I watched 38 movies in February 2024. 24 of them were new to me. 23 of them were made before I was born. It was Foreign Film February and I watched 12 foreign films.
I actually slowed my movie-watching a little as I intentionally tried to watch some television series. My wife and I watched A Murder at The End of the World, which started off really strong and then concluded in as ridiculous a manner as possible And I started watching The Americans (again). I think this is my third attempt. It is a show that I think is really good, but not quite so amazing that I just can’t put it down. I keep getting through the first season and then getting distracted. When I’m ready to pick it back up again I feel like I need to watch Season 1 again to remember the story and then I get distracted again.
My top actors watched this year are still slim pickings. Clark Gable remains at the top with 8 films watched followed by Burt Lancaster with 3. Robert Wise, Lewis Allen, Joseph Henabery, John Ford, Tony Wharmby, and Umberto Lenzi are tied for the directors list with two films watched a piece.
Here’s the full list.
Vera Cruz (1954) – ***1/2
Blood on the Moon (1948) – ***1/2
Les 3 Boutons (2015) – ****
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus (1964) – ***
Commando (1985) – ***1/2
Action Jackson (1988) – ***1/2
When Strangers Marry (1944) – ***1/2
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) – ***1/2
The Upturned Glass (1947) – ***
Sparkling Cyanide (2003) – ***
Shin Godzilla (2016) – ***1/2
Office Space (1999) – ****
Darkman (1990) – ****
The Ear (1990) – ****
Tokyo Joe (1949) – **1/2
Appointment with Danger (1950) – ****
Mademoiselle (1966) – ****1/2
Rhubarb (1951) – ***1/2
Hair Wolf (2018) – ***1/2
Paganini Horror (1989) – **
The Symphony Murder Mystery (1932) – **
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932) – ***
Faithless (1932) – ***1/2
Donovan’s Reef (1963) – ***
The Fighting Seabees (1944) – ***1/2
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials Mystery (1981) – ***1/2
The Big Gundown (1967) – ****
Battleship Potemkin (1925) – *
The Secret Adversary (1983) – ***1/2
House (1977) – ****
Fox and His Friends (1975) – ****
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) – ****
My Fair Lady (1964) – ****
Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge (1937) – ***1/2
The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) – ****
Re/Member (2022) – **
Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980) – ***1/2
Noroi: The Curse (2005) – ****
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I think i vaguely remember seeing Darkman at the cinema, and it’s not the fault of the film that i cannot remember clearly. My memory can be pretty poor at times, also i have bookmarked Mademoiselle and look forward to watching it.
I did not like Darkman when I saw it way back when. But revisiting it recently I found I enjoyed what it was doing.
Yes that’s probably my feeling too, was it Sam Raimi who made it ?