Winter's Bone (2010)

Rating: ***

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Raising Victor Vargas (2002)

Rating: ** 1/2

Port of Shadows (1938)

Rating: ***

Black Swan (2010)

Rating: *** 1/2

The Art of the Steal (2009)

Rating: ***

Fear City (1984)

Rating: **

Little Caesar (1931)

Rating: *** 1/2

The Fountain (2006)

Rating: ** 1/2

Lots of good ideas, but doesn't quite come together.

Pi (1998)

Rating: ***

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Rating: ** 1/2

Best Worst Movie (2009)

Rating: *** 1/2

The Foot Fist Way (2006)

Rating: ***

The Girl Who Played With Fire (2009)

Rating: **

Paranormal Activity (2007)

Rating: ***

Giallo (2009)

Rating: **

Lackluster. Maybe one worthy scene.

The Blind Side (2009)

Rating: **

100 reached again!

Memories of Murder (2003)

Rating: ***

The Invention of Lying (2009)

Rating: *

Spiderman 2 (2004)

Rating: **

The House of the Devil (2009)

Rating: ***

The Secret in Their Eyes (2010)

Rating: ***

The Social Network (2010)

Rating: *** 1/2

Let Me In (2010)

Rating: ***

Scarier, but less charming than the original.

Coffin Joe: The Strange World (1968)

Rating: **

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Rating: *** 1/2

The Town (2010)

Rating: *** 1/2

Survival of the Dead (2010)

Rating: **

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Rating: ***

Machete (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Gets too cheesy towards the end.

Synecdoche, New York (2008)

Rating: **

The Last Exorcism (2010)

Rating: ***

Session 9 (2001)

Rating: ***

Pretty creepy.

Kick Ass (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Piranha 3D (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Best use of 3D ever.

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Rating: ** 1/2

The Sacrifice (1986)

Rating: *** 1/2

Not for all tastes.

Idiocracy (2006)

Rating: ** 1/2

All or Nothing (2002)

Rating: ** 1/2

Maybe a little too depressing.

The Prestige (2006)

Rating: ***

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)

Rating: **

But worth the time.

The Hidden (1987)

Rating: ***

Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

Rating: ** 1/2

Time After Time (1979)

Rating: ***

Freddy vs. Jason (2003)

Rating: **

Inception (2010)

Rating: *** to *** 1/2

The White Ribbon (2009)

Rating: *** 1/2

New Nightmare (1994)

Rating: ***

But not entirely successful.

Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

Rating: ** 1/2

Life as a House (2001)

Rating: ** 1/2

Freddy's Dead: The FInal Nightmare (1991)

Rating: *

Terrible.

Redbelt (2008)

Rating: ** 1/2

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Rating: ***

Orphan (2009)

Orphan: ** 1/2

Formulaic but enjoyable.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Rating: * 1/2

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

Rating: ** 1/2

Good fun.

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Rating: **

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

Rating: ** 1/2

Dillinger (1973)

Rating: ** 1/2

Splice (2010)

Rating: ***

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Rating: *** 1/2

Coraline (2009)

Rating: ***

Food, Inc. (2009)

Rating: ***

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Rating: ***

Bad/good. The ending is classic.

Z (1969)

Rating: ***

You Don't Know Jack (2010)

Rating: ***

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

Rating: **

Pineapple Express (2008)

Rating: ** 1/2

Summer Hours (2008)

Rating: ***

Lake Placid (1999)

Rating: ** 1/2

I enjoyed it.

I Am Legend (2007)

Rating: ** 1/2

Better than I expected.

MacGruber (2010)

Rating: **

Doesn't fulfill its potential.

Last House on the Left (2009)

Rating: **

Iron Man (2008)

Rating: ***

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Rating: ***

Wild America (1997)

Rating: **

Touchez pas au Grisbi (1954)

Rating: *** 1/2

Days of Darkness (2007)

Rating: ** 1/2

The Stepfather (2009)

Rating: ** 1/2

The Bucket List (2007)

Rating: **

Sap fest

Sorority Row (2009)

Rating: ** 1/2

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Rating: ***

An Education (2009)

Rating: ***

Zoolander (2001)

Rating: ** 1/2

Revanche (2008)

Rating: ***

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Rating: *** (1/2)

Atlantic City (1980)

Rating: ***

Gran Torino (2008)

Rating: ***

Ridiculous, but entertaining.

Until the Light Takes Us (Documentary) (2008)

Rating: ** 1/2

The Hit (1984)

Rating: *** 1/2

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Rating: ***

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Rating: ***

The Informant (2009)

Rating: ***

In the Loop (2009)

Rating: ***

A Serious Man (2009)

Rating: ***

Diner (1982)

Rating: ** 1/2

Temple Grandin (2010)

Rating: ***

The Ghost Writer (2010)

Rating: *** 1/2

Up (2009)

Rating: ***

Up in the Air (2009)

Rating: ***

Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Rating: ** 1/2

The Crazies (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Hoop Dreams (1994)

Rating: *** 1/2

Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

Rating: ***

Shutter Island (2010)

Rating: *** or *** 1/2

I'll need to see this again.

The Hangover (2009)

Rating: ** 1/2

Portrait of Jennie (1949)

Rating: ** 1/2

Zombieland (2009)

Rating: ***

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009)

Rating: ** 1/2

Youth in Revolt (2010)

Rating: ** 1/2

Only partially successful.

Scarlet Street (1945)

Rating: ***

Most of the movie could be considered a comedy . . . then the ice pick comes out in the last 10 minutes and we're in full-blown noir territory.

Spanking the Monkey (1994)

Rating: ***

It's Complicated (2010)

Rating: ***

The Grifters (1990)

Rating: ***

Marred by some of the acting.

Age of Consent (1969)

Rating: ** 1/2

Still worth a watch.