Oscar time is upon us and this is one of my favorite things to do. There are 289 candidates this year, up from 265 last year. Let's hope that means they are of better quality but probably not. I've seen 54 so far.
My color coding means:
My color coding means:
Possible Top 10 Candidate (I haven't seen everything yet, so my list is not (ever) finalized)
Seen it
Must see ASAP
Will see eventually
Should see, but don't want to
Will never watch and I'm offended that they could be even remotely considered for Best Picture
Some have no coloring which means they are not on my radar for at all. I have nothing against low-budget films or kids movies or even bad movies. I do have a problem with expensive Hollywood crap and unnecessary, agenda-forcing malarkey and anything with Tyler Perry, but don't we all?
ABOUT TIME - Another movie from the director of Love Actually that I will never watch.
ADMISSION - I like 30 Rock so much better than her movies.
ADORE
AFTER EARTH
AFTERNOON DELIGHT
AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS - methodical, ethereal, and any other word that means boring.
ALL IS LOST
ALONE YET NOT ALONE
AMERICAN HUSTLE - I thought J-Law was better here than in Silver Linings Playbook.
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES - I would be excited for Elf 2, but not for this.
THE ARMSTRONG LIE - It used to be titled The Road Back.
ARTHUR NEWMAN
AT ANY PRICE
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
AUGUSTINE
BAGGAGE CLAIM
BALLAD OF RUSTOM
BATTLE OF THE YEAR - Chris Brown is in it. Do what you will.
BEAUTIFUL CREATURES - I didn't read the book.
BEFORE MIDNIGHT - It was so harsh at times
THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY
BETWEEN US
THE BIG WEDDING
BLACK NATIVITY
THE BLING RING - Attractive, self-important rich people - who's stealing from whom exactly?
BLUE CAPRICE
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
BLUE JASMINE - In the midst of all the backlash, this movie is not kind to women at all.
THE BOOK THIEF
BRAVE MISS WORLD
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
BROKEN CITY
BULLET TO THE HEAD
THE BUTTERFLY'S DREAM
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS - It was kind of long and you knew how it ended.
CARRIE - the 3rd remake plus there's a weird sequel. No one remembers the 1952 movie with Lawrence Olivier - thanks for nothing, Stephen King.
CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN
CLEAVER'S DESTINY
CLOSED CIRCUIT
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
THE CONDEMNED
THE CONJURING - I wish Patrick Wilson would be in more movies I'm not afraid to watch.
COPPERHEAD
THE COUNSELOR
DALLAS BUYERS CLUB - He got really skinny, but it wasn't mind-blowing.
DANCING ON A DRY SALT LAKE
DEAD MAN DOWN
DELIVERY MAN
DESPICABLE ME 2 - Someone was named Ramsbottom and no gay jokes were made.
DIANA
DISCONNECT - Not really.
DON JON - ScarJo chewed gum in every scene, but I didn't fast-forward - YAY me!
DOWN THE SHORE - James Gandolfini guilt.
DRINKING BUDDIES - I like Jake Johnson and Chicago movies, but not this one so much.
THE EAST
ELYSIUM - It took me forever to recognize Sharlto Copley, but that was the only thing keeping me interested.
EMPEROR
ENDER'S GAME - I didn't read this book either, but it does have Harrison Ford.
ENOUGH SAID - I hate having to watch things that will make me sad.
EPIC
ERNEST & CELESTINE
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH
ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW
ESCAPE PLAN
EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN - Viggo Mortensen speaks Spanish.
EVIL DEAD - Can it be better than the movie I've never seen?
THE FAMILY
FAST & FURIOUS 6 - I've never seen one and will continue that streak.
THE FIFTH ESTATE
FILL THE VOID
FILLY BROWN
FOR NO GOOD REASON
47 RONIN
42 - Good enough.
FRANCES HA
FREE BIRDS
FREE CHINA: THE COURAGE TO BELIEVE
FROZEN
FRUITVALE STATION - Good but kind of manipulative.
GAHAN WILSON: BORN DEAD, STILL WEIRD
GANGSTER SQUAD
GETAWAY
GIMME SHELTER - It's already the title of a movie featuring a band that has far more longevity than Vanessa Hudgens (even after that guy died at Altamont).
GIMME THE LOOT
GIRL MOST LIKELY - Not-so-high hopes dashed by excessive weirdness.
GIRLS AGAINST BOYS
GLORIA - The third movie with this title, though new plot.
GO FOR SISTERS
A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD - meh.
GRACE UNPLUGGED - It's about a Christian teen-aged singer - do what you will.
THE GRANDMASTER
GRAVITY- So much heavy breathing; it would have been worse if she were chewing gum.
THE GREAT BEAUTY
THE GREAT GATSBY - I really do like Baz Luhrmann's vision and style.
GROWN UPS 2
GRUDGE MATCH - For the record, Deniro is 70 and Stallone is surprisingly 67.
THE HANGOVER PART III-Almost as terrible as the 2nd one, which is one of the worst movies ever.
HANSEL & GRETEL WITCH HUNTERS
A HAUNTED HOUSE
HAUTE CUISINE
THE HEAT - Sandra Bullock was trying way too hard.
HER - I wanted it to be better. It's no Lars and the Real Girl.
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
HOLLYWOOD SEAGULL
HOMEFRONT
THE HOST
HOURS
HOW I LIVE NOW
HOW SWEET IT IS - Joe Piscopo's triumphant return?
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE - amazing adaptation of the best book in the trilogy.
THE HUNT
I USED TO BE DARKER.
THE ICEMAN
IDENTITY THIEF - You saw the commercials; the only surprise is how unnecessarily long it is.
IF I WERE YOU
IL FUTURO
I'M SO EXCITED!
THE IMPALER
IN A WORLD...
IN THE FOG
THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE
THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS - That cat better make it.
INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 - Come on, Patrick - at least guest star on Girls again.
INSTRUCTIONS NOT INCLUDED
THE INTERNSHIP
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN
IRON MAN 3 - So women force men to change and not be cool anymore?? Sobriety ruins interesting people.
JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA
JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR - Did Mariska Hargitay give the OK on this?
JEWTOPIA
JOBS.
KEVIN HART: LET ME EXPLAIN
KHUMBA
KICK-ASS 2
KILL YOUR DARLINGS
THE KINGS OF SUMMER
LABOR DAY
THE LAST EXORCISM PART II
THE LAST STAND - Really, Forest Whitaker, really??
LAST VEGAS
LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER - I was more interested in the casting of the Presidents - they got more bizarre as the movie went on.
THE LEGEND OF SARILA
A LETTER TO MOMO
LIVE AT THE FOXES DEN
THE LONE RANGER - I'm shocked at whatever money it did make at the box office.
LONE SURVIVOR
THE LORDS OF SALEM - Maria Conchita Alonso, you can do better than Rob Zombie nonsense.
LORE
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED
LOVELACE - Peter Sarsgaard being creepy again.
MACHETE KILLS
MAMA
MAN OF STEEL - I didn't like this at all and thought Michael Shannon was way out of place.
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
MENTAL
METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER
THE MISSING PICTURE
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY - You know...
MORNING
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES - I really don't read enough.
MOVIE 43
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - I wanted to love this; Nathan Fillion & Tom Lenk are great.
MUD - I didn't recognize Reese Witherspoon at first, but nothing else was memorable.
MUMIA: LONG DISTANCE REVOLUTIONARY
MURPH: THE PROTECTOR
THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING!
NEBRASKA - Is this what happens to Saul Goodman after Breaking Bad?
99% - THE OCCUPY WALL STREET COLLABORATIVE
FILM
NO ONE LIVES
NOTHING LEFT TO FEAR
NOW YOU SEE ME - I always aspired to be a con artist.
OBLIVION - Tom Cruise talks about sports like he actually has seen them.
OFFICER DOWN
OLDBOY
OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN
ONE CHANCE
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US - I want to shave all of their heads.
ONLY GOD FORGIVES
OUT OF THE FURNACE
OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL - Yeah, like blondes aren't evil.
THE PACKAGE - Dolph Lundgren alert!
PAIN & GAIN
PARADISE: LOVE
PARANOIA - Liam Hemsworth - forever unclean!!! (because he boned Miley Cyrus)
PARKLAND
THE PAST
THE PATIENCE STONE
PAWN
PAWN SHOP CHRONICLES - Norman Reedus and Lukas Haas together at last!
PEEPLES
PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS - didn't read the books or see the first one.
PHILOMENA - I thought Steve Coogan's presence would make it funnier - not so much. But it's another reason to hate the Catholic church!
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES
PLANES -I appreciate not having to look at Dane Cook, but I don't want to listen to him either.
POPULAIRE
PRINCE AVALANCHE
PRISONERS - pretty long
PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA THE MOVIE
-REBELLION-
THE PURGE
REACHING FOR THE MOON
RED 2 - pretty standard.
REDEMPTION
RENOIR
RIDDICK
RIO 2096 - A STORY OF LOVE AND FURY
ROMEO & JULIET
RUNNER RUNNER
RUSH
SALINGER
THE SAPPHIRES
SAVING MR. BANKS
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY - Maybe if the commercial aired less, it would have piqued my interest more.
SHADOW DANCER
SHORT TERM 12 - Disturbing but interesting to watch.
SIDE EFFECTS - forgettable.
A SINGLE SHOT
THE SMURFS 2
SNITCH
SOMM
SOUND CITY
SPARK: A BURNING MAN STORY
SPECIFIC INTENT 2
THE SPECTACULAR NOW
SPRING BREAKERS
THE SQUARE
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS - I liked it, but kind of fell asleep in the theater.
STATE 194
STILL MINE
STOKER - Just OK; it went in a direction I didn't like.
THANKS FOR SHARING
THIS IS MARTIN BONNER
THIS IS THE END - ruined by the Backstreet Boys, just like the 90s.
THOR: THE DARK WORLD - Loki's cool, Thor's hot - business as usual.
3 GEEZERS!
TIM'S VERMEER
THE TO DO LIST - dirty fun.
TO THE WONDER
TOURING TALKIES
TRANCE
THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL
TURBO
12.12.12 - I think this is the horror film and not the concert film.
12 YEARS A SLAVE - The title is a spoiler alert, but it does make me think of Hard to Watch: Based on the Novel "Stone Cold Bummer" by Manipulate
21 & OVER
TWICE BORN
2 GUNS
TWO: THE STORY OF ROMAN & NYRO
TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA CHRISTMAS - Larry the Cable Guy is in it.
TYLER PERRY'S TEMPTATION CONFESSIONS OF A
MARRIAGE COUNSELOR - This one has Kim Kardashian.
UNFINISHED SONG
UPSIDE DOWN
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
THE WALL
WARM BODIES - too lovey-dovey and a little long.
THE WAY, WAY BACK - Unfortunately for me, I aspire to be Sam Rockwell's character.
WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
WE'RE THE MILLERS - not bad and I love the line "I'm awake and I speak English."
WHAT MAISIE KNEW
WHITE HOUSE DOWN
WHY WE RIDE
THE WIND RISES
WINNIE MANDELA
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - I liked it, but it made me sad that I have zero sales skills.
THE WOLVERINE - same old same old. Looking forward to when all the X-Men are together.
WORLD WAR Z - Cool zombie movie but Brad Pitt can't pull off playing a guy named Gerry.
THE WORLD'S END - Disappointing ending to the Wright/Pegg/Frost trilogy.
YOSSI
YOU'RE NEXT
