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2005 Screening Log

For the sake of year-end convenience, 2005 films seen in 2004 (except those seen at festivals) are stuck at the beginning of the list. Also for my convenience, a movie's year is determined either by original North American release date or, if the film is never released commercially, by the date of its North American premiere, to the best of my knowledge.


"^" after a film indicates a repeat viewing.

"*" after a film indicates a viewing on DVD or video, at home or projected in a theater, or on tv.

001. (1-Jan) Braveheart (Mel Gibson, 1995)* C
002. (3-Jan) Assault on Precinct 13 (Jean-Francois Richet, 2005) B-
003. (3-Jan) The Chorus (Christophe Barratier, 2005) B
004. (4-Jan) Are We There Yet? (Brian Levant, 2005) D
005. (5-Jan) In Good Company (Paul Weitz, 2004) B+
006. (6-Jan) The Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson, 2001-2003)* Masterpiece [first complete viewing]
007. (8-Jan) Open Water (Chris Kentis, 2004)^* A-
008. (8-Jan) Coach Carter (Thomas Carter, 2005) B
009. (11-Jan) Elektra (Rob Bowman, 2005) D+
010. (16-Jan) The Village (M. Night Shyamalan, 2004)^* A
011. (18-Jan) Imaginary Heroes (Dan Harris, 2005) C+
012. (25-Jan) Hide and Seek (John Polson, 2005) C
013. (27-Jan) Ong-Bak (Prachya Pinkaew, 2005) C+
014. (30-Jan) The Woodsman (Nicole Kassel, 2004) B-
015. (1-Feb) The Wedding Date (Clare Kilner, 2004) C
016. (4-Feb) Born Into Brothels (Zana Briski and Ron Kaufman, 2005) B
017. (6-Feb) Alone in the Dark (Uwe Boll, 2005) C-
018. (8-Feb) Hitch (Andy Tennant, 2005) B
019. (9-Feb) Constantine (Francis Lawrence, 2005) B+
020. (15-Feb) Rory O'Shea Was Here (Damien O'Donnell, 2005) D+
021. (18-Feb) Sahara (Breck Eisner, 2005) C
022. (22-Feb) The Jacket (John Maybury, 2005) C
023. (25-Feb) Barton Fink (Joel Coen, 1991)* A
024. (5-Mar) Bride and Prejudice (Gurindher Chadha, 2005) C+
025. (5-Mar) Dances with Wolves (Kevin Costner, 1990)* B- [excruciatingly long version]
026. (6-Mar) Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)^* A
027. (7-Mar) The Rapture (Michael Tolkin, 1991)* A
028. (8-Mar) Because of Winn-Dixie (Wayne Wang, 2005) B-
029. (9-Mar) Hostage (Florent Siri, 2005) B
030. (10-Mar) Cursed (Wes Craven, 2005) B
031. (10-Mar) Millions (Danny Boyle, 2005) B+
032. (11-Mar) Steamboy (Katsuhiro ïtomo, 2005) B-
033. (11-Mar) The Upside of Anger (Mike Binder, 2005) C+
034. (13-Mar) Robots (Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, 2005) D+
035. (13-Mar) Frantic (Roman Polanski, 1988)* A- [pan-and-scan]
036. (15-Mar) Guess Who (Kevin Rodney Sullivan, 2005) C+
037. (16-Mar) The Ring 2 (Hideo Nakata, 2005) C+
038. (19-Mar) Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2005) B+
039. (21-Mar) Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (John Pasquin, 2005) C-
040. (23-Mar) The Ballad of Jack and Rose (Rebecca Miller, 2005) B+
041. (30-Mar) Sin City (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller, 2005) A
042. (1-Apr) Crash (Paul Haggis, 2005) B-
043. (1-Apr) Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch, 2001)^* Masterpiece
044. (3-Apr) Fever Pitch (Peter and Bobby Farrelly, 2005) A-
045. (5-Apr) Winter Solstice (Josh Sternfield, 2005) B+
046. (10-Apr) Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki, 2005) B
047. (11-Apr) Lakeside Murder Case (Shinji Aoyama, 2005) C
048. (11-Apr) Saint Ralph (Michael McGowan, 2005) B-
049. (14-Apr) Kung Fu Hustle (Stephen Chow, 2005) B
050. (15-Apr) Spider Forest (Song Il-Gon, 2005) B
051. (15-Apr) The Amityville Horror (Andrew Douglas, 2005) C+
052. (16-Apr) Oldboy (Chan-wook Park, 2005) B+
053. (18-Apr) Cellar (Ben Hickernell, 2005) B+
054. (19-Apr) Childstar (Don McKellar, 2005) B+
055. (20-Apr) The Year of the Yao (Adam Del Deo and James D. Stern, 2005) C
056. (22-Apr) Look at Me (Agnes Jaoui, 2005) B+
057. (22-Apr) The Interpreter (Sydney Pollack, 2005) B
058. (26-Apr) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Garth Jennings, 2005) B
059. (1-May) xXx: State of the Union (Lee Tamahori, 2005) C+
060. (2-May) Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott, 2005) A-
061. (3-May) House of Wax (Jaume Serra, 2005) B
062. (4-May) Cinderella Man (Ron Howard, 2005) C
063. (6-May) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ken Kwapis, 2005) C+
064. (6-May) Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott, 2005)^ A-
065. (8-May) The Puppetmaster (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1993)* C+ [sorry, cineastes]
066. (9-May) Monster-in-Law (Robert Luketic, 2005) C
067. (11-May) Unleashed (Louis Leterrier, 2005) B+
068. (13-May) The Tenant (Roman Polanski, 1976)* B+
069. (14-May) Kicking & Screaming (Jesse Dylan, 2005) B-
070. (14-May) Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, 2004)^* A
071. (14-May) Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001)* B+
072. (15-May) The Holy Girl (Lucretia Martel, 2005) B+
073. (17-May) Lords of Dogtown (Catherine Hardwicke, 2005) B
074. (18-May) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005) B+
075. (19-May) One False Move (Carl Franklin, 1992)* A
076. (20-May) Pit and the Pendulum (Roger Corman, 1961)* B
077. (21-May) Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)^* A
078. (21-May) A Lot Like Love (Nigel Cole, 2005) C+
079. (22-May) 3-Iron (Ki-Duk Kim, 2005) B-
080. (22-May) Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (Alex Gibney, 2005) B+
081. (23-May) The Princess Bride (Rob Reiner, 1987)^* A
082. (24-May) The Longest Yard (Peter Segal, 2005) C-
083. (25-May) Madagascar (Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, 2005) B+
084. (26-May) Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Doug Liman, 2005) A-
085. (27-May) High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952)* B+
086. (28-May) Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, 1990)* B
087. (28-May) Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986)^* B
088. (29-May) Brothers (Susanne Bier, 2005) B-
089. (29-May) Mad Hot Ballroom (Marilyn Agrello, 2005) A- [downgraded from an A]
090. (30-May) Cube Zero (Ernie Barbarash, 2004)* B
091. (31-May) The Perfect Man (Mark Rosman, 2005) F
092. (1-Jun) Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Alexander Witt, 2004)* D
093. (2-Jun) Howl's Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2005) B
094. (4-Jun) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas, 2005) B+ [DLP]
095. (5-Jun) Layer Cake (Matthew Vaughn, 2005) B+
096. (5-Jun) Machuca (Andres Wood, 2005) A-
097. (6-Jun) Rize (David La Chapelle, 2005) B
098. (7-Jun) Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005) A
099. (9-Jun) Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)* A
100. (11-Jun) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (Robert Rodriguez, 2005) B-
101. (12-Jun) The Big Hit (Che-Kirk Wong, 1998)* D+
102. (12-Jun) The Other Side of the Street (Marcos Bernstein, 2005) B+
103. (12-Jun) Rock School (Don Argott, 2005) B-
104. (12-Jun) Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989)^* Masterpiece
105. (15-Jun) Bewitched (Nora Ephron, 2005) C
106. (16-Jun) Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse (H.C. Potter, 1948) B
107. (17-Jun) I Stand Alone (Gaspar Noe, 1999)* C-
108. (18-Jun) The Rapture (Michael Tolkin, 1990)^* Masterpiece
109. (19-Jun) Herbie: Fully Loaded (Angela Robinson, 2005) D-
110. (19-Jun) Panic Room (David Fincher, 2002)^* A
111. (22-Jun) Hustle & Flow (Craig Brewer, 2005) B
112. (23-Jun) Undead (Michael and Peter Spierig, 2005) B
113. (25-Jun) George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (George A. Romero, 2005) B+
114. (25-Jun) Renaissance Man (Penny Marshall, 1991)* C-
115. (26-Jun) My Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowsky, 2005) A
116. (28-Jun) Fantastic Four (Tim Story, 2005) B-
117. (29-Jun) War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg, 2005) A
118. (30-Jun) The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938) A
119. (1-Jul) Irma Vep (Oliver Assayas, 1996)* B
120. (2-Jul) War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg, 2005)^ A
121. (4-Jul) The Boys from Brazil (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1978)* A-
122. (5-Jul) Dark Water (Walter Salles, 2005) A-
123. (7-Jul) Happy Endings (Don Roos, 2005) B
124. (7-Jul) The Constant Gardener (Fernando Meirelles, 2005) C+
125. (7-Jul) Wedding Crashers (David Dobkin, 2005) B
126. (9-Jul) The Philadelphia Story (George Cukor, 1940)* B
127. (9-Jul) The Island (Michael Bay, 2005) C
128. (10-Jul) 5x2: Cinq fois deux (Francois Ozon, 2005) B
129. (10-Jul) Deep Blue (Andy Byatt and Alastair Fothergill, 2005) C
130. (12-Jul) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005) B
131. (13-Jul) Stealth (Rob Cohen, 2005) D
132. (14-Jul) My Summer of Love (Pawel Pawlikowsky, 2005)^ A
132. (16-Jul) Heights (Chris Terrio, 2005) A-
133. (17-Jul) Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005) A
134. (17-Jul) Spies Like Us (John Landis, 1985)* C+ [pan-and-scan]
135. (19-Jul) The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, 2005) C-
136. (20-Jul) Murderball (Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro, 2005) B+
137. (21-Jul) Four Brothers (John Singleton, 2005) C
138. (22-Jul) Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004)^* A
139. (23-Jul) Tombstone (George P. Cosmatos, 1993)* D [what the hell?!]
140. (23-Jul) Must Love Dogs (Gary David Goldberg, 2005) C+
141. (24-Jul) Bad News Bears (Richard Linklater, 2005) A-
142. (25-Jul) Wait Until Dark (Terence Young, 2005)* A [projected DVD]
143. (26-Jul) Sky High (Mike Mitchell, 2005) A-
144. (28-Jul) Red Eye (Wes Craven, 2005) B+
145. (1-Aug) The Dukes of Hazzard (Jay Chandrasekhar, 2005) F
146. (2-Aug) Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005) B+
147. (3-Aug) Sophie's Choice (Alan J. Pakula, 1981)* A
148. (5-Aug) March of the Penguins (Luc Jacquet, 2005) B
149. (6-Aug) Eye of God (Tim Blake Nelson, 1997)* A
150. (6-Aug) The Great Raid (John Dahl, 2005) C
151. (7-Aug) The Beat That my Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard, 2005) B+
152. (7-Aug) Caterina in the Big City (Paolo Virzi, 2005) C-
153. (8-Aug) Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (Mike Bigelow, 2005) C-
154. (9-Aug) Asylum (David Mackenzie, 2005) A
155. (9-Aug) The Thing About My Folks (Raymond De Fellita, 2005) C-
156. (9-Aug) The Skeleton Key (Iain Softley, 2005) B+
157. (10-Aug) Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog, 2005) B
158. (11-Aug) The Aristocrats (Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, 2005) C
159. (12-Aug) The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)* A-
160. (13-Aug) Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton, 1991)* Masterpiece
161. (14-Aug) November (Greg Harrison, 2005) B
162. (14-Aug) Last Days (Gus Van Sant, 2005) C+
163. (14-Aug) Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990)* B
164. (15-Aug) Supercross (Steve Boyum, 2005) C+
165. (16-Aug) The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow, 2005) A
166. (19-Aug) The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Judd Apatow, 2005)^ A
167. (20-Aug) Red-Eye (Wes Craven, 2005)^ B
168. (21-Aug) Valiant (Gary Chapman, 2005) C
169. (21-Aug) Wedding Crashers (David Dobkin, 2005)^ B [time to kill and lack of alternatives]
170. (24-Aug) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001)^* Masterpiece [Extended Edition]
171. (25-Aug) The Exorcism of Emily Rose (Scott Derrickson, 2005) C+
172. (26-Aug) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater, 1995) A
173. (28-Aug) The Brothers Grimm (Terry Gilliam, 2005) C
174. (30-Aug) Everything is Illuminated (Liev Schreiber, 2005) A-
175. (31-Aug) Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005) B+
176. (3-Sep) An Unfinished Life (Lasse Hallstrom, 2005) C
177. (4-Sep) Pretty Persuasion (Marcos Siega, 2005) B+
178. (4-Sep) Junebug (Phil Morrison, 2005) B+
179. (4-Sep) Transporter 2 (Louis Leterrier, 2005) B
180. (6-Sep) Thumbsucker (Mike Mills, 2005) B+
181. (11-Sep) 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2005) B
182. (14-Sep) Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Nick Park and Steve Box, 2005) B
183. (16-Sep) Lord of War (Andrew Niccol, 2005) C-
184. (19-Sep) A History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) A
185. (23-Sep) Flightplan (Robert Schwentke, 2005) B+
186. (24-Sep) Cry Wolf (Jeff Wadlow, 2005) C+
187. (25-Sep) Proof (John Madden, 2005) B+
188. (26-Sep) Into the Blue (John Stockwell, 2005) D
189. (1-Oct) Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005) B-
190. (7-Oct) North Country (Niki Caro, 2005) B-
191. (9-Oct) Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Tim Burton, 2005) B
192. (10-Oct) In Her Shoes (Curtis Hanson, 2005) B+
193. (12-Oct) Good Night, and Good Luck. (George Clooney, 2005) B-
194. (15-Oct) Domino (Tony Scott, 2005) C
195. (16-Oct) Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (John Gatins, 2005) C
196. (16-Oct) Separate Lies (Julian Fellowes, 2005) A
197. (18-Oct) Doom (Andrzej Bartkowiak, 2005) C+
198. (21-Oct) Elizabethtown (Cameron Crowe, 2005) B
199. (22-Oct) The Greatest Game Ever Played (Bill Paxton, 2005) A-
200. (23-Oct) Stay (Marc Forster, 2005) B+
201. (25-Oct) Prime (Ben Younger, 2005) B+
202. (28-Oct) Saw II (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2005) B
203. (29-Oct) Mirrormask (Dave McKean, 2005) B
204. (30-Oct) The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach, 2005) B+
205. (2-Nov) Jarhead (Sam Mendes, 2005) B+
206. (6-Nov) Zathura: A Space Adventure (Jon Favreau, 2005) B-
207. (7-Nov) Chicken Little (Mark Dindal, 2005) C+
208. (7-Nov) The Weatherman (Gore Verbinski, 2005) B+
209. (10-Nov) Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Jim Sheridan, 2005) C
210. (11-Nov) Dressed to Kill (Brian De Palma, 1980)* B+
211. (12-Nov) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2005) B
212. (14-Nov) Walk the Line (James Mangold, 2005) B
213. (20-Nov) Bee Season (David Siegel and Scott McGehee, 2005) B
214. (21-Nov) The Ice Harvest (Harold Ramis, 2005) A-
215. (23-Nov) Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005)* A-
216. (24-Nov) Shopgirl (Anand Tucker, 2005) C
217. (25-Nov) Derailed (Mikael Hafstron, 2005) C
218. (26-Nov) Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005) A
xxx. (26-Nov) In the Mix (Ron Underwood, 2005) Walk Out
219. (27-Nov) Rent (Chris Columbus, 2005) D
220. (4-Dec) The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005) D+
221. (6-Dec) Syriana (Stephen Gaghan, 2005) A-
222. (9-Dec) The Family Stone (Thomas Bezucha, 2005) B
223. (12-Dec) King Kong (Peter Jackson, 2005) Masterpiece
224. (19-Dec) The Mosquito Coast (Peter Weir, 1986)* C+
225. (20-Dec) Aeon Flux (Karyn Kusama, 2005) C+
226. (22-Dec) Fun with Dick and Jane (Dean Parisot, 2005) C+
227. (23-Dec) Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)* A
228. (24-Dec) Munich (Steven Spielberg, 2005) C+ [I think.]
229. (25-Dec) Rumor Has It... (Rob Reiner, 2005) C
230. (25-Dec) What's Cooking? (Gurinder Chadha, 2000)* B
231. (26-Dec) The Ringer (Barry W. Blaustein, 2005) D
232. (26-Dec) The Crimson Rivers (Mathieu Kassovitz, 2000)* A-
233. (27-Dec) John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) C+
234. (28-Dec) Wolf Creek (Greg McLean, 2005) B
235. (29-Dec) Sisters (Brian De Palma, 1973) B
236. (30-Dec) Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (Adam Shankman, 2005) C
237. (30-Dec) Scary Movie 3 (David Zucker, 2004)^* B-
238. (31-Dec) The Producers (Susan Stroman, 2005) C-