The Weekly Movie Watch 2015 Year-End Review

Fifty-two volumes of the weekly watch were posted to the blog this year. That's right I didn't miss a single week. I watched at least one movie each week, with my highest week at eight movies. Check out my previous reviews!

I watched one-hundred and sixty-one movies in the year. 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.
Check out the 2014 Year-end review. 

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 75

This week I watched Viridiana.

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.

Viridiana -Tragedy befalls the moral one.

Ridiculous 6 Netflix Movie Review

The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

The Ridiculous 6 - It's just not funny.

Jessica Jones Season 1 TV Review

Jessica Jones Season 1 (20015)

Created by: Melissa Rosenberg
Starring: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor , Eka Darville, David Tennant, Carrie-Ann Moss

Jessica Jones is a down on her luck private investigator that just happens to be hiding super powers, and she's hunting a villain with mind control powers.

A Very Murray Christmas Review

A Very Murray Christmas (2015)

Written by: Mitch Glazer, Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Bill Murray, Paul Shaffer, George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Rashida Jones

Bill Murray hosts a Christmas special in New York during a big blizzard.

The Ridiculous 6 Movie Review

The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

Written by: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Starring: Adam Sandler, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Lautner, Rob Scneider, Luke Wilson, Nick Nolte, Harvey Keitel
Rated: TV-14

Adam Sandler is one of six half brothers who band together to find and then save their father.

The Terminator Movie Review

The Terminator (1984)

Written by: James Cameron
Directed by: James Cameron & Gale Ann Hurd; William Wisher Jr. (additional dialog)
Starring:  Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rated: R

Two soldiers are sent back to the past to find Sarah Connor, one to kill her and one to protect her.

Beasts of No Nation Movie Review

Beasts of No Nation (2015)

Written by: Cary Joji Fukunaga (screenplay),  Uzodinma Iweala (novel)
Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Starring:  Abraham Attah, Idris Elba
Rated: R

A civil war takes the lives of Agu's family, who is then drafted as a child soldier.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 74

This week I watched Inside Out, The Rules of the Game.

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.

Inside Out - Incredible story, incredible world building.

Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens Movie Review

Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015)
Written by: Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver
Rated: PG-13

Plot:
New and returning characters band together to aid the Resistance, stop the menacing First Order, and find someone that can win the war.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens - A return to form.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Review - SPOILER HEAVY

 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Written by: Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver
Rated: PG-13

New and returning characters band together to aid the Resistance, stop the menacing First Order, and find someone that can win the war.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Movie Review - SPOILER FREE

 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Written by: Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver
Rated: PG-13

New and returning characters band together to aid the Resistance, stop the menacing First Order, and find someone that can win the war.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Predictions

 Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Written by: Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver
Rated: PG-13

Our predictions and analysis based on the trailer.

A Very Murray Christmas Netflix Special Review

A Very Murray Christmas (2016)

A Very Murray Christmas - I expected more.

Chef Movie Review

Chef (2014)

Written by: Jon Favreau
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Bobby Cannavale, John Leguizamo
Rated: R

A top rated chef is demolished by a food critic, quits his job, opens a food truck and re-prioritizes his life.

Stretch Movie Review

Stretch (2014)

Written by: Joe Carnahan (screenplay), Jerry Corley & Rob Rose (story), and Joe Carnahan (story)
Directed by: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Ed Helms, James Badge Dale, Jessica Alba, Chris Pine
Rated: PG-13

Limo driver Stretch gets in over his head courting a crazy millionaire client for a big tip to pay off his bookie as he tries to avoid a rival driver and the cops.

Master of None Season 1 TV Review

Master of None Season 1 (20015)

Created by: Aziz Anasari & Alan Yang
Starring: Aziz Ansari , Noël Wells , Lena Waithe  

The personal and professional life of Dev, a thirty year old New Yorker played by Azia Anasari.

Malcolm in the Middle TV Review

Malcolm in the Middle (2000-2006)

Created by: Linwood Boomer
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan

Malcolm is a genius level kid in a dysfunctional family including an overbearing mother, immature father, dimwitted bully older brother, rebel military schooled older brother, and younger brother Dewey.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 73

This week I watched Ant-Man,  No Escape.

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.

Ant-Man - I've seen better.

The Weekly Movie Watch Volume 72

This week I watched Creed, Chungking Express, Chef, The Standford Prison Experiment.

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.

Creed - One of the better boxing movies.