The Month in Film: August 2013
The last month of pure, unadulterated movie watching! It’s been fun, but at least I went out with a bang! I watched fewer movies than I did in July, but I reviewed quite a few of them as part of my Summer Under the Stars series. As always, if you missed one of my reviews you can click the title to go to the applicable link.
3. Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
4. Shampoo*
5. The Canyons
6. Love Crazy
8. The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
9. Laura*
10. High Society
11. Bonnie and Clyde*
13. Confetti
14. Dog Day Afternoon*
16. Epic
17. 2001: A Space Odyssey
18. Warm Bodies
19. The Driver
20. Anything Goes
21. Anne of the Thousand Days*
23. Lovelace
24. Jezebel
26. Spellbound
27. Star Trek Into Darkness
28. Bullet to the Head
31. Kidnapped
32. Byzantium
33. The Red Shoes*
34. Wild Things*
35. Picnic
37. Iron Man 3*
38. Blue Jasmine
39. Dinosaur
44. The Curse of the Cat People
45. Pain and Gain
46. Pacific Rim
47. Wild River
48. Singin’ in the Rain*
TOTALS:
49 films watched in August (down 5 from July)
12 were rewatches
37 were first-time viewings
2 were theatrical releases (although a few were VOD releases)
Top 5 Favorite Classic Films of the Month:
1. The Curse of the Cat People 2. A Star is Born 3. To Be or Not to Be 4. The Canterville Ghost 5. Call Northside 777
Favorite Theatrical Film of the Month: Blue Jasmine
Worst Film of the Month: Anything Goes, Lovelace
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A freelance film critic whose work fuels the Rotten Tomatoes meter. I've been published on The Hollywood Reporter, Remezcla, and The Daily Beast. I've been featured in the L.A. Times. I currently run two podcasts, Citizen Dame and Ticklish Business.
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