North by Northwest (1959): A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
My Comment: Never actually watched it uninterruptedly until now.
Very Good (8-10)

Taxi (1998) 8/10. It's fun and chaotic (in a good way)!

So what I really appreciated in the acting is how the all the actors were speaking. Everything was properly enunciated so every word was clear no matter how they're speaking in each scene (angry, excited, whispering, shouting from a distance, normal convo) like even the characters with a foreign accent.

I think that's the thing that's changed in media. Recent movies (and shows) seem to have a lot of speach that isn't actually as clear as it could or should be. Why is it a thing? Who okayed that? This also seems to be what happened in music too, though I think we all noticed that a while ago cos of all the fan made lyric videos/ misheard lyrics compiltations. Since its not actually our hearing that is the problem, what made them think it was a good idea to do that? Unless the aim was to have us all increase the volume so much so everything was audible and then we'd get deafened by something else in the movie (so that insurance companies make more money!?)?

The Mule (2018): A ninety-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel.
My Comment: The problem with Clint Eastwood movies is that the viewer knows with certainty that the protagonist character is not going to get killed or seriously hurt. This is true for many well-known actors, and it makes watching many of their films somewhat pointless in some regards.
Mediocre (4-6)

A Few Good Men (1992) 6/10

You cant handle the truth!

The Overlooked Suspect (2007): Documentary; No official description.
My Comment: A detailed investigation into the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, based on the book 'O.J. Is Guilty But Not Of Murder' (2000), by Texas private investigator William C. Dear. Although I never read that book, I did read a more recent book by the same author, entitled 'O.J. Is Innocent And I Can Prove It' (2012) a couple of years ago, and subsequently found this documentary on YouTube. (Edit: The second book is said to be an alternately titled reprint of the first.)
I think anyone who is convinced that O.J. is guilty ought to watch this, and if you've always thought he was innocent, you probably did so for the wrong reasons, so you ought to watch this too.
Dear makes a compelling case in identifying an overlooked suspect, and certainly one that ought to be further looked into by the Los Angeles Police. They won't, of course, because they're afraid of publicizing incompetence and malfeasance in regard to this case.
It's on YouTube.
Very Good (8-10)

Charade (1963), starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. I've seen this movie a million times and it's a 9/10. Great score, great twists and turns and great chemistry. It's the best Hitchcock movie that he never made!

Blade Runner (1982): A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
My Comment: First time I sat and watched this uninterruptedly, and paid attention. Boring, grossly overrated, and strange that the entire story appears to take place on one rainy night and that everyone except the main actors are oriental. As usual, Harrison Ford is a boor. OTOH, I can see how this could be popular with some people as a midnight matinee after a few bong hits.
Mediocre (4-6)

The Hamburg Syndrome (1979, Germany, subtitled): Germany is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey through the country to search for survivors and a rescue.
My Comment: I'm embarrassed to say that I sat through this. The depth of crap that German so-called "cinema" is capable of is unfathomable. That said, there is one interesting aspect to this film, which was made over forty years ago, namely, that some of the events depicted seem to exactly mirror the batshit crazy real-world behaviors of some people during the past four years. All of which paints the events of the past four years as even more ludicrous.
Bad (1-4)

Saboteur (1942): Los Angeles aircraft worker Barry Kane evades arrest after he is unjustly accused of sabotage. Following leads, he travels across the country to New York City trying to clear his name by exposing a gang of fascist-supporting saboteurs led by apparently respectable Charles Tobin. Along the way, he involves Pat Martin, eventually preventing another major act of sabotage. They finally catch up with Frank Fry, the man who actually committed the act of sabotage at the aircraft factory.
My Comment: Early Hitchcock, colorized. Kind of boring until about the last half hour, which shows scenes of 1940's New York.
Mediocre (4-6)

Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970): Set in Mexico during the Franco-Mexican War of the 1860's, nun Sister Sara (Shirley MacLaine) is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan (Clint Eastwood), who is on his way to do some reconnaissance for a future mission to capture a French fort. The French are chasing Sara, but not for the reasons she tells Hogan, so he decides to help her in return for information about the fort defenses. Inevitably, the two become good friends, but Sara has a secret.
My comment: It's on YouTube.
Good (6-8)

FYI to anyone interested: Memories of Murder is currently on Tubi. It's a very good Korean film I watched about a year ago.

I don't mean to turn this into a YT thread, but back in the 1970's in New York, WPIX Channel 11 had this cool, short intro to their Saturday evening "Chiller" theater, just before the movies started. I remember we always made it a point to tune in early enough to catch this. Anyone who lived in NYC during the 1970's should remember this. Haha, so cool:


Notice, there is something unique about the hand.

45 Years (2015): A married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.
My Comment: Cringey in parts, especially the elderly sex scene which, as almost always, adds nothing to the plot.
Mediocre (4-6)

The Last Days of Emma Blank (2009, Netherlands, subtitled): A woman living in a large country home drives her servants to mutiny with her outrageous demands as she waits for death to come for her.
My Comment: The dialog is quick, as are the subtitles, which is a little frustrating.
Mediocre (4-6)

Mysterious Island (1961): During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.
Mediocre (4-6)

Caligula (1979, uncut version): A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.
My Comment: Saw the "PG" version some years ago, but this was the "X" version. Having read some info on Caligula, this film seems to be mostly exaggerations of his alleged excesses. An incessant display of nudity, sex and debauchery, especially in the final 45 minutes, this seems to have been porn publisher Bob Guccione's idea of a "good movie".
Unlike "normal" films, wherein I often criticize pointless sex scenes that add nothing to the plot, in this movie they are obviously central to the theme.
Regardless, it does have some fairly epic scenes, specifically the part showing the "Killing Machine" that slices off people's heads that some readers might have seen clips of on YT, the ending where the emperor and his family meet their end (sorry for the spoiler), and a couple of other shocking moments. I'll rate it barely and somewhat embarrassingly "Good" for those scenes, and for someone actually having the gonads to make a film like this.
Good (6-8)

Robocop (201x) - don't know don't care wasn't even worth finishing and obviously no where near as cool as the og

Miranda (1948) What a treat! I turned on the telly just in time to catch the beginning of this. I haven't seen it since I was a tiny wee thing, and I remember being disappointed to learn that Glynis Johns wasn't a real mermaid. Well, never mind, she was very convincing. Anyway, this is a charming and inoffensive little tail... sorry, tale, made when Britain still had a film industry every bit as great as Hollywood had (and no offence to old Hollywood, which as you may know by now. I also love). And since I am certainly no critic, and judge movies purely and simply by the pleasure they give me, I have no other recourse than to give this 10/10

BTW, I should think it very probable that this is the only film, not made in French, that ends with the word 'Fin'.

Black Tuesday (1954): Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning - a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning's robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Mediocre (4-6)

Nightmare (1956): A musician has a nightmare in which he killed a man. When he wakes up he finds evidence that the crime really took place and tries to find the truth with the help of his brother-in-law who is a police officer.
Mediocre (4-6)

Strangers on a Train (1951): A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
Mediocre (4-6)

Stardust Memories (1980): A well-known filmmaker reflects on the success of his earlier work, his drop in popularity, and his numerous romantic relationships.
My Comment: Pointless and annoying.
Bad (1-4)

3-Iron (2004, Korea/Japan, subtitled): Tae-suk spends his nights breaking into empty homes. After sneaking into a mansion, he meets a lonely wife, and they begin a game of cat-and-mouse.
Mediocre (4-6)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2004, Korea, subtitled): A young boy’s life with the Buddhist monk raising him is spent in a remote floating temple where the years actually pass by like seasons.
Mediocre (4-6)

The Hunted (2003) 8/10 cos 80s-00s action movies are where its at. Also Tommy Lee Jones movies are usually nice I think