THE SPOOK MATINEE by George Ulrich

 

NOW WHAT?

 WELL, MY 6 MONTH PROJECT OF YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKINGS IS NOW AT AN END. 

And if there's one thing I've learned it's that I haven't seen nearly as many movies as I thought I had.  What a lightweight!!!  Of course, the second thing I've learned is that the lists are already out of date; owing to the movies I've watched since compiling each year's list.  For a while, I would add a movie to a year as I watched it but this entails changing each post back to a draft and republishing it.   That got old really quick.  Each year-by-year ranking IS accurate as to my movie watching until May 2021.  I was thinking maybe I'll add the movies I've watched onto each year-by-year ranking starting from May onwards around the end of 2021.  That way, I can get the rankings up-to-date at the end of the year and move on from there. 

But now that I'm finished the Year-By-Year Film Rankings . . . . .Now What???  For this blog, I mean.  This film project has been VERY useful in getting me to post more often on the ole blog.  But now that it's finished, what new project should I undertake?  Any ideas?   

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2020

 

1. I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
2. UNHINGED
3. THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
4. ANOTHER ROUND
5. HOST
6. SHIRLEY
7. THE HUNT
8. THE INVISIBLE MAN
9. JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK:  APOKOLIPS WAR
10. TALES OF THE UNCANNY
11. LOVE AND MONSTERS
12. OUR SARAH JANE
13. HAPPY HALLOWEEN, SCOOBY-DOO!
14. MISBEHAVIOUR
15. THE TRIP TO GREECE
16. FREAKY
17. IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS: PART II
18. THE MOTHMAN LEGACY
19. SUPERMAN:  MAN OF TOMORROW
20. RED SWARF:  THE PROMISED LAND
21. ON THE TRAIL OF UFOS
22. ON THE TRAIL OF BIGFOOT
23. BARRYMORE:  THE BODY IN THE POOL
24. MANK
25. BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN)
26. TALES FROM THE HOOD 3
27. THE MARK OF THE BELL WITCH
28. EVIL TAKES ROOT
29. SUPERMAN:  RED SON
30. THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER
31. HUBIE HALLOWEEN
32. THE NEW MUTANTS
33. PSYCHO GOREMAN
34. A WEREWOLF IN ENGLAND
35. CASTLE FREAK
36. AN ENGLISH HAUNTING
37. THEY LIVE INSIDE US
38. WONDER WOMAN 1984
39. THE HAUNTING OF MARGAM CASTLE
40. BATMAN:  DEATH IN THE FAMILY

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2019

 

1. JOJO RABBIT
2. APOLLO 11
3. THE IRISHMAN
4. PARASITE
5. THE LIGHTHOUSE
6. THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
7. ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
8. AVENGERS:  ENDGAME
9. 1917
10. READY OR NOT
11. KNIVES OUT
12. 63 UP
13. IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS:  A JOURNEY INTO ICONIC 80'S HORROR
14. BLISS
15. LEAP OF FAITH:  WILLIAM FRIEDKIN ON THE EXORCIST
16. LOVE, ANTOSHA
17. BLINK OF AN EYE
18. THAT PART FEELING
19. THE LODGE
20. THE TWO POPES
21. DOCTOR SLEEP
22. HORROR NOIRE:  A HISTORY OF BLACK HORROR
23. DOLEMITE IS MY NAME
24. BATMAN VS. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
25. THE BEACH HOUSE
26. HARPOON
27. US
28. MIDSOMMAR
29. VFW
30. EXTRA ORDINARY
31. SATANIC PANIC
32. SUZI Q
33. CREEM:  AMERICA'S ONLY ROCK 'N' ROLL MAGAZINE
34. FULCI FOR FAKE
35. HAUNT
36. SCARE PACKAGE
37. COLOR OUT OF SPACE
38. AN ACCIDENTAL STUDIO
39. IRON FISTS AND KUNG FU KICKS
40. GODZILLA:  KING OF THE MONSTERS
41. BLOOD QUANTUM
42. ROLLING THUNDER REVUE:  A BOB DYLAN STORY BY MARTIN SCORSESE
43. ROCKETMAN
44. SCARY STORIES
45. SHAZAM
    
46. JUDY
47. BLOOD & FLESH:  THE REEL LIFE & GHASTLY DEATH OF AL ADAMSON
48. THE INVENTOR:  OUT FOR BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY
49. DIRECT TO VIDEO:  STRAIGHT TO VIDEO HORROR OF THE ()'S
50. EXORCISM AT 60,000 FEET
51. SPIDER-MAN:  FAR FROM HOME
52. SHOWMAN:  THE LIFE OF JOHN NATHAN-TURNER
53. MASTER OF DARK SHADOWS
54. IT CHAPTER TWO
55. REIGN OF THE SUPERMEN
56. THE BOOKSELLERS
57. THE BANANA SPLITS MOVIE
58. THE DEAD DON'T DIE
59. MIDWAY
60. THE MORTUARY COLLECTION
61. 10/31 PART II
62. JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE FATAL FIVE
63. CAPTAIN MARVEL
64. BATMAN:  HUSH
65. HALLOWEEN IN A BOX
66. CHILD'S PLAY
67. TERROR IN THE SKIES
68. THE GREAT HACK
69. SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK
70. NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE
71. HELLBOY
72. THE PRODIGY
73. GLASS
74. WONDER WOMAN:  BLOODLINES
75. MOMO:  THE MISSOURI MONSTER
76. JOKER
77. STAR WARS:  THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
78. BLACK CHRISTMAS

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2018

 

1. UNDER THE SILVER LAKE
2. DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE
3. WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
4. AMAZING GRACE
5. BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE
6. THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT
7. SPIDER-MAN:  INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
8. HEREDITARY
9. GAME NIGHT
10. WILD ROSE
11. BLACK PANTHER
12. BATMAN NINJA
13. THE FARE
14. LAKE MICHIGAN MONSTER
15. THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
16. AQUAMAN
17. THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING
18. BE NATURAL:  THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHE
19. MARY POPPINS RETURNS
20. PANIC:  THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS
21. THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES
22. WOLFMAN'S GOT NARDS
23. ROBIN WILLIAMS:  COME INSIDE MY MIND
24. AVENGERS:  INFINITY WAR
25. LOVE, GILDA
26. A QUIET PLACE
27. THE FAVOURITE
28. TAG
29. WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE
30. A MATA NEGRA aka THE BLACK FOREST
31. DON'T LEAVE HOME
32. MISSION:  IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT
33. FIRST MAN
34. THE LITTLE STRANGER
35. SEDER-MASOCHISM
36. BLOOD FEST
37. THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS
38. THE WIND
39. THE DEAD CENTER
40. BAD REPUTATION
41. WHAT SHE SAID:  THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL
42. THEY'LL LOVE ME WHEN I'M DEAD
43. THE GREAT BUSTER:  A CELEBRATION
44. SUICIDE SQUAD:  HELL TO PAY
45. BATMAN:  GOTHAM BY GASLIGHT
46. DEADPOOL 2
47. THE BRAY ROAD BEAST
48. PUPPET MASTER:  THE LITTLEST REICH
49. ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
50. HOW THE YOUNG ONES CHANGED COMEDY
51. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
52. STAN & OLLIE
53. BLACKKKLANSMAN
54. LEPRECHAUN RETURNS
55. BOOK OF MONSTERS
56. TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN
57. THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN
58. THE BILL MURRAY STORIES:  LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MYTHICAL MAN
59. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND
60. THE HOUSE WITH THE CLOCK IN ITS WALLS
61. CATEGORY III:  THE UNTOLD STORY OF HONG KONG EXPLOITATION CINEMA
62. THE BARGE PEOPLE
63. OVERLORD
64. ALL EYES ON LENZI:  THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE ITALIAN EXPLOITATION TITAN
65. STRANGE NATURE
66. THE FLATWOODS MONSTER:  A LEGACY OF FEAR
67. CONSTANTINE:  CITY OF DEMONS
68. SUSPIRIA
69. HALLOWEEN
70. READY PLAYER ONE
71. OUTLAW KING
72. THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS WITCH
73. STRUGGLE:  THE LIFE AND LOST ART OF SZUKALSKI
74. DEADTECTIVES
75. THE GILLIGAN MANIFESTO
76. BIG LEGEND
77. WINCHESTER
78. TALES FROM THE HOOD 2
79. OPHELIA
80. THE COMMUTER
81. 4/20 MASSACRE
82. FREEDOM FIGHTERS:  THE RAY
83. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
84. ON THE TRAIL OF CHAMP
85. SLAY BELLES
86. BOB LAZAR:  AREA 51 AND FLYING SAUCERS
87. THE LEGEND OF HALLOWEEN JACK
88. DOWN A DARK HALL
89. THE NUN
90. OUIJA HOUSE

YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2017

 

1. BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99
2. BABY DRIVER
3. THE FARTHEST
4. GET OUT
5. HAGAZUSSA
6. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
7. WIND RIVER
8. SWEET COUNTRY
9. BEAST
10. THE HERO
11. THE DEATH OF STALIN
12. ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
13. ALPHAGO
14. BATMAN & BILL
15. 78/52
16. THE ENDLESS
17. IT COMES AT NIGHT
18. KING CHARLES III
19. THE BOOKSHOP
20. KING COHEN:  THE WILD WORLD OF FILMMAKER LARRY COHEN
21. WONDER WOMAN
22. NOVEMBER
23. THOR:  RAGNAROK
24. DAVID BOWIE:  THE LAST FIVE YEARS
25. I REMEMBER YOU
26. DUNKIRK
27. FIRST REFORMED
28. THE SQUARE
29. THE FOREST OF THE LOST SOULS
30. BORLEY RECTORY
31. ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT
32. THE FOREIGNER
33. LOVING VINCENT
34. PYEWACKET
35. TO HELL AND BACK:  THE KANE HODDER STORY
36. JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK
37. SPIDER-MAN:  HOMECOMING
38. CLOSE CALLS
39. MARROWBONE
40. PADDINGTON 2
41. THE NIGHT WATCHMEN
42. XX
43. CLIVE DAVIS:  THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES
44. BATMAN VS. TWO-FACE
45. EDGAR ALLAN POE:  BURIED ALIVE
46. TOFFS, QUEERS & TRAITORS:  THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF GUY BURGESS
47. BOMBSHELL:  THE HEDY LAMARR STORY
48. DEAD SHACK
49. THE MOTHMAN OF POINT PLEASANT
50. GEORGE MICHAEL:  FREEDOM
51. FRANCIS BACON:  A BRUSH WITH VIOLENCE
52. THE POST
53. MARY AND THE WITCH'S FLOWER
54. DARKEST HOUR
55. INVASION ON CHESTNUT RIDGE
56. THE INCREDIBLE JESSICA JAMES
57. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
58. KONG:  SKULL ISLAND
59. JOAN DIDION:  THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD
60. BECOMING CARY GRANT
61. DIANA:  7 DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WINDSORS
62. GHOST STORIES
63. VICTOR CROWLEY
64. ROLLING STONE:  STORIES FROM THE EDGE
65. THE DISASTER ARTIST
66. JIM & ANDY:  THE GREAT BEYOND
67. THE TRIP TO SPAIN
68. BUSHWICK
69. TEEN TITANS:  THE JUDAS CONTRACT
70. ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE
71. PERFECT BID:  THE CONTESTANT WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
72. IT
73. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE OBIT, EAT BREAKFAST
74. LASSO
75. JUSTICE LEAGUE
76. STRANGE EVENTS
77. AMERICAN ASSASSIN
78. TAX SHELTER TERRORS
79. TOKYO GHOUL
80. STAR WARS:  THE LAST JEDI
81. JERRY BEFORE SEINFELD
82. WHITNEY:  CAN I BE ME
83. MISSING 411
84. HOW THE BEATLES CHANGED THE WORLD
85. 10/31
86. THE BYE BYE MAN
87. EVIL BONG 666
88. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
89. IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY:  THE BEATLES' SGT. PEPPER & BEYOND
90. HAUNTERS:  THE ART OF THE SCARE
91. SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD
92. HOUSE OF THE WITCH
93. GALAXY OF HORRORS
94. BATMAN AND HARLEY QUINN
95. TEMPLE