Stars Listed in Alphabetical Order
Reviews of films viewed in 2005
are arranged in categories below.
Last updated, April 26, 2006
Best Films!
Stars
Listed in Alphabetical Order
Alzheimer's Affair, The (De Zaak Alzheimers) (Belgium, 2003)
Brokeback Mountain
Brothers (Denmark, 2004)
Cache (France, Austria)
Capote
Crash
Dear Frankie (UK, 2004)
Downfall (Germany, 2004)
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
Millions (UK, 2004)
Munich
Murderball
Ninth Day, The (Germany, Luxembourg, 2004)
Nobody Knows
Off the Map
Paradise Now
Saraband (Sweden)
Syriana
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tsotsi
Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (UK)
Highly Recommended Films
1/2
Stars--listed alphabetically
Chronicles of Narnia, The
Good Night, and Good Luck
Howl's Moving Castle
(Japan)
Interpreter, The
Jarhead
Kung Fu Hustle
March of the Penguins (France)
Nanny McPhee
New World, The
Nine Lives
Separate Lies (UK)
The Shape of the Moon (Netherlands)
Shopgirl
The Squid and the Whale
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The (2003)
Recommended Films
Stars--listed alphabetically
Broken Flowers
Cinderella Man
Exorcism of Emily Rose, The
History of Violence, A
Just Like Heaven
Ladies in Lavender (Australia, 2004)
Look at Me (France, 2004)
Matador
Match Point
North Country
Proof
Rumor Has It
Winter Solstice
(2004)
Recommended--with Reservations
1/2 Stars--listed alphabetically
Apres Vous (France, 2003)
Batman Begins
Beautiful Country (US, Norway, 2004)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Constant Gardener (UK)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Gunner Palace
Mrs. Henderson Presents (UK)
Pride and Prejudice
Transamerica
The Upside of Anger
War of the Worlds
World's Fastest Indian, The (New Zealand)
Average Fare
Stars--listed
alphabetically
Family Stone, The
Forty Shades of Blue
Heights
Illusive Tracks (Sweden, 2003)
In Her Shoes
King of the Corner (2004)
Lord of War
Must Love Dogs
Saint Ralph (Canada, 2004)
Sin City
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
An Unfinished Life
Disappointing Films
Stars--listed alphabetically
Bewitched
Mail Order Wife (2004)
Melinda and Melinda
Me and You and Everyone We Know (Australia)
The Pink Panther
Schultze Gets the Blues (Germany, 2003)