Home
Welcome to Filmometer!
This site features sortable film ratings
and "15 Word Reviews" of movies released since 1997.
You will also find weekly movie polls and
a growing number of movie lists.
How does the ratings system work? Learn more about Filmometer.
The movie lists section contains some of my own picks,
plus lists including the
AFI's top 100 American films and
the Academy Awards Winners for Best Picture.
The links page
provides additional online resources for film enthusiasts.
Below you will find a random sampling of films reviewed by Filmometer. Thanks for visiting!
Featured films for
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 8:37 pm
 |
 |
The Darjeeling Limited
|
|
 |
|
Three estranged, drug-addicted brothers meet for a train trip across India. Heartwarming Wes Anderson cinema.
Rating: 9
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
|
|
 |
|
|
The Mist
|
|
|
|
A fairly derivative, depressing creature-horror film with too much religious ranting. Final scene is staggering.
Rating: 5
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
 
|
|
|
|
|
Give 'em Hell, Malone
|
|
|
|
Mediocre, ultraviolent detective noir in need of a better director. Ridiculous villains in second-rate makeup.
Rating: 6
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
 
|
|
|
|
|
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
|
|
|
|
Inside France's Chauvet Cave, Werner Herzog idiosyncratically explores the history of art and human culture.
Rating: 9
|
|
|
|
2011
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Batman: Under the Red Hood
|
|
|
|
Compelling, accessible animated superhero film, featuring Batman, the Red Hood, Nightwing and the Joker.
Rating: 8
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
 
|
|
|
|
|
Imagination
|
|
|
|
Eric Leiser's surreal experiment with puppetry, stop-motion sketches and claymation. And unconvincing actors.
Rating: 6
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
|
|
|
|
|
Tales from the Script
|
|
|
|
Veteran Hollywood screenwriters share their triumphs and failures, insider insights, anecdotes and artistic compromises.
Rating: 8
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
|
|
|
|
|
Salt
|
|
|
|
Insanely violent and illogical. CIA agent/Russian spy Angelina Jolie is an unstoppable killing machine.
Rating: 7
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
English
|
|
IMDb Page
|
|
|
|
Genres/categories:
None
|
|
|
|
Do you have any movie recommendations? A
movie poll or
movie list to suggest?
Perhaps you have a complaint to file about the
film ratings or
15-word reviews?
Ladies and gentleman, one and all, feel free to air your grievances!
There's no need to wait until the annual
Festivus celebration.
Take this opportunity to share.
Thanks for visiting. For more time wastage, try the
spiral::notepad.
