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Torn Curtain (1966) *** [Hitchcockathon Pt. 14]

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Everyday Sunshine: The Story Of Fishbone (2010) ***1/2

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Live And Let Die (1973) **** [Bondathon Pt. 8]

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Marnie (1964) ***1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt. 13]

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The Birds (1963) ***1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt. 12]

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Harold And Maude (1971) *****

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The Woman In Black (2012) ***1/2

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Focus On Film: Episode 1 - April 2013 Criterion Titles

Hey! I started a podcast with my friend Ryan! Here is a direct link . In This Episode:  • Dan and Ryan introduce themselves and talk a bit about their love of film  • The Format of the podcast is covered  • The April 2013 Criterion Titles  • The Criterion New Years Drawing  • We go over our favorite directors, and Criterion editions  • "Criterion Most Wanted"  Intro: "Father Christmas" By Ryuichi Sakamoto  / Outro: "Resource" By Philip Glass

Red Dawn (1984) ***

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North By Northwest (1959) ***** [Hitchcockathon Pt. 11]

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Excision (2012) ****

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Psycho (1960) ***** [Hitchcockathon Pt. 10]

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) ***1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt. 9]

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Diamonds Are Forever (1971) *** [Bondathon Pt. 7]

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Looper (2012) ****

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Gangster Squad (2013) ***

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Vertigo (1958) ****1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt. 8]

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Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013) *1/2

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) ***1/2

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In The Mood For Love (2000) ***1/2 [CCN27]

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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) ***1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt.7 ]

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) ****1/2 [Bondathon Pt. 6]

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Happy 2nd Birthday, Blog!

My blog is 2 years old today! Continuing last year's trend, here's how many films I've watched: 2005 - 339 (that's a lot of films!) 2006 - 369 (wow, more films than days in the year!!) 2007 - 274 (quite the jump down!) 2008 - 270 (very similar to 2007 ) 2009 - 234 (steadily declining) 2010 - 188 (whoa, BIG drop) 2011 - 236 (back up from 2010 and on par with 2009 )  2012 - 253 (steadily climbing back up!)

Patton (1970) ****1/2

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Strangers On A Train (1951) ****1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt. 6]

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) ***

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Scarface (1932) ****

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The Trouble With Harry (1955) **** [Hitchcockathon Pt. 5]

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Brazil (1985) *****

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Screencaps courtesy of  Filmgrab .

Rear Window (1954) ****1/2 [Hitchcockathon Pt. 4]

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ParaNorman (2012) ***

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Top Albums Of 2012

1.   The Life And Times No One Loves You Like I Do ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.   Dr. John Locked Out ****1/2 3.   El-P Cancer For Cure ****1/2 ( Review ) 4.   David Byrne & St. Vincent   Love This Giant  ****1/2 ( Review ) 5.   Divine Fits A Thing Called Divine Fits ****1/2 6.   The Chemical Brothers Don't Think (Live) ****1/2 7.   Maserati Maserati VII **** 8.   ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Lost Songs **** 9.   Deftones Koi No Yokan **** ( Review ) 10. The Hives Lex Hives **** ( Review ) 11. David Holmes Haywire (Soundtrack) **** 12. The Phenomenal Handclap Band Form & Control **** 13. The Smashing Pumpkins Oceania **** 14. Air Le Voyage Dans La Lune **** 15. Metric Synthetica **** 16. Lovelock Burning Feeling **** 17. The Sword Apocryphon **** 18. Jonny Greenwood The Master (Soundtrack) **** 19. Toadies Play.Rock.Music. ***1/2 20. Turbonegro Sexual Harassment ***1/2 Honorable Mentions 1.   Edie Sedgwick We Wear Whit

Top Films Of 2012

1.   Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010) ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.   The Master ****1/2 ( Review ) 3.   Cloud Atlas ****1/2 4.   Samsara (2011) ***** ( Review ) 5.   Looper **** 6.    Argo  **** 7.     Moonrise Kingdom  **** 8.    Lincoln  ***1/2 9.   Skyfall **** 10. Excision **** 11.  Frankenweenie  ***1/2 ( Take 2 Review ) 12.  Side By Side  **** ( Review ) 13.  God Bless America  (2011) **** 14.  The Avengers  **** 15. Cosmopolis  ***1/2 ( Take 2 Review ) 16. Haywire (2011) ***1/2 ( Review , Take 2 Review ) 17. The Dark Knight Rises ***1/2 18. Father's Day (2011) ***1/2 ( Review ) 19. Lawless ***1/2 20. The Woman In Black ***1/2 ( Review ) Honorable Mentions 1.   Django Unchained *** ( Take 2 Review ) 2.    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  ***1/2 3.   Savages ***1/2 4.   The Expendables 2 ***1/2 5.   Hitchcock *** Biggest Disappointment Prometheus *** ( Review ) Worst Film Magic Mike **1/2

Citizen Kane (1941) *****

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Miami Connection (1987) ***1/2

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