2013
May
The Great Gatsby
April
The Place Beyond the Pines
Trance
To the Wonder
Oblivion
March
Much Ado About Nothing
Before Midnight
February
Stand Up Guys
Side Effects
A Good Day to Die Hard
January
Gangster Squad
The Last Stand
2012
December
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Zero Dark Thirty
Promised Land
November
Lincoln
Killing Them Softly
October
Taken 2
Cloud Atlas
September
End of Watch
The Master
Looper
August
The Bourne Legacy
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Premium Rush
Lawless
July
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Dark Knight Rises
June
Moonrise Kingdom
Prometheus
Magic Mike
May
Safety Not Guaranteed
Men in Black 3
April
Get the Gringo
March
John Carter
Fat Kid Rules the World
Somebody Up There Likes Me
John Dies at the End
February
Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 3D
2011
December
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Young Adult
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (U.S.)
November
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
J. Edgar
The Descendants
October
Dream House
The Ides of March
Anonymous
September
Contagion
Drive
Machine Gun Preacher
August
The Change-Up
Fright Night
Our Idiot Brother
July
Horrible Bosses
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Cowboys & Aliens
June
Beginners
May
Everything Must Go
The Tree of Life
April
Your Highness
Fast Five
March
The Adjustment Bureau
Red Riding Hood
Buck
Undefeated
The Other F Word
Turkey Bowl
The Other F Word (Pajiba)
February
Unknown
Cedar Rapids
January
The Green Hornet
2010
December
Black Swan
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
True Grit
Rabbit Hole
November
Fair Game
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Tangled
October
Let Me In
September
The American
Machete
The Town
August
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Switch
July
The Kids Are All Right
Inception
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
June
Get Him to the Greek
The A-Team
Toy Story 3
April
Kick-Ass
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Joneses
March
One Night in Vegas
Saturday Night
MacGruber
Ain’t In It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Lebanon, Pa.
January
Youth in Revolt
The Lovely Bones
2009
December
Brothers
It’s Complicated
November
The Box
Fantastic Mr. Fox
October
The Invention of Lying
The Boys Are Back
Amelia
September
9
The Informant!
Pandorum
August
Cold Souls
Inglourious Basterds
Taking Woodstock
July
Public Enemies
Arlington Road
Bruno
Fight Club
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Funny People
June
Away We Go
Year One
Office Space
The Hurt Locker
May
Coming to America
Star Trek
Terminator Salvation
Into the Storm
The Matrix
Up
April
Adventureland
Observe and Report
The Empire Strikes Back
State of Play
March
Moulin Rouge!
Watchmen
I Love You, Man
12 Rounds
February
Fanboys
Friday the 13th
January
Last Chance Harvey
Waltz With Bashir
The Class
2008
December
Frost/Nixon
Cadillac Records
Doubt
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
November
The Tao of Steve
Role Models
Slumdog Millionaire
Down the Tube [goes to Willamette Week]
Australia
October
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
“The Life & Times of Tim” [Willamette Week]
Body of Lies
W.
Swingers
Changeling
September
On the Record: Stories From the Newsroom
Burn After Reading
Ghost Town
Miracle at St. Anna
“Entourage” [Willamette Week]
August
“Battlestar Galactica,” Season One
Henry Poole Is Here
The 2008 Olympics [Willamette Week]
Seven
Traitor
July
Turning Japanese [Willamette Week]
The Dark Knight
American Teen
“Generation Kill” [Willamette Week]
June
The Happening
“Last Comic Standing” [Willamette Week]
Three Days of the Condor
“Veronica Mars,” Season One
WALL-E
May
Son of Rambow
“Battlestar Galactica,” Season Four [Willamette Week]
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
April
“John Adams” [Willamette Week]
Priceless
The Visitor
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Baby Mama
March
L.A. Confidential
“Quarterlife” [Willamette Week]
10,000 BC
Funny Games
Drillbit Taylor
“The West Wing,” Season Two
21
February
Strange Wilderness
In Bruges
Jumper
January
Clear Eyes, Empty Sets [Willamette Week]
There Will Be Blood
Strike One [Willamette Week]
Cloverfield
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Teeth
The Long and Winding “Road Rules” [Willamette Week]
2007
December
Juno
Atonement
Showdown on Sci Fi [Willamette Week]
Youth Without Youth
November
American Gangster
No Country for Old Men
Margot at the Wedding
Strike While the TV Is Cold [Willamette Week]
October
Eight Films That Shouldn’t Have Won Best Picture
TV Roulette [Willamette Week]
The Darjeeling Limited
Michael Clayton
Lars and the Real Girl
“Pushing Daisies” [Willamette Week]
Rendition
Rails & Ties
“The Office” [Willamette Week]
September
3:10 to Yuma
“My Boys” [Willamette Week]
Across the Universe
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Kingdom
August
“Mad Men” [Willamette Week]
Hot Rod
Stardust
“Cathouse” [Willamette Week]
Superbad
The Nanny Diaries
Sunset Blvd.
“The Pickup Artist” [Willamette Week]
July
Rescue Dawn
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
“Studio 60″: What Kind of Show Has it Been? [Willamette Week]
Talk to Me
June
Day Watch
Fido
Evan Almighty
Live Free or Die Hard
May
Spider-Man 3
Georgia Rule
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
April
Grindhouse
Perfect Stranger
Hot Fuzz
The TV Set
Next
March
Starter for 10
300
I Think I Love My Wife
Reign Over Me
The Lookout
February
Hannibal Rising
Ghost Rider
The Man Who Wasn’t There: A Salute to Character Actors
Reno 911!: Miami
January
PopMatters’ Best TV of 2006 [link goes to PopMatters.com]
The Best Films of 2006
The Best Documentaries of 2006
The Dead Girl
Smokin’ Aces
2006
December
The Nativity Story
Unaccompanied Minors
The Good German
The Good Shepherd
Children of Men
November
Babel
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Harsh Times
Casino Royale
Shut Up & Sing
The Fountain
October
The Departed
Films About Texas
Little Children
The Prestige
September
Idiocracy
Hollywoodland
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
All the King’s Men
Feast
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Jesus Camp
August
Little Miss Sunshine
Zoom
The Illusionist
Beerfest
The Quiet
July
The Oh in Ohio
“Nightmares & Dreamscapes” [link goes to PopMatters.com]
Lady in the Water
A look at Rushmore
June
District B13
Cars
Nacho Libre
Wordplay
Superman Returns
May
The 10 Worst Blockbusters of All Time
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Proposition
An Inconvenient Truth
April
Brick
Lucky Number Slevin
Friends With Money
“Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain” [link goes to PopMatters.com]
Hard Candy
Kinky Boots
“Dave Attell’s Insomniac Tour” [link goes to PopMatters.com]
The Sentinel
Stick It
March
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party
The Libertine
“The Apprentice” [link goes to PopMatters.com]
Ask the Dust
Thank You For Smoking
Inside Man
Slither
February
Something New
A Good Woman
Firewall
London
Night Watch
Winter Passing
Dirty
Unknown White Male
January
The best and worst of 2005
The Matador
The New World
End of the Spear
Why We Fight
Annapolis
2005
December
Syriana
Memoirs of a Geisha
King Kong
Brokeback Mountain [links back to Slowly Going Bald]
The Producers
Munich
November
Chicken Little
Jarhead [links back to Slowly Going Bald]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Yours, Mine & Ours
October
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Good Night, and Good Luck
The Fog
North Country
The Legend of Zorro
September
Everything Is Illuminated
A History of Violence
Serenity
