2014 was a bit of an improvement over recent years in movie watching for me. I managed to watch 78 movies last year, 16 more than 2012 and 2013 and my highest total since 2011, although it was my third consecutive year under 100. Again, many things contributed to this, chiefly the insane amount of TV I’ve been watching and the awful amount of time I spend either at work or getting to and from work.
Here’s a look back at the first 50 movies I did manage to watch last year and what recollection, if any, I have of them. The films are listed in the order I saw them.
Repeaters (2010)
If Groundhog Day took place in a rehab and affected 3 people more messed up than Bill Murray.
Smashed (2012)
I have very little recollection of this film.
Your Sister’s Sister (2012)
2 messed up sisters and a mourning man share tequila and secrets.
Lovelace (2013)
Amanda Seyfried portrays the first lady of porn, Linda Lovelace.
Columbus Circle (2012)
A thriller about a shut-in who witnesses a murder and needs to leave her comfort zone.
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
The latest installment brings Bruce Willis to Russia.
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are engaged forever as life keeps getting in the way of them actually getting married.
Hell Baby (2013)
A comedy about a possessed woman who is about to give birth to Satan’s spawn.
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World (2012)
2 lost souls find each other as the world is literally coming to an end.
Would You Rather (2012)
A sadistic host tortures his dinner guests for his own pleasure.
The World’s End (2013)
A group of friends tries to finish a pub crawl while aliens attack.
About Cherry (2012)
A young girl finds herself pulled in to the world of porn.
Admission (2013)
Tina Fey has to judge the college application of a boy she believes to be the son she put up for adoption years before.
Bad Girls From Valley High (2005)
The less said about this, the better.
The Lego Movie (2014)
A tale about a young boy’s imagination winning out against his father’s rigid structure.
Alex Cross (2012)
It turns out that rebooting a series and replacing Morgan Freeman with Tyler Perry may not have been the best idea.
The Campaign (2012)
A simpleton is propped up by lobbyists to run for Congress and to be their puppet.
White House Down (2013)
One of 2 films that came out in 2013 to feature terrorists attacking the White House.
Veronica Mars (2014)
Thanks to a Kickstarter campaign, the former TV show returned for another look at the goings on in Neptune.
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
The Muppets return without most of the heart of their last outing.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
The latest adventure of the first Avenger, which I saw at the Arclight theater in Pasadena.
In A World… (2013)
Lake Bell stars as the daughter of a voice over legend trying to follow in her father’s footsteps.
Unknown (2011)
Liam Neeson is a secret agent who has forgotten who he is and starts living in to his cover.
Pacific Rim (2013)
I believe I had this movie out from Netflix for over 6 months before I finally got around to watching it.
Taken 2 (2012)
Liam Neeson proves that he still possesses a particular set of skills.
The Hangover Part III (2013)
The boys return to Vegas for another night of debauchery as they try to find a mobster’s missing money.
Gravity (2013)
A meteor storm strands Sandra Bullock in outer space.
The Lifeguard (2013)
Kristen Bell stars as a twenty-something who has an early mid-life crisis and makes bad life choices.
RED 2 (2013)
The team of retired agents are reunited when a nuclear device goes missing.
We’re The Millers (2013)
To clear a debt, a man creates a fake family as cover to smuggle in a large shipment of weed from Mexico.
Flight (2012)
Denzel Washington is a messed up pilot who manages to save the day despite being high.
Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)
My first experience with IMAX 3D, enjoyed with some friends from Belfast.
Don Jon (2013)
A young goomba tries to learn that the touch of a woman is better than self pleasure.
Excision (2008)
A short film about a social outcast who goes overboard trying to fix her sick sister.
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Ian Ziering and Tara Reid head to New York and, surprise surprise, the sharks follow them.
Aspirational (2014)
Kirsten Dunst stars in this short that takes on today’s selfie culture.
The Shift (2014)
A short film featuring the fetching Molly C. Quinn.
Gone Girl (2014)
David Fincher brings Gillian Flynn’s hit novel to life.
Chastity Bites (2013)
A witch who preys on virgins to maintain her immortality shows up at a high school and battles a reporter from the school’s paper.
Black Rock (2013)
A group of women attempting to rekindle their friendship run across some psycho veterans who want to take out their aggressions.
Excision (2012)
A feature length remake of the short film of the same name.
Carrie (2013)
A remake of the horror classic based on Stephen King’s novel.
Dog Food (2014)
A short film about a butcher who loses his dog, but encounters a pair of psychotic vegans.
Nude Not (2000)
A woman moves in to a new house and thinks that her roommates are always naked.
American Hustle (2013)
The FBI set up a sting to try and bring down the mafia and the politicians in their pockets.
Vampire Academy (2014)
Just as bad as you imagine it is.
A Different Tree (2014)
A short about a young girl who wants to meet her father in order to complete her family tree assignment for school, and ends up sorely disappointed.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)
The first half of the adaptation of the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy.
The Fault In Our Stars (2014)
Based on the book of the same name, a girl with cancer tries to live a normal life and falls in love with a boy with cancer.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Peter Parker tries to learn the truth about his father’s work while Spider-Man must do battle against Electro and the Green Goblin.