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What I’ve Watched In… December 2016
Favorite of the Month: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- I Am Santa Claus (2014), A
- A Christmas Carol (2009), B-
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983), B+
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964), D; RiffTrax Live Riff, B
- The Night Before (2015), B-
- Santa Claus (1959), F; Rifftrax Live Riff, B
- A Muppet Family Christmas (1987), A
- Snow (2004), B
- Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008), B
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978), A
- Christmas With Rifftrax: Santa’s Village of Madness, B
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940), A
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999), B+
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998), D
- Christmas Eve (2015), A-
- Scrooge (1970), B+
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), A-
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), A-
- Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979), B-
- Trading Places (1983), B
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989), A
- A Very Murray Christmas (2015), A-
- Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight (2015), B
- The Ref (1994), B+
- An American Christmas Carol (1979), B+
- Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy (2004), C
- Ebbie (1995), D
- Scrooge and Marley (2001), C-
- Die Hard (1988), A
- Home Alone (1990), A
- Santa’s Christmas Circus (1966), D; RiffTrax Riff, B
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), A+
- Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), A
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947), A
- It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), A+
- A Christmas Story (1983), A
- In the Good Old Summertime (1949), B
- Captain Phillips (2013), B+
- Hail, Caesar! (2016), B+
- Life of Pi (2012), A-
- 12 Years a Slave (2013), A
- Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016), C
- Night Shadows (1984), D-; RiffTrax Riff, B
- No Country For Old Men (2007), A-
- Keanu (2016), B
- 12 Angry Men (1957), A+
- Wild Things (1998), B
- The Sting (1973), A-
- Singin’ in the Rain (1952), A+
- The Jungle Book (2016), C+
- For the Love of Spock (2016), A
- Ghostbusters (1984), A
- Ghostbusters II (1989), B
What I’ve Watched In… November 2016
Favorite of the Month: Doctor Strange (2016)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- Hardcore Henry (2015), B-
- Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2016), A
- The Neon Demon (2015), C
- Doctor Strange (1978), C
- Time of the Apes (1987), D; MST3K Riff, B+
- Thinner (1996), C
- A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015), A
- Doctor Strange (2016), A
- Mascots (2016), B
- Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991), B+
- Star Trek Beyond (2016), A
- Spectre (2015), B-
- Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988), F
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988), B
- Teenage Caveman (1958), D; MST3K Riff, B
- My Fair Lady (1964), A
- Gunslinger (1956), D; MST3K Riff, B
- Fun in Balloon Land (1965), F; RiffTrax Riff, B+
- The Dwarvenaut (2016), C+
- The Addams Family (1991), B+
- Addams Family Values (1993), A-
- I Accuse My Parents (1944), D; MST3K Riff, A
- The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), D-; MST3K Riff, B
- Young and Beautiful (2013), C
- Mouse on the Mayflower (1968), C+
- Garfield’s Thanksgiving (1989), B+
- BC: The First Thanksgiving (1979), C
- Intergalactic Thanksgiving (1979) B-
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), A-
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1974), B+
- Planes Trains, and Automobiles (1987), A
- Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (2001), B
- Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999), B+
- Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004), B-
- Magic Christmas Tree (1964), F; RiffTrax Riff, A
- Gaslight (1944), B+
- Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972), F; RiffTrax Live Riff, B+
What I Watched In… September 2016
Favorite of the Month: Rope (1948)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- Pit and the Pendulum (1961), C+
- Superman (1978), A+
- Superman II (1980), B+
- Superman III (1983), C
- Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987), D
- Arachnia (2003), D; RiffTrax Riff, B
- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), A
- Blazing Saddles (1974), A
- Maggie (2015), B+
- Sex in the Comix (2012), B
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), A
- Contracted (2013), B-
- Contracted: Phase II (2015), C
- Coherence (2013), B+
- Sabotage (1936), B
- Trumbo (2015), B
- Deathgasm (2015), D
- The Phantom Carriage (1921), B+
- Black Swan (2010), A-
- Burying the Ex (2014), B
- Ex Machina (2015), A
- Lilo and Stitch (2002), B
- Psycho (1960), A+
- Psycho II (1983), D; RiffTrax Riff, B+
- DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016), B
- Hitchcock (2012), B+
- Horror of Dracula (1958), B
- Riding the Bullet (2004), C
- Ruby (1977), D; RiffTrax Riff, B
- Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015), B+
- The Fly (1986), B+
- Ghostheads (2016), B
- Holidays (2016), B-
- Monster House (2006), B
- Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006), B+
- Wayne’s World (1992), A-
- Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966), F; RiffTrax Live Riff, B+
- The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009), C
- Murder Party (2007), B
- Rope (1948), A
- Dreamcatcher (2003), C
- Trollhunter (2010), B
What I watched in… August 2016
Favorite of the Month: Room (2015)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- Kinsey (2004), B+
- Suicide Squad (2016), B+
- The Lobster (2015), A-
- Star Trek Beyond (2016), A
- Eegah (1962), F; MST3K Riff, B
- Mothra (1961), B; RiffTrax Riff, B
- Final Girl (2015), C+
- The Little Prince (2015), A-
- Fantastic Planet (1973), B
- Witching and Bitching (2013), B+
- The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959), B
- Room (2015), A
- The Dark Power (1985), F; RiffTrax Riff, A-
- Welcome to Leith (2015), B+
- Freaks of Nature (2015), A-
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), A
- Equinox (1970), C
- Big Eyes (2014), B+
- The Raven (1963), D
What I watched in… July 2016
Favorite of the Month: Star Trek Beyond (2016)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- Godzilla Vs. Destoroyah (1995), B
- Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002), B+
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964), B
- Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus (2000), B
- Godzilla Vs. Space Godzilla (1994), C+
- Godzilla (2014), A
- Red Dawn (1984), B; RiffTrax Riff, B+
- Bone Tomahawk (2015), A-
- The Neverending Story (1984), A-
- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1985), F; MST3K Riff, A
- Ring of Terror (1962), F; MST3K Riff, B
- Monster A-Go Go (1965), F; MST3K Riff, B-
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), A-
- Star Trek (2009), A
- Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), B
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), B
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), A+
- Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984), B+
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), B+
- Ghostbusters (2016), C-
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), C-
- Star Trek Beyond (2016), A
- Batman: The Killing Joke (2016) B+
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), A-
- Star Trek: Generations (1994), C+
- Star Trek: First Contact (1996), A-
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), C+
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), B-
- LEGO DC Comics Superheroes: Justice League-Gotham City Breakout (2016), B
- Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015), B
- Back to the Beach (1987), B
- Summer Rental (1985), B-
- Scooby-Doo (2002), C+
What I watched in… June 2016
Favorite of the Month: Zootopia (2016)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- Barbershop (2002), B
- Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), B+
- Beauty Shop (2005), B-
- Extraordinary Tales (2013), B+
- The Man From UNCLE (2015), B-
- Q, the Winged Serpent (1982), D
- Cujo (1983), C
- Brain of Blood (1971), F; Cinematic Titanic Riff, C
- The Corpse Vanishes (1942), D; MST3K Riff, B
- Castle Freak (1995), D+
- Zootopia (2016), A+
- Ghost in the Shell (1995), B
- Silver Linings Playbook (2012), A-
- Mystery Men (1999), B
- We Are Twisted F*cking Sister! (2014), B
- Project Almanac (2015), B+
- Unfriended (2014), B+
- The Bat People (1974), F, MST3K Riff, B
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), C-
- Fast and Furious (2009), B-
- The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971), F
- The Giver (2014), B
- All Work and All Play (2015), B-
- Buffalo Rider (1978), F; RiffTrax Riff B
- Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs (2008), B
- The LEGO Movie (2014), A+
- Colossus and the Headhunters (1963), D; MST3K Riff, B
- Finding Dory (2016), A
- The Monster Squad (1987), B
- The Last Shark (1981), D; RiffTrax Riff, B
- The Lost World (1960), B-
- Equilibrium (2002), D
- Addicted to Fresno (2015), B
- Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956), D; MST3K Riff, B
- Code Name: Diamond Head (1977), F; MST3K Riff, B
- The Phantom Planet (1961), D, MST3K Riff, B
- Tormented (1960), F; MST3K Riff, B
- Sleepaway Camp (1983), D+
- Independence Day (1996), A
- Independence Day: Resurgence (2006), B
What I watched in… April 2016
Favorite of the Month: Hush (2016)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
- The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), B+
- April Fool’s Day (1986), D
- Fateful Findings (2013), F
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1952), B
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), A-
- Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990), F; RiffTrax Riff, B
- House on Haunted Hill (1959), B-; RiffTrax Riff, B+
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), A
- My Dinner With Andre (1981), B
- The Blob (1958), B-
- The Beginning of the End (1957), D; MST3K Riff, A
- The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway (2011), B
- Divergent (2014), B
- Anastasia (1997), B+
- Cube (1997), B
- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991), D
- Cube 2: Hypercube (2002), B
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), A
- Cube Zero (2004), B-
- Astro Boy (2009), B-
- Hush (2016), A-
- Abar, the First Black Superman (1977), D
- Criminal (2016), C+
- Justice League Vs. Teen Titans (2016), B+
- Masters of the Universe (1987), C
- Time Bandits (1981), A
- Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922), B-
- Night of the Living Dead (1968), A; RiffTrax Riff, B
What I Watched In… December 2015
Favorite of the Month-Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
What I Watched In… September 2015
Favorite of the month: Black Mass (2015)
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
What I Watched In… July 2015
Favorite of the Month: Hector and the Search For Happiness
In the interest of full disclosure (and to generate a little content here) I thought I’d present a regular tally of what movies I managed to see in the previous month. Some of them I’ve written or talked about, most of them I haven’t. This list includes movies I saw for the first time, movies I’ve seen a thousand times, movies I saw in the theater, movies I watched at home, direct-to-DVD, made-for-TV and anything else that qualifies as a movie. I also choose my favorite of the month among those movies I saw for the first time, marked in red. Feel free to discuss or ask about any of them!
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