Movie Ratings & Reviews
Last film added: January 25, 2021. There are currently 1678 films in the database (since 1996).
Apollo 11 (2019) 10 
You know what happens, but it's exhilarating. Spectacular historical preservation of humanity at its united best.- I Am Not Your Negro (2016) 10
James Baldwin's vital portrait of race in America. MLK, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, the Kennedys. - Parasite (2019) 10
Bong Joon-ho masterpiece. A destitute family infiltrates the wealthy in South Korea. Thrilling black comedy. - Roma (2018) 10
Cuarón's tender portrayal of a middle-class family's domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City. Dreamlike memoir. - Shoplifters (2018) 10
Masterful portrait of a flawed, unusual family trying to survive in Tokyo. Compassionate, socially conscious. - World of Tomorrow Episode Three: The Absent Destinations... (2020) 10
Don Hertzfeldt's mind-blowing animated series continues. Clones of David and Emily through time and space. - 1917 (2019) 9
Mendes's remarkable achievement of continuous, uncut shots. The Écoust nighttime flare scene is surreal, breathtaking. - Cold War (2018) 9
Doomed 1950s romance between a music director and singer, across communist Poland, Berlin, and Paris. - Lighthouse, The (2019) 9
The madness of two Maine lighthouse keepers in the 1890s. Claustrophobic, mythological, and meticulously shot. - Midnight Gospel - Season 1, The (2020) 9
Clancy explores psychedelic worlds with his faulty multiverse simulator. Existential cartoon set to podcast banter. - Mirai (2018) 9
Parenting two small children in a unique house that reveals family past and future. Magical. - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 9
Visually ingenious comic-book mashup. Quantum insanity. A Marvel superhero movie that elevates the tired genre. - Your Name. (2016) 9
Two complete strangers, a teenage girl and a teenage boy in Japan, switch bodies. Heartwarming. - Aerial, The (La Antena) (2008) 8
Near-silent black and white film from Argentina. A voiceless city. German Expressionism for the 2000s. - BoJack Horseman - Seasons 1-6 (2020) 8
Absurd adult cartoon about a washed-up 1990s sitcom horse in Hollywood. Surprising wit, depth, self-loathing. - Chicken with Plums (2012) 8
Melancholic, humorous fable about a violinist's last days, and passionate love lost in 1950s Iran. - Constantly Wrong: The Case Against Conspiracy Theories (2020) 8
Kirby Ferguson documentary about the cultural fight, and collective fantasy, of conspiracy theories. Very entertaining. - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) 8
The witness statement of 93-year-old Attenborough. An urgent plea to save the world, and ourselves. - Farewell, The (2019) 8
A far-flung family reunites in China. Their grandmother has terminal cancer, but it's a secret. - Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The (2008) 8
A Tokyo teen discovers she can suddenly time-travel. She mostly does it frivolously, and paradox-free. - Green Book (2018) 8
Affectionate, predictable comedy about racism and segregation during a 1962 Deep South piano concert tour. - Happy as Lazzaro (2018) 8
Magical realism fable of a saintly teen sharecropper and a tobacco baroness in rural Italy. - I Lost My Body (2019) 8
A severed hand escapes a lab and searches Paris for its body. Gruesomely enchanting, touching. - Incredibles 2 (2018) 8
Pixar superhero sequel that's much like the original, featuring mysterious villain Screenslaver. Jack-Jack has powers! - Loving Vincent (2017) 8
The last days of Vincent van Gogh. A detective story exquisitely rendered with oil-painted animation. - Moominvalley - Season 1 (2019) 8
A 2019 adaptation of Tove Jansson's beloved, charming Moomin family stories, animated in 3D CGI. - My Octopus Teacher (2020) 8
A filmmaker befriends an octopus living in a South African kelp forest through daily visits. - RBG (2018) 8
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's incredible legal legacy since the 1970s. Plus memes of her later years. - Road to Roma (2020) 8
Alfonso Cuarón's childhood memories, period details and creative choices that shaped the making of Roma. - Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) 8
A bumbling farmer and animals get into big-city shenanigans. Lovely stop-motion Plasticine from Aardman Animations. - Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, A (2020) 8
Aardman Animations with more endearing stop-motion slapstick, now featuring floppy-eared blue aliens on a farm. - Social Dilemma, The (2020) 8
Societal dangers of the tech industry's surveillance capitalism, algorithmic manipulation of users, addiction, fake news. - Spectacular Now, The (2013) 8
The unlikely high-school romance between a hard-partying boy and an introverted, hardworking girl. Bittersweet, wistful. - This is Not a Conspiracy Theory (2020) 8
Seven-part (2014-2020) episodic documentary by Kirby Ferguson about the hidden forces that shape our lives. - Toy Story 4 (2019) 8
Enter Forky, a trash toy, and the antique shop's ventriloquist dummies. Bo Peep's a badass. - Trump, QAnon and the Return of Magic (2020) 8
Kirby Ferguson's 2020 documentary about the far-right conspiracy theory and the insanity of Trump's America. - Bird Box (2018) 7
An almost unbearable horror that the survival of four-year-olds depends on them carefully following directions. - Color Out of Space (2020) 7
Nicolas Cage in a grotesque H.P. Lovecraft adaptation. A glowing purple meteorite crashes into Massachusetts. - Despicable Me (2010) 7
Supervillain Gru, and his minion army, adopts three orphans in order to steal the moon. - Enola Holmes (2020) 7
Millie Bobby Brown is the spirited, ingenious teen sister of Sherlock Holmes. Charming detective adventure. - Flavors of Youth (2018) 7
Three stories of formative childhood experiences set in different cities of China. Anime food nostalgia. - Green Room (2016) 7
A punk band plays a neo-Nazi bar, witnesses a violent crime, tries to survive. Grisly. - Hello World: Confronting Bias in Software (2020) 7
Insightful reflections on the tech industry's history and the social justice of diversity and inclusion. - Horse Girl (2020) 7
I wanted to believe in earnest Alison Brie's conspiracy theories during her mental health crisis. - Klaus (2019) 7
Animated Santa Claus origin story, including a bumbling postman, horrible townsfolk, and the Saami people. - Lodge, The (2019) 7
Two kids and their soon-to-be stepmom get snowed in. Beautifully shot. Unnerving. Bleak as hell. - Love Songs (2008) 7
Chain-smoking and breaking into song on the streets of Paris. Musical beds. Clotilde Hesme shines. - My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016) 7
Dreamlike mixed media animation. When your high school experience collapses into the sea via earthquake. - Platform, The (2020) 7
A vertical prison with a food platform that descends each day. Grotesque metaphor of capitalism. - Rise and Fall of the Seattle CHOP, The (2020) 7
Popular Front documentary showing the rise and fall of the Seattle CHOP/CHAZ from the ground. - See You Yesterday (2019) 7
Two teen prodigies build makeshift time machines. A tragic Brooklyn police shooting gives them purpose. - Teach Us All (2017) 7
Devastating cycles of unfulfilled promises of educational equality to Black and Latino children since desegregation. - Wall, The (2013) 7
A woman becomes trapped in her mountain cabin by an invisible wall. Human survival metaphor. - What Did Jack Do? (2020) 7
Short, absurd critique of the crime genre. Lynch interrogates a talking monkey suspected of murder. - WITH: A Documentary & Concert Film About Sylvan Esso (2020) 7
Fun 60-minute documentary and live concert film capturing Sylvan Esso on their 2019 WITH tour. - Anon (2018) 6
Stylish but contrived. Amanda Seyfried is fun as the mystery hacker. DFE (delete fucking everything). - Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) 6
Galifianakis takes his fake celebrity talk show on the road. Expectedly pointless, charming sketch comedy. - Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020) 6
The benefits and hazards of hallucinogens, mostly related via celebrity stoner tales and goofy reenactments. - Hubie Halloween (2020) 6
Adam Sandler the good-hearted simpleton, accompanied by SNL cast members past and present. Familiar, goofy. - Puss in Boots (2011) 6
Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek are swashbuckling cats in this Shrek spinoff. Generally cute, fun. - Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020) 6
Cooper parlays her viral Trump lip-synching into an SNL-style variety special about 2020. Trippy finale. - Secret Life of Pets 2, The (2019) 6
Slightly better than the first movie. What pets do when humans aren't looking. Relatable, charming. - Whisker Away, A (2020) 6
A spastic junior-high girl transforms into a cat, hoping to receive a classmate's affection. - Girl on the Third Floor (2019) 5
A rundown Victorian house oozes viscous goo and marbles. And there's some nonsensical ghost sex. - Planet of the Humans (2020) 5
Armed with questionable science, brutally exposes the flaws of renewable energy. Offers no practical solutions. - Unfamiliar, The (2020) 5
A British Army doctor returns from war. PTSD hallucinations? Tension wanes following 51-minute Hawai'i reveal. - Wrinkle in Time, A (2018) 5
I watched for the tesseracts. So much promise, an enormous budget, with TV-grade acting. Perplexing. - Below Her Mouth (2017) CRAP
Steamy, stilted affair between a roofer and a fashion editor. Lesbian sex without character development. - Pets United (2020) CRAP
Blatant caricature of popular pet and robot movies, plus superficial, mean-spirited body-shaming. Avoid this garbage.
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How much time was spent watching movies?
On average, Ian watched 0.2 films per day during the past 366 days.
That's a daily average of about 20 minutes of cinema. Or, about 1.3 films per week.
Statistical ratings distribution of these 69 films (4.1% of total rated films):
With enough films included, it usually approximates a bell curve with a mean near 6.5...
(especially when considering that CRAP is 0-4 combined).
Average rating for these 69 films: 7.4.
| 10: | 8.7% |
| 9: | 10.1% |
| 8: | 33.3% |
| 7: | 27.5% |
| 6: | 11.6% |
| 5: | 5.8% |
| CRAP: | 2.9% |
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