Civilian 2015 Wrap-Up and Year-End Stats!

I've always been a firm believer in building up suspense, he said in response to the inevitable question, "What the hell took so long to post the second half of the year-end recap????"

Anyway, here's the rest of the goods from 2015. Didn't spend much time at the cineplex this year, so I can't say that this really reflects the state of The Year That Was, but then again, maybe it does, seeing as how I wasn't all that drawn to seek out the latest shiny new objects. Or maybe that just says more about me.

As before, all titles listed were encountered for the first time from January 1 to December 31, 2015 (i.e. no repeat viewings were eligible), with top picks denoted with an asterisk. (*)



TOP CIVILIAN RELEASES OF 2015

John Wick
Mad Max: Fury Road*
Results
People Places Things
Night Owls
The Second Mother
The End of the Tour
Victoria*
Manson Family Vacation
The Hateful Eight
Slow West
The Overnight
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
Batkid Begins





BEST OF 2014 OSCAR BAIT

St. Vincent
Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash*
Cake
Wild



CIVILIAN DISCOVERIES

Enemy
The Sorrow and the Pity
Marjoe
Jonestown: The Life and Death of the People’s Temple
La Grande Bouffe
Away From Her
Memory Lane
Disconnect
her*
Brotherhood of Death






HONORABLE MENTION

The New Girlfriend
Creed
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl





BIG MEH

Foxcatcher
The Judge
The Imitation Game
Spectre





BIG MEH (REDFORD EDITION)

Indecent Proposal
The Last Castle
The Great Gatsby






DOUBLE VIEWS (BY CHOICE)

Boogie Nights






DOUBLE VIEWS (DVD/BR REVIEWS)

The Brain That Wouldn’t Die
Carrie (2002)
Class of 1984
Der Samurai
Dog Soldiers
Escape from New York
Food of the Gods
From a Whisper to a Scream
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
Mad Max
No Telling
Scarecrows
Starry Eyes
Welp (aka Cub)




 MOST WATCHED DIRECTORS

Larry Fessenden (4)
Roger Corman (3)
Luca Bercovici (2)
Ray Kellogg (2)
David Ayer (2)
Jeff Burr (2)
Jess Franco (2)
Frederick Friedel (2)
Francois Gaillard / Christophe Robin (2)
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (2)
Bert I. Gordon (2)
Yasuharu Hasebe (5)
Jack Hill (2)
Sergio Leone (2)
George Miller (2)
Michael A. Simpson (2)
Denis Villeneuve (2)
Jake West (2)





EARLIEST FILM WATCHED

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)




LONGEST STREAK OF SEEING FILMS FROM EACH YEAR
2010 – 1979, 1977 – 1956
Somehow I missed seeing anything from 2011 (whaaaaaat) or 1978

GOING A-Z
Came close to seeing movies starting with every letter of the alphabet – missed Y this year.

FIRST MOVIE OF 2015
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1993)

LAST MOVIE OF 2015
Spy (2015)

COUNTRIES OF RECORD: 22
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA, Venezuela

VIEWINGS BY MONTH:
January – 23
February – 21
March – 17
April – 32
May – 48 (Chicago Critics Film Festival)
June – 25
July – 17
August – 11
September – 15
October –  101 (October Challenge)
November – 23
December – 19



That's it! Onward!



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