Hellboy (2004)

Starring: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans, Karel Roden, Jeffrey Tambor, Doug Jones, David Hyde Pierce

Directed By: Guillermo del Toro
( The Review, originally posted July 24, 2005... )

WALL-E (2008)

Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy

Directed by: Andrew Stanton
( The review... )

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell, William Hurt

Directed by: Louis Leterrier
( The Review... )

Fantastic Four (Extended Edition) (2005)

Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington

Directed by: Tim Story
( The Review... )

Hulk (2003)

Starring: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, Nick Nolte

Directed By: Ang Lee
( The review, originally posted on February 5, 2005... )

Iron Man (2008)

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Leslie Bibb, Faran Tahir, Sayed Badreya, Clark Gregg

Directed by: Jon Favreau
( The review... )

I wasn't going to do this list this year, feeling so good overall about the year in movies. Then this happened, and I figured I might as well. I'll be force-feeding myself some more 2007 movies in the coming weeks, so there's a good chance that something else I'll see would have contended for this list, but I figure at some point you have to accept that you're either not going to see everything, or you're never going to make a list (I choose A. On that note, expect my best movies of the year list soon).

More than any other list I write, I must stress that this is the Top 5 Worst Movies of 2007 That I Saw. Some of these are plenty bad, but I'm absolutely certain that I haven't seen most of the worst movies of the year, as I generally make an effort to avoid bad movies (whereas I am pretty confident that I've seen the majority of great movies, so I like that list more). Still, it's always fun to make fun of stuff, so here we go.
( I could've used this time reading or something. Or, more likely, watching other movies... )

Transformers (2007)

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rachael Taylor, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro, Peter Cullen

Directed by: Michael Bay
( The review... )

I Am Legend (2007)

Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith, Charlie Tahan, Abby the Dog

Directed by: Francis Lawrence
( The review... )

TV Talk: The New Fall TV Season - New Show Overview (2007)

Instead of doing reviews for every new pilot I watched over the past couple of weeks (which I really didn't have time for), I figured I'd just combine them all into mini-reviews in one post, judging each on whether or not I would continue watching the series. Each series will be listed in the order in which its pilot debuted, along with the network and time slot it occupies.
( Thoughts on the new TV shows... )

Sunshine (2007)

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Hiroyuki Sanada, Troy Garity, Benedict Wong

Directed by: Danny Boyle
( The Review... )

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Laurence Fishburne, Doug Jones

Directed By: Tim Story
( The Review... )

Children of Men (2006)

Starring: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Pam Ferris, Danny Huston

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
( The review... )

The Terminator (1984)

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield

Directed by: James Cameron
( The review... )

V for Vendetta (2006)

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt

Directed by: James McTeigue

( The review... )

I saw 24 movies from 2005, usually in bunches. I didn't see everything I wanted to see this year, but had to put a cap on it sometime, as I'm never going to see every movie and the list had to go up sometime. Doing a year end list in June is kinda silly. Movies I still would like to see include Capote, Crash, The Aristocrats, The Squid and The Whale, The Constant Gardener, Match Point, and A History of Violence. While I could do a larger list, I chose to make this a top ten list because that seems to be the standard movie list format. I don't know if I've ever seen a movie list longer than ten in any publication. Unlike album lists, it's always ten movies plus honourable mentions. I guess it's because publications rarely have more than one movie critic, and thus don't have to combine a bunch of opinions into one list. For whatever reason, ten plus mentions is what I'm doing.

One last thing, I reviewed every 2005 movie I saw, so I'll be linking to those original reviews. As a result, I probably will half-ass my write-ups here, since I've already said most of what I wanted to say. If you want more, click on the links. If you do, you'll notice that the scores I assigned each movie might not necessarily reflect the order in which I rank them. That's because I like to keep my reviews as objective as possible, with my scores reflecting my judgement of the quality of the film from an artistic standpoint. But, I still might like the movie more than others. Since this is more of MY top movies than a best of list, lower scoring movies that I love may top higher scoring movies that I like. Enough already, on to the list...

( The list, if anyone still cares... )

Serenity (2005)

Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, David Krumholtz, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Directed By: Joss Whedon
( The spoiler-free review... )

Serenity: "Those Left Behind" (2005)

Serenity mini-series issues 1-3. Story: Joss Whedon and Brett Matthews, Script: Brett Matthews, Art: Will Conrad, Colors: Laura Martin. Published by Dark Horse Comics in 2005.

( The review... )

X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong (2005)

X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong mini-series issues 1-5. Writer: Greg Pak, Penciller: Greg Land, Inker: Matt Ryan, Colourist: Justin Ponsor. Published by Marvel Comics in 2005.
( Dude, I think your baggage is showing... )

Roswell Season Three

Starring: Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl, Majandra Delfino, Brendan Fehr, Nick Wechsler, Adam Rodriguez, William Sadler

Series Creators: Jason Katims
( The review... )

War of the Worlds (2005)

Starring: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins

Directed By: Steven Spielberg
( The Review... )

Fantastic Four (2005)

Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon

Directed By: Tim Story
( The Whole Review... )

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels, Christopher Lee

Directed By: George Lucas
( The Review... )

( Preamble... )
( #10- Conversations with Dead People )
( #9- The Wish )
( #7- Graduation Day parts 1 & 2 )
( #6- Restless )
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