2013 Movie List

*6* Awesome
5 Loved it
4 Liked it a lot
3 Liked it
2 It was okay
1 Nope

So far this year, 47 movies.....

Last Vegas (12/21/2013) hilarious! (4)
About Time (12/11/2013) great, feel-good movie! (4)
Philomena (12/10/2013) bittersweet story, wonderful actors (4.5)
Hunger Games: Catching Fire (12/6/13) watchable, good in places, but draggy in others... (2)
Grown Ups 2 (11/22/2013) stupid...perfect for a Friday night (3)
Dallas Buyers Club (11/19/2013) almost flawless and unforgettable (6)
Austenland (11/14/2013) cute, and much better than the book (3)
Thor:  The Dark World (11/11/13)  good one with lots of chuckles (4.5)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (11/6/2013) mesmerizing actors (3)
The Fifth Estate (10/31/13) interesting and informative (3)
The Family () as much as I wanted to love it, I didn't (2)
We're the Millers (10/26/13) a freaking funny movie! (4+)
Captain Phillips (10/24/2013) Edge-of-your-seat true story (5)
Pulling Strings (10/13) This was a blast (4)
Don Jon (10/13)  I keep thinking about this one...(5)
The Patience Stone (10/1/13) extraordinary story! (4.5)
This is the End (9/24/2013) silly, nutty, funny....(2)
Thanks for Sharing (9-20-2013) a splendid movie with fantastic acting (5.5)
The Spectacular Now (9-6-13) a particularly good movie (5)
The Butler (9-4-13) a great overview of the civil rights movement (5)
Instructions Not Included (8/30/13) just wonderful and F-U-N-N-Y (5.5)
Reds 2 (8/23/13) Left in the middle - BLECH!
The Attack (8-22-13) nope, the book was SO much better.... (2)
The East (8-18-13) just terrific (6)
Blue Jasmine (8-16-13) sad, but brilliantly acted (4.5)
2 Guns (8-8-13) enjoyable, but nothing special (3)
The Heat (8-6-13) freakin' hilarious (5)
The Way, Way Back (8-5-13) fabulous movie (6)
Before Midnight (7-21-13) just dialogue (but some really good dialogue!) (2)
Love is All You Need (7-9-13) sweet film -enjoyed the Italian setting, Danish language, and Reel Pizza (3)
World War Z (7-13) will watch for the sequel (3)
Monsters University (6-13) Not bad for an animated movie... (4)
Mud (5-29-13) Good movie, though a bit slow and long (3.5)
Ironman 3 (5-27-13) Liked it at least three times more than Ironman 2 (3.5)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (5-26-13) - It bowled me over (6)
The Big Wedding (5-25-13) It was lots of fun - very predictable but fun (4)
33 Postcards (5-17-13) Liked it despite its badness and goodness...something different! (3)
The Company You Keep (5-3-13) I liked it a lot (4)
Searching for Sugarman (4) It was really good, I liked it a lot
Admission
The Impossible
Olympus Has Fallen
Oz the Great and Powerful (3-12-13) It grew on me, liked it quite a bit (4)
The Guilt Trip (2-15-13) Quite a few chuckles, enjoyable (3.5)
Zero Dark Thirty (1-28-13) A bit of hugely important contemporary history (4.5)
Silver Linings Playbook (1-7-13) Fantastic movie- WOW! (6)
A Late Quartet (1-6-13) As it developed I liked it more and more (4)

WOW Movies of 2013
Dallas Buyers Club
Thanks for Sharing
Instructions Not Included
The East
The Way, Way Back
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Silver Linings Playbook

Really Good Movies of 2013 (4.5 & 5)
Philomena
Thor: The Dark World
We're the Millers
Captain Phillips
Don Jon
The Patience Stone
The Spectacular Now
The Butler
Blue Jasmine
The Heat
The Impossible
Zero Dark Thirty

Good/Fun Movies of 2013 (3 & 4 Liked and Liked a lot)
Last Vegas
About Time
Grown Ups 2
Austenland
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Fifth Estate
The Family
Pulling Strings
2 Guns
Love is All You Need
Monsters University
World War Z
Mud
Ironman 3
The Big Wedding
33 Postcards
The Company You Keep
Searching for Sugarman
Admission
Olympus Has Fallen
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Guilt Trip
A Late Quartet

Not-so-great Movies of 2013 (1 & 2: Mediocre and dislikes....)
Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Family
This Is the End
Reds 2 (no review - walked out!)
The Attack
Before Midnight

Foreign Movies of 2013
Instructions Not Included
The Attack
33 Postcards
The Patience Stone

85th Annual Academy Award Nominations

Motion Picture

Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Hugh Jackson (Les Miserables)
Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)
Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)
Naomi Watts (The Impossible)
Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin (Argo)
Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams (The Master)
Sally Field (Lincoln)
Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Best Director

Michael Haneke (Amour)
Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)


70th Annual Golden Globe Nominations

Motion Picture/Drama

(5) Argo  WINNER
.....Director (Ben Afleck) WINNER
....Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin)
(5) Django Unchained
.....Director (Quentin Tarantino)
.....Supporting Actor (Leonardo diCaprio)
.....Supporting Actor (Christoph Waltz)
(3) Life of Pi
.....Director (Ang Lee)
(5) Lincoln
.....Director (Steven Spielberg)
.....Male Lead (Daniel Day Lewis) WINNER
.....Supporting Female (Sally Field)
.....Supporting Male (Tommy Lee Jones)
(4) Zero Dark Thirty
.....Director (Kathryn Bigelow)
.....Female Lead (Jessica Chastain)  WINNER

Motion Picture/ Comedy or Musical

(2) Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
.....Female Lead (Judi Dench)
(3) Les Miserables  WINNER
.....Male Lead (Hugh Jackman) WINNER
.....Supporting Female (Anne Hathaway) WINNER
(1) Moonrise Kingdom
(3) Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
.....Female Lead (Emily Blunt)
.....Male Lead (Ewan McGregor)
(4) Silver Linings Playbook
.....Female Lead (Jennifer Lawrence) WINNER
.....Male Lead (Bradley Cooper)

Best Foreign Language Film

Armour (Austria) WINNER
A Royal Affair (Denmark)
The Intouchables (France)
Kon-Tiki (Norway)
Rust & Bone (France)
.....Female Lead (Marion Cotillard)

Other

(1) Hitchcock
.....Female Lead (Helen Mirren)
(1) The Impossible
.....Female Lead (Naomi Watts)
(1) The Deep Blue Sea
.....Female Lead (Rachel Weiscz)
(1) Arbitrage
.....Female Lead (Richard Gere)
(2) The Sessions
.....Male Lead (John Hawkes)
.....Female Supporting Actress (Helen Hunt)
(3) The Master
.....Male Lead (Joaquin Phoenix)
.....Supporting Female (Amy Adams)
.....Supporting Male (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
(1) Flight
.....Male Lead (Denzel Washington)
(1) Quartet
.....Female Lead (Maggie Smith)
(1) Hope Springs
.....Female Lead (Meryl Streep)
(1) The Paperboy
.....Supporting Actress (Nicole Kidman)
(1) Anna Karenina
(1) Cloud Atlas
(1) Bernie
.....Male Lead (Jack Black)
(1) Hyde Park on Hudson
.....Male Lead (Bill Murray)