Rating System for Movies, Videos and DVDs
A = Absolutely Fantastic
B = Better than most
C = Certainly worth seeing
D = Divided: some good/some bad
E = Eh? (as in the Canadian "Eh?", i.e. "iffy")
F = Fergeddit
G = Gawd Awful
MOVIES
A History of Violence (E) (Oct 25/05)
A Mighty Heart (B) (June 28/07)
A Prairie Home Companion (B+) (June 27/06)
A Serious Man (B-) (Oct 22/09)
A Single Man (E) (Dec 17/09)
A Very Long Engagement (E) (Jan 5/05)
An Education (C+) (Nov 11/09)
Antichrist (E) (Nov 24/09)
Adventureland (D) (April 14/09)
After the Wedding (D) (May 2/07)
Amal (D-) (Sept 5/08)
And When Did You Last See Your Father (B) (June 23/08)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (C) (April 14/09)
Aristocrats, The (Sept 1/05)
Around The Bend (E) (Movie page)
Art School Confidential (E) (May 2/06)
Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (C) (Feb 21/05)
Avatar (N/A) Jan 11/10
Avenue Montaigne (or "Fauteuils d'Orchestre") (B+) (May 2/07)
Aviator, The (C) (Jan 5/05)
Away From Her (C+) (May 21/07)
Away We Go (E) (June 6/09)
Babel (D) (Feb 16/07)
Bad Education (E) (Jan 19/05)
Ballad of Jack and Rose, The (D) (April 27/05)
Balls of Fury (D) (Aug 29/07)
Becoming Jane (C) (Aug 8/07)
Before Sunset (B) (Movie page)
Being Julia (B) (Movie page)
Bella (D) (May 4/08)
Best of Youth, The: Part One (D) (June 15/05)
Beowulf and Grendel (E) (March 17/06)
Blades of Glory (C or E) (March 23/07)
Bobby (C) (Aug 29/07)
Body (E) (Feb 3/10)
Bon Cop, Bad Cop (E) (Sept 22/06)
Borat (C-) (Nov 8/06)
(The) Bourne Ultimatum (D) (Aug 8/07)
Boy A (B) (Sept 5/08)
(The) Boys Are Back (C-) (Oct 6/09)
(The) Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (D-) (Dec 4/08)
Breakfast on Pluto (C-) (Jan 11/06)
Breaking and Entering (C-) March 8/07
Bride and Prejudice (E) (March 21/05)
Brick (F) (May 23/06)
Bright Star (C) (Nov 11/09)
Brokeback Mountain (C-) (Dec 31/05)
Broken Flowers (B) (Sept 7/05)
Brothers (B+) (June 15/05)
Bruno (D) (July 17/09)
(The) Bubble (C) (July 20/07)
Burn After Reading (D-) (Dec 24/08)
Caché (E) (Feb 16/06)
Capote (B) (Nov 25/05)
Casino Royale (C) (Feb 2/07)
Charlie Wilson's War (C) (Jan 17/08)
Che, Parts One and Two (C+) Mar 1/09
Choke (E) (Sept 26/08)
(The) Class (Entre Les Murs) (B) (Jan 26/09)
Clean (D) (March 21/05)
Closer (D) (Dec 5/04)
Congorama (D) (Jan 24/07)
Constant Gardener, The (E) (Sept 7/05)
Control (C) (Nov 22/07)
Conversations With Other Women (C minus) (August 12/06)
(The) Counterfeiters (C) (May 4/08)
Crash (G) (May 18/05)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (D) (Oct 25/05)
(The) Darjeeling Limited (B) (Oct 4/07)
Dear Frankie (B+) (April 8/05)
Death At A Funeral (D) (Oct 4/07)
(The) Death of Mr. Lazarescu (B-) (June 8/07)
Defiance (D) (Jan 10/09)
Departures (C-) (Feb 22/10)
(The) Devil Wears Prada (D) (August 12/06)
(The) Diving Bell and the Butterfly (B-) (Jan 30/08)
Doubt (C-) (Dec 24/08)
Downfall (April 27/05)
Dreamgirls (C-) (Dec 27/06)
(The) Edge of Heaven (C) (June 23/08)
Everything Is Illuminated (C-) (Dec 12/05)
Factory Girl (D) (Feb 16/07)
5 x 2 (E) (July 10/05)
Flame & Citron (D-) (Aug 23/09)
(The) Flight of the Red Balloon (C) (June 4/08)
For Your Consideration (E) (Nov 28/06)
40 Year Old Virgin, The (E) (Sept 7/05)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (C-) (May 4/08)
Friends With Money (E) (May 2/06)
From Paris With Love (N/A) (Feb 22/10)
Frost/Nixon (C-) (Dec 24/08)
Funny People (D) (Aug 23/09)
Garden State (C) (Movie page)
Ghost Town (C-) (September 26/08)
Good Night, and Good Luck (D) (Nov 25/05)
Gran Torino (E) (Feb 8/09)
Half Nelson (D) (Sept 6/06)
Hangover (C-) (June 6/09)
Happy-Go-Lucky (D-) (Nov 16/08)
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanomo Bay (E) (May 18/08)
Head In The Clouds (E) (Movie page)
Head On (D) (July 10/05)
History Boys, The (C) (Dec 11/06)
(The) Hoax (C-) (April 14/07)
Hot Fuzz (C-) (May 2/07)
Hotel Rwanda (C) (Jan 19/05)
Humpday (B) (July 31/09)
Hunger (B+) (April 14/09)
(The) Hunting Party (D) (Sept 18/07)
(The) Hurt Locker (B??) (July 17/09)
I (Heart) Huckabees (B) (Movie page)
I Love You, Man (D+) (March 24/09)
I'm Not There (C) (Dec 8/07)
In Bruges (B-) (Feb 26/08)
In Good Company (C-D) (Jan 5/05)
In The Loop (C-) (Oct 22/09)
(The) Informant! (D) (Oct 6/09)
Inglourious Basterds (C-) (Dec 31/09)
Intimate Strangers (C) (Movie page)
Into The Wild (B-) (Oct 25/07)
Iron Man (D) (May 18/08)
I've Loved You So Long (C-) (Dec 4/08)
J’ai Tué Ma Mère (D) (Feb 22/10)
Jarhead (E) (Dec 12/05)
Journals of Knud Rasmussen, The (E) (Sept 22/06)
Julie and Julia (D-) (Dec 17/09)
Junebug (B) (Nov 4/05)
Juno (D) (Dec 8/07)
Kenny (B) (March 26/08)
King, The (B) (June 9/06)
Kinsey (C) (Movie page)
Knocked Up (C) (June 8/07)
La Vie En Rose (C+) (June 28/07)
Ladies In Lavender (C+) (July 10/05)
Lady Chatterley (C) (Aug 29/07)
Lars and the Real Girl (B) (Feb 13/08)
Last Chance Harvey (C+) (Feb 8/09)
(The) Last King of Scotland (C) Nov 8/06
(The) Last Mistress (E) (Sept 5/08)
(The) Last Station (C+) (Feb 3/10)
Le Grand Silence (B+) July 20/07
L'Enfant (A minus) (April 12/06)
Les Anges Exterminateurs (E) (Jan 24/07)
Les Choristes (D) (Feb 21/05)
Lie With Me (E) (Dec 12/05)
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (C) (Jan 19/05)
(The) Limits of Control (E) (June 6/09)
Little Ashes (D) (June 6/09)
Little Children (F) (Feb 16/07)
Little Miss Sunshine (A) (Sept 6/06)
(The) Lives of Others (C) (Feb 16/07)
Look At Me (C) (April 18/05)
Looking For Alexander (E) (April 18/05)
Machinist, The (F) (Dec 5/04)
(The) Magic Flute (A) (March 24/09)
Mamma Mia! (A) (July 21/08)
Maria Full of Grace (C) (Movie page)
Marley & Me (E) (Dec 31/09)
Matador (A, C-) (Feb 16/06)
Match Point (D) (Feb 1/06)
Me, You and Everyone We Know (Sept 1/05)
Merchant of Venice, The (C) (Jan 28/05)
Michael Clayton (D) (Jan 29/08)
Milk (C-) (Dec 4/08)
Million Dollar Baby (D) (Jan 28/05)
Motorcycle Diaries, The (B) (Movie page)
Mr. Brooks (C-) (June 8/07)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (C) (Sept 1/05)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (D) (Jan 11/06)
Munich (D) (Feb 1/06)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (F) (July 18/06)
My Winnipeg (E) (July 5/08)
(The) Mysteries of Pittsburgh (D) (May 10/09)
Napoleon Dynamite (D) (Movie page)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (C) (Oct 16/08)
Nightwatching (C-) (March 1/09)
No Country for Old Men (B-) (Dec 8/07)
No Reservations (E) (Aug 8/07)
Notes on a Scandal (C) (Feb 16/07)
Observe and Report (E) (May 10/09)
Once (C-) (June 8/07)
One Week (E) (March 24/09)
(The) Page Turner (E) (April 14/07)
Palindromes (C) (June 15/05)
Paris Je T'Aime (C) (May 21/07)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (F) (Dec 31/09)
Pineapple Express (C-) (Dec 31/09)
Pink Panther, The (B/E) (March 9/06)
(The) Pool (B) (May 10/09)
Pride and Prejudice (C) (Nov 25/05)
Primer (C) (Dec 20/04)
(The) Proposal (C-) (June 28/09)
Queen, The (B) (Oct 14/06)
Rachel Getting Married (B-) Oct 27/08
Ray (C) (Movie page)
(The) Reader (C-) Jan 26/09
Revolutionary Road (D) (Jan 10/09)
Role Models (C) Nov 16/08
Running With Scissors (F) (Nov 28/06)
Ryan (C) (March 21/05)
Sabah (D) (July 21/05)
Savages (E) (Jan 17/08)
Schultze Gets The Blues (B) (March 21/05)
Science of Sleep, The (C) (Sept 22/06)
Sin Nombre (C-) (April 14/09)
Slumdog Millionaire (C) (Dec 4/08)
Sea Inside, The (D) (Jan 28/05)
She's The Man (D) (March 17/06)
Sideways (D) (Dec 20/04)
(The) Soloist (B) (Dec 31/09)
Squid and the Whale, The (D) (Nov 25/05)
Stage Beauty (D) (Movie page)
Stranger Than Fiction (C) (December 11/06)
Starting Out In The Evening (E) (Jan 30/08)
Step Brothers (C-) (Sept 5/08)
Summer Hours (C) (July 31/09)
Synecdoche, New York (D) (Dec 4/08)
Syriana (E) (Dec 31/05)
Taking Woodstock (D-) (Dec 30/09)
Thank You For Smoking (E) (March 17/06)
There Will Be Blood (E) (Jan 30/08)
This Is England (B) (Nov 22/07)
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (C) (March 9/06)
Three Monkeys (D) (May 10/09)
Transamerica (D) (Feb 1/06)
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (D) (March 9/06)
Tropic Thunder C- (Feb 8/09)
Truands (D) (Jan 24/07)
Two Days in Paris (F) (Sept 18/07)
Two Lovers (B+) (May 10/09)
United 93 (D) (May 2/06)
Up In The Air (C-) (Nov 24/09)
Valet, the (C-) (May 21/07)
Venus (C) (Feb 2/07)
Vera Drake (B+) (Movie page)
(The) Visitor (C-) (May 18/08)
Volver (F) (Nov 28/06)
Walk on Water (C) (March 21/05)
Walk The Line (B) (Feb 1/06)
Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (D) Jan 26/09
We Don't Live Here Anymore (F) (Movie page)
Wedding Crashers, The (D) (Sept 16/05)
Wendy and Lucy (C-) (March 1/09)
Where The Truth Lies (E) (Oct 25/05)
Wilby Wonderful (D) (Movie page)
(The) Wind That Shakes the Barley (C) (March 23/07)
Woodsman, The (C-) (Feb 4/05)
(The) Wrestler (B+) (Jan 10/09)
Yes (E) (Sept 16/05)
(The) Yes Men Fix the World (C) (Feb 3/10)
You Don't Mess With The Zohan (B-) (June 4/08)
(The) Young Victoria (B) (Jan 11/10)
Zodiac (C-) (March 8/07)
VIDEOS and DVDs
200 American (E) (Sept 16/05)
A Good Year (E) (June 8/07)
A Royal Scandal (F) (August 29/07)
Anatomy of Hell (E) (March 21/05)
Angels in America (C) (March 21/05)
Before Sunrise (B) (Videos and DVDs page)
Bent (N/A) (March 21/05)
(The) Bucket List (C-) (June 23/08)
Captive, The (E) (Videos and DVDs page)
Collateral (D) (April 27/05)
Dancing At Lughnasa (B) (April 8/05)
Dogville (G) (Feb 28/05)
Door In The Floor, The (E) (Feb 28/05)
Dreamers (E) (Videos and DVDs page)
Eastern Promises (C-) (Dec 30/07)
Enchanted (C-) (April 16/08)
Facing Windows (D) (March 21/05)
Family Stone, The (E) (June 6/06)
Finding Neverland (D) (April 27/05)
Fracture (B) (Dec 30/07)
Gaz Bar Blues (C) (Videos and DVDs page)
(The) Good Shepherd (D) (April 14/07)
Housekeeper, The (C) (Videos and DVDs page)
I, Claudia (B) (Feb 28/05)
If.... (A) (March 26/08)
(The) Illusionist (C) (May 2/07)
In This World (D) (Videos and DVDs page)
Intimacy (C) (Videos and DVDs page)
Jesse Stone: Sea Change (D) (April 16/08)
Ladykillers, The (E) (Videos and DVDs page)
Love Is The Devil (Aug 10/05)
Marie Antoinette (C) (April 14/07)
Master and Commander (D) (Videos and DVDs page)
My House In Umbria (C) (Videos and DVDs page)
Naked States (D) (Sept 16/05)
(The) Nanny Diaries (E) (Dec 30/07)
Nine Songs (E) (March 9/06)
Open Water (E) (Feb 28/05)
(The) Prestige (E) (May 2/07)
(The) Queen's Sister (C) (Aug 29/07)
Reign Over Me (B) (Dec 30/07)
Rescue Dawn (D) (Dec 30/07)
Seducing Dr. Lewis (B) (Videos and DVDs page)
Sex Is Comedy (E) (Feb 28/05)
Sicko (B) (March 26/08)
Son Frère (C) (July 10/05)
Terminal, The (D) (Jan 5/05)
True Romance (C) Dec 30/07)
Under The Tuscan Sun (D) (Videos and DVDs page)
Waitress (C) (Feb 13/08)
You, Me and Dupree (F) (April 14/07)
Movie Essays
Battle Royal: Britain vs Hollywood -- Academy Awards 2008 (Feb 26/08)
Academy Awards 2007 (Feb 16/07)
Academy Awards Afterglow (March 9/06)
An Overview (June 15/05)
Food in Movies: mini-essay (June 27/06)
The Secret to the Academy Awards (March 9/06)
