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Beowulf - The Movie(s)
Dracula vs. Frankenstein
Fifth Star in a Four-Star Rating System, The
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Four-Star Rating System, The
Haunted Houses To Die For
Many Cinematic Faces of Jesus, The
McGonagall Awards: The Worst Movies Ever Made
My 20 Greatest Westerns
Top Ten Films Throughout the Decades
Film Reviews, By Title A-Z
A.
Absolon *1/2
Accidental Tourist, The ****
Aguirre, the Wrath of God *****
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams ***
Alien vs. Predator ***
American Gangster ***1/2
And Now For Something Completely Different ***
Anniversary, The *
Apocalypse Now *****
Apostle, The ****
Avventura, L' *****
B.
Badlands *****
Batman Begins ***1/2
Batman: Dead End **1/2
Battle Beyond the Stars ***
Battleship Potemkin *****
Beauty and the Beast *****
Beautiful Mind, A **1/2
Beguiled, The ***
Beowulf (2007) **
Beowulf & Grendel ****
Beyond, The *****
Bram Stoker's Dracula *1/2
Bridge, The **
Bubba Ho-Tep ***1/2
Bug ***
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee ****
C.
Candyman **1/2
Captain America ***
Capturing the Friedmans ****
Carnival of Souls ***
Casino Royale (2006) ***1/2
Cheap Detective, The ***
City of God *****
City of the Living Dead ***
Cobra Verde ****
Cocoanuts, The ***
Crash ****
Crazies, The **1/2
D.
Daimajin ***
Dancer in the Dark *
Dark City ****
Dawn of the Dead *****
Day of the Dead ****
DC Talk: Free At Last ***
Dead Zone, The ***
Departed, The ***1/2
Destination Anywhere **1/2
Diary of the Dead ****
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist ****
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde **1/2
Duck Soup *****
Dust ***1/2
E.
Eastern Promises ***1/2
Edges of the Lord **
Edward Scissorhands ***
Emperor and the Assassin, The ****
Eraserhead ***1/2
E.T. – The Extra Terrestrial *****
Exorcist, The *****
Exorcist III, The ***
Exorcist: The Beginning no stars
Exploring the Mother of Waters ***
Eyes of Tammy Faye, The ***
F.
Fahrenheit 9/11 ***
Fantasma dell'opera Il no stars
Farewell to the King ***1/2
Fight Club no stars
Fitzcarraldo *****
Flags of our Fathers **1/2
For the Bible Tells Me So ***1/2
Four of the Apocalypse ****
Frankenstein (1910) ***1/2
Frankenstein (1931) *****
Frankenstein (2007) ***
Frankenstein 1970 **1/2
Frankenstein Unbound ***
Freaks ***
From the Manger to the Cross **1/2
G.
Godspell ****
Golgotha ***
Gospel According to St. Matthew, The *****
Gospel of John, The ****
Gothic ***
Graduate, The **
Great Escape, The *****
Great Escape II: The Untold Story, The **1/2
Greatest Story Ever Told, The *
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ****
Grizzly Man ****
Growing Up Live ***1/2
H.
Habit ****
Halloween (2007) *
Happy Times Hotel **
Hard Candy ****
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse ***1/2
Hell and High Water no star rating given
!Hero: The Rock Opera *1/2
Highlander ****
Highlander: The Source 1/2*
High Plains Drifter ****
History of Violence, A ****
House by the Cemetery ***1/2
How to Irritate People **1/2
Hunchback ***
I.
Ikiru *****
I'll Say She Is ***1/2
Illusionist, The ***
Imagination ***
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ***1/2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ****
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ***
Into the Wild ****
Invisible Invaders **
It's a Wonderful Life *****
J.
Jabberwocky *
Jack's Wife ***1/2
Jacob's Ladder ****
J'Accuse! **
Jesus **
Jesus Camp ***1/2
Jesus Christ Superstar **
Jesus of Nazareth ***
Journals of Knud Rasmussen, The ****
Judas Project, The 1/2*
K.
Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) ****
Karate Kid, The ***1/2
Keoma ***1/2
King, The ***1/2
King Kong vs. Godzilla ***
King of Comedy, The ****
Kundun ****
L.
Labyrinth **1/2
Lady in the Water *
Lady Snowblood *****
Land of the Dead ****
Last Man on Earth, The ***1/2
Last Temptation of Christ, The ****
Last Winter, The ***1/2
Leap of Faith ***
Lessons of Darkness ****
Life of Brian ***1/2
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The ***1/2
Losing Lois Lane ***
Luther ***1/2
M.
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The *****
March of the Penguins ***1/2
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ***1/2
Maxx, The ****
Mean Guns ***
Mean Streets ***1/2
Messiah, The ***1/2
Metropolis *****
Miami Vice ****
Monkey Business *****
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington *****
My Best Fiend - Klaus Kinski ***1/2
N.
Name of the Rose, The **
Nanook of the North *****
Night at the Opera, A **1/2
Night of the Living Dead (1968) *****
Night of the Living Dead (1990) ****
Ninth Configuration, The ***1/2
Nirvana ***
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan ****
Nomi Song, The ***
Nosferatu, Phantom der Nacht *****
Nostradamus **
No Telling ***1/2
O.
Ong-Bak: Thai Warrior **1/2
On the Waterfront *****
Open City *****
Osama ***1/2
Outbreak **1/2
Outcasts ***1/2
Outtakes of the Christ, The ***
P.
Passion of the Christ, The ****
Passover Plot, The ***
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ****
Pearl Harbor no stars
Pelle the Conqueror ***1/2
Phantom of the Opera, The (2004) **
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl **
Prestige, The ****
Prophecy, The ***
Proposition, The ****
Pulp Fiction *****
Q.
Queen, The ****
Quigley Down Under ***
R.
Radio Moscow 1/2*
Raging Bull *****
Raiders of the Lost Ark *****
Rashomon *****
Raven, The ***
Real Frankenstein, The ***
Remains of the Day, The ***1/2
Rescue Dawn ***1/2
Richard Donner's Superman II **
Road Home, The ***
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The *1/2
S.
Scarecrows *1/2
Searchers, The *****
Second Greatest Story Ever Told, The **1/2
Seventh Seal, The *****
Seventh Sign, The **1/2
Shining, The *****
Singin' in the Rain *****
Sinners and You ***
Superman Returns **
Sweet Hereafter, The ****
T.
Target, The ****
Three-Ten to Yuma (2007) ***
Throne of Blood *****
Timon of Athens ***
To Kill a Priest ****
Tokyo Story *****
Tombs of the Blind Dead no stars
Tombs of the Blind Dead (European Cut) ***
Trap, The ***1/2
Two Evil Eyes ***
2001: A Space Odyssey *****
2010: The Year We Make Contact ***1/2
U.
Ultimates: Volume One, The **
Umberto D. *****
Unlikely Angel **
Until the End of the World ***
Untold, The **
V.
Vampire in Venice *
Vampyr ***1/2
Van Helsing **
Village, The ***
W.
War of the Worlds (Spielberg) *1/2
Way Home, The ***1/2
Wendigo ***
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe ***
Whale Rider ****
Where the Dead Are ***
Wide Awake ***
Wild Blue Yonder, The ****
Wings of Desire *****
X.
X-Files: Miracle Man, The ***
Y.
Yasujiro Ozu's Good Morning ***1/2
Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues **1/2
Z.
Zardoz *1/2
Zatoichi meets Yojimbo ****
Zatoichi, the Blind Swordsman ***1/2
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars **1/2
Zombie 1/2*
Zulu ***
