Movies Viewed in 2019

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 31st
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: Three 6th grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party.

Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 31st
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.

Rating: 7.2/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 30th
Via: Netflix

Plot: The Madagascar animals join a struggling European circus to get back to New York, but find themselves being pursued by a psychotic animal control officer.

Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 30th
Via: Netflix

Plot: A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 29th
Via: Netflix

Plot: The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.

Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 29th
Via: Netflix

Plot: Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.

Rating: 8.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 28th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Rating: 8.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 27th
Via: Netflix

Plot: Noah Baumbach's incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.

Rating: 8.9/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 27th
Via: Cinema

Plot: A young boy in Hitler's army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.

Rating: 8.3/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 23rd
Via: Disney+

Plot: A mischievous 14-year-old boy and his irresponsible uncle almost ruin Christmas when they decide to take Santa's new high-tech sleigh for a joyride.

Rating: 5.4/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 22nd
Via: Amazon Prime

Plot: A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart.

Rating: 3.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 22nd
Via: Cinema

Plot: The Kung Fu master travels to the U.S. where his student has upset the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.

Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 22nd
Via: Netflix

Plot: Two sisters and their families spend - or rather, endure - Christmas at their late parents' dilapidated country house.

Rating: 5.2/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 21st
Via: Netflix

Plot: After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold, bloody mission to eliminate a brutal dictator.

Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 21st
Via: Netflix

Plot: The Buckmans are a midwestern family all dealing with their lives: estranged relatives, raising children, pressures of the job, and learning to be a good parent and spouse.

Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 20th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: Go! tells the story of the events after a drug deal, told from three different points of view.

Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 19th
Via: Cinema

Plot: The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.

Rating: 7.7/10

You can read my review here

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 18th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A father and son who team up to save Christmas once they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage after crashing his sleigh and finding himself on the run from the police.

Rating: 7.3/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 18th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.

Rating: 7.2/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 12th
Via: Blu-ray

Plot: A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

Rating: 5.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 11th
Via: Cinema

Plot: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family.

Rating: 8.2/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 11th
Via: Disney+

Plot: Santa's daughter finds herself having to take over the family business.

Rating: 6.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 10th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A small-time hood aspires to work his way up the ranks of a local mob.

Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 6th
Via: Blu-ray

Plot: A team of elite commandos are dropped into dense jungle where they are hunted by an unstoppable robot designed by the U.S. Government that has gone rogue.

Rating: 4.2/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: December 2nd
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A group of high school dropouts are forced to attend night school in hope that they'll pass the GED exam to finish high school.

Rating: 5.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 30th
Via: Netflix

Plot: In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.

Rating: 6.6/10

Second Viewing (Revisit)

Viewing Date: November 27th
Via: 4K Blu-ray

Plot: A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.

Rating: 6.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 26th
Via: Amazon Prime

Plot: After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.

Rating: 6.5/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 25th
Via: Netflix

Plot: A villain's maniacal plan for world domination sidetracks five teenage superheroes who dream of Hollywood stardom.

Rating: 6.8/10

You can read my review here

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 24th
Via: Cinema

Plot: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford and challenge Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

Rating: 8.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 23rd
Via: Stan.

Plot: Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

Rating: 7.6/10

You can read my review here

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 22nd
Via: Netflix

Plot: Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon.

Rating: 7.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 19th
Via: Disney+

Plot: The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.

Rating: 7.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 18th
Via: Netflix

Plot: A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.

Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 18th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A kind-hearted street urchin and a power-hungry Grand Vizier vie for a magic lamp that has the power to make their deepest wishes come true.

Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 15th
Via: Netflix

Plot: The Monty Python troupe perform a combination of classic sketches and new material at the Hollywood Bowl.

Rating: 7.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 12th
Via: Blu-ray

Plot: After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Rating: 7.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 10th
Via: Blu-ray

Plot: South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country, after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the black activist Steve Biko.

Rating: 7.8/10

You can read my review here

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 9th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: Two Chicago firefighter brothers, who don't get along, have to work together while a dangerous arsonist is on the loose.

Rating: 7.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 7th
Via: Amazon Prime

Plot: A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger.

Rating: 6.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 6th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.

Rating: 7.0/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 5th
Via: Stan.

Plot: A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.

Rating: 7.1/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 4th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: An overstressed suburbanite and his fellow neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block are part of a murderous Satanic cult.

Rating: 7.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: November 3rd
Via: Cinema

Plot: Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future.

Rating: 4.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: October 31st
Via: Cinema

Plot: A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Rating: 7.3/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: October 30th
Via: Stan.

Plot: A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Rating: 7.9/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: October 29th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.

Rating: 5.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: October 28th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A volcano erupts in downtown Los Angeles, threatening to destroy the city.

Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: October 27th
Via: Netflix

Plot: In 1969 California, four friends gather for a farewell party, but the night soon takes a deadly turn when a group of cultists invade the house with murderous intentions. Based on the Manson Family murders.

Rating: 4.7/10

First Viewing

Viewing Date: October 25th
Via: iTunes Store

Plot: A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

Rating: 6.7/10