Back again!
Having addressed the horror genre in the previous entry
(hey, this is HORROR 101 after all), it’s now time to give the civilian flicks
a moment in the sun. As before, all titles listed were encountered for the
first time from January 1 to December 31, 2013 (i.e. no repeat viewings were
eligible), with top picks denoted with an asterisk. (*)
Because I didn’t get to the cinema much outside of the early
2013 Oscar race and the two festivals (SXSW and BIFFF), it’s not surprising
that my 2013 civilian favorites were dominated by 2012 releases and limited
2013 screenings. But these are the cards
I’m holding, so these are the ones I’m playing.
Let the OCD madness begin!!!
2013 Totals: 306 films, 240 1st time views, 185 horror,
69 cinema
(2012 Totals: 607, 520, 362, 166)
(2011 Totals: 640, 419, 355, 59)
(2010 Totals: 364, 253, 242, 45)
(2009 Totals: 472, 276, 289, 38)
(2008 Totals: 384, 278, 226, 39)
(2007 Totals: 409, 284, 260, 40)
TOP CIVILIAN VIEWS RELEASED
IN (OR AROUND) 2013
56 Up! (2012)
Amour (2012)
Argo (2012)
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Gravity (2013)
The Impossible (2012)
Jonas (2013)*
Life of Pi (2012)
Rust and Bone (2012)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)*
The Sessions (2012)
Stoker (2013)
Upstream Color (2013)*
FESTIVAL FAVES
(AWAITING WIDE RELEASE)
Blancanieves (2012)*
Coldwater (2013)
Confession of Murder (2012)
Downloaded (2013)
The Fifth Season (2013)
I am Divine (2013)
I Declare War (2012)
Pieta (2012)
Short Term 12 (2013)
Sound City (2013)
Yellow (2013)
Zero Charisma (2013)
TOP CIVILIAN
DISCOVERIES OF 2013
21 Jump Street (2012)
Ban the Sadist Videos! (2006)
The Brown Bunny (2003)
Cut-Throats Nine (1972)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
The Do-Deca Pentathalon (2012)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Once (2006)*
The Outlaw (1943)
Reefer Madnes: The Movie Musical (2005)
Righting Wrongs (aka Above the Law) (1986)
Vengeance is Mine (1979)
Wake in Fright (1971)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
WORTH SEEING
Animals (2012)
The Butler (2013)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Date Night (2010)
Haywire (2012)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
Super (2010)
MIXED BAGS
The Call (2013)
The Heat (2013)
Marley & Me (2008)
Room 237 (2012)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
WORST CIVILIAN VIEWS
OF 2013
Man of Steel (2013)
X, Y and Zee (1972)
WHAT THE *&*%#^$%#% DID I JUST WATCH? (CIVILIAN
EDITION)
The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
Gymkata (1985)
The Last Dragon (1985)
Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)
Vanishing Waves (2012)
MORE FUN STATS FROM 2013…
DOCUMENTARIES WATCHED: 18
Harlan County U.S.A., In the Belly of the Beast, The Smashing Machine, The VanBebber Family, The Meltdown Memoirs, Ban the Sadist Videos!, Religulous, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Searching for Sugar Man, 56 Up!, Room 237, Men in Suits, Downloaded, I am Divine, Milius, Sound City, The World's End: Making of Day of the Dead, Crystal Lake Memories
MOST VIEWED ACTOR:
Klaus Kinski (Venom, Schizoid, Crawlspace)
MOST VIEWED
DIRECTORS:
(3)
John Carpenter (Body Bags, Assault on Precinct 13, Prince of
Darkness)
Jess Franco (Castle of Fu Manchu, Lorna…the Exorcist,
Dracula: Prisoner of Frankenstein)
William Fruet (Death Weekend, Baker County USA, Funeral
Home)
(2)
Andrew Davis (The Final Terror, Code of Silence)
Christian Duguay (Scanners II, Scanners III)
Larry Fessenden (Beneath, Habit)
Sam Firstenberg (Revenge of the Ninja, Ninja III: The
Domination)
Marc Forster (Stranger Than Fiction, World War Z)
David Gregory (Ban the Sadist Videos, The VanBebber Family)
Todd Haynes (Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, I’m Not
There)
Fred J. Lincoln (Serena: An Adult Fairy Tale, Same Time
Every Year)
Adam Rehmeier (The Bunny Game, Jonas)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle)
David Schmoeller (Crawlspace, The Seduction)
MULTIPLE VIEWS IN
2013 (** - by choice; all others indicate review purposes)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2)
The Beast Within (2)
Body Bags (2)
Crawlspace (2)
Evil Dead** (2)
The Horror Show (2)
Knightriders (2)
The Lords of Salem (2)
Night of the Comet
Saturn 3 (2)
You’re Next** (2)
SEEING DOUBLE:
Crawlspace (1986, 2013)
Possession (1981) & The Possession (2012)
We Are What We Are (2010, 2013)
The World’s End (2013) & The World’s End: The Making of
Dawn of the Dead (2013)
GOING A-Z
Saw films with titles starting with every letter of the
alphabet
(Q: The Winged Serpent
& X, Y, and Zee, in case you were
wondering)
WATCHED (AND
REVIEWED!) XXX-RATED MOVIES
COUNTRIES OF RECORD:
26
Argentinia, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,
Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Thailand, UK, USA
EARLIEST FILM WATCHED:
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Old Dark House (1932)
LONGEST STREAK OF SEEING FILMS FROM EACH YEAR:
1969-1974, 1976-1996, 1999-2013 (i.e., this was a disaster)
1969-1974, 1976-1996, 1999-2013 (i.e., this was a disaster)
VIEWINGS BY MONTH:
January – 28
February – 18
March – 37 (SXSW)
April – 56 (BIFFF)
May – 6
June – 26
July – 17
August – 14
September – 18
October – 38 (October Challenge)
November – 21
December – 27
February – 18
March – 37 (SXSW)
April – 56 (BIFFF)
May – 6
June – 26
July – 17
August – 14
September – 18
October – 38 (October Challenge)
November – 21
December – 27
TOP VIEWING YEARS:
2012 – 85
2013 – 58
2011 – 13
2010 – 10
1981 – 8
1982 – 8
1980 – 7
1976 – 6
1985 – 6
2006 – 6
VIEWS BREAKDOWN BY DECADE:
1930s – 2
1940s – 2
1950s – 3
1960s – 9
1970s – 27
1980s – 52
1990s – 16
2000s – 29
2010s - 166
That’s all, folks! See you next year...
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