Movie-Review Archive by Title
- May 12 2010(500) Days of Summer (2009, Twitter review)0
- Feb 25 2010...Around (2008)0
- Apr 16 200421 Grams (2003)0
- Aug 13 200325th Hour (2002)1
- Jul 10 200328 Days Later (2002)1
- Jul 6 200728 Weeks Later (2007)0
- Nov 7 20034 Little Girls (1997)0
- Oct 15 20038 Mile (2002)0
- Dec 2 2003About Schmidt (2002)0
- Jun 21 2010Adoration (2008, Twitter review)0
- Dec 10 2009Adventureland (2009, Twitter review)0
- Nov 29 2005Afraid of the Dark (1991)0
- Sep 17 2003American Beauty (1999)0
- Mar 11 2004American Splendor (2003)0
- Mar 5 2004Angels in America (2003)1
- May 28 2010Antichrist (2009, Twitter reviews)0
- Jan 11 2010Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008, Twitter review)0
- Jul 26 2003Ararat (2002)0
- Sep 21 2005Aristocrats, The (2005)0
- Jun 15 2009Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007, Twitter review)0
- Apr 20 2007Babel (2006)0
- Aug 15 2005Batman Begins (2005)0
- Feb 20 2010Battlestar Galactica (2003-9, television, Twitter review)0
- Feb 17 2009Battlestar Galactica (season 1 [2004-5], television, Twitter review)0
- Sep 16 2009Battlestar Galactica (season 3 [2006-7], television, Twitter review)0
- Sep 11 2008Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)2
- Feb 8 2005Birth (2004)0
- Jan 31 2007Black Dahlia, The (2006), and The Illusionist (2006)0
- Feb 13 2010Blood Into Wine (2010)1
- Dec 20 2004Bourne Supremacy, The (2004)0
- Aug 18 2003Bowling for Columbine (2002)0
- Jun 12 2006Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Munich (2005)0
- Oct 2 2003Brokedown Palace (1999)0
- Aug 7 2006Caché (Hidden, 2005)4
- Aug 2 2006Calendar (1993, Opening Shot)3
- Dec 2 2007Camera (2000)1
- Mar 18 2008Candyman (1992)0
- Apr 11 2006Capote (2005)0
- Aug 28 2003Capturing the Friedmans (2003)0
- Feb 12 2004Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974)0
- Jun 13 2010Charlie Wilson's War (2007, Twitter review)0
- May 10 2007Children of Men (2006), Casino Royale (2006), and Borat (2006)0
- Oct 13 2006Chronicles of Narnia, The: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)3
- Apr 12 2005Closer (2004)0
- Dec 29 2003Cold Mountain (2003)0
- Aug 14 2004Collateral (2004) and Spartan (2004)1
- Sep 10 2003Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)1
- Sep 13 2005Constant Gardener, The (2005)0
- Dec 5 2007Contact (1997, and the 2007 Culture Snob version)3
- Feb 10 2004Cooler, The (2003)0
- Mar 11 2010Coraline (2009, Twitter review)0
- Sep 21 2005Crash (2005)0
- Oct 19 2009Cronos (1993, Twitter review)0
- Oct 2 2003Cruel Intentions (1999)2
- Jan 7 2004Dancer Upstairs, The (2002)0
- Jul 22 2008Dark Knight, The (2008)11
- Jul 21 2008Dark Knight, The (2008, haiku squared)6
- Jan 11 2006Dark Water (Honogurai mizu no soko kara, 2002)0
- Sep 8 2003Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985)0
- Mar 16 2005Dawn of the Dead (2004)0
- Apr 22 2010Dead Snow (Død Snø, 2009, Twitter review)0
- Mar 2 2007Departed, The (2006)0
- Feb 15 2007Descent, The (2005, essay and Not-So-Drunken Commentary Track)1
- Feb 1 2005Dirty Pretty Things (2002)0
- Mar 2 2009Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, 2007, Twitter review)0
- Jan 10 2006Dogville (2003)0
- Jun 8 2004Dolores Claiborne (1995)2
- Nov 21 2005Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005) and Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)0
- Oct 11 2004Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2004)0
- Aug 17 2003Donnie Darko (2001)0
- Oct 31 2009Drag Me to Hell (2009, Twitter review)0
- Oct 14 2009Duplicity (2009, Twitter review)0
- May 12 2010Education, An (2009, Twitter review)0
- Jun 10 2004Elephant (2003)2
- Feb 17 2009Encounters at the End of the World (2007, Twitter review)0
- Feb 7 2006Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)0
- Mar 24 2004Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)1
- Oct 1 2003Existenz (1999)0
- Aug 21 2003Eye of God (1997)0
- Dec 1 2003Eye, The (2002)0
- Dec 9 2004Eyes Without a Face (1959)0
- Aug 4 2010F for Fake (1973, Twitter review)0
- Jul 7 2004Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)3
- Apr 27 2010Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, Twitter review)0
- Sep 18 2003Fight Club (1999)0
- Oct 1 2003Fireworks (Hana-Bi, 1997)0
- Sep 29 2005First Person (2000-1, television)0
- Nov 10 2004Five Obstructions, The (2003)0
- Sep 23 2009Flight of the Conchords, The (season 2 [2009], television, Twitter review)0
- Apr 7 2004Fog of War, The (2003)0
- Mar 1 2009Frozen River (2008, Twitter review)0
- Aug 25 2006Game 6 (2006)0
- Mar 5 2005Garden State (2004)0
- May 6 2004Gates of Heaven (1978), People I Know (2002), and Invincible (2001)0
- Jul 13 2010Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (Män Som Hatar Kvinnor, 2009, Twitter review)0
- Jan 4 2006God Said, "Ha!" (1998)0
- May 2 2008Gone Baby Gone (2007)1
- Apr 21 2006Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)0
- Oct 22 2003Good Thief, The (2002)0
- Nov 12 2009Grace (2009, Twitter review)0
- Sep 1 2007Halloween (1978, Five Minutes audio commentary)0
- Oct 11 2009Halloween (2007, Twitter review)0
- Mar 21 2006Happy Endings (2005), MirrorMask (2005), and Asylum (2005)0
- Nov 23 2005Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)0
- Jun 24 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)0
- Jan 19 2010Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008, Twitter review)0
- May 16 2007Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001, essay by Doug Nelson)2
- Oct 12 2005History of Violence, A (2005)2
- Jul 17 2003Holes, novel (1998) and movie (2003)1
- Mar 28 2007Hollywoodland (2006), This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006), Art School Confidential (2006), Serenity (2005), and 13 Tzameti (2005)3
- Aug 8 2007Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968, essay and Five Minutes audio commentary)7
- May 14 2004House of Sand and Fog (2003)1
- Apr 7 2010House of the Devi, Thel (2009, Twitter review)0
- Jul 10 2003Hulk (2003)0
- Feb 6 2010Hurt Locker, The (2009, Twitter review)0
- May 7 2006I ♥ Huckabees (2004, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Feb 19 2004Idle Hands (1999)0
- Jul 2 2004In America (2002)0
- Jul 25 2008In Bruges (2008)0
- Mar 27 2009In Dreams (1999)3
- Jul 18 2010Inception (2010)2
- Jul 22 2006Incident at Loch Ness (2004, essay and Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Feb 13 2007Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)0
- Jan 14 2005Incredibles, The (2004)0
- Apr 3 2010Informant!, The (2009, Twitter review)0
- Jan 4 2010Inglourious Basterds (2009, Twitter review)0
- Nov 9 2006Inside Man (2006)1
- Oct 9 2003Insider, The (1999)0
- Nov 4 2004Intacto (2001)0
- Mar 16 2010Invention of Lying, The (2009, Twitter review)0
- Sep 26 2003Irreversible (2002) and Funny Games (1997)0
- Jul 13 2010It Might Get Loud (2008, Twitter review)0
- Oct 4 2005Jacket, The (2005) and The Grudge (2004)0
- May 29 2009JCVD (2008, Twitter review)0
- May 19 2007JFK (1991, Five Minutes audio commentary)1
- Mar 10 2006Junebug (2005) and Proof (2005)0
- Jun 10 2010Justified (season 1 [2010], television, Twitter review)0
- Dec 15 2005Kingdom, The (Riget, 1994, television)0
- Mar 25 2007Lady in the Water (2006, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Dec 14 2006Lady Vengeance (2005) and Hard Candy (2005)2
- Aug 24 2005Land of the Dead (2005)0
- May 11 2009Lantana (2001)0
- Nov 7 2003Last Days, The (1998)0
- May 16 2007Last Samurai, The (2003, essay by Doug Nelson)2
- Mar 17 2009Let the Right One in (Låt den Rätte Komma in, 2008, Twitter review)0
- Jan 7 2005Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)0
- Nov 14 2003Life Is Beautiful (1997)0
- Aug 11 2003Lion King, The (IMAX, 1994/2002)0
- Feb 19 2004Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1999)0
- Sep 14 2006Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006) and V for Vendetta (2006)0
- Aug 27 2003Lord of the Rings, The: The Two Towers (2002)0
- Feb 19 2004Lost in Translation (2003)0
- May 12 2010Lost ("Across the Sea" [2010], television, Twitter review)0
- May 14 2009Lost (season 5 finale [2009], television, Twitter review)0
- Nov 16 2005Lost (seasons 1-2 [2004-5], television)0
- Jul 10 2009Lovely by Surprise (2007)0
- Oct 9 2003Lulu on the Bridge (1998)0
- Jul 29 2005Machinist, The (2004)0
- Sep 8 2003Magnolia (1999), Boogie Nights (1997), and Hard Eight (1996)4
- Nov 10 2007Magnolia (1999, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- May 16 2007Magnolia (1999, Misunderstood Blog-a-thon essay)16
- Dec 20 2005March of the Penguins (2005)0
- Jan 3 2005Maria Full of Grace (2004)0
- Jan 18 2007Marnie (1964)0
- Dec 9 2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)0
- Apr 15 2010Masters of Horror: Imprint (2006, television, Twitter review)0
- Sep 15 2003Matchstick Men (2003)0
- Jul 10 2003Matrix Reloaded, The (2003)0
- Aug 7 2003May (2002)0
- Apr 15 2009Memento1
- Jul 16 2006Memento (2000, Opening Shot)0
- Jun 8 2010Messenger, The (2009, Twitter review)0
- Oct 26 2004Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)0
- Mar 30 2009Milk (2008, Twitter review)0
- Feb 22 2006Millions (2004) and Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)0
- Oct 2 2003Monster in a Box (1992)0
- Jul 23 2004Monster (2003)1
- Jan 15 2010Moon (2009, Twitter review)0
- Dec 17 2003Mothman Prophecies, The (2002)0
- Aug 4 2007Moulin Rouge (2001, Drunken Commentary Track)1
- Mar 16 2005Mr. 3000 (2004)0
- Jun 23 2008Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)0
- Jan 16 2006Murderball (2005)0
- Oct 2 2003Muse, The (1999)0
- Oct 11 2005My Architect: A Son's Journey (2003)0
- Nov 14 2003My Name Is Joe (1998)0
- Nov 11 2003Mystic River (2003)0
- Nov 21 2005Napoleon Dynamite (2004)0
- Apr 6 2007Natural Born Killers (1994)6
- Dec 12 2007No Country for Old Men (2007)4
- Sep 30 2003Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)0
- Jan 31 2006Oldboy (2003)0
- Jan 20 2005Open Water (2003)0
- May 12 2008Orphanage, The (El Orfanato, 2007)0
- May 10 2005Out of Time (2003)0
- Jan 24 2006Palindromes (2004)0
- May 20 2007Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Five Minutes audio commentary)2
- Feb 26 2006Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)0
- Jan 9 2010Paranormal Activity (2007, Twitter review)0
- Aug 1 2007Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006, essay and Five Minutes audio commentary)0
- Jul 22 2003Phone Booth (2002)0
- Jan 22 2004Pianist, The (2002)0
- Sep 30 2003Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)0
- Dec 30 2003Pieces of April (2003)0
- Feb 6 2009Planet Terror (2007, Twitter review)0
- Feb 13 2004Plumber, The (1979)0
- Feb 6 2007Prairie Home Companion, A (2006)1
- Mar 12 2007Prestige, The (2006, Drunken Commentary Track)2
- Nov 5 2006Prestige, The (2006, essay)0
- Nov 8 2005Primer (2004)0
- Sep 19 2003Psycho (1998)4
- Feb 23 2004Punch-Drunk Love (2002)5
- Mar 29 2009Quantum of Solace (2008, Twitter review)0
- Aug 27 2003Quiet American, The (2002), and The Hours (2002)0
- Oct 8 2003Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)0
- Mar 14 2009Rachel Getting Married (2008, Twitter review)0
- Sep 7 2007Ravenous (1999)0
- Feb 23 2005Ray (2004)0
- Sep 27 2005Red Eye (2005) and The Skeleton Key (2005)0
- Aug 12 2009Repulsion (1965, Twitter review)0
- Apr 2 2004Requiem for a Dream (2000)3
- Jul 13 2007Requiem (2006)0
- Sep 30 2004Rushmore (1998)0
- Aug 31 2006Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)1
- Mar 22 2005Saw (2004)0
- Oct 16 2003Secretary (2002)1
- Jul 17 2010Serious Man, A (2009)0
- Apr 9 2006Shattered Glass (2003, Drunken Commentary Track)0
- Apr 22 2004Shattered Glass (2003, essay)1
- Nov 11 2004Shaun of the Dead (2004), Super Size Me (2004), and Trembling Before G-d (2001)0
- Apr 18 2008Shining, The (1980)4
- Jun 21 2006Shopgirl (2005) and Silent Hill (2006)0
- Jan 24 2008Sicko (2007) and Infamous (2006)0
- Dec 22 2004Sideways (2004)0
- Apr 28 2005Sin City (2005)0
- Mar 2 2005Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Big Fish (2003), and The Barbarian Invasions (2003)0
- Jul 5 2006Slither (2006) and Ginger Snaps (2000)0
- Apr 15 2009Slumdog Millionaire (2008, Twitter review)0
- Sep 4 2003Smoke (1995)0
- Jun 14 2007Sopranos, The (2007, Five Minutes audio commentary on the finale)5
- Sep 29 2003Spellbound (2002)0
- Oct 27 2005Spider Forest (Geomi sup, 2004)0
- Aug 6 2004Spider-Man 2 (2004) and The Bourne Identity (2002)0
- Aug 1 2003Spider (2002)0
- May 10 2006Squid and the Whale, The (2005)0
- Jun 15 2009Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, Twitter review)0
- Jun 15 2009Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982, Twitter review)0
- Jun 1 2009Star Trek (2009, Twitter review)0
- Jun 29 2005Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith (2005)0
- Feb 2 2004Station Agent, The (2003)2
- Aug 21 2003Stepford Wives, The (1975)0
- Oct 28 2003Stone Reader (2002)0
- Feb 6 2009Strangers, The (2008, Twitter review)0
- Mar 18 2004Stuart Saves His Family (1994)0
- Apr 22 2010Sugar (2008, Twitter review)0
- Aug 28 2007Sunshine (2007)3
- Jul 11 2006Superman Returns (2006)0
- Aug 10 2006Syriana (2005)0
- Dec 3 2007T.R.A.N.S.I.T. (1997)1
- Jul 11 2009Tale of Two Sisters, A (Janghwa, Hongryeon, 2003, Twitter review)0
- Dec 6 2007Talk to Her (2002, on the internal [tee hee] short film Shrinking Lover)3
- Jun 11 2008Teeth (2007)1
- Oct 16 2009Tell No One (Ne Le Dis à Personne, 2006)0
- Sep 24 2009Tell No One (Ne Le Dis à Personne, 2006, Twitter review)0
- Dec 7 2007Terminal Bar (2003)2
- May 22 2006Thank You for Smoking (2006)0
- Feb 22 2008There Will Be Blood (2007) and Michael Clayton (2007)6
- Mar 10 2004There's Something About Mary (1998)0
- Jan 20 2004Thin Red Line, The (1998)0
- Dec 5 2009Thirst (Bakjwi, 2009, Twitter review)0
- Nov 16 2007Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2005)4
- Mar 4 2007Three Colors: Blue (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, 1993, Not-So-Drunken Commentary Track and opening-shot essay)0
- May 22 2010Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes, 2007, Twitter review)0
- Sep 14 2004Tin Drum, The (Die Blechtrommel, 1979)0
- Jun 30 2004Touching the Void (2003)0
- Jun 24 2010Treme (season 1 [2010], television, Twitter review)0
- May 25 2004Triplets of Belleville, The (2003)0
- Sep 20 2006Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2006)0
- Feb 27 2007Trouble Every Day (2001)1
- May 17 2007Truman Show, The (1998, Five Minutes audio commentary)5
- Aug 5 2010Unbreakable (2000)2
- Oct 2 2003Under the Skin (1997)0
- Jan 28 2007Unknown White Male (2005)4
- Apr 3 2010Up in the Air (2009, Twitter review)0
- Jun 7 2009Up (2009, Twitter review)0
- Aug 31 2005Vernon, Florida (1981)0
- Dec 27 2005Very Long Engagement, A (2004)0
- Mar 14 2009Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, Twitter review)0
- Jan 28 2005Village, The (2004)0
- Jul 8 2008WALL•E (2008)0
- Sep 13 2007When the Levees Broke (2006)3
- Apr 2 2006Where the Truth Lies (2005) and 2046 (2004)0
- Apr 22 2010Where the Wild Things Are (2009, Twitter review)0
- Sep 22 2003Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)0
- Aug 11 2003Winged Migration (2001)0
- Mar 7 2008Wire, The (2002-8, television)5
- Jun 10 2007Wire, The (2002-8, television, Five Minutes audio commentary)2
- May 31 2006Wolf Creek (2005)0
- Jun 8 2005Woodsman, The (2004)0
- Dec 12 2006Wordplay (2006), Cars (2006), Feast (2005), Don't Look Now (1973), Lonesome Jim (2005), Lost Highway (1997), and The Matador (2005)0
- May 19 2009Wrestler, The (2008, Twitter review)0
- Feb 16 2009Zodiac (2007, Twitter review)0
- Jul 7 2010[Rec] (2007, Twitter review)0
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