'12 Movie List

01/03/12- Due Date*    001
01/06/12-Sin City+       002
01/11/12-Bridesmaids* 003
01/12/12-Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory* 004
01/13/12-Friday the 13th '09+ 005
01/18/12-Bad Teacher* 006
01/19/12-Mean Girls* 007
01/20/12-30 Minutes or Less* 008
01/27/12-Kinsey* 009
02/03/12-Mallrats 010
02/03/12-Insidious 011
02/04/12-Stranger Than Paradise* 012
02/18/12-Night of the Living Dead+ (in the theater) 013
02/25/12-The Road Warrior 014
02/28/12-Overnight 015
02/29/12-Revenge of the Nerds 016
03/05/12-Lemmy* 017
03/07/12-Attack the Block* 018
03/16/12-Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 019
03/18/12-Raiders of the Lost Ark 020
03/20/12-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 021
03/24/12-Goodfellas 022
03/25/12-The Honeymooners* 023
04/07/12-Trading Places 024
04/13/12-Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter  025
04/15/12-Child's Play 2  026
04/18/12-The Cabin in the Woods*+  027
04/21/12-The Cabin in the Woods 028
05/01/12-The Man Who Souled the World  029
05/07/12-The Avengers*+  030
05/10/12-Resurrect Dead:  The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles*  031
05/12/12-The Avengers  032
05/31/12-Rise of the Planet of the Apes*  033
05/31/12-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo '11 *  034  
06/02/12-Men in Black 3* (with Dad) 035
06/05/12-Badlands*  036
06/05/12-Ghostbusters 2 037
06/08/12-Prometheus*+  038
06/10/12-Gremlins 2: The New Batch  039
06/11/12-The People Vs. George Lucas* 040
06/13/12-Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope*  041
06/18/12-21 Jump Street* 042
06/20/12-Trancers* 043
06/21/12-Trancers 2* 044
06/21/12-Trancers 3* 045
06/27/12-Eurotrip* 046
06/28/12-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*  047
06/28/12-Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn  048
06/30/12-Silent Night, Deadly Night 2: Deadpit Drunken Commentary LIVE!+  049
07/04/12-The Amazing Spiderman* 050
07/09/12- Easy A 051
07/10/12-Speed 052
07/10/12-More Brains: A Return to the Living Dead 053
07/11/12-Hell Night* 054
07/13/12-Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6 055
07/13/12-Friday the 13th Part 2 056
07/13/12-Friday the 13th Part 3 057
07/19/12-The Dark Knight 058
07/20/12-The Dark Knight Rises*+ 059
07/21/12-Pulp Fiction 060
07/24/12-The Dark Knight Rises 061
07/25/12-The Sitter*  062
08/02/12-The Inbetweeners Movie* 063
08/03/12-50/50* 064
08/03/12-Chronicle* 065
08/04/12-Corman's World* 066
08/10/12-Drive* 067
08/12/12-Go* 068
08/16/12-American Reunion* 069
08/16/12-Grosse Point Blank* 070
08/18/12-Our Idiot Brother* 071
08/20/12-The Rocketeer* 072
08/22/12-Sherlock Holmes* 073
08/22/12-Mystery Men 074
08/24/12-Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows* 075
08/26/12-Chaplin* 076
08/26/12-The Fugitive 077
08/27/12-Last Days Here* 078
08/30/12-Clerks: The First Cut 079
09/01/12-The Willies* 080
09/03/12-The Possession* 081
09/08/12-The Departed 082
09/09/12-The Monster Squad 083
09/19/12-The Cabin in the Woods 084
09/25/12-The Avengers 085
09/30/12-Tremors 086
10/03/12-Ghostbusters 087
10/04/12-The Hunger Games* 088
10/04/12-Ghostbusters 2 089
10/06/12-They Live 090
10/07/12-Night of the Creeps 091
10/07/12-Looper* 092
10/08/12-Dawn of the Dead 093
10/11/12-Zombieland 094
10/16/12-Prometheus 095
10/21/12-Terror Train* 096
10/21/12-The House on Sorority Row* 097
10/23/12-Wrong Turn 098
10/25/12-Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 099
10/26/12-The Avengers 100   -----------Start here on Letterboxd
10/27/12-Pet Sematary101
10/27/12-Halloween 2 102
10/28/12-Halloween 3: Season of the Witch 103
10/30/12-Night of the Demons 104
10/31/12-Halloween 105
11/01/12-Drive Angry* 106
11/03/12-The Karate Kid 107
11/04/12-The Usual Suspects 108
11/04/12-Scarface 109
11/08/12-Big Trouble in Little China 110
11/10/12-Forrest Gump 111
11/11/12-Planet of the Apes* 112
11/18/12-Super Mario Bros. 113
11/21/12-The Mummy (1999) 114
11/21/12-Casino Royale* 115
11/24/12-Argo* 116
11/29/12-I Am Comic* 117
11/29/12-Quantum of Solace*  118
12/01/12-Robocop 119
12/04/12-Hatfields and Mcoys* 120
12/06/12-Fargo 121
12/21/12-Thrashin'* 122
12/23/12-Prometheus 123
12/26/12-Back to the Future 124
12/27/12-Django Unchained* 125
12/28/12-Back to the Future Part 2 126
12/31/12-Alien Resurrection 127


* First Time Viewing
+ Watched with Jessica

Movie Blog '11

01/02/11-Aliens+
01/02/11-Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics*
01/02/11-Pirates of Silicon Valley*
01/04/11-The Forty Year Old Virgin
01/06/11-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*
01/07/11-Black Christmas '06*
01/07/11-Cronos*
01/08/11-Scott Pilgrim Versus the World+
01/09/11-Tron: Legacy*+
01/11/11-Tron*
01/13/11-Hollow Man*
01/14/11-Zombieland+
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01/15/11-Heathers+
01/17/11-The Social Network
01/19/11-Blade II 
01/21/11-The Frighteners+
01/22/11-Cyrus*
01/23/11-The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
01/23/11- Mimic
01/23/11-Inception
01/25/11-Best Worst Movie
01/27/11-Knocked Up
01/30/11-Robocop+
01/30/11-True Grit*
01/30/11-Backdraft*
01/30/11-Ernest Goes to Jail
02/04/11-Robocop 2
02/04/11-The Matrix
02/07/11-Under Siege
02/07/11-Deadgirl*
02/08/11-Maximum Overdrive
02/10/11-Hatchet 2*
02/12/11-Plan 9 From Outer Space+
02/13/11-Ed Wood+
02/13/11-Beyond the Mat
02/20/11-Street Dreams*
02/21/11-Easy A*+
02/23/11-The Rise and Fall of E.C.W.
02/27/11-Ernest Goes to Camp
03/01/11-Exit Through the Gift Shop*
03/03/11-Hype!*
03/05/11-Ferris Bueller's Day Off+
03/06/11-Exit Through the Gift Shop
03/07/11-Pontypool*
03/08/11-Idle Hands
03/09/11-Before Sunrise*
03/12/11-American Movie+
03/13/11-Tombstone
03/14/11-Before Sunset*
03/17/11-sex, lies, and videotape*
03/18/11-Grown Ups*
03/20/11-Kill Bill Vol. 1+
03/21/11-Desperado
03/23/11-Anger Management*
03/25/11-Back to School
03/28/11- Kill Bill Vol. 2+
03/29/11-Waking Sleeping Beauty*
03/30/11-Matrix Revolutions
04/03/11-Cemetery Man
04/06/11-Monday Night War*
04/09/11-Insidious*+
04/09/11-The Town
04/13/11-Kick Ass
04/13/11-Ghostbusters+
04/14/11-Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
04/15/11-Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth
04/17/11-Scream 4*+
04/17/11-Mean Streets
04/19/11-The Shawshank Redemption
04/23/11-True Romance+
04/25/11-Toy Story 3
05/01/11-Scream
05/16/11-Back to the Future 2
05/17/11-Back to the Future 3
05/18/11-Back to the Future
05/19/11-Superbad
05/19/11-National Lampoon's Senior Trip
05/19/11-Private Parts
05/21/11-Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
05/22/11-The Forty Year Old Virgin
05/22/11-
05/23/11-Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides*
05/24/11-Scream 2
05/24/11-Super*
05/25/11-Jackie Brown+
05/25/11-The Social Network+
05/30/11-The Faculty
06/02/11-Kingpin
06/07/11-Demolition Man
06/07/11-Street Trash*
06/09/11-Bloodstained Memoirs*
06/10/11-Super 8*+
06/11/11-Castle Freak*
06/12/11-Total Recall+
06/13/11-The Hangover Part 2*+
06/16/11-Batman
06/18/11- Slam Dunk Ernest
06/21/11-Batman Begins
06/24/11-Batman Forever
06/29/11-Batman and Robin
07/03/11-Casino+
07/04/11-The Baxter*
07/04/11-Capturing the Friedmans*
07/04/11-The Last Boy Scout*
07/06/11-Teen Wolf*
07/07/11-My Soul to Take*
07/09/11-Friday the 13th Part 5: A New Beginning
07/09/11-Arcade*
07/10/11-The Rock*
07/11/11-Return of the Living Dead Part 2
07/12/11-Subspecies*
07/16/11-Up in Smoke+
07/17/11-Tyson*
07/18/11-The Fighter*
07/19/11-Don't Go in the House*
07/20/11-Fight Club
07/25/11-Crazy Heart*
07/25/11-25th Hour*
07/26/11-American History X+
07/31/11-Nixon and Hogan Smoke Christmas*
08/10/11-Platoon
08/14/11-
08/1-/11-Detroit Rock City
08/19/11-Born on the Fourth of July*
08/25/11-Frankenhooker*
09/03/11-Red State*+
09/04/11-Red State
09/09/11-Dogma
09/10/11-Final Destination 3*+
09/15/11-Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
09/17/11-Thor*
09/18/11-Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers
09/18/11-Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland
09/18/11-Sleepaway Camp
09/20/11-The Lion King 3-D+
09/21/11-The Devil's Rejects+
09/22/11-Hesher*
09/23/11-Return of the Living Dead (in the Theater)
09/25/11-Red Dawn*
09/25/11-Return to Sleepaway Camp
09/28/11-Still Waiting...*
09/28/11-Tango and Cash
09/30/11-Troll Hunter*
10/01/11-Puppet Master
10/02/11-Puppet Master 2*
10/02/11-Puppet Master 3: Toulon's Revenge*
10/02/11-Puppet Master 4*
10/02/11-Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter*
10/02/11-Curse of the Puppet Master*
10/04/11-Phantasm
10/05/11-Phatasm 2
10/05/11-Ernest Scared Stupid
10/06/11-Hellraiser: Bloodline
10/07/11-Idiocracy
10/09/11-Night of the Living Dead '90
10/11/11-Popcorn
10/12/11-John Carpenter Presents Body Bags
10/15/11-More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead*
10/16/11-The Fog
10/16/11-Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
10/16/11-Prom Night III: The Last Kiss
10/16/11-Night of the Demons 2
10/16/11-Leprechaun 3
10/16/11-Leprechaun 210/19/11-Leprechaun 4: In Space*
10/20/11-The Thing '11*+
10/22/11-Prom Night 4: Deliver Us From Evil*
10/23/11-The Thing
10/23/11-Slither
10/24/11-Leprechaun in the Hood*
10/26/11-The Chaperone*
10/26/11-Idle Hands+
10/27/11-Bubba Ho-Tep
10/27/11-Army of Darkness
10/30/11-Trick 'r Treat+
10/30/11-Halloween+
11/03/11-Beyond the Mat
11/05/11-Conan O'Brien Can't Stop*
11/05/11-A Very Harold and Kumar 3-D Christmas*+
11/07/11-Friday After Next*
11/11/11-Friday+
11/13/11-Punisher: War Zone
11/18/11-Paul*
11/19/11-Captain America: The First Avenger*
11/23/11-Ferris Bueller's Day Off
12/04/11-Beverly Hills Cop*
12/07/11-Amelie*
12/08/11-Take Home Tonight*
12/13/11-Cedar Rapids*
12/15/11-Man on the Moon
12/18/11-Edward Scissorhands
12/18/11-The Long Kiss Goodnight
12/19/11-Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2*
12/22/11-Tucker and Dale vs Evil*
12/22/11-Home Alone+
12/23/11-Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
12/26/11-Delicatessan*
12/29/11-Source Code*
12/29/11-Hell Comes to Frogtown*

First time viewings marked with *
Viewings with Jessica marked with +

Q: The Winged Serpent

I've been aware of this movie for years, but for some reason I had it in my head that it was some artsy film along the lines of something that Criterion would release. Don't get me wrong, Criterion releases are awesome, but they do release a lot of boring, pretentious stuff too. It seems I was way off on that point as this is actually a Larry Cohen film, the fella behind such genre films as the Maniac Cop films and Uncle Sam. The tone is definitely set when in the first ten minutes of the film there is a decapitation, a flayed human body, and a topless gal picked from the roof she is sunbathing on.
The story concerns a giant half-reptile, half-bird that is terrorizing New York City by going around biting off peoples heads and snatching people from rooftops. Amidst this is someone committing sacrifices to the creature which may or may not be a reincarnated Aztec god, a pathetic criminal using his knowledge of the location of the creature's nest to his advantage, and David Carradine (aka Bill, aka Caine from Kung Fu, aka the actor that died quite embarrassingly not too long ago) who plays a cop that is attempting to figure the whole thing out. Shaft is in there somewhere too.
I found the film itself to be very entertaining. I had no qualms with any of the actors, and actually thought they did a really good job for the type of film it was. It definitely has a late '70s/early '80s New York feel to it and there a lot of helicopter shots of the city meant to be the creature's POV that are fun to look at. When the creature is shown on-screen it's pure cheese, but if you are of the age or mind of someone that appreciate the old school of monster effects you will probably find it charming. If you were ever on the fence about whether to check this one out or not like I was, I recommend you do.