You would think that with a cinephile like me armed with a Netflix subscription, the number of movies I'd watch would go up. But in 2005, it went down by a third. I've watched 41 movies so far (Oscar will increase this number). Why? The same reason the box office in general is down: quality is down the tubes and it costs an insane $10 to watch a flick in the first place in a market where DVDs will come out in three months or less. And those free tickets I'm used to getting have been coming in few and far between. There's also that new job thing that's been eating up my time and the big crackdown on illegal movie downloads (uhh, it wasn't illegal when I was downloading!!!)

With that being said, here's the recap, about a month late and in ABC order.

4 stars
Crash
Match Point
Munich

3.5 stars
Cinderella Man
King Kong
March of the Penguins
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
The Interpreter

3 stars
Batman Begins
Coach Carter
Guess Who
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Madagascar
Melinda and Melinda
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
The Skeleton Key

2.5 stars
Hostage
The Island
War of the Worlds
Wedding Crashers

2 stars
Assault on Precinct 13
Bad News Bears
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Constantine
Sahara
The Longest Yard
The Upside of Anger

1.5 stars
Be Cool
Four Brothers
Kingdom of Heaven
Monster-in-Law
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Red Eye
The Ring Two

1 star
Bewitched
Elektra
Fantastic Four
Hide and Seek
Kicking and Screaming
Mindhunters