Movie Reviews

Grades are not relative to one another. They’re a subjective representation of each movie on its’ own merits at the time of viewing.

Last updated 3/12/2024

6 Underground | DNF

10 Cloverfield Lane | B+

10,000 B.C. | C-

21 Bridges | B+

300 | A-

3:10 to Yuma | B

16 Blocks | B-

The 6th Day | D

The Abyss (Special Edition 4K in Theaters) | B+

Airplane! | A

Alien | A

Aliens | A+

Alien 3 | B-

Alien: Covenant | C+

Alien: Resurrection | C-

Alien vs. Predator | C+

Alien vs. Predator: Requiem | D+

Alita: Battle Angel | B+

Almost Famous | A

The Amazing Spider-Man | B+

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | B-

Ambulance | C+

American Ganster | C+

American History X | A-

American Psycho | C+

A Million Ways to Die in the West | A

Anatomy of a Fall | A

Anchorman | A

Anchorman 2 | B+

Angels & Demons | B

Annihilation | A-

Ant-Man | A

Ant-Man and The Wasp | A

Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania | B

Apocalypto | A-

Aquaman | B

The Aristocrats | C+

Arrival | A

Assassin’s Creed | C+

Atomic Blonde | B

Avatar | A

Avatar: The Way of Water | B-

Avengers | A-

Avengers: Age of Ultron | A

Avengers: Infinity War | A-

Avengers: Endgame | A-

The Aviator | B+

Babel | A-

Bad Trip | A-

The Banshees of Inisherin | A

Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar | A

Barbie | B

Batman | A-

Batman Returns | B

Batman Forever | C

Batman & Robin | D

Batman Begins | A+ || extended review

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | B; Ultimate Edition | B+

The Batman | A (the Batmobile engine bumps this from A- to A)

Battleship | C+

The Beekeeper | C

Beer League | C+

Be Kind Rewind | C+

Between Two Ferns: The Movie | C+ (Gag Reel | A+)

Beverly Hills Cop | B+

Beverly Hills Cop II | B-

Beverly Hills Cop III | C-

The Big Short | A

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | A

Black Adam | C+

Blackhat | B

Black Mass | B

Black Panther | A-

Wakanda Forever | B-

Black Widow | B

Blade Runner 2049 | A+

Blade Trinity | F

Blades of Glory | B

Boiler Room | B+

Boogie Nights | A

The Book of Eli | B+

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | A

Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan | A-

The Bourne Identity | A

The Bourne Supremacy | A-

The Bourne Ultimatum | A

The Bourne Legacy | B+

Jason Bourne | B-

Bowfinger | A

Braveheart | A

Breach | B+

Breakdown | B+

Bridesmaids | A

Bridge of Spies | B+

A Bronx Tale | B

Bugsy | B

The ‘Burbs | A-

Burn After Reading | C-

The Cabin in the Woods | A-

Cape Fear | A-

Captain America: The First Avenger | B+

Captain America: The Winter Soldier | A-

Captain America: Civil War | A

Captain Marvel | B

The Marvels | B-

The Card Counter | I’m not sure. B? A?

Casino | A

Casino Royale | B+ A-

Chef | B+

Child 44 | B-

Children of Men | A+

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe | C+

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | C+

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader | C+

The Chronicles of Riddick | B

A Civil Action | C+

Clerks II | B

Cloverfield | A

Cold Creek Manor | D-

Collateral | A

Collateral Beauty | B-

Confess, Fletch | B+

Commando | AA+++

The Constant Gardener | A

Constantine | B-

Contagion | A

The Core | F (in a good way)

The Creator | B-

Creed | A-

Creed II | B+

Creed III | B+

Crimson Tide | A+

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | A

Da 5 Bloods | B+

Dante’s Peak | C+

Daredevil | D+

The Dark Knight | A+

The Dark Knight Rises | C+
The Dark Knight Rises: IMAX | A-

The Dark Tower | C

Dark Waters | C+

The da Vinci Code | B-

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | A

The Day After | ?

The Day After Tomorrow | B-

Deadpool | A

Death Proof | A-

Death Wish (2018) | C+

The Debt | A

Den of Thieves | B

The Departed | A

The Descendants | B+

Die Another Day | C-

Die Hard | A+

Die Hard 2 | A

Die Hard With A Vengeance | A-

Live Free or Die Hard | C+

A Good Day to Die Hard | F

Disclosure | B

District 9 | A-

Divergent | B

Insurgent | B-

Allegiant | C

Django Unchained | A

Doctor Sleep | A-

Doctor Strange | B+

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | B-

Dodgeball | B+ (A+ if they’d gone with the original ending)

Doom | C

Double Jeopardy | B

Dracula Untold | C+

Dredd | B

Drive | A-

Dune (1984) | B-

Dune, Part 1 (2021) | A

Dune, Part 2 (2024) | A

Dunkirk | A-

Eastern Promises | A

Edge of Tomorrow | B+

Elysium | B+

Ender’s Game | B

End of Watch | A

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room | A-

Entourage | B-

The Equalizer | B-

The Equalizer 2 | B-

The Equalizer 3 | B-

Escape Plan | B+

Eternals | B-

Executive Decision | B+

Ex Machina | A

The Expendables | B+

The Expendables 2 | B+

The Expendables 3 | C

Extraction | A

Extraction 2 | B-

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | B+

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | C+

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | C+

Fantastic Four | C+

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | B-

Fargo | A

Fast Five | B

Fast and Furious 6 | B

Furious 7 | B+

Fate of the Furious | B

F9 | C+

The Firm | A-

The Fisher King | B+

Flags of our Fathers | C+

The Flash | B+

Flight | First 30 minutes: A+ | Overall: B-

Flight of the Navigator | B

For Your Consideration | C

The Founder | A

The Gentlemen | B

Get Hard | B+

Get Out | A

Ghostbusters | A+

Ghostbusters II | B+

Ghostbusters: Afterlife | A-

Ghostbusters (2016) | C+

Ghost Rider | C-

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | D+

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | C-

G.I. Joe: Retaliation | F

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | A

Gladiator | A

Glass | B

Glass Onion | A

The Godfather | A+

The Godfather, Part II | A+

Godzilla (2014) | B+

Godzilla: King of the Monsters | C+

Godzilla vs. Kong | C

Godzilla Minus One | B+

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly | A+

The Grand Budapest Hotel | A+

Gravity (IMAX) | A

The Gray Man | B-

Greenland | B+

Green Lantern | B-

The Grey | A

Grindhouse | A-

Guardians of the Galaxy | B+ A-

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | A

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | B+

Hail, Caesar! | B

Half Brothers | C+

Hancock | C+

The Hangover | A

The Hangover Part II | A

The Hangover Part III | B

Hannibal Rising | C+

The Happening | C

Hardcore Henry | B-

Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone | A-

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets | B+

Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban | B+

Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire | A

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix | A

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince |  B+ A-

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 | A

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 | A

The Hateful Eight | A+

The Heartbreak Kid | B-

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse | A-

Hellboy | B

Hell or High Water | A

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | A-

A History of Violence | B-

Hitman | C-

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | B+

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | A-

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | B

Hostage | B-

Hot Summer Nights | B

Hot Tub Time Machine | A-

The Hunger Games | B+

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | B+

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | B+

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 | B+

The Hunt for Red October | A+

The Hurt Locker | A

I Am Legend | B-

Idiocracy | B

The Illusionist | B

I’m not there. | B

In Bruges | B+

Inception | A+

The Incredible Hulk | A-

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | B+

Independence Day | A-

Independence Day: Resurgence | D

Raiders of the Lost Ark | A+

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | A

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | A+ [editor’s note: this probably shouldn’t be an A+]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | ?

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | B+

Inferno | C-

Inglourious Basterds | A

Inside Man | B- | B+

Interstellar | A

In the Line of Fire | A-

Into the Wild | A+

The Irishman | B-

Iron Man | A

Iron Man 2 | B

Iron Man 3 | A-

The Island | C

It (2017) | A-

It Chapter 2 | B+

The Italian Job (2003) | B+

The Jackal | B

Jackass: The Movie | A

Jackass Number Two | A-

Jackass 3D | B+

Jackass Forever | B

Jackie Brown | A

Jack Reacher | B+

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | B

Jason X | D+

Jesus Camp | A-

JFK | B

John Adams | A-

John Carter | B+

John Rambo | B-

John Wick | B+

John Wick Chapter 2 | B-

John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum | C+

John Wick Chapter 4 | A

Joker | A

Joy | B+

Jurassic Park | A+

The Lost World | B

Jurassic Park III | B-

Jurassic World | B+

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | B-

Jurassic World: Dominion | C+

Justice League | C

Zack Snyder’s Justice League | C+

The Killer | B+

Killers of the Flower Moon | A (might be an A+; need a rewatch)

Kingdom of Heaven (theatrical) | C-

Kingdom of Heaven (director’s cut) | B+

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | A

King Kong | B-

Kingsman: The Secret Service | A

Kingsman: The Golden Circle | B

The King’s Man | B

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang | B

Knives Out | A

Knock at the Cabin | B-

Knocked Up | A

Kong: Skull Island | A

L.A. Confidential | A+

Lady in the Water | B+

The Last Castle | B

Last Christmas | B+

L4yer Cake | B+

Leave the World Behind | A-

The Lego Movie | A

The Lego Batman Movie | B-

Letters from Iwo Jima | B+

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | A-

Little Miss Sunshine | A+

The Little Things | B+

Logan | A-

Logan Lucky | A-

Lone Star | B

The Longest Yard | F

Looper | A-

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | A+

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | A

Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | A+

Lord of War | B

Love Actually | B+

The Lovely Bones | C

Lucky Number Slevin | A-

MacGruber | B+

Mad Max: Fury Road | A-

Man of Steel | B+

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | B+

The Many Saints of Newark | B

March of the Penguins | A (DVD)

Margin Call | B+

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | A

The Matrix | A

The Matrix Reloaded | B-

The Matrix Revolutions | B

The Matrix Resurrections | C+

Max Payne | C

Memento | A

The Men Who Stare at Goats | A-

Metro | C+

Miami Vice | B+

Michael Clayton | A

The Midnight Sky | B

Midnight Special | A-

Minority Report | B+

Misery | B+

Mission: Impossible | A

Mission: Impossible 2 | C+

Mission: Impossible III | B+

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | B+

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | B+

Mission: Impossible – Fallout | B+ A-

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, Part 1 | B+

Miss Sloane | A-

The Monuments Men | B-

Mortal Kombat (1995) | B

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | C-

Mortal Kombat (2021) | C+

Mr. & Mrs. Smith | C+

The Mule | B-

The Mummy (1999) | B+

The Mummy (2017) | B

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | C-

Munich | A+

Nacho Libre | B+

National Treasure | D+

National Treasure: Book of Secrets | C-

The Nice Guys | B

The Ninth Gate | C+

Nobody | B+

Nobody’s Fool | B+

No Country For Old Men | A+

Nomadland | A

NOPE | A-

No Time to Die | B+

Now You See Me | B-

Now You See Me 2 | C+

Ocean’s 11 | A

Ocean’s 12 | B-

Ocean’s 13 | B+

Ocean’s 8 | B+

The Old Guard | B

Olympus Has Fallen | C-

London Has Fallen | C

Angel Has Fallen | C-; End Credits Scene | A

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | A

Once Upon a Time in the West | A

Operation Finale | B+

Oppenheimer | B-

The Other Guys | B-

Outbreak | A-

Pacific Rim | B-

Panic Room | B+

Payback | B+

The Peacemaker | B-

Pearl Jam Twenty | A-

The Pelican Brief | B+

Pineapple Express | B+

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl | B+

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | B+

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | B

Pitch Black | B+

The Place Beyond the Pines | A-

Planet Terror | B-

Pootie Tang | A+

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | A

Poseidon | C

Predator | A

Predator 2 | B-

Predators | B+

The Predator | B | C+

The Prestige | A-

Prey | B+

Primal Fear | A-

Primer | B+

The Princess Bride | B

Private Parts | A

Prometheus | A-

Proof of Life | B+

Quantum of Solace | B+

A Quiet Place | B

A Quiet Place Part II | B+

Raiders of the Lost Ark (IMAX) | A+

Rambo: Last Blood | C-

Ransom | A-

Ready Player One | B

Rear Window | B+

RED | B+

Red Notice | B-

Resident Evil | C

Resident Evil: Apocalypse | C

Resident Evil: Extinction | C-

Resident Evil: Afterlife | C-

Resident Evil: Retribution | F

Riddick | B-

The Ring Two | C-

Rise of the Planet of the Apes | A-

Road to Perdition | A

RoboCop (2014) | B+

Rocky Balboa | B+

Rogue One | A-

Ronin | A

Room | A-

Rounders | A

Salt | B

Savages | B

Schindler’s List | A+

School of Rock | A-

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World | B

Scream (1996) | B+

Scream 2 | B-

Scream 3 | C+

Scream 4 | C+

Scream (2021) | C+

The Sentinel | C

Se7en | A

Shaft (2000) | B+

Shang-Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings | A-

Shazam! | B+

Shine a Light | A

Shooter | C-

Shutter Island | B+ | A-

Sicario | A

Soldado | B+

Sideways | B+

Sin City | A

Skyfall | A-

Slumdog Millionaire | A+

Smokin’ Aces | B-

Snake Eyes | C+

Sneakers | A-

The Social Network | A

Solo | B+

Spectre | B

Speed 2: Cruise Control | D

Spider-Man | A

Spider-Man 2 | A+

Spider-Man 3 | B-

Spider-Man: Homecoming | A

Spider-Man: Far From Home | A+

Spider-Man: No Way Home | A-

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse | A

Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse | A

Spy Game | A-

Split | B+

A Star is Born (2018) | A-

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | A-

Star Trek: Generations | B+

Star Trek: First Contact | A-

Star Trek: Insurrection | C+

Star Trek: Nemesis | B+

Star Trek | A-

Star Trek Into Darkness | B

Star Trek Beyond | B+

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | 1st Viewing: A; Final Viewing: C-

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | 1st Viewing: A; Final Viewing: C-

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | 1st Viewing: A-; Final Viewing: B-

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | A-

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | A+

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | A

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens | A-

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi | First Viewing: A; Latest Viewing: A+

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker | First and Second Viewings: A-; Latest Viewing:

Step Brothers | A

Striptease | D+

Suicide Squad | C+

The Suicide Squad | B

The Sum of All Fears | B

Sunshine | B-

Super 8 | B+

Superbad | A

Superman Returns | A

Surrogates | C

Syriana | A

Taken | B-

Taken 2 | C+

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | B

Taxi Driver | A

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | B+

The Terminator | A

Terminator 2: Judgment Day | A

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | B+

Terminator: Dark Fate | B

Terminator Genisys | B+

Terminator Salvation | C+

Texas Rangers | C

Thank You For Smoking | B+

There Will Be Blood | A

Things We Lost in the Fire | B+

This is 40 | A

Thor | B+

Thor: The Dark World | A-

Thor: Ragnarok | Original Viewing: B+ | I have no idea why I gave this only a B+ originally. This is an A.

Thor: Love and Thunder | B

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | B+

Tombstone | A-

The Tomorrow War | B-

Top Gun | B+

Top Gun: Maverick | A-

Total Recall (1990) | B+

Total Recall (2012) | B-

The Town | A-

Transcendence | B-

Transformers | B

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | B-

Transformers: Dark of the Moon | F+

Transformers: Age of Extinction | B

Transformers: The Last Knight | F

Triple Frontier | B

Tron: Legacy | A-

Tropic Thunder | A

Troy | C+

Unbreakable | A

Uncharted | B-

Unstoppable | B

The Untouchables | B

Up | A+

Us | B+

V for Vendetta | A-

Vantage Point | C+

Venom | B+

Venom: Let There Be Carnage | C+

W. | B

WALL-E | A+

A Walk Among the Tombstones | B-

Wanted | C+

War for the Planet of the Apes | A-

The Warriors | B

Watchmen | B+

We Are Marshall | B-

We’re the Millers | B-

Wicker Park | C+

Widows | A-

Without Remorse | B-

The Wolf of Wall Street | B+

The Wolverine | A-

Wonder Woman | B+

Wonder Woman 1984 | B+

Word Wars | B

World War Z | B

Wrath of Man | B

The X-Files: Fight the Future | A

The X-Files: I Want to Believe | B

X-Men | B+

X2: X-Men United | A-

X-Men: The Last Stand | B-

X-Men Origins: Wolverine | B-

X-Men: Days of Future Past | B+

X-Men: Apocalypse | B+

Dark Phoenix | B

Zero Dark Thirty | A

Zodiac | A+

Zombieland | B+

The Zone of Interest | ?

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