• "There will Be Blood" (2007) theater 1/27
  • "Importance of Being Earnest" (1952) Michael Redgrave. Boring, old humor, tons of dialog, fell asleep
  • "Empire of ther Sun" (1987) Steven Speilburg, good story
  • "JFK" (1991) Oliver Stone.
  • "3:10 to Yuma" (2006) watched on DVD, liked it the 2nd time better
  • "Lifeboat" (1944) Alfred Hitchcock
  • "Assassination of Jesse James" (2007) couldn't get through it. Way to slow
  • "Elizabeth, The Golden Age" (2007)
  • "Executive Action" (1973) Burt Lancaster. JFK plot.
  • "David Gilmor, Remember that Night", music DVD
  • "Bugsy" (1991) Warren Beatty, good flick about early Vegas.
  • "Unconquered" (1947) Gary Cooper, about prerevolutionary days. Not very good.
  • "Return of Frank James" (1940) Henry Fonda. After jesse James is murdered, Frank goes after the guy that did it.
  • "Yankee Buccaneer" (1951) Jeff Chandler, pirate movie.
  • "Land of the Blind" (2006) Donald Sutherland, Ralph Fiennes. 3rd world coup
  • "A Star is Born" (1937) William Wellman dir.
  • "Call of the Wild" (1935) William Wellman dir. Clark Gable in Alaska
  • "Snow Cake" (2006) Sigourney Weaver as an autistic woman.
  • "Green for Danger" (1946) British war movie about an investigation for murder by a doctor.
  • "Scarecrow" (1973) Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, great character movie
  • "Nothing Sacred" (1938) William Wellman comedy with Fredic March. Boring.
  • "Fierce People" (2007) Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, weird, needed to be re-written
  • "Age of Violence" (1951) Van Heflin, Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan good noir. WW2 vet who ratted out his troops
  • "Gone Baby Gone" (2007) Ben Affleck dir. kidnap story in Boston
  • "No Country For Old men", theater
  • "Oscar Live Action Shorts" theater 2/18 Argentine Tango, At Night, The Mozart of Pickpockets, The Substitute, The Tonto Woman
  • "Amistad"
  • "Michael Clayton" theater
  • "2 Days in Paris" Julie Delpy
  • "Sailor of the King" 1953, Jeffrey Hunter, Wendy Hiller, WW2 British Navy film
  • "Valley of Elah" 2007 Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron
  • "King Rat" 1965 George Seigel
  • "Atlantic City" (1980) Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon
  • "La Vie en Rose" (2007) French film bio of Edith Piaf
  • "Stalag 17" (1953) William Holden

March

  • "Stage Door" (1937) Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers
  • "Breaker Morant" (1980) Australian Army court martial during the Boer War
  • "No Reservations" (2007) Catherine Zeta Jones
  • "Sabrina" (1995) Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear
  • "Beau Geste" (1939) Gary Cooper
  • "Border Incident" (1949) Roberto Montebaum Mexican border crossing film noir
  • "Dive Bomber" (1941) Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray Flight Surgeons at North Island
  • "Conversations With Other Women" (2005) Helena Bonham Carter
  • "Bride Came C.O.D." (1939) James Cagney, Bette Davis
  • "On The Beach" (1959) Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck
  • "Tin Star" (1957) Henry Fonda, Roddy MacDowell
  • "Bad and the Beautiful" (1952) Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner Gredsy Hollywood producer done in flashback.
  • "Flawless" (2008) (at theater) Demi Moore, Michael Caine
  • "Blow Up" (2006) 60's artsy movie, early Vanessa Redgrave
  • "French Connection" (1971) Gene Hackman, Roy Schneider

April

  • "Married Life" (2008) theater Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan
  • "Marnie" (1964) Tipee Hedren, Sean Connery
  • "Shalako" (1968) Sean Connery, Brigit Bardot Western
  • "Madeleine" (1949) Ann Todd, David Lean direction
  • "Manufactured Landscapes" (2007) docu on China capitalism
  • "Black Orchid" (1958) Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn
  • "Shine a Light" (2008) at theater, Rolling Stones
  • "Now, Voyager" (1942) Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains
  • "High Noon" (1952) Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly
  • "I See a Dark Stranger" (1943) Deborah Kerr
  • "The Good, the Bad, the Ugly" (1967) (theater)
  • "Chaos" (2005) Jason Staham
  • "Dam Busters" (1955) Michael Redgrave
  • "Roxy Hart" (1942) Ginger Rogers
  • "Some Like It Hot" (1959) theater
  • "Pink Panther" (1964) theater
  • "Juggernaut" (1974) Richard Harris, Omar Sharif
  • "All About Eve" (1950) Bette Davis, Anne Baxter

May

  • "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (2007)
  • "Priceless" (2006) Audrey Tautou
  • "Siren Song" (1962) Rock Hudson, Gena Rowlands, Burl Ives
  • "John Adams" (2008) HBO series
  • "Death at a Funeral" (2007) English comedy
  • "Once Upon A Time In the West" (1968) Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale
  • "Cream, Classic Artists" (2006) documentary
  • "Octobyr" (1927) Silent about Russian Revolution
  • "Dr. No" (1962) theater
  • "Rocky" (1976) theater
  • "Naked Spur" Anthony Mann western with James Stewart as a bounty hunter. Robert Ryan and a young Janet Leigh
  • "I'm Not There" (2007) Bob Dylan bio movie
  • "Zulu" (1964) Michael Caine
  • "Oxbow Incident" (1943) William Wellman dir., Henry Fonda
  • "This Man's Navy" (1945) William Wellman blimp movie
  • "American Gangster" (2007) Denzel Washington
  • "The Great Escape" (1963) at the movies Steve McQueen
  • "Yellow Sky" (1945) Gregory Peck, Anne baxter western by William Wellman
  • "How To Marry A Millionaire" (1953) Marilyn Monroe
  • "Three Came Home" (1950) Claudette Colbert WW2 prisoner of war movie
  • "True Romance" (1993) Quentin Tarentino written
  • "The Big Country" (1958) Gregory Peck, Burl Ives very good western
  • "The Lady of Burlesque" (1943) Barbara Stanwyck, W. Wellman director
  • "Goya's Ghosts" (2006) period drama during Spanish Inquisition
  • "Thunderbirds" (1943) WW2 air force training movie
  • "East Side West Side" (1948) Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner

(June)

  • "Charlie Wilson's War" (2006) Tom Hanks
  • "Waitress" (2005) Keri Russel
  • "Air Force" (1941) good WW2 movie about B-17 going to the pacific
  • "The Enemy Below" (1958) Robert Mitchum
  • "Land of the Pharoahs" (1957) Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins
  • "Cleaner" (2006) Samuael Jackson, Ed Harris, Eva Mendes
  • "84 Charing Cross" (1987) Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins
  • "Woman in the Window" (1944) E.G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, good folm noir directed by Fritz Lang
  • "Shanghai Express ( ) Marlene Dietrich
  • "PU-235" (2006) HBO movie
  • "The Hurricane" (1937) John Ford dir.
  • "Untraceable" (2007) Diane Lane

(July)

  • "The Pledge" (2001) Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn dir.
  • "Get Smart" (2008) at the theater,
  • "My Blueberry Nights" (2007) Nora Jones, Jude Law
  • "Vantage Point" (2007) Dennis Quaid
  • "The Key" (1958) Sophia Loren, William Holden
  • "3 Days to vegas" (2007) Peter Faulk
  • "Amazing Grace" (2007) Iood Gufford
  • "The Bee Movie" (2007) Animated
  • "The Other Boleyn Girl" (2008) Natalie Portman, Eric Bana
  • "The Bank Job" (2007) Jason Statham
  • "Blood Alley" (1955) John Wayne, Lauren Bacall ** 1/2
  • "The Tunnel" (2001) German with Eng. Suntitles *** 1/2
  • "Young People Fucking" (2007) ***
  • "Advise and Consent" (1962) Otto Preminger dir., ***
  • "The Bucket List" (2007) JACK Nicholson, Morgan Freeman ***1/2
  • "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964) dir. John Ford **1/2

August

  • "An Ideal Husband" (1999) Cate Blanchett, Minne Driver ***1/2
  • "Legand of Bagger Vance" (1999) Matt Damon, Will Smith **1/2
  • "Bernard and Doris" (2006) HBO Susan Sarandon, Ralph Fiennes ***
  • "The Savages" (2007) Laura Linney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman **1/2
  • "21" (2007) Kevin Spacey, new people, MIT gambling team **1/2
  • "Definately, Maybe" (2007) Isla Fisher who's my mom? ***1/2
  • "Man on Wire" (2007) theater, 1974 Phillipe Petit's Twin Towers stunt. ***
  • "How To Steal A Million" (1964) Audrey Hepburn ** (watched half)
  • "We're No Angels" (1954) Humphrey Bogart ***1/2
  • "Julia" (1977) Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave ***

"Duchess of Langeais" (2006) watched half, ** "Elegy" (2008) Ben Kinsley **** "Mrs. Pettigrew" (2007) *** Amy Adams, Francis McDormand "Phone Call From A Stranger" (1955) *** Gary Merril, Shelly Winters airplane crash "The Counterfeiters" (2007) ***1/2 "Kiss Me Stupid) (1064) ***KIm Novak, Dean Martin "Son of Rambo" (2007) *** "Irma Le Duce" (1963) **1/2 Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclean

October "The Duchess" (2008) in theater *** Kiera Knightly

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November

  • "Vera Cruz" (1954) ** 1/2 Burt Lancaster
  • "Titanic" (1998) ***1/2
  • "All The President's Men" (1978) ***1/2 Robert Redford
  • "Bang The Drum Slowly" (1974) *** Robert DeNiro
  • "Rachels Getting Married (2008) *** at the theater Anne Hathaway
  • "Brief Encounter" 1945 ***1/2 David Lean dir.
  • "Body of Lies" (2008) ***1/2 Russel Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio
  • "Billy Liar" (1963) ** didn't finish with Julie Christie
  • "Illegal" (1955) *** E. G. Marshall film noir
  • "Sun Also Rises" (1955) *** Ava Gardner, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn
  • "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951) Ava Gardner, James mason **
  • "TransSiberian" (2007) ***1/2 Woody Harrrelson
  • "Mongol" (2008) ***
  • "55 Days at Peking" (1955) ** Charlton Heston
  • "Young Savages" (1961) ***1/2 Burt Lancaster
  • "War Lover" *** Steve McQueen
  • "In Which We Serve" (1945) *** British WW2 ship movie
  • "The Detective" (1962) ***1/2 Kirk Douglas
  • "On The Waterfront" ***1/2 Marlon Brando
  • "Hancock" (2008) *** Will Smith
  • "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008) *** at the theater
  • "Affair in Trinidad" (1952) *** Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth
  • "Valkerie" (2008) ***1/4 Tom Cruise at the movies
  • "Boy in the Striped Pajamas" (2008) ***1/2 at the movies
  • "Painted Plain" (1955) **1/2 Gregory Peck, WW2 Mosquito pilot
  • "Wake Island" 1943 ***
  • "Curious Case of Benjamin Bellows" (2008) *** in the theater Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchet
  • "We Were Strangers When We Met" (1960) ***1/2 Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak
  • "Cadillac Records" (2008) ***1/2 in the theater Beyonce
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