Listen for the crash of the cymbals.

Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Date Watched: 1/25/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: N/A
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 8

Synopsis: After witnessing a murder, a doctor learns about a political assassination that he'd report to the authorities if only someone hadn't kidnapped his son first.

The Good: Solidly ( Read more... )

I've got a job, a secretary, a mother, two ex-wives and several bartenders that depend upon me, and I don't intend to disappoint them all by getting myself slightly killed.

Title: North by Northwest
Date Watched: 1/21/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: 9
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 9

Synopsis: A man is mistaken for a spy and finds himself on a wild ( Read more... )

I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my squishy.

Title: Finding Nemo
Date Watched: 1/18/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: 7
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 8

Synopsis: A fish loses his son and must trek across the ocean with another fish to rescue him.

The Good: Possibly the most beautiful movie Pixar has ever made (though ( Read more... )

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.

Title: The Shawshank Redemption
Date Watched: 1/15/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: 10
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 9

Synopsis: An innocent man born with a silver spoon in his mouth finds himself in prison and must adjust to his new life.

The Good: Takes its time. Great performances and not a single false note in ( Read more... )

You are an obscure workman wanted for committing an extremely unpopular crime. Now which of us do you think the police will believe?

Title: Saboteur
Date Watched: 1/14/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: N/A
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 8

Synopsis: A soldier wrongfully accused of sabotage must uncover the real saboteur while fleeing from the police.

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We had to drown the gats, but we saved you a little black gitten.

Title: Monkey Business
Date Watched: 1/13/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: 9
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 7

Synopsis: The Marx Brothers get into trouble on a cruise ship.

The Good: Funny Marx Bros moments. One of their lesser movies, but still a lot of fun.

The Bad: Not nearly as ( Read more... )

If anything in life is certain... if history has taught us anything... it's that you can kill anybody

Title: The Godfather: Part II
Date Watched: 1/1/2013
Original Ranking Out of 10: N/A
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 9

Synopsis: The epic continuation of the first Godfather movie shows Vito Corleone's rise to power intercut with Michael's abuse of it ( Read more... )

He was a Harvard undergraduate. That might make it justifiable homicide.

Title: Rope
Date Watched: 12/30/2012
Original Ranking Out of 10: 10
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 8

Synopsis: Two men murder a man, put the body in a chest, and invite his friends and family over for a party.

The Good: Awesome camerawork in one of Hitchcock's darkest and ( Read more... )

Go sell chocolates you Heidi-motherfuckers. Go sell cuckoo clocks: we got your gold.

Title: Heist
Date Watched: 12/29/2012
Original Ranking Out of 10: 7
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 8

Synopsis: A veteran thief gets dragged into one last big score after having his face caught on a security camera.

The Good: Wonderful dialogue and great performances ( Read more... )

Now Kiko will live forever in this happy frog!

Title: The Cabin in the Woods
Date Watched: 12/28/2012
Original Ranking Out of 10: 7
Revised Ranking Out of 10: 7

Synopsis: A group of five college-aged friends spend the weekend in a haunted cabin while people in some sort of NASA-esque organization monitor them.

The Good: Very clever, injecting ( Read more... )