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  • 10 Cloverfield Lane 
  • 42 
  • 1917 (2019)
  • Alien ​
  • Aliens  
  • Alien: Covenant (2017) 
  • Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
  • All About Eve (1950) 
  • All The King's Men (1949) 
  • All the Money in the World (2017)
  • All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/ 1930) 
  • An American in Paris (1951)
  • Angels & Demons  
  • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) 
  • Annabelle (2014) 
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Annihilation (2018)  
  • Anon (2018)
  • Ant-Man (2015) 
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
  • The Apartment (1960) 
  • Aquaman (2018)
  • Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
  • Arrival 
  • Atomic Blonde (2017) 
  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  • Baby Driver (2017)  
  • The Babysitter (2017)
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 
  • Battle of the Sexes (2017)
  • Baywatch (2017)
  • Beauty and the Beast (2017) 
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
  • Ben-Hur (2016) 
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) 
  • The BFG (2016) 
  • Black Panther (2018)
  • Blade Runner (1982) 
  • Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
  • The Blair Witch Project  
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Bright (2017)
  • The Broadway Melody (1928/1929) 
  • The Bye Bye Man (2017) 
  • Caddyshack (1980)
  • Captain America (1990)
  • Captain America: Civil War  
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 
  • Captain Marvel (2019)
  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) 
  • Cars (2006) 
  • Cars 2 (2011) 
  • Cars 3 (2017)
  • Casablanca (1943) 
  • Casino Royale (2006)
  • Cavalcade (1933)
  • Cell (2016)  
  • The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
  • Cimarron (1930/1931)
  • The Circle 
  • Coco (2017)
  • Collateral Beauty (2016)  
  • The Color of Money (1986)
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982) 
  • Crawl (2019)
  • Creed (2015) 
  • Creed II (2018)
  • The Da Vinci Code  
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
  • Deadpool (2016)
  • Deadpool 2 (2018)
  • Deepwater Horizon 
  • The Deer Hunter (1978)
  • Destroy All Monsters 
  • Die Hard 
  • Die Hard 2 
  • Dinosaur (2000)
  • The Disaster Artist (2017) 
  • Doctor Sleep (2019)
  • Doctor Strange 
  • Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
  • Donnie Darko 
  • Don't Breathe (2016) 
  • Dr. No  
  • Draft Day (2014)
  • Dredd (2012)
  • Dunkirk (2017) 
  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  • Elf
  • The Emoji Movie (2017)
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 
  • Escape Room (2019)
  • The Expendables (2010)  
  • Extraction (2020)
  • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 
  • Fate of the Furious  
  • Fifty Shades of Grey 
  • Fifty Shades Darker (2017) 
  • Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
  • Final Destination (2000)
  • Finding Dory 
  • Fist Fight (2017) 
  • For Your Eyes Only 
  • The French Connection (1971)
  • From Here to Eternity (1953) 
  • From Russia With Love 
  • Furious 7 (2015) 
  • Game of Thrones (2011-2019)
  • Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
  • Get Out 
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
  • Ghostbusters (2016)
  • Ghost in the Shell (2017) 
  • Gigi (1958)
  • The Girl on the Train 
  • Glass (2019)
  • The Godfather (1972) 
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • Gods of Egypt
  • Godzilla (1954)  
  • Godzilla (1998)
  • Godzilla (2014)  
  • Godzilla 2000 (1999)
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
  • Godzilla Raids Again
  • Godzilla's Revenge 
  • Godzilla vs. Biollante 
  • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
  • Godzilla vs. Gigan
  • Godzilla vs. Hedorah 
  • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
  • Godzilla vs. Megalon
  • Godzilla vs. Monster Zero 
  • Godzilla vs. Mothra
  • Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster  
  • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
  • Going My Way (1944)  
  • GoldenEye 
  • Goldfinger 
  • Gone Baby Gone (2007) 
  • Gone Girl (2014)
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) 
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
  • Grand Hotel (1931/1932) 
  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
  • The Greatest Showman (2017)
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) 
  • Gremlins (1984)
  • Hacksaw Ridge  
  • Halloween (2018)
  • Hamlet (1948)  
  • Happy Death Day (2017) 
  • Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
  • Hellboy (2004) 
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
  • Home Alone (1990) 
  • Hoosiers (1986)
  • Hot Pursuit (2015)
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941) 
  • How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 
  • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) 
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) 
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
  • The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016) 
  • The Hurricane Heist (2018)
  • The Hustler (1961)
  • In the Heat of the Night (1967) 
  • In this Corner of the World (2016)
  • The Incredibles (2004) 
  • Incredibles 2 (2018)
  • Independence Day: Resurgence
  • Inferno   
  • Into The Woods (2014) 
  • The Intruder (2019) 
  • The Invisible Man (2020)
  • Iron Man (2008) 
  • Isle of Dogs (2018)
  • It (2017)  
  • It Chapter Two (2019)
  • It Follows (2015)
  • It Happened One Night (1934)
  • Jason Bourne
  • John Wick 
  • John Wick: Chapter 2 
  • John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) 
  • Joker (2019)
  • The Jungle Book (2016)  
  • Jurassic Park (1993) 
  • Jurassic Park III (2001) 
  • Jurassic World (2015) 
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
  • Justice League (2017) 
  • The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
  • King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
  • King Kong vs. Godzilla 
  • Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) 
  • Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang 
  • Knives Out (2019)
  • Kong: Skull Island 
  • La La Land (2016) 
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • The Legend of Hercules (2014) 
  • The Lego Batman Movie
  • The Lego Movie  
  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
  • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
  • Les Miserables (2012)
  • Life (2017)
  • The Life of Emile Zola (1937) 
  • Live and Let Die
  • Logan 
  • The Lost Weekend (1945)  
  • The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
  • Mamma Mia! (2008)
  • A Man For All Seasons (1966)
  • Man of Steel (2013) 
  • The Man with the Golden Gun
  • Marty (1955) 
  • Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
  • Max Steel (2016)  
  • The Meg (2018)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  • A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014) 
  • Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
  • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) 
  • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996) 
  • Mission: Impossible II (2000) 
  • Mission: Impossible III (2006)
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
  • Moana 
  • Molly's Game (2017)
  • Money Monster  
  • A Monster Calls (2016)
  • Monsters, Inc. 
  • Monster Trucks (2017)
  • Monsters University 
  • mother! (2017)
  • Mothra vs. Godzilla 
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) 
  • Mulan (1998)
  • The Mummy (2017) 
  • Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) 
  • My Fair Lady 
  • Mystic River (2003)
  • Nine Lives 
  • Nocturnal Animals 
  • Non-Stop (2014)
  • Norm of the North (2016)
  • Now You See Me 2  
  • The Nut Job 
  • Oliver! (1968)
  • On the Waterfront (1954) 
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 
  • Onward (2020)
  • Ouija (2014) 
  • Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016) 
  • Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
  • Paddington (2014) 
  • Paddington 2 (2018) 
  • Patton (1970)
  • Paul Blart: Mall Cop
  • Pete's Dragon (2016)
  • Pixels  
  • Pocahontas (1995) 
  • Pokemon Detective Pikachu (2019)
  • Pokemon: The First Movie (1998) 
  • Ponyo (2008) 
  • The Post (2017)
  • Power Rangers (2017)  
  • Predator (1987) 
  • The Predator (2018)
  • Predator 2 (1990) 
  • Predators (2010)
  • The Purge (2013) 
  • Quantum of Solace 
  • A Quiet Place (2018) 
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
  • Rampage (2018) 
  • Ready or Not (2019)
  • Rebecca (1940)  
  • Reign of Fire (2002) 
  • The Return of Godzilla
  • Return of the Jedi (1983)
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) 
  • Robin Hood (2018)
  • The Rock (1996) 
  • Rocky (1976)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 
  • The Room (2003) 
  • San Andreas (2015)
  • Sausage Party 
  • Saving Christmas (2014)
  • Scooby-Doo (2002) 
  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
  • The Secret Life of Pets  
  • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
  • Sharknado (2013) 
  • Shazam! (2019)
  • Silence (2016) 
  • Sing (2016)  
  • Sing Street (2016)
  • Skyfall  
  • The Snowman (2017)
  • Snowpiercer (2013)
  • Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) 
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
  • Son of Godzilla 
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
  • The Sound of Music (1965)
  • Spawn (1997) 
  • Spectre 
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
  • Split  
  • A Star Is Born (2018)
  • Star Wars (1977)
  • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)  
  • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) 
  • Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) 
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)  
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
  • The Sting (1973)
  • Storks (2016)
  • Suicide Squad 
  • Sully  
  • Tammy  
  • Terror of Mechagodzilla
  • Thunderball
  • Tom Jones (1963) 
  • Tomorrow Never Dies 
  • Total Recall (1990) 
  • Toy Story 4 (2019) 
  • Train To Busan (2016)
  • Trolls (2016)  
  • Twister (1996) 
  • Unbreakable (2000)
  • Unfriended (2015)  
  • Us (2019)
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)
  • Vacation (2015) 
  • The Vanishing (1988) 
  • Venom (2018)
  • Volcano (1997)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • West Side Story (1961) 
  • White Christmas 
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  • Wind River (2017)
  • Wings (1927/1928)  
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  • Wonder Woman (2017) 
  • Wreck-it Ralph 
  • X-Men (2000)
  • You Can't Take it With You (1938)​  
  • Your Name (2016)
  • Zootopia (2016)

Guidelines

Please note that I do not get paid to write reviews. I'm a guy who loves movies and I want to share my passion with you. The main thing to know is that I refrain from structuring my reviews as just several paragraphs that ramble and have no real structure to them. I organize my reviews to almost always have several features that are easily recognizable. They are as follows: 

Introduction: A brief report of what genres that the film falls under, as well as who the director is and if there are any notable stars in the film. Any significant awards (primarily Oscars) are mentioned, as well as any notable fun facts.

Story/Plot: A description of what the film is about. This may include minor, but important, plot details that almost always happen early on in the film. No major spoilers are EVER given here (because wouldn't that sort of defeat the purpose of watching?) 

General Comments: Basic thoughts and opinions that I have about the film. This varies in length depending on how much I cared for the film (or not).

High Points: Components of the film that are most worth mentioning. These are the best and most memorable parts of the film. Frequent high points include:

- An actor/actress' performance that deserves acclaim, or it could be the acting overall.
- A specific scene. For example, a thrilling car chase in an intense action movie.
- The soundtrack. To me, music is an essential component of film and an excellent soundtrack is worth mentioning.
- The story/plot.

Low Points: Weak-links and notable flaws within the film. These could be one of the sample high points mentioned above, only that they are bad instead of good.

Recommend?: A simple recommendation to see the film or not. Might be just yes or no, but I usually like to be more specific. It could be, "if you loved the first movie, then yes you should go see this sequel." It could also be, "This movie should not exist and it belongs in the trash. Don't see it and don't waste your money."

Grade: A grade that reflects my overall thoughts and beliefs about the film. Grades range from an A+ to an F. Each possible grade can be interpreted as follows: 

A+ : This is a grade that you will quite rarely ever see because I am very picky about giving it out. I would not be surprised if I don't give this grade more than 2-3 times a year for new releases. Masterful film-making with no flaws to speak of whatsoever. I do not consider any movie to be perfect, but movies getting this grade are pretty darn close to perfect. It is imperative of you to see this film if you love movies. 

A: Extremely well-made and crafted with great attention to detail and the elements of film-making. Any and all flaws are minor and do not diminish the film in any significant way. Highly recommended and certainly worth your time.

A- :  A worthwhile film that deserves a viewing. Just about everything works well with only one or two notable setbacks.  

B+ : Much the same as an A-, but nagging flaws are more noticeable and keep the film from being A-worthy. Even if the film doesn't seem to have a lot of flaws, its story/premise is not so vastly appealing so as to be deserving of an A. These are also films that usually don't take into consideration the idea of film as a true art form. A film that I would definitely not consider an all-time classic, but also one that I do not abhor one bit.

B :  Satisfactory with quality components, though it doesn't rise that far above being simply good. Nothing is horrible, but nothing is fantastic either.

B- : A film that I am indifferent towards. There are parts worth discussing, but there are also problems that can't be ignored.

C+ : The bad stuff is beginning to overtake what's good. Pretty much anything you might have appreciated is undermined by whatever shortcomings that the film has. Alright, but nothing to go out of your way to watch. Something to see if you're bored one day or if you just need to waste time. 

C : Middling and usually forgettable. One or two parts work, but the film is average at best.

C- : Not good. Maybe one or two redeeming factors, but really a poor film in my eyes. A film that I most likely would not want to re-watch. 

D+ : Too many problems to speak of. The film makes itself obvious that it's bad, and I see no way as to how it can be defended. One aspect is...alright. 

D : Almost bottom-of-the-barrel crap. Perhaps one, and only one, positive element. Everything else is wrong and makes me question why the film-makers thought it was a good idea. 

D- : Simply awful, no questions about it. Maybe a little bit of credit for trying something, but that's all. Why did this film get made and who are the idiots that gave the okay to this cinematic vomit? 

F : The worst of the worst. A complete disaster from top to bottom. Absolutely nothing works. This is an insult to people who love movies and everything about them. If a DVD or Blu-Ray ever comes into your line of sight, throw it into a field and burn it. Or give it to someone you hate. 

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