Dennis McDonald's MOVIE REVIEWS Index
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- Drama (106)
- Fantasy (75)
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- History (27)
- Horror (32)
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- Japanese (46)
- Korean (7)
- Kurosawa (5)
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- Miyazaki (7)
- Monsters (3)
- Music (7)
- Mystery (16)
- One of a Kind (46)
- Oshii (4)
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- Rupert Sanders' SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
- Joseph Kosinski's OBLIVION
- Benh Zeitlin's BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
- Tom McCarthy's THE STATION AGENT
- Barry Sonnenfeld's MEN IN BLACK III
- Timo Vuorensola's IRON SKY
- Mamoru Oshii's ASSAULT GIRLS
- Steven Spielberg's LINCOLN
- Sam Mendes' SKYFALL
- Paul W.S. Anderson's RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION
- Gareth Evans' THE RAID: REDEMPTION
- Hey-jun Lee's CASTAWAY ON THE MOON
- Len Wiseman's TOTAL RECALL
- Israel Adrián Caetano's A RED BEAR (Un Oso Rojo)
- David Twohy's CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
- Hayao Miyazaki's LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO
- Ridley Scott's PROMETHEUS
- Álex de la Iglesia's THE LAST CIRCUS
- Joss Whedon's THE AVENGERS
- The Weitz Brothers' ABOUT A BOY
- Akiyuki Shinbo's LE PORTRAIT DE PETITE COSSETTE
- Kang Woo-suk's MOSS
- Brad Bird's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL
- Lena Dunham's TINY FURNITURE
- Tae-kyung Kim's MUOI: THE LEGEND OF A PORTRAIT
- Daniel Espinosa's SAFE HOUSE
- Dennis Gansel's WE ARE THE NIGHT
- Michel Hazanavicius' THE ARTIST
- Alexander Payne's THE DESCENDANTS
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
- Yôjirô Takita's ASHURA
- Jonathan English's IRONCLAD
- Scott Charles Stewart's PRIEST
- Peter Greenaway's NIGHTWATCHING
- Jon Favreau's COWBOYS AND ALIENS
- Robert Redford's THE CONSPIRATOR
- Disney's TANGLED
- Zack Snyder’s SUCKER PUNCH
- Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
- Terrence Malik's TREE OF LIFE
- Strause Brothers' SKYLINE
- J.J. Abrams' SUPER 8
- Christopher Smith's BLACK DEATH
- Louis Leterrier's CLASH OF THE TITANS
- Debra Granik's WINTER'S BONE
- The Coen Brothers' TRUE GRIT
- Henry Levin's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
- Kenneth Branagh's THOR
- Paul W.S. Anderson's RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE
- Kevin Macdonald's THE EAGLE
- Mario Bava's PLANET OF VAMPIRES
- Pedro Almodóvar's BROKEN EMBRACES
- Monthon Arayangkoon's THE VICTIM
- Steven Spielberg's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
- Daniel Barber's HARRY BROWN
- Tom Hooper's THE KING'S SPEECH
- My Last Ten Movie Reviews
- Wilson Yip's IP MAN
- Guillaume Iverne & Arthur Qwak's DRAGON HUNTERS
- Ernie Barbarash's CUBE ZERO
- Takashi Shimizu's REINCARNATION
- Rashane Limtrakul's RAGING PHOENIX
- Je-gyun Yun's TIDAL WAVE (HAEUNDAE)
- Sylvester Stallone's THE EXPENDABLES
- Michael Powell's AGE OF CONSENT
- Na Hong-jin's THE CHASER
- Alexander Sokurov's THE SUN
- Rob Zombie's THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO
- Val Guest's DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE
- Discoveries via Streaming Netflix 1
- Robert Brousseau's RACE
- Val Guest's QUATERMASS 2 (ENEMY FROM SPACE)
- Park Chan Wook's THIRST
- Christian Alvart's PANDORUM
- Dziga Vertov's THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (Chelovek s kinoapparatom)
- Steven Spielberg's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
- Jack Arnold's IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
- Terry Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS
- Peter Jackson's HEAVENLY CREATURES
- Peter Jackson's THE LOVELY BONES
- Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson's THE INVENTION OF LYING
- Hayao Miyazaki's PONYO
- Nina Paley's SITA SINGS THE BLUES
- Fumihiko Sori's VEXILLE
- The Hughes Brothers' THE BOOK OF ELI
- Duncan Jones' MOON
- Enki Bilal's IMMORTAL
- Nicolas Roeg's WALKABOUT
- Joss Whedon's SERENITY
- Noboru Iguchi's THE MACHINE GIRL
- First Spaceship on Venus
- Wes Anderson's THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX
- The Best Films I Saw in 2009
- Fritz Lang's WOMAN IN THE MOON
- Timur Bekmambetov's DAY WATCH
- Sam Raimi's DRAG ME TO HELL
- Mamoru Hosoda's THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
- Ruben Fleischer's ZOMBIELAND
- Movie Reviews Added Since January 1, 2009
- Henry Selick's CORALINE
- Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud's PERSEPOLIS
- Robert Baca & Josh Rizzo's WELCOME TO MACINTOSH
- Chuck Patton's DEAD SPACE: DOWNFALL
- Brian DePalma's MISSION TO MARS
- Pierre Morel's TAKEN
- The Polish Brothers' NORTHFORK
- Quentin Tarentino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
- Neill Blomkamp's DISTRICT 9
- Peter Docter's UP
- Saul Dibb's THE DUCHESS
- Alex Proyas' KNOWING
- Rod Lurie's NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
- Keiichi Sugiyama's ORIGIN: SPIRITS OF THE PAST
- Tony Scott's THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123
- McG's TERMINATOR SALVATION
- Tarsem Singh’s THE FALL
- Mamoru Oshii's THE SKY CRAWLERS
- Oliver Hirschbiegel's THE INVASION
- Yoji Yamada's LOVE AND HONOR
- J.J. Abrams' STAR TREK
- Gavin Hood's X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
- David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
- Timur Bekmambetov's WANTED
- Lilo & Stitch
- Spike Lee's MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
- Takeshi Yamakazi's RETURNER
- Kronos
- Farah Khan's OM SHANTI OM
- Movies I Don't Get Tired of Watching
- Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
- George Lucas' THE PHANTOM MENACE
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
- Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS
- Gil Kenan's CITY OF EMBER
- Walter Salles' THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
- Danny Boyle’s SUNSHINE
- Scott Derrickson's THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
- My favorite ten movies
- Andrew Stanton's WALL•E
- Alex Proyas' GARAGE DAYS
- Zhang Yimou's CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
- Alex Proyas' DARK CITY
- Ed Harris' APPALOOSA
- David Koepp's GHOST TOWN
- Disney's THE BLACK CAULDRON
- Doug Liman's JUMPER
- James Cameron's THE ABYSS
- Kevin Lima's ENCHANTED
- Steven Spielberg's MINORITY REPORT
- Jean-Jacques Annaud's ENEMY AT THE GATES
- Ali Selim's SWEET LAND (2005)
- Rajkumar Santoshi's KHAKEE
- Steven Spielberg's AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- Bruce A. Evans' MR. BROOKS
- Brad Bird's RATATOUILLE
- Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PROOF
- Edgar Wright's HOT FUZZ
- Robert Rodriguez's PLANET TERROR
- Zhang Yang's SHOWER
- King of Masks
- Makoto Shinkai's THE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS
- Makoto Shinkai's VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR
- Santosh Sivan's THE TERRORIST
- Tom Tykwer's PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER
- Campbell Scott's OFF THE MAP
- Satoshi Kon’s PAPRIKA
- Darren Aronofsky’s THE FOUNTAIN
- Akira Kurosawa's IKIRU
- Akira Kurosawa's RED BEARD
- Akira Kurosawa's SANJURO
- Guillermo del Toro's PAN'S LABYRINTH
- Michael Curtiz' CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS
- John Mathew Matthan's SHIKHAR
- Alfonso Cuaron's CHILDREN OF MEN
- Sylvester Stallone's ROCKY BALBOA
- Mira Nair's THE NAMESAKE
- Michel Gondry's THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
- Bong Joon-ho's THE HOST
- Tony Bill's FLYBOYS
- Satoshi Kon's PERFECT BLUE
- Satoshi Kon’s MILLENNIUM ACTRESS
- Satoshi Kon’s TOKYO GODFATHERS
- Hayao Miyazaki's SPIRITED AWAY
- Hayao Miyazaki's PRINCESS MONONOKE
- Something The Lord Made
- The Illusionist
- Pink Floyd: Pulse (Disc 2 of 2-disc DVD)
- Robert Zemeckis' CONTACT
- Powell & Pressburger's A CANTERBURY TALE
- Steve Zaillian's ALL THE KING's MEN
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT
- James Gunn's SLITHER
- Ron Howard's THE DAVINCI CODE
- Thank You for Smoking
- Hayao Miyazaki's PORCO ROSSO
- Monster House
- Martin Scorsese's THE DEPARTED
- Firewall
- JAPAN's LONGEST DAY
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Sylvain Chomet's TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
- The Madness of King George
- Jim Jarmusch's GHOST DOG
- Jacques Tati's PLAYTIME
- Jim Jarmusch's BROKEN FLOWERS
- Ashutosh Gowariker's SWADES
- Farhan Akhtar's DIL CHAHTA HAI
- Santosh Sivan's ASOKA
- Ashutosh Gowariker's LAGAAN: ONE UPON A TIME IN INDIA
- Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING
- Silent Hill
- Chen Kaige's TOGETHER
- V for Vendetta Special Edition DVD
- Steven Soderbergh's BUBBLE
- Yash Chopra's VEER-ZAARA
- Travellers and Magicians
- John Lasseter & Joe Ranft's CARS
- Forbidden Planet
- Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS (Kino edition)
- Fritz Lang's THE BIG HEAT
- Mamoru Oshii's AVALON
- Shona Auerbach's DEAR FRANKIE
- Mission: Impossible III
- Oliver Hirschbiegel's DOWNFALL
- Wim Wenders' WINGS OF DESIRE
- My Current List of "Spouse Approved" Movies
- Liev Schreiber's EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
- David Cronenberg’s A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
- David Cronenberg’s SPIDER
- Spike Lee's INSIDE MAN
- Phil Morrison's JUNEBUG
- James McTeigue's V FOR VENDETTA
- It Happened Here
- Richard Donner's 16 BLOCKS
- Steven Soderbergh's SOLARIS
- MirrorMask
- Tim Burton's THE CORPSE BRIDE
- Higuchinsky's UZUMAKI
- Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
- Walter Salles' DARK WATER
- Steven Spielberg's MUNICH
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Zhang Yimou's THE ROAD HOME
- Dennis D. McDonald's FIVE STAR MOVIES
- Marius Penczner's I WAS A ZOMBIE FOR THE F.B.I.
- Carnival of Souls
- Peter Jackson's KING KONG
- Robots
- Yasujiro Ozu's FLOATING WEEDS
- Yasujiro Ozu's TOKYO STORY
- Yasujiro Ozu's EARLY SUMMER
- Expo: Magic of the White City
- George Pal's WAR OF THE WORLDS
- Tom Tykwer's HEAVEN
- Lain
- Yasujiro Ozu's GOOD MORNING
- Richard Curtis' LOVE ACTUALLY
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra's MISSION KASHMIR
- Robert Schwentke's FLIGHTPLAN
- The Upside of Anger
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Foyle's War (Discs 1 and 2)
- Andrew Davis' HOLES
- Breck Eisner's SAHARA
- Florent Siri's HOSTAGE
- Park Chan Wook's OLDBOY
- Oliver Stone's ALEXANDER (Director's Cut)
- Joel Schumacher's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
- William Wellman's ISLAND IN THE SKY and THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY
- Jim Jarmusch's MYSTERY TRAIN
- Katsuhiro Ôtomo's STEAMBOY
- Jasmin Dizdar's BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
- Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS
- Voyage to the Planets and Beyond
- Christopher Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS
- Peter Jackson's DEAD ALIVE
- Hayao Miyazaki's HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
- Appleseed
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Lucky McKee's MAY
- Zhang Yimou 's HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS
- Zhang Yimou 's HERO
- Sin City
- Vera Drake
- Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
- Constantine
- Mani Ratnam's YUVA
- Inoshiro Honda's THE MYSTERIANS
- Lynn Hershman-Leeson's TEKNOLUST
- Hayao Miyazaki's NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WINDS
- Michael Mann's COLLATERAL
- Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie
- I Heart Huckabees
- Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW
- Mani Ratnam's BOMBAY
- Japanese Story
- Guy Maddin's THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD
- Ray
- Masayuki Suo's SHALL WE DANCE
- Alien vs. Predator
- Alex Proyas' I, ROBOT
- Robert Bresson's A MAN ESCAPE
- A Short Film About John Bolton
- Logan's Run
- Mamoru Oshii's GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE
- L'Auberge Espagnol
- Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR
- Akira Kurosawa's THE HIDDEN FORTRESS
- Monster Man
- Wes Anderson's THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU
- Lemony Snicket's A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
- The Coen Brothers THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
- The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkeban
- Nowhere in Africa
- Vittorio DeSica's THE BICYCLE THIEF
- Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK
- Ram Gopal Varma's COMPANY
- Shohei Imamura's DR. AKAGI
- Shrek 2
- Saved!
- Brad Bird's THE INCREDIBLES
- Man On Fire
- Horns and Halos
- Sink the Bismarck
- Mani Ratnam's DIL SE
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Cabeza de Vaca
- Hart's War
- Michel Gondry's ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
- Sidney Lumet's FAIL-SAFE
- Star Wars Episodes 4-6 Boxed Set
- Kaneto Shindo's ONIBABA
- SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW
- Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER
- Guillermo del Toro's HELLBOY
- George Plympton's MUTANT ALIENS