Movies Watched in 2013
This is each movie that I watched in 2013. I watched about 350 so I'm still adding to it. Leave a comment!
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- DirectorGarry MarshallStarsSarah Jessica ParkerJessica BielAshton KutcherThe lives of several couples and singles in New York City intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.5.2 - Did not like it that much.
- DirectorHenry JaglomStarsMaggie WheelerGwen WellesMelanie WinterA man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.4.5 - Snooze Fest
- DirectorWilliam C. McGannStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Loretta YoungHenry KolkerYoung man (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) attempts to break up an engagement between a woman (Loretta Young) and an older man (Edmund Breon).6.0 - Nothin' special but a fun little film.
- DirectorD. Ross LedermanStarsJeffrey LynnJane WymanEdward Everett HortonComedy about an invisible man.6.7 -- Surprisingly funny.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsMartin FreemanIan McKellenRichard ArmitageA reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.7.5 but I didn't really care for it and personally it gets a 5.5
- DirectorGeorge ErschbamerStarsNicole de BoerPatrick MuldoonGig MortonA cynical workaholic gets suspicious of her banker father's sudden departure from his career and city life to move to a small town with unusually strong ties to Christmas.6.2 -- Gets a 9 for Christmasy feel. Not terrible.
(My 1st Christmas movie of 2013.) - DirectorRobert EnglundStarsStephen GeoffreysPatrick O'BryanJim MetzlerPeople who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.4.0 -- Robert Englund's directorial debut. Not scary, quite lame.
- DirectorRobert D. WebbStarsRichard EganDebra PagetElvis PresleyAt the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it.6.5 -- Elvis' big screen debut; decent western
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsElvis PresleyAnn-MargretCesare DanovaA race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.7.5 -- Forget Elvis, watch for Ann-Margret!
- DirectorArthur Greville CollinsStarsMargaret LindsayWarren HullAnita LouiseA maid helps her employers climb the social ladder and has a secretive interest in one particular socialite.5.5 -- B movie; nothing special.
- DirectorJean-Loup FelicioliAlain GagnolStarsDominique BlancBernadette LafontBruno SalomoneIn Paris, a cat who lives a secret life as a cat burglar's aide must come to the rescue of Zoe, the little girl he lives with, after she falls into a gangster's clutches.8.5 -- nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.
(My 1st non-English language film in 2013.) - DirectorLen WisemanStarsColin FarrellBokeem WoodbineBryan CranstonA factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall - a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led - goes wrong and he finds himself on the run.5.5 -- not great; have not seen original so can't compare.
- DirectorAlex MarchStarsRobert HortonDiane BakerSal MineoA dying marshal deputizes a drifter to deliver the two killers in his custody to prison. However, the new deputy must elude a pair of bounty hunters who want to deliver the prisoners themselves to collect the reward and would think nothing of killing the deputy to get them.5.0 -- Made-for-TV but has the feel of a big screen release.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsWinona RyderCatherine O'HaraMartin ShortWhen a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.7.8 -- Quite fun.
- DirectorJoseph SargentRichard CarpenterStarsCynthia GibbMitchell AndersonPeter Michael GoetzStory of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia.5.0 -- bits & pieces of her life. Meh.
- DirectorVirginie DespentesCoralie Trinh ThiStarsRaffaëla AndersonKaren LancaumeCéline BeugnotTwo young women, marginalised by society, go on a destructive tour of sex and violence. Breaking norms and killing men - and shattering the complacency of polite cinema audiences.1.5 -- Porn stars attempting to make a mainstream movie, complete with real sex. VERY bad.
(2nd non-English language film in 2013.) - DirectorGregory PoppenStarsTom ArnoldC. Thomas HowellBrooke LangtonWhen he discovers that his father is being transferred from Sunshine Beach to New York City, a boy has one week to turn his big crazy beach dog into a civilized indoor dog, while fending off dangerous dog-nappers on Christmas Eve.4.4 -- Tom Arnold way underused; not very Christmasy.
(2nd Christmas movie of 2013.) - DirectorLewis GilbertStarsRoger MooreLois ChilesMichael LonsdaleJames Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.6.5 -- Perhaps my least favorite Bond.
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsIrene DunnePat O'BrienJohn HallidayIn prohibition-era Manhattan, shopkeeper Mary Brown loses Aubrey, her childhood sweetheart, when he marries a rich woman. Reporter Steve "Rollo" Porter has lost his childhood sweetheart Elaine, who has also married another. Mary and Steve become friends, and make a marriage of convenience, based on a shared sense of whimsical humor as well as their mutual losses. When their old loves re-enter their lives a few years later, Mary and Steve must decide what is really important to them.6.0 -- One of two films with Irene Dunne & Myrna Loy.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsLiv UllmannKiefer SutherlandPeter DonatA teenage boy living in a Cape Breton coal mining community during the 1930's finds himself contemplating life and is haunted by a murder he witnessed in town.5.6 -- Canadian film, eh; Kiefer Sutherland's first starring role.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsFrank SinatraEdward G. RobinsonEleanor ParkerWidower Tony is trying to keep a small Miami hotel afloat while raising a 12-year-old son. He's forced to ask his harried brother Mario for help, but he'll only bail Tony out if he quits his bohemian lifestyle and marries a sensible woman.7.2 -- Oscar winning Best Song: High Hopes.
- DirectorBoris IngsterStarsPeter LorreJohn McGuireMargaret TallichetAn aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.7.7 -- Considered the first American film noir.
- DirectorMichael DamianStarsKatie McGrathRoger MooreSam HeughanAt the invitation of an estranged relative, a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas, where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.5.5 -- a.k.a. Christmas at Canturbury Hall; actually an okay Christmas movie!
(3rd Christmas movie of 2013.) - DirectorFilip MarczewskiStarsMateusz KosciukiewiczAgnieszka GrochowskaAnna PróchniakA young man entertains an unhealthy desire for his older and unstable half-sister.6.4 -- Polish film about brother-sister incest. Well done but wrong!
(3rd non-English language film seen in 2013.) - DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsLoretta YoungFranchot ToneRicardo CortezAn abused orphan sinks into a life of crime.7.8 -- Wild stuff for the early 1930's.