MovieRob Monthly Roundup – August 2015

Hi All!

In continuing with this feature, here is a quick roundup on my reviews of this past month – this is a way you can possibly catch up on reviews or announcements that you perhaps missed.

So here it is: 

• Number of Movies reviewed – 50  (click here to see all of August’s Reviews)

• Number of new movies viewed for the first time – 34

 

How I rated the movies this month:

• Oscar Worthy – 20
• Globe Worthy – 19
• BAFTA Worthy – 8
• Razzie Worthy – 3

• Number of Encore Reviews – 3

• Longest Movie watched – Seven Samurai (1954) – 207 Min

• Shortest Movie watched – A Trip to the Moon (1902) 13 Min

• Top 5 Best New Movies Watched this month (in Alphabetical Order)
•  Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
•  Cop Car (2014)
•  Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
•  RKO 281 (1999)
•  Trip to the Moon, A (1902)
  • Top 5 Best Movies watched this month (in Alphabetical Order)
•  12 Angry Men (1957)
•  Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
•  Citizen Kane (1941)
•  Great Dictator, The (1940)
•  Judgement At Nuremberg (1962)
  • Worst (or dumbest) movie watched this month
• Jackass: The Movie (2002)    Huge NO Thanks to Mutant at Cinema Parrot Disco for that recommendation 🙂

• Genre Grandeur Reviews (Black and White Films) – 11

Thanks again to Steven for choosing such a great and diverse Genre for August

• In addition to Genre Grandeur, I run a feature called Genre Guesstimation where I review other movies in the monthly GG in order to see whether I think they deserve to be part of my favorites in the given genre!
• Genre Guesstimation Reviews – 5 (3 Genre Grandeur Worthy)

Thanks to all my loyal followers for helping make this all happen!

BTW,  Genre Grandeur for September (chosen by Sherise) will be Films from the 70’s, so send me your review of your favorite one(s) to 70’s@movierob.net before 25th September in order to take part!   Try to think out of the box!

Looking forward to seeing what you all have in mind!

• A few months ago, I initiated a new feature where Darren of Movie Reviews 101 and I challenge each other every week to watch a movie of our choice that the other has never seen.

In August, I watched the following movies at Darren’s request for the challenge:

1. West of Memphis (2012)
2. School of Life, The (2005)
3. Hunter, The (2011)
4. Paperman (2009)

Of these movies, my favorite was West of Memphis (2012)

Thanks Darren for recommending all of these for me 🙂

• This month, I co-hosted the Argumentative August Blogathon with Ryan of Ten Stars or Less.  We had a total of 52 reviews!  If you missed any of them, check them out here.
• In October, Darren of Movie Reviews 101 and I will be running a Stephen King blogathon where each of us have decided to review 31 of his adaptations.  We invite anyone interested to join in on the fun.  For more info, click here.

Hope you all enjoy it!

Have a fantastic month!

-Rob

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