Fall/Winter - 2011/2012

Theatrical Reviews:

The French Connection (1971)  ****

Battle Royale (2000, Japan)  ****

The Terminator (1984)  ****

True Romance (1993)  ****

Poltergeist (1982)  ****

Manhattan (1979)  ****

Annie Hall (1977)  ****

Hugo (3D)  ****

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (USA)  ***1/2

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol  ***1/2

The Adventures of Tintin (3D)  ***1/2

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy  ***1/2

War Horse  ***1/2

Drive  ***1/2

The Rum Diary  ***

Real Steel  **1/2

The Thing (2011)  **

DVD/Home Video:

Until The End of the World: Director's Cut (1991)  ****

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse  ****

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)  ****

American Graffiti (1972)  ****

Miller's Crossing (1990)  ****

Something Wild (1987)  ****

Harakiri (Japan, 1962)  ****

Ugetsu (Japan, 1953)  ****

Midnight Run (1988)  ****

1941 (1979)  ****

Enter The Void (France)  ***1/2

Kwaidan (Japan, 1965)  ***1/2

Onibaba (Japan, 1964)  ***1/2

Naked Lunch (1991)  ***1/2

High Fidelity (2005)  ***1/2

Beetlejuice (1988)  ***1/2

Insomnia (2002)  ***1/2

The American  ***1/2

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (HK)  ***

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1983)  ***

The Life and Legend of Buffalo Jones (1976)  ***

Space Battleship Yamoto (Japan)  ***

The Man From Nowhere (Korea)  ***

Hide In Plain Sight (1980)  ***

Snuff Box (UK, TV Series)  ***

Cyborg She (2008, Japan)  ***

Winnie The Pooh (2011)  ***

The Rain People (1969)  ***

Kuroneko (Japan, 1968)  ***

We're No Angels (1989)  ***

Promised Land (1987)  ***

The Town (2010)  ***

Shaolin (HK)  ***

Southland Tales: The Cannes Cut  **1/2

Ghostbusters 2 (1990)  **1/2

At the Sinatra Club  **12

Countdown (1968)  **1/2

Feeding Frenzy  **1/2

The Car (1977)  **1/2

Slither (1973)  **1/2

Woochi: The Taoist Wizard (Korea)  **

Lulu on the Bridge (1998)  **

Underworld (1997)  **

Drive Angry  **

Born To Raise Hell  *

The Films of Humphrey Bogart: 

The Petrified Forest (1936)  ****

Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)  ***

Dark Victory (1939)  ***1/2

High Sierra (1941)  ****

The Maltese Falcon (1941)  ****

Casablanca (1942)  ***

To Have and Have Not (1944)  ****

The Big Sleep (1946)  ***1/2

Dark Passage (1947)  ***

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)  ****

Key Largo (1948)  ****

In A Lonely Place (1950)  ***

The African Queen (1951)  ***1/2

Beat the Devil (1953)  **1/2

We're No Angels (1954)  ***

The Desperate Hours (1955)  ***1/2

Classic/Noir:

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)  ****

The Steel Helmet (1951)  ***1/2

Mystery Street (1950)  ***1/2

Pickup on South Street (1953)  ***

Satan Met A Lady (1936)  ***

Out of the Past (1947)  ***

Act of Violence (1948)  ***

The Hitch-Hiker (1953)  ***

Gun Crazy (1949)  ***

Murder, My Sweet (1945)  **1/2

Lady in the Lake (1947)  **1/2

The Maltese Falcon (1931)  **

Music/Spoken World:

Miles Davis: Elevator to the Gallows (soundtrack)  ****

Tom Waits: Bad As Me (Limited Edition)  ****

Scrooged: Danny Elfman (La La Land)  ****

Mitch Murder: Burning Chrome  ****

Blade Runner: EMS Recombination (soundtrack bootleg)  ***1/2

DJ Z-Trip & DJ P: Uneasy Listening, Volume 1 (2000)  ***1/2

The Adventures of Tintin (score by John Williams)  ***1/2

Beastie Boys: Hot Sauce Committee Part Two  ***1/2

Michael Ian Black: I Am A Wonderful Man  ***1/2

Die Hard: Michael Kamen (La La Land)  ***1/2

Explorers: Jerry Goldsmith (Intrada)  ***1/2

mc chris: Marshmellow Playground  ***1/2

Drive (original score/soundtrack)  ***1/2

Michael Ian Black: Very Famous  ***1/2

Dexter Gordon: Gotham City  ***1/2

Joe Bargar & the Soul Providers: Two Sides  ***

Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul (1969)  ***

The State: Comedy for Gracious Living  ***

Chrysta Bell & David Lynch: This Train  ***

David Lynch: Crazy Clown Time  ***

James Hyman: Pulp Mixin'  ***

mc chris: Race Wars  ***

Jeff Bridges (2011)  ***

Michael Showalter: Sandwiches & Cats  **1/2

Literature/Comics:

Frank Miller's Sin City: The Hard Goodbye  ****

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For  ***

Frank Miller's Sin City: The Big Fat Kill  ***

Frank Miller's Sin City: That Yellow Bastard  ****

Frank Miller's Sin City: Family Values  ***1/2

Frank Miller's Sin City: Booze, Broads & Bullets  ***

Frank Miller's Sin City: To Hell and Back  ***1/2

Woody Allen on Woody Allen (Stig Bjorkman)  ***1/2

The Blade Runner Sketchbook (Blue Dolphin)  ***1/2

Art to Choke Hearts & Pissing in the Gene Pool (Henry Rollins)  ***

Ghostbusters Infestation: #1 & 2 (IDW, miniseries)  ***

Ghostbusters #1 & 2 (IDW, monthly)  ***

Wolverine Noir (Marvel)  ***1/2

X-Men Noir (Marvel)  ***

X-Men Noir: Mark of Cain (Marvel)  **

Dennis Hopper: A Madness to His Method (Elena Rodriguez)  **1/2

Dennis Hopper: Movie Top Ten (Jack Hunter)  **

100 Bullets: First Shot, Last Call (DC/Vertigo)  **

Internet:

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review (Red Letter Media)  ***1/2

Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut (on youtube)  ***1/2

David Wain's Wainy Days (wainydays.com)  ***1/2

Black Lodge: "Twin Peaks" Atari 2600 Game  ***

2011: The Year's Ten Best Films:

The Tree of Life

13 Assassins

Midnight in Paris

Blank City

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two

Norwegian Wood

Drive

Hugo

The Booth at the End