I normally take the time to write up individual reviews for the movies I particularly enjoy. That leaves out the many films I watch each week that don’t necessarily meet the threshold of reviewability. To counter this trend, I’m going to perform a bulk movie review today categorizing films by my rating. Most of my movie watching happens via my PC using Netflix’s awesome streaming service which is part of any 2+ movie a month plan. I totally recommend this – especially if you don’t dole out your cash for premium cable/sat movie channels. I use a software add-on for Windows Media Center that allows me to browse Netflix’s full on-demand movie catalogue via remote which makes going to bed early and booting up the computer very fun indeed.
On to the list… I’ve placed the films I’ve watched over the past few months into groups with similar ratings.
MUST WATCH
- S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
- Darwin’s Nightmare
- Cracking the Maya Code
- The Killing Fields
- Battlefield Britain: Episode 1: “Boudicca”
- Mystery of the Anasazi
- The Conscientious Objector
- The Devil Came on Horseback
- Adaptation
- The Wire: Season 5
- The Assassination of Jesse James
- The Violin
WATCH
- The Eagle Has Landed
- Deep Water
- To Catch a Thief
- Transsiberian
- Joe Kidd
- War of the Century: “Learning to Win”
- War of the Century: “Spiral of Terror”
- War of the Century: “High Hopes”
- Destiny at Fort Sumter
- The Rape of Europa
- Lust, Caution
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- The Battle of Algiers
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Maria Full of Grace
- Volver
WATCH IF YOU HAVE TIME
- Trust
- The War Zone
- Southern Comfort
- Ghosts of Mississippi
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
- The Amateurs
- The Darjeeling Limited
- Operation Crossbow
- Captain Blood
Rob lives and works in the town of Jackson, MS where he leads the interactive department at an awesome advertising and branding agency. Life is slower than most places in Mississippi, and Rob tends to like it that way. Some of his favorite life experiences include sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a 44ft sloop, learning to speak Swahili while living along the lower slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, and zipping along the curviest of Mississippi country roads in his VW Rabbit.