to the previous seasons.

The show has only one writer, Nic Pizzolatto, and one director, Cary Fukunaga. This is unique as televisions shows use different directors for each episode and a bevy of writers. What this means is a cohesiveness usually unattainable.

The season opened with a crime scene set in Louisiana. The characters Rust Cohle and Martin Hart discover a ritualistic killing. The story is told from two different points, during the original murder investigation in 1995 and in a retrospective in 2012.

The cinematography is impressive.