I love movies (and the occasional TV series, I suppose), particularly those of the horror, cult, sleaze, and "oddity" variety. My personal collection reaches over 1,000 physical and eclectic entries, and is ever mutating. Don't expect quality, but instead utterances of "what... the...", although you may find the occasional mainstream release (currently, my only prejudice is "bought mah cam at a department store" films). Entries in this style I particularly liked. Have some suggestions for me? Email morbus@disobey.com.
| Date | ? | Title | Year | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11 | URL | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | 2001 | Rewatch after a book read. Still way too long. |
| 2010-11 | URL | Dexter: The Fourth Season | 2009 | |
| 2010-10 | URL | Dexter: The Third Season | 2008 | |
| 2010-10 | URL | Dexter: The Second Season | 2007 | |
| 2010-10 | URL | Dexter: The First Season | 2006 | |
| 2010-10 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #10: Danger on Tiki Island | 2010 | |
| 2010-09 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #9: The Alien Factor | 2010 | |
| 2010-08 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #8: East meets Watts | 2009 | |
| 2010-08 | URL | Fringe: The Complete 1st Season | 2009 | |
| 2010-07 | URL | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | 2008 | Geek musical about heroes and villains? You had me at Muhahah. |
| 2010-07 | URL | Paranormal Activity | 2009 | Sure, there were shocking scenes... ... Right. Sigh. |
| 2010-06-02 | URL | Castle: The Complete First Season | 2009 | Such a great show! Characters first, good and fast mysteries, great humor. |
| 2010-04-16 | URL | Curb your Enthusiam: The Complete Third Season | 2001 | I'm still enjoying it and will continue, but it's... ... I know what it's like now. |
| 2010-03-10 | URL | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | 2008 | I enjoyed it, certainly, but doubtful I'd really watch it again. |
| 2010-03-03 | URL | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 | 1993 | Compared to the later seasons, not so good; story arcs stronger. |
| 2010-02-01 | URL | Inglorious Basterds | 2009 | Tarantino can do no wrong, but how could he do better than this? |
| 2010-01-28 | URL | Pact with the Devil | 2001 | Dozens of delicious quotes and McDowell, but pretty passable nonetheless. |
| 2010-01-26 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 7 | 1994 | The final season spends a lot of time reliving the first. |
| 2010-01-22 | URL | Curb your Enthusiam: The Complete Second Season | 2004 | MMmm. Man thongs. |
| 2010-01-20 | URL | It's Alive | 2009 | WTF is this? Everything that the original wasn't. Horrible. |
| 2010-01-13 | URL | Curb your Enthusiam: The Complete First Season | 2003 | Finally got around to watching this. I sympathize. |
| 2009-12-26 | URL | Nannok of the North (Criterion Spine #33) | 1922 | Of passing interest, sure, but not my cup of tea. |
| 2009-12-05 | URL | Oliver Twist (Criterion Spine #32) | 1948 | One of the most well-known Twist adaptions; I certainly enjoyed it. |
| 2009-12-01 | URL | Great Expectations (Criterion Spine #31) | 1946 | Good, but I think I have a larger place for Paltrow's version. |
| 2009-11-20 | URL | Sukiyaki Western Django | 2007 | Cautiously optimistic about it. I think I need to watch it again. Borderline. Ish. |
| 2009-11-13 | URL | Wandering Ginza Butterfly | 1971 | Playing pool was more intense than the ending swordfight. Sequel queued. |
| 2009-11-01 | URL | The DaVinci Code | 2006 | No more or less than I expected. Doubt I'd watch it again. |
| 2009-10-18 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 6 | 1993 | Slightly more comedy than I enjoy, but still looking forward to each one. |
| 2009-10-16 | URL | Trick 'r Treat | 2008 | An atypical anthology that succeeded nearly the entire time. Paquin++. |
| 2009-10-09 | URL | The House of the Dead | 2009 | Great suspense, but the last third devolved into yawny crap. |
| 2009-10-02 | URL | Martyrs | 2008 | It took a while to realize I enjoyed this; the ending "justified" everything. |
| 2009-09-18 | URL | M (Criterion Spine #30) | 1931 | Hampered by a sudden ending, it was still very well done. |
| 2009-09-13 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 5 | 1992 | 20+ hours in a single sentence? Hrm. Still going, still enjoying. |
| 2009-08-21 | URL | Coraline | 2009 | Huge fan of the book and graphic novel, the movie is equally as good. |
| 2009-08-14 | URL | 42nd Street Forever, Vol. 4 | 2009 | Again, moments of pure "must see", and others of "god, another one of these?" |
| 2009-08-07 | URL | 42nd Street Forever, Vol. 3 | 2008 | Much hilarity and amazement, but also "wow, this 30 minutes sucked." |
| 2009-07-31 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #7: Blood of the Vampires | 2009 | The last one they've made so far. Sadness. MOREEEE! |
| 2009-07-24 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #6: Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks | 2009 | Gasp, my queue is empty! Must pick up remaining releases. Cinematic Titanic++. |
| 2009-07-18 | URL | 42nd Street Forever, Vol. 2 | 2006 | I continue to love trailer packs, and this coddled me at its teat. More-r. |
| 2009-07-17 | URL | 42nd Street Forever, Vol. 1 | 2005 | I love trailer packs, and this was right up every alley I'm interested in. More. |
| 2009-07-11 | URL | Halloween | 2007 | The prequel stuff was great; everything after was ho-hum, boring, and watch-checking. |
| 2009-06-26 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #5: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians | 2008 | A little weaker for me, probably as I've seen all the previous versions. |
| 2009-06-19 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #4: Legacy of Blood | 2008 | Still loving these things; not much more can be said besides "Good riffs." |
| 2009-06-13 | URL | Taken | 2008 | The trailer had the best parts. It was good, but expected. |
| 2009-06-12 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #3: The Wasp Woman | 2008 | Why the disclaimers? Definitely a fan of these; next three already queued. |
| 2009-06-01 | URL | Picnic at Hanging Rock (Criterion Spine #29) | 1979 | Did this contribute to the also-excellent The Virgin Suicides? Unsolved mystery. |
| 2009-05-31 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 4 | 1991 | Took a long time to get back here, but still continuing, and cheerfully enjoying, the journey. |
| 2009-05-29 | URL | The Long Good Friday (Criterion Spine #26) | 1982 | Slow start, but kept boiling. Little man in a big, hard to understand, world. |
| 2009-05-29 | URL | High School Musical | 2006 | I like Disney, I like musicals. Logic suggests I'd like this. And I did. Sequels queued. |
| 2009-05-29 | URL | Tokyo Gore Police | 2008 | The more I see this tired effect, the faster I grow bored. Giggly, but mostly a yawn-pass. |
| 2009-05-23 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #2: Doomsday Machine | 2008 | The padding at the end of this movie (not riff) was soul-sucking. |
| 2009-05-23 | URL | Cinematic Titanic #1: The Oozing Skull | 2008 | "We're back!" shouts the MST3K creators, and I heartily agree. |
| 2009-05-02 | URL | Alphaville (Criterion Spine #25) | 1965 | A sci-fi movie with no trappings or effects. Surrealist. Mleh. Pass-ish. |
| 2009-04-31 | URL | Attack Girls' Swim Team Versus the Undead | 2007 | Mildly entertaining, actually. Vagina lasers and prolonged kissing? Eh! |
| 2009-04-25 | URL | High and Low | 1962 | Incredible movie - reminded me of Hitchcock's Rope. More please. |
| 2009-04-18 | URL | Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe | 1991 | Jesse Ventura as alien cop in barely understandable VHS-to-DVD rip. Pass. |
| 2009-04-12 | URL | American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt | 1989 | Compared to prequels, boring and NULL-acting. But, hey, thong-wearing male "statues". |
| 2009-04-05 | URL | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | 1987 | Mutant ninja warriors created by super-criminal "The Lion". Heh. YeaAAAhh. |
| 2009-03-23 | URL | American Ninja | 1985 | MmMM, widescreen Dudikoff in best James Dean impression. With ninjas. Can't get better. |
| 2009-03-20 | URL | The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | 1969 | Incredible transfer of Argento's first; still a worthy rewatch to clear recent crap from memory. |
| 2009-03-14 | URL | Saw V | 2008 | ... ... Really? This is all you could come up with? As Parappa would say, getting worse. |
| 2009-03-13 | URL | A.D. Police Files 1-3 | 1990 | Lots going on here; multiple viewings help. Good stuff. Occasionally mental, always sexual. |
| 2009-03-11 | URL | Memoirs of a Geisha | 2007 | Beautiful film, but only mildly interesting. Weakness for culture be I. |
| 2009-03-07 | URL | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | 2008 | This didn't feel like an X-Files at all. A two-headed dog and head transplants? Yawn. |
| 2009-03-06 | URL | The Midnight Meat Train | 2008 | Ancient evil good, modern day conspiracy bad. But, hey, sodomy is a rare treat. |
| 2009-03-04 | URL | Blade Runner | 1982 | After all these years, I'm still barely in like with it. |
| 2009-03-03 | URL | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | After all these years, I'm still not in love with it. |
| 2009-02-17 | URL | Zodiac | 2007 | Better than I expected, but not as great as I was told. A little too long for me. |
| 2009-02-15 | URL | Repo! The Genetic Opera | 2009 | Takes some getting used to but, on reflection, I really liked it. |
| 2009-01-24 | URL | Saw IV | 2007 | I can't stop liking these movies. Slightly more confusing than the others. |
| 2009-01-09 | URL | Evil Video 1 | - | First mixtape we've seen; started out "woot!", ended with "jesus, again?! we just sa... sigh." |
| 2009-01-03 | URL | Summertime (Criterion Spine #22) | 1955 | Did nothing for me. Kept checking time remaining. Hepburn annoyingly whiny. |
| 2009-01-02 | URL | Sex and the City: The Movie | 2008 | Stop laughing, it was a gift fo... HEY, I SEE YOU BACK THERE. STOP TEH GIGGLES. |
| 2008-12-26 | URL | Batman Begins | 2008 | Wow, I never thought I'd like another Batman movie. |
| 2008-12-21 | URL | Shock Corridor (Criterion Spine #19) | 1964 | You can tell where this is heading rather quickly, still watchable. Naked Kiss was better. |
| 2008-12-13 | URL | The Naked Kiss (Criterion Spine #18) | 1964 | Really good, in hindsight; wait for the third half (?!), which takes an unhealthy twist. |
| 2008-12-12 | URL | Naked Fear | 2007 | Not entirely bad; gets a better near the end, what with the killing and all. |
| 2008-12-07 | URL | Kung Fu Panda | 2008 | Being entertained is all I ask, so I suppose this succeeded. Yet another yet another though. |
| 2008-12-05 | URL | Curse of the Komodo | 2004 | Giant zombie-making komodos and disturbingly fake breasts. Not as good as you'd think. |
| 2008-12-04 | URL | Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (Criterion Spine #17) | 1976 | This romantic comedy falls a little flat. Jaded I be, aghast are you. |
| 2008-11-29 | URL | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (Criterion Spine #16) | 1956 | The final confrontation with the greatest fencer he'd ever face. Awesome. |
| 2008-11-28 | URL | Samurai II: Duel at Ichikoji Temple (Criterion Spine #15) | 1955 | Some great stuff here, with the expected soap operatic melding of relationships. |
| 2008-11-27 | URL | Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (Criterion Spine #14) | 1954 | Japan's "Gone with the Wind" was enjoyable for the standard reasons. |
| 2008-11-22 | URL | WALL·E | 2008 | Loved it! The future makes me grin with contempt yet acceptance. |
| 2008-11-21 | URL | Strange Behavior | 1981 | Eh. Was neither great nor worse. Wouldn't bother with it again. |
| 2008-11-12 | URL | The Seventh Seal (Criterion Spine #11) | 1957 | Great idea, started "erm...", grew stronger on reflection. |
| 2008-11-09 | URL | Heroes: Season 2 | 2008 | Stupid writer's strike made me "hungry for more". Guffaw. |
| 2008-10-27 | URL | Walkabout (Criterion Spine #10) | 1946 | Enjoyed nearly nothing about this movie. Awesome. |
| 2008-10-14 | URL | Avatar: The Complete Book 3 Collection | 2008 | I'm incredibly sad it's over, but happy smiles and happy tears. |
| 2008-09-24 | URL | Heroes: Season 1 | 2007 | Never watched this on TV but, holy crap, I'm a fan now. |
| 2008-09-17 | URL | A Night To Remember (Criterion Spine #7) | 1958 | Miles better than Cameron's; more characters means stronger disaster. |
| 2008-09-14 | URL | Beauty and the Beast (Criterion Spine #6) | 1946 | Enjoyed this; the makeup work, for 1946, is still beyond me. |
| 2008-09-13 | URL | There Will Be Blood | 2007 | Daniel Plainview is my type of person. |
| 2008-09-12 | URL | Avatar: The Complete Book 2 Collection | 2007 | When anything can make me laugh or cry, it's good. |
| 2008-08-24 | URL | Curse of the Golden Flower | 2007 | "Deliciously colorful!" he cries. And a good movie to boot. I like family dramas. |
| 2008-08-20 | URL | Avatar: The Complete Book 1 Collection | 2006 | Yes, it's from Nick, but this is some great storytelling. Anxious for more. |
| 2008-07-19 | URL | 28 Weeks Later | 2007 | Definitely not "better than the original"; tried too hard to be shocking! zomg! |
| 2008-07-13 | URL | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | 2007 | Desperate brothers get deeper and deeper; enjoyed. |
| 2008-06-22 | URL | Lady in the Water | 2006 | For me, Shyamalan can do no wrong. This fairy tale was no different. |
| 2008-06-15 | URL | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | Rewatching the classic on Blu-Ray. Still liked it. |
| 2008-06-01 | URL | One Missed Call | 2007 | Eh. Your standard American translation of Japanese horror. |
| 2008-05-29 | URL | Grindhouse Presents: Planet Terror | 2007 | Greatest. Movie. Ever. Kept getting better and better. |
| 2008-05-20 | URL | Cloverfield | 2008 | Holy crap, this was good. Would be a great double-header with The Host. |
| 2008-04-04 | URL | Communion | 1989 | Didn't work for me. Walken an odd choice, and it was more humorous than tense. |
| 2008-04-02 | URL | The 400 Blows (Criterion Spine #5) | 1959 | Truffaut's first feature; I'm looking forward to the Antoine Doinel followups. |
| 2008-03-28 | URL | Silent Rage | 1982 | Great beginning and Norris-appreciation, but slow and meandering ending. |
| 2008-03-28 | URL | Dakota Bound | 2001 | An actual plot, good cheesy action scenes, and lesbians. Amazingly good. |
| 2008-03-21 | URL | One Dark Night | 1982 | Mausoleums, reanimation, and spark-shooting eyes, good. A bit slow. |
| 2008-02-22 | URL | The Death Merchants | 1973 | I don't remember anything about this movie. Still better than GHOST RIDER. |
| 2008-02-22 | URL | Ghost Rider | 2007 | Wasn't very enjoyable to watch; needed more bear suits. Painful. |
| 2008-02-15 | URL | Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave | 1976 | Entertaining WTF and authoritative source for Liu Kang's sound file. |
| 2008-02-15 | URL | Elves | 1990 | One helluva Nazi plot and Grizzly Adams saves yet another day. |
| 2008-02-12 | URL | Amarcord (Criterion Spine #4) | 1974 | Fellini's memories held only a passing interest from me. |
| 2008-02-08 | URL | Don't Go Near the Park | 1981 | Not-so-immortal cave-people try to become slightly more immortal. |
| 2008-02-08 | URL | Antropophagus | 1980 | These purported "video nasties" continue to disappoint; better than Absurd though. |
| 2008-02-01 | URL | Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky | 1992 | After all these years, I finally watched it, and it was awesome. |
| 2008-02-01 | URL | Hack! | 2007 | 80 minutes of suck, then 10 minutes of good, is the wrong trick to play. |
| 2008-01-25 | URL | Tenement | 1985 | Listen, I'm just glad it's over. |
| 2008-01-25 | URL | Absurd | 1981 | Whatever reputation this film had was entirely undeserved. |
| 2008-01-24 | URL | Crook's Tour | 1941 | Slow to start, and definitely not my kind of movie. Little enjoyment. |
| 2008-01-20 | URL | The Lady Vanishes (Criterion Spine #3) | 1938 | Great, and humorous, flick! Hitchcock's last Euro venture. |
| 2008-01-19 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3 | 1990 | The first cliff-hanger still sends me a-shiver. Nerd love, dawg. |
| 2008-01-18 | URL | Immortal Combat | 1994 | Piper and Chiba fight immortal super zombie morphin' fighters. Love ensues. |
| 2008-01-18 | URL | Fantom kiler 3 | 2003 | Sit through the hour for an amazing finale. When Darkman slashes budgets. |
| 2008-01-15 | URL | All Souls Day | 2005 | The only redeeming feature is the ninja cheerleader. Pass. |
| 2008-01-11 | URL | Trip with Teacher | 1975 | Count how many times Sean Penn falls asleep. Eh. |
| 2008-01-11 | URL | Malibu High | 1979 | Great made better with the People's Court theme. She's not a hit-girl. |
| 2008-01-04 | URL | Fight for Your Life | 1977 | Blaxploitation flick not for everyone; I enjoyed it personally. |
| 2008-01-02 | URL | A Night to Dismember | 1983 | Blissfully short; I can only hope the better stuff was lost in the lab mishap. |
| 2008-01-01 | URL | Seven Samurai (Criterion Spine #2) | 1954 | Begrudgingly watched in film class; older, I appreciate it far more. |
| 2007-12-27 | URL | Grand Illusion (Criterion Spine #1) | 1938 | Another journey: every Criterion DVD. Quite good, even though not my style. |
| 2007-12-23 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2 | 1987 | I continued watching, ignoring all others. Reminds me of childhood. |
| 2007-12-10 | URL | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1 | 1987 | My journey continues! Suffice to say, I like these shows. Rowr. |
| 2007-12-01 | URL | Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | Wasn't as good as the others; some slow parts. Still glad to own it. |
| 2007-11-28 | URL | 2 Days in the Valley | 1996 | I recall liking it, but it is appears to be forgettable. Not a Tarantino flick. |
| 2007-11-21 | URL | Brimstone and Treacle | 1982 | Sting goes to great lengths for 2 minutes, and just because. Great! |
| 2007-11-14 | URL | The Blood Spattered Bride | 1974 | For all its reputation and hand-to-mouth, it was merely alright. Ask again later. |
| 2007-11-07 | URL | Star Trek: The Animated Series | 1973 | Get past the animation: these are actually good stories and "real" episodes. |
| 2007-11-01 | URL | Godzilla: Final Wars | 2004 | As crazy a Godzilla movie as I'd expect; statue on my TV for decades. |
| 2007-10-15 | URL | Open Water 2: Adrift | 2006 | I can't stand the water; this, and the first one, worked for me. |
| 2007-10-01 | URL | The Host | 2006 | Believable effects and characters. Awesome monster movie. |
| 2007-09-15 | URL | Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 3 | 1966 | One of my quests: to watch every Star Trek ever. Always a fan. |
| 2007-09-01 | URL | Believers | 2007 | Was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. Mildly typical though. |
| 2007-08-26 | URL | Baby Blood | 1989 | BRAIN DAMAGE meets THE BROOD. Not bad, not good, "erm..." ending. |
| 2007-08-25 | URL | Abominable | 2006 | I've a weakness for monster movies; this was standard fare but enjoyable. |
| 2007-08-25 | URL | Are You Scared | 2005 | "Hey, I heard those Saw movies did well. Let's do a horrible copy-cat!" |
| 2007-08-12 | URL | Thank You For Smoking | 2006 | I had a huge grin on my face nearly the entire time. |
| 2007-08-04 | URL | The Baby | 1972 | Ruth Roman was great, and the ending wasn't what I expected at all. |
| 2007-08-03 | URL | The Asphyx | 1973 | A quest for science, immortality, and redemption. Good flick. |
| 2007-07-27 | URL | The Monster Squad | 1987 | They don't make movies like this anymore; it saddens me. |
| 2007-07-20 | URL | After Life | 1998 | Wonderful character study of your memories when you die. |
| 2007-07-14 | URL | Altered | 2006 | Not your typical alien abduction story; was quite pleasing. |
| 2007-07-14 | URL | Aerobi-cide | 1986 | This is the greatest 80's movie I have ever seen. |
| 2007-07-13 | URL | A Dead Calling | 2006 | Modern day ghost story leaves me wishing for the sweet release of death. |
| 2007-07-13 | URL | Spawn of the Slithus | 1978 | Organic mud named Slithus evolves thanks to radiation. Happy ending. |
| 2007-07-08 | URL | Black Christmas | 2006 | Pointless remake spends too much history on boring characters; yawn deaths. |
| 2007-07-07 | URL | Night of the Comet | 1984 | Triffids end-of-the-world scenario with zombies, mad scientists, and lame ending. |
| 2007-07-07 | URL | 2001 Maniacs | 2004 | This "sequel" to HGL's 2000 Maniacs is absolutely horrible. No merit at all. |
| 2007-07-07 | URL | 976-Evil II | 1992 | Remotely entertaining, but mostly forgettable. In fact, entirely forgettable. |
| 2007-07-06 | URL | Candy Stripers | 2006 | Entirely non-sexy nurse fantasy alien possession, written and directed by women. |
| 2007-07-06 | URL | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | 2006 | Excellent "documentary" that stumbles a bit near the end. |
| 2007-07-04 | URL | SiCKO | 2007 | Yep, I saw it again... I'll continue to support Moore's endeavors. |
| 2007-07-04 | URL | Dead Silence | 2007 | I love doll movies, but this didn't give me what I wanted. Wasn't bad though. |
| 2007-06-29 | URL | SiCKO | 2007 | I'm always entertained by Moore's films; this one was no different. |
| 2007-06-29 | URL | The Wicker Man | 2007 | Bad ass in a bear suit beats up women. See with a friend. Hilarious. |