Wednesday, December 31, 2014

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:
Inside Llewyn Davis

Sunday, December 28, 2014

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

Sunday, December 21, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, December 7, 2014

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.


Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill in 22 Jump Street
22 Jump Street - Time to do it again.

Saturday, November 29, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, November 23, 2014

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.

movie Come and See
Come and See - Nothing good comes from war.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

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.

Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly - Violence begets violence.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

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.


Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar
Interstellar - Humankind strives to survive.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, October 26, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, October 19, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, October 12, 2014

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.

movie Tron
Tron - It's all about that light cycle.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

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.

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

Sunday, September 28, 2014

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.


Guy Pearce in The Rover
The Rover - He really wants his car back.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

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.

Tom Hardy in Locke
Locke - Simple in approach, amazing in execution.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, September 7, 2014

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.


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

Sunday, August 31, 2014

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.


Jake Gyllenhaal in Enemy
Enemy - Running in circles.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

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.

Jude Law in Dom Hemingway
Dom Hemingway - An affable rogue.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

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.

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

Sunday, August 10, 2014

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.

Emile Hirsch, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch in Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor - A harrowing tale of brave men.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

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.

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

Sunday, July 27, 2014

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.


Richard Gere in Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs - Richard Gere prepares for a friendly chat.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

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.
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