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Sunday, September 30, 2012

2012 Movie Madness Challenge - September Report



Time for my ninth status report for the Movie Madness Challenge.

Here is my code for the films:

New to me - N
Repeat viewing - R

I'll also be including how I viewed the films:

DVD
VHS (yes, we have a lot of those, and a VCR)
Network TV
Pay TV
Internet
In theatre




Iron Road
Network TV
N






Spinning Boris
DVD
N

Brad and I snagged this one at the CNE (Toronto Exhibition) at a mega DVD sale. We'd never heard of it before, but it's hilarious in an understated clash-of-cultures way. Prime Jeff Goldblum and Liev Shreiber.






The Invention of Lying 
Pay TV
N






Back to the Future
DVD
R

I adore this movie.






The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DVD
N

Sam Rockwell. LMAO





Admiral
DVD
R

I'd already watched this film in Russian without subtitles, so it was a real treat to see what I'd got right and what I'd missed. This tells the story of the White Admiral trying to hold his country back from the grip of the Reds during the Russian Revolution. Here in the West, we don't often think about the fighting and loss of life involved in the transition from the monarchy to the communist regime. It was always oversimplified to include the death of the royal family and then Communism. This film fills in a lot of the blanks.




Dredd 3D 
Theatre
N





The Brothers Grimm
DVD
R





The Astrologer (Zvevdochet)
DVD
N


A Russian spy series that any fan of Spooks/MI-5 will love. Here we get to be on The Grid of the other side!



A Knight's Tale
DVD
R





Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
DVD
R

What a build-up to a major reveal. What a pay-off!




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Total movies for September - 11

Total movies for 2012 - 71

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Preparing for Fan Expo last month kept my movie watching to a minimum, but the moment the four-day convention was over, my vacation began and I added seven titles to my previous total.

This month I exceeded last month's ten-movie total. Four more films and I will have my Movie Critic status.

No problem. Movie Master, here I come.  


25 Movies: Movie Newbie

50 Movies: Movie Fanatic

75 Movies: Movie Critic

100+ Movies: Movie Master

1 comment:

  1. Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix are my favorites of the HP series. I love them all, but these two get extra stars.

    And A Knight's Tale...gotta see that again myself every once in awhile. It's one of those I never bypass when channel surfing, like The Mummy, no matter how many times I've seen it.

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