Last year I gave up about halfway through with this list... Let's see in the new year if I can keep up with it better!


[Jan 03] Perempuan Tanah Jahanam "Impetigore" (2019) ★★★★☆
I haven't watched any Indonesian horror in a while, but now I feel like I need to watch more stuff by Joko Anwar! Tara Basro was great as the lead, but I actually preferred Marissa Anita and Asmara Abigail in their roles better!

[Jan 13] The Invisible Man (2020) ★★★★★
I wasn't expecting to like this movie as much as I did. I don't like Elizabeth Moss, or figure I don't because she's a Scientologist (I literally just now learned that she played Torch in Girl Interrupted!!!). But damn, this movie was good!

[Jan 14] Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) ★★★★☆
I am an Avengers hater, but I've always loved the Guardians movies. No other Avengers movie could emulate the humor and heart that James Gunn puts into his stories. I laughed, I cried, what a damn good movie!

Raw (2016) ★★☆☆☆
I... really didn't like this movie at all. I know that it's supposed to be pretty popular and people compare it to Ginger Snaps, but it wasn't really my thing. I thought it was too many crazy college antics (which was just annoying) and not enough eating people.

Troop Beverly Hills (1989) ★★★☆☆
I heard my boss talking about this movie so I figured I'd check it out. I really did not know that Jenny Lewis (from Rilo Kiley) was a child actor in the 80s! And Carla Gugino was in this too, how cute!!

Great Outdoors (1988) ★★☆☆☆
It's very rare that I finish up a movie and I'm confused by what the plot was even trying to tell me / portray. I suppose this was just a story about some people staying in a cabin in the woods and it's supposed to be funny... But I didn't like it ( ._. )""

[•REC] (2007) ★★★★☆
I haven't watched this movie in years, and I remember really liking it when I watched it (probably not long after it came out). For a zombie movie, it's pretty solid. But what's even more cool is that it's revealed to be more than just a zombie movie later on!

[•REC]² (2009) ★★★☆☆
The sequel wasn't as good as the first one, but it is nice to get some backstory behind the "zombies". The main actor isn't actually Spanish and his accent isn't that great (like I should be speaking about accents when I have a speech impediment when I speak Spanish lol), but still an alright watch!

Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023) ★★★☆☆
This documentary was just okay. My beef with documentaries now a days are that they don't take sides as strongly as they should, and then they don't even reveal a good resolution in the end (which I get those don't always exist in real life, but c'mon). The story with this went nowhere in the end really...

[Feb 17] Bullet Train (2022) ★★★★☆
This turned out to be a better movie than I originally thought it would be. I could care less about Brad Pitt (and the majority of the actors in this movie), but the characters of Lemon and Tangerine were really great!

[Mar 02] Memories of Murder (2003) ★★★★☆
While I prefer more of Bong Joon-ho's dystopian / fantasy stories, this was pretty good too since it was based off a true story. Very sad in many ways - I listen to a lot of Asian True Crime and their police forces are absolute jokes and this movie was kind of the epitome of that (all police forces across the world are a fucking joke, but that's another rant for another day).

[Mar 22] Coherence (2013) ★★★★☆
It was super cool IMO that this movie was made low budget, pretty much with no script, and in the director(? I think)'s living room! With the whole no script thing, it proves that these actors (who aren't superstar Hollywood people) are actually very talented. The plot was really intriguing as well!

[Mar 22] Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) ★★★★☆
As someone who enjoyed the old movie, but didn't really care about it like some fans do, I did enjoy this one. I liked the inclusion of kids and women without being too pushy or political about it. I kinda wish the teenager side-plot was removed though, a lot of the scenes with Finn Wolfhard were just kinda pointless?

[Mar 23] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) ★★★☆☆
Another enjoyable inclusion into the Ghostbusters series. While I didn't like the whole "let's all fight against Phoebe for no reason" plot (and her ghost friend was a bit cringey), I did like the movie. Always good to see the OG actors, and I liked Kumail's character as well.

Enemy (2013) ★★★★☆
This was certainly a strange movie. I wanted to see it because I like Jake Gyllenhaal, but also Dennis Villeneuve is a pretty good film maker. I liked the metaphor in this, and the "meaning" behind it as well.

Prisoners (2013) ★★★★☆
Also a Dennis Villeneuve movie with Jake Gyllenhaal. This one was really good, despite the fact that the "mystery" was kinda easy to figure out. I enjoyed it though.

Paprika パプリカ (2006) ★★★★☆
I really liked this movie and I can see where Christopher Nolan would have used it as inspiration for Inception. I didn't expect it to go in the direction that it did, and I didn't expect the ending either, but I really liked this one!

Shrek (2001) ★★★★★
Shrek has stood the test of time as a true masterpiece! That's why I have to give it four stars, even if it's not considered a "classic". I just don't think anybody will ever be able to make a movie like this one again...

Unbreakable (2000) ★★★☆☆
I don't feel like 2000 was that long ago (although it WAS now), but damn, the quality of this movie really tells me otherwise. The movie is not bad in the least bit, just a bit slow and somewhat boring. It's a good, unsuspecting introduction to a really odd superhero trilogy though!

Split (2016) ★★★★☆
I don't know why it took M. Night 16 years to continue his movie, but I remember learning about this film and had NO idea it was a sequel, or a superhero film. Anyways, is it weird for me to say James McAvoy is hot in this?

Glass (2019) ★★★★☆
This is a great ending to a very niche trilogy! I'm so glad they got the old actors back, and I'm sad that this was the last (or one of the last) movies for Bruce Willis before his dementia set in. I really liked this!

Bridesmaids (2011) ★★★☆☆
I pitched this as "Hangover for women" to my husband. Not that he really needed convincing to watch it, and not like he likes Hangover that much, but it was at least to show him that for a "stupid" movie, it was still funny. I love Melissa McCarthy in this one!

Despicable Me (2010) ★★★★☆
Alright, so I can't believe this movie came out that long ago! I was in college back then... Did I watch this in theatres when I was in college? Whatever, it's a cute movie!

Despicable Me 2 (2013) ★★★☆☆
Oh, so conveniently we saw Bridesmaids not long before this, and Kristen Wiig plays Gru's girlfriend! This one is cute too.

Despicable Me 3 (2017) ★★★★☆
This one is the best SIMPLY because Trey Parker plays the villain... I love randomly hearing him or Matt in a movie (kinda like when either Tim Heidecker or Eric Wareheim show up in crap randomly too). Anyways, I also liked Gru's brother.

[April 28] Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) ★★★★☆
I think a lot of people hated this movie, just like they hated the alien one... but Indiana Jones was always ridiculous and stupid to me. So aliens, time travel... Who cares, it was fun and Mads Mikkelsen was there, so I'm in!

[April 30] Mother 마더 (2009) ★★★☆☆
I love Bong Joon-Ho and I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie. I only rated it lower than a 4 because again, I reiterate, I listen to a lot of Asian true crime and I know men get away from abusing / raping / killing women SO EASILY, so I'm not sure what type of story this is trying to tell...? It made me a little uncomfy.

[May 01] X-Men (2000) ★★★★☆
God, watching these movies makes me feel old. I remember all of this from when I was a kid, and it weirds me out knowing most of the cast (who are all old now) were younger than I am now when this was filmed. AAAAA!

[May 05] X2 (2003) ★★☆☆☆
I literally couldn't tell you anything that happened in this movie other than the part about that one person dying towards the end.

[May 07] X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) ★★★☆☆
I remember being excited when I saw Omahyra Mota in the background (playing Arclight), because she was my favorite model at one point in time. The fact that so many people die in this movie really sucks, but it was funny that my husband discovered on this day that Kelsey Grammar is the actor playing Beast. He was so shocked!

[May 10] Kiss The Girls (1997) ★★★☆☆
Funny, I already watched this last year, but there's a lot about it I didn't remember (although I definitely remember who the killer is!) I forgot that Tarzan's voice actor, Tony Goldwyn, was in this.

[May 18] The Strangers (2008) ★★☆☆☆
The movie itself is kinda fun, because it's scary to watch a house be broken into, but holy shit, the characters were so dumb! I remember watching this when it first came out and I was in high school. I did not like it back then at all.

[May 18] The Strangers: Prey At Night (2018) ★★★☆☆
While this one wasn't all that fantastic either, I did prefer it to the first one. Bailee Madison looks JUST like my sister, and while she's not a very good actress, I liked that she at least got to be a little bad ass in this.

[May 18] Abigail (2024) ★★★★★
Oh MAN what a fun movie! I love Kevin Durand, Giancarlo Esposito, and Dan Stevens! Also, kinda funny that both of Mary's husbands from Downton Abbey were in this (Dan Stevens - Matthew and Matthew Goode - Henry), that's just a, uh, fun fact? The littl girl was a great actress too!

X-Men: First Class (2011) ★★★★☆
Oh man, I remember having so much fun watching this movie for the first time. I was in college back when it came out, and I believe I watched it with my sister? Anyways, I was in love with Michael Fassbender, and my sister thought "James Smack-mah-boy" was cute.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) ★★★★☆
I don't actually know how popular this one is, but I forgot how much I liked it?! Like, the whole time travel concept was really fun, I liked Wolverine going around dealing with people in the past, and the mix of the older actors from the original movies and the younger actors from the reboot was super cool too!

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) ★★★☆☆
Okay, this movie I didn't like so much... Oscar Isaac's character, who I guess is Apocalypse(??) looked so awful and was basically useless. I just didn't enjoy this one.

Dark Phoenix (2019) ★★☆☆☆
What the fuck y'all! This followed a very similar pattern of what really sucked about The Last Stand (aka killing off main characters for no apparent reason). I actually CAN see why people didn't like this one.

[May 31] Deadpool (2016) ★★☆☆☆
This was just... alright I suppose. I mean, I know that Deadpool is the quirky ~*oh BOY I'm sO rAnDoM*~ character for Marvel, and I shouldn't expect more from Ryan Reynolds (sorry Ryan) but again, this was just alright.

[June 01] Deadpool 2 (2018) ★★★☆☆
Okay, I did like this one better, mostly because of its inclusion of other famous actors. The plot still isn't fantastic, but I had more fun watching it than the last one. Also... time travel! Apparently I really like that as a theme in X-Men movies.