25th Hour (Turns out I actually watched this already long ago :P) (2002) ***`
The Addiction (1995) ***
All The King's Men (2006) - **
March
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) ****`
Shaolin Soccer (2001) ****`
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) ****
Punch-drunk Love (2002) **
Princess Mononoke (1997) ****
Corpse Bride (2005) ****
Strangers on a Train (1951) ***`
Battle Royale (2000) ****
My Blueberry Nights (2007) **`
What Dreams May Come (1998) ****`
Almost Famous (2000) ****
The Kite Runner (2007) ***`
Oldboy (2003) ****`
Atonement (2007) ****
Stranger Than Fiction (2006) - ****
April
Hard Candy (2005) ****`
Infernal Affairs (2002) ****
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ***`
The Tracey Fragments (2007) *
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) **
Ratatouille (2007) ****
Hauru no ugoku shiro - Howl's Moving Castle (2004) ****
Marie Antoinette (2006) **`
Heavenly Creatures (1994) - 04.14.08 **
Jumper (2008) - 04.18.08 **
A Scanner Darkly (2006) - 04.19.08 ***
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) - 04.19.08 **`
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) - 04.20.08 ****`
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) - 04.20.08 ****`
Big Fish (2003) - 04.21.08 ***
In the Mood for Love (2000) - 04.22.08 ****`
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - 04.23.08 ****`
2046 (2004) - 04.24.08 ***`
Cars (2006) - 04.25.08 ****`
Street Kings (2008) - 04.27.08 ***
Leon (1994) - 04.28.08 ****`
Helvetica (2007) - 04.30.08 ****`
Iron Man (2008) - 04.30.08 ****
May
Roger & Me (1989) by Michael Moore - 05.02.08 **`
Bowling for Columbine (2002) by Michael Moore - 05.02.08 ****`
Reservoir Dogs (1992) by Quintin Tarantino - 05.08.08 **`
Thirteen (2003) by Catherine Hardwick - 05.13.08 ****
BMW Films (2001-2002) various directors - 05.13.08 ****`
Rushmore (1998) by Wes Anderson - 05.14.08 **`
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) by Wes Anderson - 05.14.08 ***`
Fargo (1996) by Joel Coen - 05.16.08 ***
Run Lola Run [Lola Rennt] (1998) by Tom Tykwer - 05.16.08 ****
Pieces of April (2003) by Peter Hedges - 05.23.08 **`
Blood Diamond (2006) by Edward Zwick - 05.24.08 ****`
Epic Movie (2007) - 05.24.08 ****
Red Eye (2005) by Wes Craven - 05.29.08 ***
Lady in the Water (2006) by M. Night Shyamalan - 05.30.08 ****`
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) by Steven Spielberg - 05.31.08 ***
June
No Country for Old Men (2007) by Ethan and Joel Coen - 06.03.08 ***
La Femme Nikita (1991) by Luc Besson - 06.03.08 ***`
Shoot 'Em Up (2007) by Michael Davis - 06.04.08 ****
Betty Blue: 37.2 Degrees Le Matin (1986) by Jean-Jacques Beineix - 06.05.08 ***`
Paycheck (2003) by John Woo - 06.06.08 ***
Blow-up (1966) by Michelangelo Antonioni - 06.08.08 **`
Unfaithful (2002) by Adrian Lyne - 06.09.08 ***`
9 1/2 Weeks (1986) by Adrian Lyne - 06.09.08 **`
Lucia y el Sexo (2001) by Julio Medem - 06.10.08 ***`
Super Size Me (2004) by Morgan Spurlock - 06.12.08 ****
When Harry Met Sally (1989) by Rob Reiner - 06.15.08 ****`
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) by Craig Gillespie - 06.15.08 **`
Striptease - 06.18.08 ***`
Indecent Proposal - 06.18.08 ***
Dan in Real Life (2007) by Peter Hedges - 06.25.08 ***
Blades of Glory (2007) - 06.25.08 ****
Wanted (2008) by Timur Bekmambetov - 06.29.08 ****
July
100 (2008) by Chris Martinez - 07.12.08 ****
Ibang Mga Pamilya (2008) - 07.12.08 * (Cinemalaya Shorts A)
Diamante sa Langit - 07.12.08 **` (Cinemalaya Shorts A)
Angan-Angan - 07.12.08 ** (Cinemalaya Shorts A)
God Only Knows - 07.12.08 **** (Cinemalaya Shorts A)
Andong - 07.12.08 ***** (Cinemalaya Shorts A)
Jay by (2008) - 07.12.08 ****`
Namets (2008) by Jay Abello - 07.13.08 ****`
Brutus (2008) by Tara Illenberger - 07.19.08 ****`
Dark Knight (2008) - 07.20.08 ****`
Malena (2000) - 07.24.08 ****
What Happens in Vegas (2008) - 07.24.08 ****
Waitress (2007) by Adrienne Shelly - 07.30.08 ***** (watched it for the second time around -- first time was with Bea in Shanghai in November or early December, and I still love it)
August
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) by George Clooney - 08.03.08 ****
Sex and the City (2008) - 08.09.08 ****
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) - 08.10.08 ***
The Butterfly Effect (2004) by Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber - 08.12.08 ****
Into the Wild (2007) by Sean Penn - 08.18.08 ****`
The Usual Suspects (1995) - 08.25.08 ****`
Penelope (2008) by Mark Palansky - 08.27.08 ****
September
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) by Jim Jarmusch - 09.01.08 ****
The Silence of The Lambs (1991) by Jonathan Demme - 09.06.08 ****
After Sex (2007) by Eric Amadio - 09.06.08 ****
Goodfellas (1990) by Martin Scorsese - 09.06.08 ****
Definitely, Maybe (2008) by Adam Brooks - 09.07.08 ****
Chocolat (2000) by Lasse Hallstrom - 09.10.08 ***** (WOW! Five stars!)
Like Water for Chocolate (1992) by Alfonso Arau - 09.13.08 *`
The Player (1992) by Robert Altman - 09.13.08 ***`
Original Sin (2001) by Michael Christopher - 09.18.08 ***`
Taking Lives (2004) by DJ Caruso - 09.20.08 ***`
Natural Born Killers (1994) by Oliver Stone - 09.20.08 ****`
Good Luck Chuck (2007) by Mark Helfrich - 09.23.08 ***`
October
True Romance (1993) by Tony Scott - 10.11.08 ****
Body of Lies (2008) by Ridley Scott - 10.12.08 **
Sideways (2004) by Alexander Payne - ****`
Nights in Rodanthe (2008) by George C. Wolfe - 10.25.08 ****
November
Trust (1990) by Hal Hartley - 11.01.08 ****
The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) by Justin Chadwick - 11.04.08 ****`
Quantum of Solace (2008) by Marc Forster - 11.08.08 ***
Talladega Nights (2006) by Adam McKay - 11.16.08 ***`
Notes on a Scandal (2006) by Richard Eyre - 11.16.08 ***`
December
Bolt (2008) by Byron Howard - 12.01.08 ****
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) by Anthony Minghella - 12.06.08 ***`
Veronica Guerin (2003) by Joel Schumacher - 12.13.08 ****
Cloverfield (2008) by Matt Reeves - 12.19.08 ****`
Lust, Caution (2007) by Ang Lee - 12.21.08 ***`
The Breakfast Club (1985) by John Hughes - 12.22.08 ***
The Aviator (2004) by Martin Scorsese - 12.23.08 ****
Persepolis (2007) by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi - 12.25.08 *****
The Squid and the Whale (2005) by Noel Baumbach - 12.31.08 ***`