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Happy 15th birthday to my blog,  The Danman Can ! Each year on this date I post the  number of films I've watched per year since I've been keeping track ( 21 years of doing so today! ). Here they are: 2005  -  338 films 2006   -  368 films 2007   -  274 films 2008   -  269 films 2009   -  234 films 2010   -  189 films 2011   -  237 films 2012  - 254 films 2013  - 352 films 2014  - 350 films 2015  - 337 films 2016  - 270 films 2017  - 265 films 2018   - 207 films 2019   - 254 films 2020  - 284 films 2021  - 334 films 2022   - 401 films 2023  - 383 films 2024 - 406 films 2025  - 352 films In 2025 I watched the fewest films of the past three years.  According to  Letterboxd , I reviewed 92 less films (329, down from 421) and watched 84 fewer hours of film (605, down from 689) than in 2024. Note that the number of films I logged...

1.    Osees   Abomination Revealed At Last   **** 2.    Chime Oblivion   Chime Oblivion   **** 3.    Wet Leg   Moisturizer   **** 4.    Hannah Cohen   Earthstar Mountain   **** 5.    Shiner   BelieveYouMe   **** 6.    The Hives   The Hives Forever Forever The Hives  ***1/2 7.    Deftones   Private Music   ***1/2 8.    Alison Goldfrapp   Flux  ***1/2 9.    Rata Negra   Hawai   ***1/2 10.  My Morning Jacket   Is   ***1/2 11.  Mouth 2 Mouth   Mouth 2 Mouth   ***1/2 12.  Automatic   Is It Now?   ***1/2 13.  Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter   Forever, I’ve Been Being Born  *** 14.  Heartworms   Glutton For Punishment   *** 15.  Darkside   Nothing  ***

1.    One Battle After Another   ****1/2 [ review ] 2.    Marty Supreme  ****1/2 [ review ] 3.    Eddington   **** [ review )] 4.    Reflection In A Dead Diamond  **** [ review ] 5.    Bugonia   **** [ review ] 6.    Roofman  **** [ review ] 7.    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl  (2024) **** [ review ] 8.    The Phoenician Scheme   ***1/2 [ review ] 9.    The Monkey   ***1/2 [ review ] 10.  The Shrouds  (2024)  ***1/2 [ review ] 11. Caught Stealing  ***1/2 [ review ] 12.  Black Bag   ***1/2 [ review ] 13.  Companion  ***1/2 [ review ] 14.  The Naked Gun   ***1/2 [ review ] 15.  Hard Truths  (2024) ***1/2 [ review ] 16.  Deathstalker   ***1/2 [ review ] 17.  The Running Man  ***1/2 [ review ] 18.  Honey Don’t!  *** [ review ] 19.  The Toxic Avenger ...

Happy 14th birthday to my blog,  The Danman Can ! Each year on this date I post the  number of films I've watched per year since I've been keeping track ( 20 years of doing so today! ). Here they are: 2005  -  338 films 2006   -  368 films 2007   -  274 films 2008   -  269 films 2009   -  234 films 2010   -  189 films 2011   -  237 films 2012  - 254 films 2013  - 352 films 2014  - 350 films 2015  - 337 films 2016  - 270 films 2017  - 265 films 2018   - 207 films 2019   - 254 films 2020  - 284 films 2021  - 334 films 2022   - 401 films 2023 - 383 films 2024  - 406 films In 2024 I broke 400 films, like I did in 2022 (I also watched the most films since I've been keeping track)! According to  Letterboxd , I reviewed 63 more films and watched 16 more hours of film than in 2023. Note that the number of films I logged above (from my person...

1.    Osees   Sorcs 80   **** 2.    Future Islands   People Who Aren't There Anymore   **** 3.    St. Vincent   All Born Screaming   **** 4.    Karate   Make It Fit   **** 5.    Röyksopp   Nebulous Nights   **** 6.    David Best   Message - Send - Failure  ***1/2 7.    J. Robbins   Basilisk   ***1/2 8.    Zombi   Direct Inject  ***1/2 9.    Redd Kross   Redd Kross   ***1/2 10.  The Folk Implosion   Walk Thru Me ***1/2 11. The Jesus Lizard   Rack ***1/2 12. Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets Indoor Safari ***1/2 13.  RJD2   Visions Out Of Limelight  ***1/2 14.  Chromeo   Adult Contemporary   ***1/2 15.  The Cure   Songs Of A Lost World  ***1/2 16.  The Smile   Cutouts   ***1/2 17.  John Carpenter   Lost Themes IV: Noir ...

1.    Memoir Of A Snail   ****1/2 ( review ) 2.    Kinds Of Kindness  **** ( review ) 3.    The Substance   **** ( review ) 4.    The Zone Of Interest (2023) **** ( review ) 5.    Rebel Ridge   **** ( review ) 6.    Shadow Of Fire   (2023) **** ( review ) 7.    The Dead Don't Hurt  (2023) ***1/2 ( review ) 8.    Love Lies Bleeding   ***1/2 ( review ) 9.    Nosferatu   ***1/2 ( review ) 10.  Daaaaaalí!  (2023) ***1/2 ( review ) 11. Frankie Freako ***1/2 ( review ) 12. Dune: Part Two ***1/2 ( review ) 13.  Drive-Away Dolls   *** ( review ) 14. Abigail *** ( review ) 15.  Beetlejuice Beetlejuice  *** ( review ) 16.  Longlegs   *** ( review ) 17.  MaXXXine  *** ( review ) 18.  Stopmotion   (2023) *** ( review ) 19.  Alien: Romulus   *** ( review ) 20.  Megalopolis   *** ( review )...

Happy 13th birthday to my blog,  The Danman Can ! Each year on this date I post the  number of films I've watched per year since I've been keeping track (19 years of doing so today). Here they are: 2005  -  338 films 2006  -  368 films 2007  -  274 films 2008  -  269 films 2009  -  234 films 2010  -  189 films 2011  -   237 films 2012  - 254 films 2013  - 352 films 2014  - 350 films 2015  - 337 films 2016  - 270 films 2017  - 265 films 2018  - 207 films 2019  - 254 films 2020  - 284 films 2021  - 334 films 2022 - 401 films 2023  - 383 films In 2023 I didn't break 400 films, like I did in 2022. According to Letterboxd, I reviewed 26 less films and watched 63 less hours of film than in 2022. Note that the number of films I logged above (from my personal records) is different than the number of ‘Films Logged’ on Letterboxd (406). This is owing to...

1.    Killers Of The Flower Moon   **** ( review ) 2.    Beau Is Afraid   **** ( review ) 3.    The Holdovers  **** ( review ) 4.    Poor Things   ***1/2 ( review ) 5.    Evil Dead Rise   ***1/2 ( review ) 6.    Asteroid City   ***1/2 7.    Infinity Pool   ***1/2 ( review ) 8.    Oppenheimer   ***1/2 ( review ) 9.    Smoking Causes Coughing  (2022) ***1/2 10.  Dream Scenario   ***1/2 ( review ) 11. The Iron Claw  ***1/2 12. May December ***1/2 13. Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny   *** 14.  The Killer   *** ( review ) 15.  Thanksgiving   *** ( review ) 16. Saltburn  *** 17. Napoleon *** 18. Master Gardener (2022) *** 19. Talk To Me (2022) *** 20. Suitable Flesh   *** Biggest Disappointments Kids Vs. Aliens (2022) **1/2 The Exorcist: Believer **1/2 ( review ) When Evil Lurks   **1/2 Barbie ...

1.    Osees   Intercepted Message **** 2.    Jessie Ware   That! Feels Good!   **** 3.    The Damned   Darkadelic **** 4.    Alison Goldfrapp   The Love Invention **** 5.    Fever Ray   Radical Romantics **** 6.    The Chemical Brothers   For That Beautiful Feeling  **** 7.    Jaakko Eino Kalevi   Chaos Magic **** 8.    Peter Gabriel I/O  **** 9.    DJ Shadow   Action Adventure   **** 10. Blonde Redhead Sit Down For Dinner  **** 11. The Hives   The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons   ***1/2 12.  Metric   Formentera II   ***1/2 13.  The Go! Team   Get Up Sequences Part Two   ***1/2 14. Foo Fighters   But Here We Are   ***1/2 15.  Queens Of The Stone Age   In Times New Roman...  ***1/2 16. Allen Epley   Everything ***1/2 17.  Jonathan Bree   Pre-Code Hollyw...

Happy 12th birthday today to my blog,  The Danman Can ! Each year on this date I post the  number of films I've watched per year since I've been keeping track (18 years of doing so today). Here they are: 2005  -  338 films 2006  -  368 films 2007  -  274 films 2008  -  269 films 2009  -  234 films 2010  -  189 films 2011  -   237 films 2012  - 254 films 2013  - 352 films 2014  - 350 films 2015  - 337 films 2016  - 270 films 2017  - 265 films 2018  - 207 films 2019  - 254 films 2020  - 284 films 2021 - 334 films 2022  - 401 films In 2022 I broke 400 films (my most watched) in a year for the first time since I've been keeping track (possibly for the first time ever)!! According to Letterboxd, I reviewed a whopping 155 (!) more films and watched 132 (!) more hours of film than in 2021. Note that the number of films I logged above (from my personal reco...

1.    Crimes Of The Future   **** ( Review ) 2.    The Banshees Of Inisherin   **** ( Review ) 3.    The Fabelmans   **** ( Review ) 4.    Pearl   **** ( Review ) 5.    The Northman   ***1/2 ( Review ) 6.    Confess, Fletch   ***1/2 ( Review ) 7.    The Whale   ***1/2 ( Review ) 8.    Bones And All   ***1/2 ( Review ) 9.    Decision To Leave   ***1/2 10.  X   ***1/2 ( Review ) 11.  The Menu   *** ( Review ) 12.  Glass Onion   *** ( Review ) 13.  Scream  *** ( Review ) 14.  Kimi   *** ( Review ) 15.  King Knight   (2021) *** ( Review ) 16.  Barbarian   ( Review ) 17.  Prey  ***   ( Review ) 18.  Nope   *** ( Review ) 19.  White Noise   *** ( Review ) 20. Blonde *** Biggest Disappointments Jurassic World Dominion  **1/2 ( Review ) The Black Phone...

1.    Spoon   Lucifer On The Sofa  ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.    Kavinsky Reborn   **** 3.    Beach House   Once Twice Melody  **** 4.    Osees   A Foul Form **** 5.    Angel Olsen   Big Time   **** ( Review ) 6.    Röyksopp Profound Mysteries II   **** 7.    Röyksopp   Profound Mysteries III   **** 8.    JB Dunckel Carbon   **** 9.    Lovelock   Someone **** 10.  Eels   Extreme Witchcraft  **** ( Review ) 11. New Freedom Sound Eight Freedoms **** 12.  Fujiya & Miyagi   Slight Variations ***1/2 13. The Smile   A Light For Attracting Attention ***1/2 14.  Metric   Formentera ***1/2  15. Röyksopp   Profound Mysteries   ***1/2 16. Tears For Fears   The Tipping Point ***1/2 17. Automatic Excess ***1/2 18.  Placebo   Never Let Me Go ***1/2 19.  Björ...

Happy 11th birthday today to my blog,  The Danman Can ! Each year on this date I post the  number of films I've watched per year since I've been keeping track (17 years of doing so today). Here they are: 2005  -  338 films 2006  -  368 films 2007  -  274 films 2008  -  269 films 2009  -  234 films 2010  -  189 films 2011  -   237 films 2012  - 254 films 2013  - 352 films 2014  - 350 films 2015  - 337 films 2016  - 270 films 2017  - 265 films 2018  - 207 films 2019  - 254 films 2020 - 284 films 2021  - 334 films* Wow, I watched 50 more films in 2021 than in 2020! That's the most in a year since 2015 and the first time I've hit the 300 mark since that year. 2006 is still the reigning champion with 368 films!  In May of 2021 I stopped writing a review of every feature-length film I watch (a practice I had been holding since 2018). It just became a bit...

1.    Licorice Pizza   ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.    The French Dispatch   ****1/2 ( Review ) 3.    The Tragedy Of Macbeth   **** ( Review) 4.    Nightmare Alley  **** ( Review ) 5.    West Side Story   **** ( Review ) 6.   No Time To Die   **** 7.   Dune   ***1/2 8.    Psycho Goreman   (2020) ***1/2 ( Review ) 9.   Benedetta   ***1/2 10. Titane ***1/2 11. Annette   ***1/2 12.  No Sudden Move   ***1/2 ( Review ) 13. Mandibles  (2020) ***1/2 ( Review ) 14. Pig  ***1/2 15. The Last Duel  ***1/2 16. Last Night In Soho  *** 17. In The Earth *** 18. The Many Saints Of Newark *** 19. Censor *** 20. House Of Gucci *** Biggest Disappointment Ghostbusters: Afterlife   ** ( Review ) (Click image above for Letterboxd link)

1.    Still Corners   The Last Exit  ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.    Rata Negra   Una Vida Vulgar  **** 3.    Crumb   Ice Melt   **** 4.    Descendents   9th & Walnut  **** 5.    Voyag3r   New York Ninja  (Soundtrack) **** 6.    The Go! Team   Get Up Sequences Part One   ***1/2 7.    Dry Cleaning   New Long Leg   ***1/2 8.    St. Vincent   Daddy's Home  ***1/2      9.    Quicksand   Distant Populations  ***1/2 10.  Andrew W.K.   God Is Partying   ***1/2 11.  Tomahawk   Tonic Immobility  ***1/2 12.  Sarah Neufeld   Detritus  ***1/2 13.  Colleen   The Tunnel And The Clearing  ***1/2 14.  Museum Of Love   Life Of Mammals  ***1/2 15.  John Carpenter   Lost Themes III: Alive After Death   ***1/2 16.  My Mornin...

Happy 10th birthday today to my blog,  The Danman Can ! Wow, a decade of blogging; hard to believe. Each year on this date I post the  number of films I've watched per year since I've been keeping track (16 years of doing so today). Here they are: 2005  -  338 films 2006  -  368 films 2007  -  274 films 2008  -  269 films 2009  -  234 films 2010  -  189 films 2011  -   237 films 2012  - 254 films 2013  - 352 films 2014  - 350 films 2015  - 337 films 2016  - 270 films 2017  - 265 films 2018  - 207 films 2019  - 254 films 2020  - 284 films I watched 30 more films in 2020 than in 2019, the most in a year since 2015 but I haven't hit the 300 mark since that year. I think the uptick definitely has something to do with the pandemic in 2020 but I certainly have been doing other productive and/or fun things in my life so I'm OK with not hitting 300.  Since ...

1.    Possessor   **** ( Review ) 2.    1917  (2019) ***1/2 ( Review ) 3.    Portrait Of A Lady On Fire  (2019) ***1/2 ( Review ) 4.    Corpus Christi  (2019) ***1/2 ( Review ) 5.    Palm Springs   ***1/2 ( Review ) 6.    Deerskin   (2019) ***1/2 ( Review ) 7.    I'm Thinking Of Ending Things  ***1/2 ( Review ) 8.    Sound Of Metal   (2019) ***1/2 ( Review ) 9.    Gretel & Hansel  *** ( Review ) 10.  The Lodge  (2019) *** ( Review ) Biggest Disappointments Da 5 Bloods   **1/2 ( Review ) Bill & Ted Face The Music   **1/2 ( Review ) Rebecca  **1/2 ( Review ) (Click image above for Letterboxd link)

1.    Hum   Inlet  ****1/2 ( Review ) 2.    Jessie Ware   What's Your Pleasure?  ****1/2 ( Review ) 3.    Jonathan Bree   After The Curtains Close   ****1/2 4.    Shiner   Schadenfreude  **** ( Review ) 5.    Deftones   Ohms  **** 6.   Public Practice   Gentle Grip   **** ( Review ) 7.    Moaning   Uneasy Laughter   **** ( Review ) 8.    Maserati   Enter The Mirror  **** 9.   …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead   X: The Godless Void And Other Stories  ****  ( Review ) 10.  Osees   Protean Threat   **** 11.  Run The Jewels   RTJ4  **** 12.  Nine Inch Nails   Ghosts V: Together  /   Ghosts VI: Locusts   **** ( Review ) 13.  My Morning Jacket   The Waterfall II  ***1/2 14.  Artificial Pleasure   A New Joy  ***1/2 ( Review ) 15....