Movies I’ve Seen in 2013

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I watch a lot of movies and TV series, so this year (as of January 1, 2013) I’m going to write down the ones I watch so that I can remember come December! If you’re interested in seeing any of them, I can certainly share my thoughts. :)


::: Animation :::

• Arthur Christmas
• Brave
• Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic
• Hotel Transylvania
• Monsters University
• ParaNorman
• Rise of the Guardians
• The Road to El Dorado (omg, sooo slashy)
• Watership Down (bunnies being fucking brutal, man)
• Wreck-It Ralph (loved this-see my full review here)

::: Documentaries :::

• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
• Blackfish (very eye-opening)
• The Cove
• Ethos: A Time for Change
• Great White Shark
• The Invisible War
• Jerusalem
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
• Surviving Progress
• Terms and Conditions May Apply
• WikiRebels: The Documentary (entirely because Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Julian Assange)
• Worst in Show (all the drama of dog shows, except for the world’s ugliest dog)
• The Yes Men Fix the World

::: In-Theater Movies :::

• 12 Years a Slave
• 42
• American Hustle
• The Book Thief (curiously muted and unmoving)
• Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (unique experience, but too much slow-motion)
• The Dallas Buyers Club
• The Day of the Doctor (fun fannish experience)
• Dead Man Down
• Django Unchained
• Don Jon
• The East
• Elysium
• Ender’s Game
• The Family
• The Fifth Estate (full review here)
• Gangster Squad (didn’t really enjoy this one)
• Gravity
• The Great Gatsby
• The Hangover Part III
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (!!! Full review here.)
• Iron Man 3
• Jobs
• Les Misérables
• The Lone Ranger
• Mama
• Man of Steel (almost laughably bad, though pretty)
• Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (not good, but at least Jace is gorgeous)
• Now You See Me (great except for the resolution)
• Oz the Great and Powerful
• Pacific Rim
• Parker (laughably bad)
• The Place Beyond the Pines
• Prometheus
• Rush
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Snitch (decent propaganda to change drug enforcement laws)
• Spring Breakers
• Star Trek Into Darkness (review here)
• Stoker
• This is the End (actually very funny)
• Trance (the resolution is not as cool as the premise)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (fantastic; so far the best movie I’ve seen in 2013)
• The Wolverine


• The World’s End
• Zero Dark Thirty

::: Film (Newer) :::

• Beasts of the Southern Wild (really interesting and different, about one community's response to Hurricane Katrina)
• Beautiful Creatures
• The Campaign
• Casa de mi Padre (Christina Aguilera’s title song is better than the actual movie)
• The Dark Knight Rises (too long and Tom Hardy was wasted in this role; Catwoman is the best part of this)
• The Dictator
• Dredd
• Fat Kid Rules the World
• Flight
• A Good Day to Die Hard (yuck)
• The Heat
• John Dies at the End
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Mud
• Pitch Perfect (weirdly homophobic?)
• Premium Rush (sorry, JGL, this is too silly for me)
• Red Tails
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• The Sessions
• World War Z

::: Film (Older) :::

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• The Addams Family
• Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging
• The Blue Lagoon
• Charlotte Gray
• Conspiracy (omg, so good)
• Copenhagen (I preferred the radio play)
• Cracks (Eva Green, my fem!Sherlock, and Juno Temple, who was in Atonement with Benedict-awesome!)
• The Debt (for Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington being married!)
• Doctor Who (1996)
• Eichmann
• Equus (thanks, Daniel Radcliffe)
• Erin Brockovich
• The Exam (intriguing)
• The First Grader
• Flatland
• Four Brothers (Garrett Hedlund is so attractive)
• Four Lions (for Benedict’s cameo)
• Ghost World
• Holy Flying Circus (about Monty Python! Love!!)
• Houdini’s Death Defying Acts (lovely cast)
• I Know Where I’m Going!
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• The Karate Kid
• The Killer Inside Me
• Killing Bono (loved the guy from Misfits in this)
• Man on the Moon
• Mao’s Last Dancer
• Moon
• Moth Diaries (really liked this; great adaptation of one of my favorite books)
• Notes on a Scandal
• Orlando
• Perfect Sense (interesting movie about humanity losing their five senses; reminded me of thisprettywren’s Spectrum verse)
• Precious
• Shame
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (for...Benedict-related reasons...also, omg, so much slashiness between Kirk and Spock)
• The Truman Show
• Tucker: the Man and His Dream
• The Watch
• Win Win
• Wrecked (very slow, but I still love you, Adrian Brody!)

::: Film (Foreign) :::

• Black Book (Netherlands; a brilliant female spy in World War II)
• Doomsday Book (South Korea)
• Hero (China; rewatching one of my favorite movies ever!)
• I’m a Cyborg, but that’s OK (South Korea; cute mental institution love story)
• Incendies (France; epic story about a woman’s epically tragic life in the Middle East)
• The Intouchables (France; very touching story of a paralyzed man and his unconventional caretaker)
• Lady Vengeance (South Korea; women's prisons and awesomeness)
• Lust, Caution (China; a wonderful actress as a spy during World War II)
• The Raid: Redemption (Indonesia; love this storyline)
• A Separation (Iran; amazing film with great empathy toward each character)
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (China; very moving and so much femmeslash potential)
• Stalingrad (Germany; disturbing WWII drama)
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (South Korea)
• Thirst (South Korea; vampires!!)
• Three Extremes (China, South Korea, and Japan)

::: Radio / Podcasts :::

• The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (review here)
• Cabin Pressure (continues to be amazing)
• Copenhagen (with Benedict-amazing; review here)
• Neverwhere (review here)
• Welcome to Night Vale (review here; transcripts here)

::: TV / Drama :::

• 30 Rock (last season *cries*)
• Appropriate Adult (impressive, but I don’t feel that Dominic West should have beaten Benedict Cumberbatch in his Best Actor for TV BAFTA)
• Arrested Development
• Breaking Bad
• Broadchurch
• Brooklyn 99 (very, very funny)
• Community
• Doctor Who (with Matt Smith)
• Elementary (has really grown on me since the pilot)
• Game of Thrones
• Game Change
• Generation Kill
• Hannibal (mmm, cannibalism; review here)
• Hemlock Grove
• House of Cards (U.S.) (amazing, almost as good as the British version)
• How I Met Your Mother
• League of Gentlemen
• Mad Men
• Misfits (really great)
• The Neighbors (really adorable aliens-move-in-next-door trope; my favorite new show)
• The Office (U.S.) (last season *cries*)
• Once Upon a Time
• Orange is the New Black (review here)
• Parks and Recreation
• Rectify (with Adelaide Clemens from Parade’s End)
• Sleepy Hollow (so much fun; two great leads)
• White Collar

I will continue to update this at the end of each month, and we’ll see where we are at the end of the year!