2011 Movies, TV, and Books (April - June)

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In chronological order. As always, * means I've seen it before, bold means I can't believe I haven't.

April

1. Delirious (2006)
   
2. The Jane Austen Book Club (I suspect this is better as a book. However, I'd probably feel somewhat compelled to read Austen's books - a daunting task - and then The Mysteries of Udolpho for reference for Northanger Abbey. Since Grigg did it... Anyway, the whole project sounds overwhelming, so I'll stick to the movie. I have enough books waiting to be read.)
   
3. It Might Get Loud (Starts with Jack White making a guitar from found objects. Nice!)
   
4. That Hamilton Woman
   
5. Code Monkeys, Season 1
   
6. Blacula (With Jerry, of course.)
   
7. The Thing with Two Heads (aka The Man with Two Heads or The Beast with Two Heads)
   
8. Ransom
   
9. The Good Student (I'm so confused! I have no idea what I'm supposed to have taken away from this experience.)
   
10. The Cake Eaters
    
11. Catfish
    
12. Reefer Madness (2005, the musical)
    
13. Prom Wars
    
14. How About You
    
15. Red Doors
    
16. Cartoon Noir
    
17. Sharkboy and Lavagirl
    
18. Novocaine
    
19. Emma* (1996)
    
20. In & Out (Why was I totally surprised by how this plot went? I love being surprised by a comedy!)
    
21. Rat
    
22. The Ten
    
23. Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40
    
24. Better Off Dead*
    
25. I Am Number Four
    
26. On the Edge (I thought this was really well done. Cillian Murphy definitely has a niche in my head.)
    
27. Raising Victor Vargas (It seemed like something I was supposed to see, so I did. It seemed very real and uncomfortable, so I think it falls into the category of "it was good, but I didn't like/enjoy it.")
    
28. Christine (1983)
    
29. My Name is Bruce
    
30. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Cried. Like. A. Baby.)
    
31. Stealing Home
    
32. Red Riding Hood (2011) (I wanted to see it because I thought it would be pretty. It was.)
    
33. It's Kind of a Funny Story (This wasn't as upsetting as I expected. I found the psych hospital's visiting policies implausible, and I was annoyed by the doctor who butchered the Serenity prayer. Ah well.)
    
    April highlights: Rat, I Am Number Four, On the Edge, Hachi
    
    May
    
34. My Effortless Brilliance (I pretty much hated this. Only laziness kept me watching through the end.)
    
35. Wild Guitar
    
36. The Sound of Music*
    
37. Pride & Prejudice* (2005) (Yup, I still watch it every time it's on. I should probably read the book at some point. Perhaps before reading Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.)
    
38. Girl, Interrupted (Very well done in some ways. How have I not seen this before?)
    
39. Magical Mystery Tour (This probably would've been better if a) I was high and b) the quality of the recording was better. Ah well.)
    
40. Bridesmaids (2011) (So much fun, but I wanted more Clemmie!)
    
41. Frankie and Johnny (1966)
    
42. The Tao of Steve
    
43. All That Heaven Allows
    
44. Sucker Punch
    
45. 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films
    
46. The Guild, Seasons 3* and 4
    
47. The Towering Inferno (Couldn't help but think of 9/11 as I watched this. It's creepy to watch stuff like that now.)
    
48. Beautiful Girls (I've been seeing bits and pieces of this for ages. It was time to just sit down and watch it.)
    
49. The Sweet Hereafter (Wiki notes that the author said the movie was better than the book, but I don't believe it. But I'm not prepared to read the book to find out, so I'll just stick with some unresolved doubt.)
    
50. Desk Set
    
51. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
    
52. Weirdsville
    
53. Code Monkeys, Season 2
    
54. The Tingler
    
55. The Fly (1958)
    
56. There's No Business Like Show Business
    
57. Ira and Abby
    
58. The Man with the Screaming Brain
    
59. Bart Got a Room
    
60. A French Gigolo (or Cliente)
    
61. Diggers (Mmmm, Paul Rudd...)
    
62. Noise (2007)
    
63. En la cama
    
    May highlights: The Guild and Code Monkeys, Noise, The Tingler. I've been enjoying the old horror/thriller movies, but Vincent Price always makes me think of Thriller.
    
    June
    
64. Teeth (So awesome, but SO DISGUSTING!!! I was initially surprised to see this listed as a "thriller," but it definitely made me cringe and flinch.)
    
65. Toe to Toe
    
66. When in Rome (2010)
    
67. Vampires Suck
    
68. Get Him to the Greek
    
69. How to Train Your Dragon
    
70. Green Lantern
    
71. The Pillars of the Earth
    
72. Pickpocket
    
73. Meet Me in St. Louis
    
74. Colin Fitz Lives!
    
75. Barbe Bleue (2009) (Unsettling lack of closure for one of the storylines. Argh!)
    
76. Virgin Territory
    
77. Transformers (2007)*
    
78. Princess Warrior (Netflix has never heard of this one -- and that should tell you something.)
    
79. The Air I Breathe
    
80. Gigantic
    
81. Barton Fink (It's possible I've seen this before, in college days, but I don't remember it, so it doesn't count.)
    
82. Kill Your Darlings
    
83. The Go-Getter (Always love Zooey.)
    
84. On the Doll (This is seriously one fucked up movie.)
    
85. Monsoon Wedding
    
86. My Dog Skip
    
87. Woman on Top
    
88. The Omen (1976) (It's weird to watch a classic when I've seen so many parodies of it. I kept picturing John Belushi & Buck Henry's parody on SNL.)
    
    June highlights: Teeth maybe? Vampires Suck was definitely fun, Gigantic (mostly because of Zooey), The Go-Getter
    

Books...
1. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
   
2. Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley
   
3. Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran (I made the mistake of letting this be the only book I had on me during 12 hours on trains. It was fine, but it wasn't terribly engaging and I wasn't impressed. Among its many issues: While Cleopatra is spelled with a C in the title, it is consistently spelled with a K throughout the text.)
   
4. Dirty Sexy Politics by Meghan McCain
   
5. Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno (This had a lot of run-on sentences and I kept finding myself running out of breath as I read even though I was only reading in my head, and even though I noticed I was doing that I couldn't make myself stop and that was pretty funny. The thing is, I think the sentences were technically grammatically correct, so I don't know if they'd actually qualify as "run-on" sentences, but it felt like they were.)
   
6. Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan (Sweep, book 1) (Read in one evening. It reminds me a lot of Twilight, and at first I thought, "If I wanted to read Twilight, I should just read Twilight." And then I realized that Twilight sort of bores me now, because I know the books backwards and forwards and I don't know if they hold anything new for me anymore. This was new, and quick, and I enjoyed it - but it wasn't good enough to spend more time on.)