January 9, 2026January 1, 2026 by admin

2025: The Year In Movies

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28 Years Later, A House Of Dynamite, A Sacrifice, After The Hunt, Back In Action, Blackwater Lane, Blitz, Borderline, Cameron Diaz, Captain America: Brave New World, Companion, DCU, Don't Worry Darling, Drop, Echo Valley, Emma Stone, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Fountain Of Youth, Frankenstein, Freakier Friday, Honey Don't, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Influencer, James Gunn, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Kinds Of Kindness, Kraven The Hunter, Lindsay Lohan, M3gan 2.0, Mary Shelley, MaXXXine, Mia Goth, Mission: Impossible, Mothers' Instinct, Nobody 2, Olivia Wilde, Poor Things, Promising Young Woman, Queenpins, Roofman, Ruth Ware, Sadie Sink, Scarlett Johansson, Sinners, Sony, Spider-Man, Superman, Terrifier 3, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, The Gorge, The Idea Of You, The Substance, The Thursday Murder Club, The Towering Inferno, The Woman In Cabin 10, Thunderbolts, To Catch A Killer, Tom Cruise, Tom Hardy, Venom: The Last Dance, Weapons, Wicked: For Good, Wish Upon, Wolf Man, X, Y2K, Yale
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The return of my annual long December vacation helped push up a weak first eleven months of the year, giving me my lowest total since last year. I managed to watch 55 movies last year, my fifth consecutive year under 100, despite being home all day and not needing to bother with pesky things like a commute. Or exercise. Reading 66 books and watching game shows all day probably didn’t help either.

Here’s a look back at the first 50 movies I watched last year and what recollection, if any, I have of them. The films are listed in the order I saw them.

Queenpins (2021)
A pair of housewives create a $40 million coupon scam.

Blackwater Lane (2024)
A woman believes she will be the next victim of a serial killer.

MaXXXine (2024)
Mia Goth returns in this prequel to X.

Mothers’ Instinct (2024)
The friendship between two women is tested when one loses her son.

Blitz (2024)
A group of Londoners tries to survive during the German bombing during World War II.

Poor Things (2023)
Emma Stone plays a woman who has the brain of a baby transplanted into her head.

The Idea of You (2024)
A 40-year-old single mom begins an unexpected romance with the lead singer of the hottest boy band on the planet.

Back in Action (2025)
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz star as retired CIA agents forced to come out of retirement to save their family.

Kinds of Kindness (2024)
Emma Stone reteams with writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos.

Y2K (2024)
Machines go nuts as the clock strikes midnight and the world enters the year 2000.

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September 5, 2016September 3, 2016 by admin

Most Watched Actors – The Early 2000s

Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime. The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I’ve carried on in my database ever since. So, given those guidelines, it is time to look at the most prolific actors that have starred in the movies that I have seen in the first half of the first decade of the new millennium, the 2000s.

2001

**Films Per Actor Per Year**
Name	Films
Rachael Leigh Cook	3
Russell Crowe	3
Tobey Maguire	3

3 actors tied for the lead in 2000 with 3 movies each, starting with Rachael Leigh Cook, who appeared in the classics AntiTrust, Josie and the Pussycats, and The Hi-Line. The mentally stable Russell Crowe starred in Mystery, Alaska, The Insider, and the tremendous L.A. Confidential. Finally, Tobey Maguire made his mark with Wonder Boys, The Cider House Rules, and Ride With The Devil.

2002

**Films Per Actor Per Year**
Last Name	Films
Freddie Prinze Jr.	3
Renee Zellwegger	3

2002 was a big year for Freddie Prinze Jr. and Renee Zellwegger, who both starred in 3 films that I saw that year. Prinze appeared in the hits Scooby-Doo, Summer Catch, and Head Over Heels. Zellwegger, meanwhile, made her mark in Bridget Jones’s Diary, Me, Myself & Irene, and Nurse Betty.

2003

**Films Per Actor Per Year**
Last Name	Films
Ben Affleck	3
Richard Gere	3

Ben Affleck and Richard Gere were the 2 top actors in my film consumption of 2003. Affleck led the way with The Sum of All Fears, Daredevil, and Changing Lanes. Gere appeared in Unfaithful, The Mothman Prophecies, and Dr. T and the Women.

2004

**Films Per Actor Per Year**
Last Name	Films
Ben Affleck	2
Drew Barrymore	2
A.J. Cook	2
John Cusack	2
Robert DeNiro	2
Cameron Diaz	2
Kirsten Dunst	2
Anna Faris	2
Katie Holmes	2
Angelina Jolie	2
Ashton Kutcher	2
Martin Lawrence	2
Jason Lee	2
Lindsay Lohan	2
Mandy Moore	2
Eddie Murphy	2
Christina Ricci	2
Billy Bob Thorton	2
Liv Tyler	2

For the first time since 1985, we have a long list of actors tying for the top spot, with nobody taking a commanding lead.

2005

**Films Per Actor Per Year**
Last Name	Films
Anne Hathaway	3
Angelina Jolie	3

Ladies ruled the roost in 2005, thanks to former Disney princess Anne Hathaway, who starred in Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement, Ella Enchanted, and Havoc, where she doffed her top to show the world she was ready for non-princess roles. Angelina Jolie joined the fray with her roles in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, and Taking Lives.

July 14, 2014June 30, 2014 by admin

You Ought To Be In (16) Pictures

Many years ago, using the weekly TV guide that came with the Sunday Chicago Tribune, I started keeping track of all of the movies I had seen over the course of my lifetime. The guide would list the two main stars for each movie, and that is a tradition that I’ve carried on in my database ever since. So, given those guidelines, it is time to look at all of the actors that have starred in at least 10 films that I have seen, as of May 30th.

Today, we look at the 4 actors that have starred in 16 movies that I have seen.

Drew Barrymore

Like most of America, Drew Barrymore first entered my consciousness as the precocious little girl from E.T., but it was another decade before she had a starring role that I saw, 1992’s Poison Ivy. In the year’s since, she has had two separate runs of 4 years, first from 1998-2001 and again from 2003-2006. 3 years saw me seeing two of her films, most recently in 2004. The most recent of her films that I’ve seen was Music And Lyrics, which I saw in 2008.

Tom Cruise

Top Gun was likely my first introduction to Tom Cruise’s starring roles. 2000 was a big year for his films, as I saw 4 of them, the only time I’ve seen more than one. I took a 5 year break from his films after seeing War Of The Worlds in 2007. The last film of his that I’ve seen was Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2012.

Kirsten Dunst

The first Kirsten Dunst starring vehicle that I saw was Small Soldiers, which I saw in 1999. That started a 4 year run where I saw 9 of her films, including 4 in 2000 alone. After a one year break, I returned to her films in 2004 with both Mona Lisa Smile and the first Spider-Man. Besides 2000, there are 5 other years where I’ve seen multiple Dunst films, most recently in 2007. In fact, the only years that I’ve seen only one of her films were 1999, the first time I saw one, and 2011, which was the last time I saw her in All Good Things.

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