Good, Bad and Ugly

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Theatrical
Alien: The Director's Cut ****
The Thing (1982) ****
Prince of Darkness (1986) ***1/2
Halloween (1978) ***1/2
They Live (1988) ***1/2
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans ***
A Christmas Carol: Disney 3D (2009) ***
Inglourious Basterds ***
The Box ***
Thirst (Korea) ***
A Serious Man **1/2
Surrogates **1/2
The House of the Devil *1/2

The Films of Akira Kurosawa
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) ****
The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945) ***
No Regrets For Our Youth (1946) ***1/2
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) ****
Drunken Angel (1948) ****
The Quiet Duel (1949) **1/2
Stray Dog (1949) ****
Scandal (1950) **1/2
Rashomon (1950) ***1/2
The Idiot (1951) ***
Ikuru ***1/2
I Live In Fear ***


DVD/Home Video
L.A. Confidential: 2-Disc Special Edition (1997) ****
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) ****
Homicide: Criterion Collection (1991) ****
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie: Criterion Collection (1976) ***1/2
Samurai Rebellion: Criterion Collection (1967, Japan) ***1/2
Withnail & I: Criterion Collection (1986, UK) ***1/2
Life On Mars: The Complete Series (BBC) ***1/2
I Am So Proud Of You (Don Hertzfeldt) ***1/2
Kill!: Criterion Collection (1968, Japan) ***1/2
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980) ***1/2
Cloverfield ***1/2
Ashes To Ashes: Series 1 & 2 (BBC) ***
The Boat That Rocked (UK, 2009) ***
Broadway Danny Rose (1984) ***
Stardust Memories (1980) ***
Vicky Christina Barcelona ***
The Sky Crawlers (Japan) ***
Stella: Live In Boston ***
Sword of the Beast: Criterion Collection (1965, Japan) **1/2
Samurai Spy: Criterion Collection (1965, Japan) **1/2
Castaway on the Moon (Korea) **1/2
Kung Fu Chefs (Hong Kong) **1/2
Flesh and Bone (1993) **1/2
The Detective (1968) **1/2
Max Payne: Unrated **1/2
Som Tum (Thai) **1/2
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009, Japan) **
West 32nd (Korea) **
Bandidas (2006) **
Lady Cop and Papa Crook (HK) *1/2

Rifftrax
The Bourne Identity **1/2

Music
Miles Davis: The Complete "In A Silent Way" Sessions ****
Miles Davis: The Columbia Years (Vol. 1-4) ****
Big Trouble in Little China (score by Carpenter/Howarth) ****
The Detective (score by Jerry Goldsmith) ****
The Third Man (score by Anton Karas) ****
The Killers (score by Miklos Rozsa) ****
The Beatles: 2009 Remasters Box ****
The Vanishing (score by Jerry Goldsmith) ***1/2
The Sky Crawlers (score by Kenji Kawai) ***1/2
John Coltrane: Live at Birdland (1963) ***1/2
The 'Burbs (score by Jerry Goldsmith) ***1/2
Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Live ***1/2
Alien 3 (score by Elliot Goldenthal) ***
Mark Knopfler: Get Lucky ***
Colin James Hay: Looking For Jack (1987) **1/2
Clarence Clemons: Hero (1985) **1/2

Literature
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Ernest Hemingway) ****
Motherless Brooklyn (Jonathan Lethem) ****
Chinatown Beat (Henry Chang) ***1/2
Downtown (Ed McBain) ***1/2
The Hunted (Elmore Leonard) ***
Riding The Rap (Elmore Leonard) ***

Comics
Die Hard: Year One - #1&2 (Boom!) ***
Predator - #1&2 (Dark Horse) **1/2
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression - #1&2 (IDW) **