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Note: Rating is out of 4 stars (****):
* - Worthless, or actively painful to watch.
** - Enough redeeming factors to finish.
*** - Pleasant, fun, or informative. One-time watching, only.
**** - Excellent. Beautifully filmed, or moving, or inspiring and eye-opening. Plan to purchase it (or already own it).

You might notice that the ratings will tend to be in the 4-star and 3-star category, for the most part. This is not because we are generous with ratings; on the contrary, we're very demanding of our films. The explanation is simple: we try, as much as we can, to determine the quality of the film before we watch it (through reviews, other people, intuition). Consequently, the films that do make it through our filters tend to be of higher quality.

November 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Marc Forster Finding Neverland **+Theater AMC
Pixar The Incredibles ****Theater AMC
Julie Taymor Frida ***+Theater AMC

October 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Mamoru Oshii Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ***Theater Shaker Square
Cameron Crowe Say Anything... ***+DVD Ferrett & Gini
Kurt Wimmer Equilibrium **DVD Ferrett & Gini
George Cukor The Philadelphia Story ***+DVD Ferrett & Gini
Troy Duffy The Boondock Saints ****DVD Ferrett & Gini
Clint Eastwood Unforgiven ***DVD Ferrett & Gini

September 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Yimou Zhang Hero ****Theater Shaker Square
Richard Kelly Donnie Darko (The Director's Cut) ****Theater Shaker Square

August 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Ishirô Honda Godzilla (1954, Japanese) ***Theater Cinematheque
Kenneth Branagh Henry V ****DVD Jeff & Keira
Mel Brooks Spaceballs **DVD Library
Mike Figgis Hotel (review) ****DVD Own
Franco Zeffirelli Romeo and Juliet ****DVD Rental
Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet ****DVD Rental

July 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
David Schisgall The Lifestyle **DVD Own
Jim Mallon Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie Arrrgh! :)VHS Own
Zacharias Kunuk Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner ***+DVD Rental
Kevin Smith Clerks ***DVD Ferrett & Gini
Antoine Fuqua King Arthur **+Theater AMC
Steven Shainberg Secretary ****DVD Rental
Doug Liman The Bourne Identity **+DVD Ferrett & Gini
Sam Raimi Spider-Man 2 ****Theater AMC
Sam Raimi Spider-Man ****DVD Ferrett & Gini

June 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Alfonso Cuarón Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban ****Theater AMC
Terry Gilliam Brazil ****DVD Ferrett & Gini

May 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Wolfgang Petersen Troy **+ Theater AMC
Quentin Tarantino Kill Bill Vol. 2 **** Theater Detroit Theater
Stephen Sommers Van Helsing **+ Theater AMC
Michel Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind **** Theater Detroit Theater

April 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Guillermo del Toro Hellboy **+ Theater AMC

March 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
David Fincher Fight Club ****DVD Ferrett & Gini

February 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Richard Elfman Forbidden Zone ***VHS Caron
Sylvain Chomet The Triplets of Belleville ****Theater Cedar Lee
Paul and Chris Weitz American Pie ***+DVD Jeff & Keira
Paul Verhoeven Total Recall ***+DVD Rental

January 2004

ByTitleRatingFormatSource
Vilgot Sjöman I Am Curious (Yellow) ***VHS B-Ware
Jay Levey UHF ***DVD Caron
Michael Curtiz Casablanca ****DVD The Ferrett
Tim Burton Edward Scissorhands ***+DVD Keira
Henry Selick & Tim Burton The Nightmare Before Christmas ***+DVD Keira


By Dmitri Zagidulin.