2005 Films Reviewed

So, um, yeah, 2005. Who'da thunk it, etc. Think I'll go with the flustered inarticulate look this year, pausing only to mention those invaluable 2005 Films Ranked by Rating. And, um, you all know the ratings, right? What they mean and that? 100-point scale, whatnot? Umm, so, yeah, on with the show, etc...

(V) = film seen only on video

(TIFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the Toronto Film Festival

(ThIFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the Thessaloniki Film Festival

(LFF) = film seen (or first seen) at the London Film Festival 

Title (Rating)

• ADAM & PAUL (ThIFF) (64)
• AFTER THE NIGHT ... DAWN (LFF) (43)
• THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (23)
• ANGEL-A (36)
• THE ARISTOCRATS (57)
• ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (42)
• THE AX (V) (57)
• THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE (V) (65)
• BATMAN BEGINS (62)
• BATTLE IN HEAVEN (V) (66)
• BE COOL (37)
• BE WITH ME (V) (38)
• THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (V) (69)
• BEE SEASON (LFF) (54)
• BEWITCHED (37)
• BLACK SUN (V) (58)
• BLOOD AND BONES (LFF) (44)
• THE BLOSSOMING OF MAXIMO OLIVEROS (V) (34)
• BOOGEYMAN (14)
• BRIDE & PREJUDICE (47)
• BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (V) (65)
• BROKEN FLOWERS (53)
• THE BROTHERS GRIMM (47)
• BUBBLE (LFF) (72) (second viewing: 69)
• CAFE LUMIERE (V) (52)
• CALVAIRE (V) (56)
• CAPOTE (V) (63)
• CASANOVA (58)
• CHAIN (V) (69)
• CHARITON'S CHOIR (40)
• CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (41)
• THE CHILD (LFF) (75)
• THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (46)
• CINDERELLA MAN (55)
• CINEVARDAPHOTO (V) (56)
• CITIZEN DOG (LFF) (57)
• CITY OF THE SUN (ThIFF) (47)
• A COCK AND BULL STORY (LFF) (59)
• THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE (V) (47)
• THE CONSTANT GARDENER (V) (46)
• CONSTANTINE (33)
• CORPSE BRIDE (69) (second viewing: 72)
• CRASH (55)
• CURSED (44)
• DANNY THE DOG [US title: UNLEASHED] (45)
• DARK HORSE (LFF) (61)
• DARK WATER (51)
• DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE (V) (57)
• DEAR FRANKIE (V) (43)
• DEAR WENDY (42)
• THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU (LFF) (63)
• DERAILED (45)
• THE DESCENT (V) (52)
• THE DEVIL'S REJECTS (V) (59)
• DISTRICT B 13 (V) (70)
• DOMINO (50)
• DON'T COME KNOCKING (V) (51)
• DOOM (45)
• DREAMING OF SPACE (LFF) (53)
• THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (36)
• DUMA (V) (48)
• THE DYING GAUL (V) (57)
• EDISON (21)
• THE EDUKATORS (V) (47)
• ELECTION (V) (66)
• ELEKTRA (31)
• ELIZABETHTOWN (47)
• EROS (V) (53)
• THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE (48)
• FACTOTUM (LFF) (62)
• THE FAMILY STONE (27)
• FANTASTIC FOUR (56)
• FEVER PITCH (V) (57)
• 15 (V) (38)
• FLIGHTPLAN (61)
• THE FORSAKEN LAND (ThIFF) (48)
• FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (LFF) (47)
• THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (49)
• "4" (48)
• FUN WITH DICK AND JANE (42)
• FUNNY HA HA (ThIFF) (V) (66)
• GABRIELLE (ThIFF) (68)  (second viewing: 72)
• GARPASTUM (ThIFF) (61)
• GHOSTS (62)
• GILLES' WIFE (V) (67)
• THE GIRL FROM MONDAY (LFF) (52)
• GOAL! (58)
• GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (V) (68)
• THE GREAT ECSTASY OF ROBERT CARMICHAEL (ThIFF) (53)
• GRIZZLY MAN (V) (49)
• GUESS WHO (26)
• HAPPY ENDINGS (V) (51)
• HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (62)
• THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS (V) (63)
• HELL (LFF) (64)
• HERBIE: FULLY LOADED (39)
• HIDDEN (LFF) (72)
• HIDE AND SEEK (34)
• A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (66) (second viewing: 57)
• HITCH (53)
• THE HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (63)
• HOSTAGE (49)
• THE HOURS GO BY (ThIFF) (42)
• HOUSE OF WAX (55)
• HUSTLE & FLOW (V) (54)
• THE ICE HARVEST (70)
• IN HER SHOES (V) (62)
• INNOCENCE (70)
• INSIDE DEEP THROAT (V) (65)
• THE INTERPRETER (58)
• IRON ISLAND (ThIFF) (66)
• THE ISLAND (44)
• THE ITALIAN (V) (59)
• THE JACKET (60)
• JARHEAD (46)
• JOYEUX NOEL (V) (53)
• JUNEBUG (V) (61)
• JUST FRIENDS (61)
• KEEPING MUM (36)
• KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL (LFF) (60)
• KING KONG (52)
• KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (39)
• KINGS AND QUEEN (TIFF) (66)
• KISS KISS BANG BANG (LFF) (75) (second viewing: 73)
• KUNG FU HUSTLE (59)
• LAND OF THE DEAD (72)
• LAST DAYS (72) (second viewing: 78)
• LAYER CAKE (V) (53)
• LEMMING (V) (58)
• LILA SAYS (V) (34)
• LINDA LINDA LINDA (V) (68)
• LORD OF WAR (48)
• LORDS OF DOGTOWN (V) (40)
• LOWER CITY (LFF) (46)
• MAD HOT BALLROOM (V) (50)
• MADAGASCAR (36)
• MAN PUSH CART (LFF) (56)
• MANDERLAY (LFF) (49)
• MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (LFF) (50)
• MARY (V) (58)
• THE MATADOR (V) (71)
• MATCH POINT (V) (55)
• ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (71)
• MELINDA AND MELINDA (45)
• MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (44)
• MIN FEVGEIS [Don't Go] (8)
• MIRRORMASK (LFF) (71) (second viewing: 70)
• MONSTER IN LAW (34)
• MR. & MRS. SMITH (52)
• MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS (V) (60)
• MUNICH (60)
• MUTUAL APPRECIATION (ThIFF) (V) (63)
• MY NIKIFOR (51)
• MY SUMMER OF LOVE (62)
• MYSTERIOUS SKIN (TIFF) (64)
• THE NEW WORLD (71)
• NEW YORK DOLL (LFF) (67)
• NIGHT WATCH (46)
• OLIVER TWIST (62)
• ONCE YOU'RE BORN (LFF) (45)
• THE PACIFIER (45)
• PARADISE NOW (V) (43)
• A PERFECT COUPLE (ThIFF) (39)
• LE PETIT LIEUTENANT (V) (62)
• THE PLANE (LFF) (dnf)
• POLICE BEAT (ThIFF) (51)
• PRETTY PERSUASION (V) (56)
• PRIDE & PREJUDICE (V) (63)
• PRIME (37)
• PRINCESS RACCOON (V) (73)
• PROOF (V) (48)
• PUSHER 3 (LFF) (70)
• QUO VADIS, BABY? (LFF) (31)
• RED EYE (53)
• REGULAR LOVERS (LFF) (76)
• REVENGE OF THE SITH (68)
• THE RING 2 (39)
• ROBOTS (52)
• RUMOR HAS IT (46)
• SAHARA (57)
• SANGRE (V) (47)
• SAW II (29)
• SCHIZO (V) (41)
• SEPARATE LIES (LFF) (58)
• SERENITY (V) (56)
• SEVEN SWORDS (35)
• 7 VIRGINS (ThIFF) (V) (52)
• SHANGHAI DREAMS (LFF) (61)
• SHOPGIRL (V) (51)
• A SHORT FILM ABOUT THE INDIO NACIONAL (V) (59)
• SIN CITY (74)
• THE SKELETON KEY (60)
• SKY HIGH (V) (53)
• THE SKY TURNS (LFF) (67)
• SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS (V) (44)
• THE SQUID AND THE WHALE (V) (74) (second viewing: 81)
• STAY (48)
• THE SUN (54)
• SURVIVE STYLE 5+ (V) (65)
• SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE (LFF) (58)
• SYRIANA (V) (68)
• TAKESHIS' (LFF) (70)
• A TALE OF CINEMA (V) (65)
• TEN SKIES (LFF)
• TESTOSTERONE (45)
• THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (V) (52)
• THE 3 ROOMS OF MELANCHOLIA (V) (71)
• THREE TIMES (ThIFF) (66)
• THUMBSUCKER (V) (54)
• TICKETS (67)
• TIME HAS COME (LFF) (61)
• TIME TO LEAVE (LFF) (55)
• THE TIME WE KILLED (V) (72)
• TONY TAKITANI  (V) (67)
• TORREMOLINOS 73 (V) (43)
• TRANSAMERICA (V) (48)
• TRANSPORTER 2 (58)
• TSOTSI (ThIFF) (32)
• TWO FOR THE MONEY (38)
• THE UPSIDE OF ANGER (V) (51)
• WAKE UP AREZOO (LFF) (65)
• WALK THE LINE (50)
• WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (51) 
• WAR OF THE WORLDS (69)
• THE WAYWARD CLOUD (LFF) (68)
• THE WEATHER MAN (V) (55)
• WEDDING CRASHERS (62)
• THE WEDDING DATE (V) (41)
• THE WENDELL BAKER STORY (LFF) (36)
• WHERE THE TRUTH LIES (LFF) (64)
• WHITE NOISE (V) (42)
• WHO'S CAMUS ANYWAY? (V) (71)
• THE WILD BLUE YONDER (75) (third viewing: 64)
• WOLF CREEK (V) (62)
• WORKINGMAN'S DEATH (LFF) (74)
• THE YEAR OF LIVING VICARIOUSLY (V) (63)
• YES (V) (63)
• YOU BET YOUR LIFE (ThIFF) (59)