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Filmspotting #216   Adam Matty
WALL-E  
Matty's MM: Mongol    
Heist #1: Lavender Hill Mob  
       
Filmspotting #215   Adam Matty
Get Smart  
Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears    
Zardoz    
My Wife is An Actress    
Lars and the Real Girl  
Starter For 10  
       
Filmspotting #214   Adam Matty
The Incredible Hulk  
The Happening   No stars No stars
       
Filmspotting #213   Adam Matty
The Fall  
Kung Fu Panda  
'70s Sci-Fi #6: The Man Who Fell To Earth  
       
Filmspotting #212 Adam Matty Reaves
Sex and the City
'70s Sci-Fi: Logan's Run  
       
Filmspotting #211   Adam Matty
Indiana Jones 4  
'70s Sci-Fi: Soylent Green  
       
Filmspotting #210   Adam Matty
Redbelt  
Son of Rambow  
'70s Sci-Fi: Silent Running  
       
Filmspotting #209   Adam Matty
Standard Operating Procedure  
Speed Racer  
'70s Sci-Fi: The Andromeda Strain  
       
#208: After Hours   Adam Matty
Love, Actually  
       
Filmspotting #208   Adam Matty
Iron Man  
'70s Sci-Fi: The Omega Man  
       
Filmspotting #207   Adam Matty
Where in... is Osama bin Laden?  
The Visitor  
       
Filmspotting #206   Adam Matty
Forgetting Sarah Marshall  
       
Filmspotting #205   Adam Matty
Shine a Light  
Smart People  
Matty's MM: The Grand   N/A
       
Filmspotting #204   Adam Matty
The Bank Job   N/A
Flawless   N/A
Talk To Her  
       
Filmspotting #203   Adam Matty
Stop-Loss  
Almodovar #3: All About My Mother  
       
Filmspotting #202   Adam Matty
Funny Games  
Paranoid Park  
Almodovar #2: Live Flesh  
       
Filmspotting #201   Adam Matty
Chicago 10  
Matty's MM: Semi-Pro   N/A
Almodovar #1: Flower of My Secret  
       
Filmspotting #200   Adam Matty
Charlie Bartlett  
       
Filmspotting #199   Adam Matty
Be Kind Rewind  
Definitely, Maybe  
Bergman #6: Fanny and Alexander  
Matty's Movie Minute      
The Spiderwick Chronicles   N/A
Diary of the Dead   N/A
       
Filmspotting #198   Adam Matty
In Bruges  
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days  
Matty's Movie Minute      
Taxi to the Dark Side   N/A
Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy...   N/A
Tiger Town (Roy Scheider Tribute)   N/A
       
Filmspotting #197   Adam Matty
Cassandra's Dream  
Bergman #5: Shame  
       
Filmspotting #196   Adam Matty
Persepolis  
Bergman #4: Winter Light  
       
Filmspotting #195      
Sundance 2008 Ratings      
Sundance Dispatch #2      
Sundance Dispatch #1      
       
Filmspotting #194   Adam Matty
Cloverfield  
       
Filmspotting #193   Adam Matty
There Will Be Blood  
The Bucket List  
       
Filmspotting #192   Adam Matty
The Orphanage  
Walk Hard  
       
Filmspotting #191   Adam Matty
Charlie Wilson's War  
Sweeney Todd  
Youth Without Youth  
       
Filmspotting #190   Adam Matty
I Am Legend  
Juno  
       
Filmspotting #189   Adam Matty
Atonement  
       
Filmspotting #188   Adam Matty
Margot at the Wedding  
The Mist  
       
Filmspotting #187   Adam Matty
I'm Not There  
Beowulf  
       
Filmspotting #186   Adam Matty
Southland Tales  
Bergman #3: Wild Strawberries  
       
Filmspotting #185   Adam Matty
No Country For Old Men  
       
Filmspotting #184   Adam Matty
American Gangster  
Bergman #2: The Seventh Seal  
       
Filmspotting #183   Adam Matty
Gone Baby Gone  
Rendition  
       
Filmspotting #182   Adam Matty
We Own The Night  
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (CIFF)   N/A
       
Filmspotting #181   Adam Matty
The Darjeeling Limited  
Michael Clayton (CIFF)  
Control (CIFF)  
The Savages (CIFF)  
       
Filmspotting #180   Adam Matty
The Assassination of Jesse James...  
3:10 To Yuma  
Lust, Caution  
My Kid Could Paint That   N/A
       
Filmspotting #179   Adam Matty
Into the Wild  
Bergman #1: Smiles of a Summer Night  
       
Filmspotting #178   Adam Matty
Across the Universe  
In the Valley of Elah  
       
Filmspotting #177   Adam Matty
Eastern Promises  
The King of Kong  
       
-- No half star ratings --
Filmspotting #176   Adam Sam
Shoot 'Em Up  
       
Filmspotting #175   Adam Sam
Rocket Science  
Interview  
       
Filmspotting #174   Adam Sam
The Invasion  
       
Filmspotting #173   Adam Matty
Superbad  
Molière  
       
Filmspotting #172   Adam Sam
Stardust  
Layer Cake  
Bergman Tribute: Autumn Sonata  
       
Filmspotting #171   Adam Sam
The Bourne Ultimatum  
The Bourne Supremacy  
The Bourne Identity  
The Simpsons Movie  
       
Filmspotting #170   Adam Sam
Talk To Me  
Hairspray   N/A
Hairspray (1988)   N/A
       
Filmspotting #169 Adam Steve P. Sam
Rescue Dawn
Little Dieter Needs To Fly
Sunshine N/A
     
Filmspotting #168 Adam Sam
Harry Potter... Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter... Goblet of Fire N/A
Harry Potter... Prisoner of Azkaban N/A
Harry Potter... Sorcerer's Stone
Ratatouille
Noir #5: The Asphalt Jungle
     
Filmspotting #167 Adam Scott S. Sam
Sicko
Transformers N/A
     
Filmspotting #166 Adam Sam
Paris Je T'aime
Noir #4: Gun Crazy
     
Filmspotting #165 Adam Sam
A Mighty Heart
     
Filmspotting #164 Adam Sam
Ocean's Thirteen
Ocean's Twelve
Ocean's Eleven
Once
Noir #3: Out of the Past
     
Filmspotting #163 Adam Scott T. Sam
Knocked Up
Bug
     
Filmspotting #162 Adam Sam
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Noir #2: The Killers ('46)
     
Filmspotting #161 Adam Sam
Waitress
Away From Her
Noir #1: Double Indemnity
     
Filmspotting #160 Adam Sam
28 Weeks Later
28 Days Later
     
     
Filmspotting #159 Adam Sam
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man
Silents #6: Passion of Joan of Arc
     
Filmspotting #158 Adam Sam
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
Silents #5: Metropolis
     
Filmspotting #157 Adam Sam
Fracture
     
Filmspotting #156 Adam Sam
Grindhouse
Planet Terror
Death Proof
Disturbia
Silents #4: Sunrise
     
Filmspotting #155 Adam Sam
The Namesake
Silents #3: Battleship Potemkin  
     
Filmspotting #154 Adam Sam
The Host
The Lookout
Blades of Glory
     
Filmspotting #153 Adam Sam
Reign Over Me
     
Filmspotting #152 Adam Sam
300
Silents #2: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
     
Filmspotting #151 Adam Sam
The Lives of Others
Silents #1: The Birth of a Nation
     
Filmspotting #150 Adam Sam
Zodiac
     
Filmspotting #149 Adam Sam
Breach
Animation #6: The Iron Giant
     
Filmspotting #148 Adam Sam
The Dead Girl
Jesus Camp (DVD)
     
Filmspotting #147 Adam Sam
Inland Empire
Perfume: Story of a Murderer
Animation #5: Spirited Away
     
Filmspotting #146 (Sundance Review) Adam Sam
Snow Angels
Black Snake Moan
Smiley Face (Not reviewed)
Away From Her (Not reviewed)
Joshua (Not reviewed)
Fay Grim (Not reviewed)
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Sundance Dispatch #3 Adam Sam
Son of Rambow
Hounddog
Low and Behold
Zidane
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Crossing the Line
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Sundance Dispatch #2 Adam Sam
Life Support
The Pool
Year of the Dog
Never Forever
Bugmaster Inc. Inc.
     
Sundance Dispatch #1 Adam Sam
Grace Is Gone
Chicago 10
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Broken English
The Good Life
     
Filmspotting #145 Adam Sam
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
     
Filmspotting #144    
Top 10 Films of 2006    
     
Filmspotting #143 Adam Sam
The Good German
We Are Marshall
Bobby
     
Filmspotting #142 Adam Sam
Dreamgirls
Letters From Iwo Jima
     
Filmspotting #141 Adam Sam
The Pursuit of Happyness
Animation #4: Ghost in the Shell
     
Filmspotting #140 Adam Sam
Apocalypto
The Passion of the Christ
Animation #3: Akira
     
Filmspotting #139 Adam Sam
The Nativity Story
Altman Tribute: McCabe & Mrs. Miller
     
Filmspotting #138 Adam Sam
The Fountain
Animation #2: Grave of the Fireflies
     
Filmspotting #137 Adam Sam
Fast Food Nation
Casino Royale
     
Filmspotting #136 Adam Sam