Happy Canada Day, everyone!
Another month, another pile of movies to pour over and examine! After putting away a whomping 66 movies in May, I only managed to get to exactly half in June. There is no one reason for it. There was a lot of podcasting happening this month, Sarah and I got back into hiking, allergies played some havoc on me for a couple of days, and I played a few video games. So, it was a combination of a few things, I guess.
I have also been re-watching a ton in my Blu-ray collection. This limited the first time views to only 12 flicks, but it also meant no strikeouts! I finished every movie I started and only didn’t care for one, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo. And even that had its redeeming qualities. The Revenant is the only home run (I can’t recommend it enough and I’m looking to add it to the collection) but that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy a hell of a lot more.
So much of what I re-watched are films that I haven’t seen in a really long time, and I’m so happy to see that most held up over time!
The List
- An asterisk (*) indicates a first time viewing.
- Links will take you to write-ups posted.
- Bold font indicates a write-up is done and scheduled to be posted.
- Strike-through means I didn’t enjoy it enough to finish it.
Date Watched | Film Title | Year Released | My Rating |
Jun01 | X-Men: First Class | 2011 | 4 |
Jun01 | Almost Famous: The Bootleg Cut | 2001 | 5 |
Jun02 | Wheels On Meals* | 1984 | 4 |
Jun02 | Some Like It Hot | 1959 | 5 |
Jun03 | Stalag 17 | 1953 | 4.5 |
Jun04 | The Wolverine | 2013 | 3.5 |
Jun04 | Sunset Boulevard | 1950 | 5 |
Jun05 | Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | 5 |
Jun05 | Ulzanas Raid* | 1972 | 3 |
Jun06 | A Fist Full of Dollars | 1963 | 4 |
Jun07 | For A Few Dollars More | 1965 | 5 |
Jun07 | Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | 5 |
Date Watched | Film Title | Year Released | My Rating |
Jun08 | Ghostbusters | 1984 | 5 |
Jun08 | The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly | 1966 | 5 |
Jun09 | Sabrina* | 1954 | 4 |
Jun11 | Irma La Douce | 1963 | 4 |
Jun12 | Duck, You Sucker* | 1971 | 4 |
Jun13 | Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure | 1989 | 3.5 |
Jun14 | Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey | 1991 | 3.5 |
Date Watched | Film Title | Year Released | My Rating |
Jun15 | Sweet Bird of Youth* | 1962 | 3.5 |
Jun18 | Fletch Lives | 1989 | 3.5 |
Jun19 | Crossfire* | 1947 | 3 |
Jun19 | 30 Seconds Over Tokyo* | 1944 | 2.5 |
Jun20 | Fighting With My Family* | 2019 | 3.5 |
Jun21 | Alien | 1979 | 5 |
Date Watched | Film Title | Year Released | My Rating |
Jun22 | The Major and The Minor* | 1942 | 4 |
Jun25 | The Revenant* | 2015 | 5 |
Jun26 | The Last Detail | 1973 | 4 |
Jun26 | One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest | 1975 | 4 |
Jun27 | Five Easy Pieces | 1970 | 4 |
Jun27 | Truth* | 2015 | 3 |
Jun28 | Network | 1976 | 4 |
Jun29 | The King’s Speech* | 2010 | 4 |
The Juicy Stats
Total Number of movies watched: 33
The number of first-time watches: 12
Oldest movie: The Major and The Minor (1942)
Longest movie: The Good, The Bad, & the Ugly (2hr 58m)
Most watched actor: William Holden (5)
The number of movies watched by decade:
‘30s – 0
‘40s – 3
‘50s – 4
‘60s – 5
‘70s – 7
‘80s – 4
‘90s – 2
‘00s – 1
‘10s – 7
How I watched them:
PVR/DVR – 9
DVD Collection – 2
Blu-ray Collection – 16
4K Blu-ray collection – 3
Public Library DVD – 0
Netflix – 0
Amazon Prime – 0
Tubi – 0
YouTube – 0
Kodi – 0
Disney+ – 0
Pirates – 3
Genres:
Action – 1
Animated – 0
Comedy – 7
Comic Book – 2
Crime – 0
Documentaries – 0
Dramas – 12
Fantasy – 0
Film Noir – 1
Horror – 1
Kung Fu – 1
Romantic Comedy – 2
Thriller – 0
War – 1
Western – 5
Baseball time!
These are the “batting stats” compiled for the FIRST TIME watches. I give each movie a rating out of 5. 5s are home runs, 4s and 3s are hits, 2s and 1s are pop or ground outs, an NA (did not finish) is a Strike Out. This tells me how well of a job I’m doing at picking which movies to watch.
Good Movie Average: 11/12 – .917 (Last month: .604)
Home Runs: 1 – The Revenant
Strikeouts: 0
Awards
Most underrated: Fletch Lives
Most overrated: Ulzana’s Raid
Most fun: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Most Forgettable: Truth
Better than I remembered: Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Not As Good As I remembered:
Best re-watch: Mad Max: Fury Road
The movie I can finally cross off the Bucket-list: Sabrina (1954)
Most surprising performance: Both Leo and Tom Hardy in The Revenant.
The film that was the Most Pleasant Surprise: The Revenant
Worst Movie: 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Best Movie(s): The Revenant
Feel free to tell me how terrible my opinion(s) are in the comments!
That is a lot of movies. So good to see no real stinkers in the bunch. Anything Fletch I love!!
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Me too! I wish Chevy made more.
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He is one of my favorite comedic actors. From Fletch to Vacation to everything else. He is the best.
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And Caddyshack!
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Can’t forget that!!
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Mad Max Fury I’m going to watch tonight!
Upon CB’s recommendation I watched Bad Lieutenant a few nights ago.
Keitel was nuts in that lol
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Ah man, Bad Lieutenant is OUT THERE!
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That is an understatement lol
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It was not what I was expecting. I thought it was going to more like Goodfellas.
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Harvey= Nuts
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I enjoy these monthly recaps, Kevin – juicy stats indeed!
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Thanks, man!
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Man, again a lot of watching and A lot of ones I really like. I see you did the $$$ films. Yeah a summertime ritual for me and the gal. A Jack festival also. Loved Robert Ryan’s performance in ‘Crossfire’. Also a William Holden run. Good stuff Mars. Have you seen a film called ‘Mandy’? New Nick Cage. I’m using you as my screener on this one.
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I have not. I’m not sure if I can be the best judge.of Nick Cage movies. People seem to really love him but I’m not one of them. Raising Arizona and Moonstruck are the exceptions.
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Im not a big Cage fan but the film-maker of ;Mandy’interests me.
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