What a year 2018 has been! Now, I’m not going to get into the heavy duty stuff that weighs one down day to day as it is tough for everyone and I wish the country was in better shape. Know I’m not giving up on it now or ever, but I’m here,right now, I’m rambling to focus on things I love and that’s MOVIES!
I always hope to blog more throughout the year, but time slips by pretty fast and I’m easily distracted. Also this year I’ve been prepping for a big change coming up in my life and that’s ‘THE COMING THING!” My TCT is due in 2019, so we’ll see what that does to my movie watching. YUP! BABY SHEMP!!!
During 2018 I did some some movie sharing blogs and eventually got around to my movie tallys.
A major 2018 highlight:
GREASE 2 on the big screen with my little sis!!!! I got a picture with the C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R himself! Squeeeeeeeeeeee! So awesome!

When it comes to my movie watching I have managed to watch more than a few, woot, woot; new ones and old ones and re-sees of favorites! I also watched a lot of television keeping up with shows, finding new ones (THE GOOD PLACE), doing that binge thing! Yup. HULU even gave me the numbers: Minutes Watching Hulu: 11,692, 420 Episodes & Movies Watched and I watched a lot of HULU on Fridays!
So far (I hope to watch a movie or two on New Year’s Eve!) I have watched 130 new movies and 49 re-sees. That brings my movie total to 179 movies in 2018!
Of the 130 movies I gave 7 movies a 5 (my 1-5 scale with 5 being the best!). My most favorite movies in 2018 were:
- TOKYO DRIFTER (1966)
- BLACK PANTHER (2018)
- TIME TO DIE / Tiempo de Morir (1966)
- DEADPOOL 2 (2018)
- THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (2018)
- SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018)
- RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (2018)
*Honorable mention goes to TEEN TITANS GO TO THE MOVIES as that movie made me laugh a lot (I LOVE THE TEEN TITANS) and I got to see it with my sister and her family, all the kiddies. It was a blast. YUP!

My favorite movie discoveries came from some DVD’s/Blu-rays I rented and movies I streamed on Kanopy! The one movie that stands out most for my discovery of the year is MUSHROOMS (1995). It’s still on Kanopy and I think everyone should check it out! It’s quirky, a bit gross and sweet all at the same time! Two older ladies living together have a room for rent when a convict and a policeman both vie for the space. After a little mishap occurs you will be surprised by what hoops the women have to jump through to keep on living in their sweet little home.
and I think everyone should check it out! It’s quirky, a bit gross and sweet all at the same time! Two older ladies living together have a room for rent when a convict and a policeman both vie for the space. After a little mishap occurs you will be surprised by what hoops the women have to jump through to keep on living in their sweet little home.

So you could look back at my old blog posts but here is my full list of movies I’ve watched and that will be followed by my Re-See list! Yay Movies!!!!
NEW MOVIES:
- SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968) | 1/2/18 | FilmStruck
- FREEWHEELIN’ (1976) | 1/2/18 | Amazon .
- THE HOUSE OF FEAR (1945) | 1/3/18 | YouTube
- OVER THE MOON (1939) | 1/6/18 | Filmstruck
- LOVE ON THE RUN (1979) | 1/6/18 | Filmstruck
- BAY OF ANGELS (1963) | 1/7/18 | Filmstruck
- SON OF MONTE CRISTO (1940) | 1/8/18 | DVD
- MIKEY AND NICKY (1976) | 1/14/18 | Filmstruck
- TOKYO DRIFTER (1966) | 1/14/18 | Filmstruck
- MAN’S CASTLE (1933) | 1/14/18 | Filmstruck
- SATURN 3 (1980) | 1/16/18 | Amazon
- UNDERWORLD : BLOOD WARS (2016/2017) | 1/16/18 | STARZ App
- THE FIRST POWER (1989) | 1/27/18 | STARZ App
- SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE VOICE OF TERROR (1942) | 1/28/18 | Amazon
- GEOSTORM (2017) | 1/31/18 | DVD
- XxX: RETURN OF XANDER CAGE (2017) | 2/4/18 | Amazon
- CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018) | 2/4/18 | Netflix
- ASSIGNMENT REDHEAD (1956) | 2/16/18 Amazon
- THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016) | 2/17/18 | DVD
- BLACK PANTHER (2018) | 2/18/18 | Edwards Alhambra
- CHERRY FALLS (2000) | 2/18/18 | DVD
- ST. MARTIN’S LANE (1938) | 2/23/18 | FilmStruck
- THE HAUNTED STRANGLER (1958) | 2/23/18 | FilmStruck
- TIME TO DIE / Tiempo de Morir (1966) | 2/23/18 | DVD
- DEVIL’S EXPRESS / GANG WAR (1976) | 2/27/18 | Amazon
- THE DEAD PIT (1989) | 2/28/18 | Amazon
- EARLY MAN (2018) | 3/4/18 | Edwards Alhambra
- ANNIHILATION (2018) | 3/4/18 | Edwards Alhambra
- WINCHESTER (2018) | 3/4/18 | Edwards Alhambra
- MUTE (2010 | 3/7/18 | Netflix | Rating: 3
- STORM IN A TEACUP (1937) | 3/9/18 | Filmstruck | Rating: 4.6
- DEMON WIND (1980) | 3/9/18 | Amazon | Rating: 2
- NIGHTMARE AT NOON a.k.a. DEATH STREET USA (1988) | 3/10/11 | Amazon
- $ (1971) | 3/16/18 | DVD |
- SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING (2017) | 3/18/18 | STARZ
- SEASON OF THE WITCH (1972) | 3/20/18 | Amazon
- PROFESSOR MARSTON & THE WONDER WOMAN (2017) | 3/21/18 | HULU
- ALASKA (1944) | 3/23/18 | Amazon
- JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (2017) | 3/27/18 | CABLE
- THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017) | 3/28/18 | Redbox
- READY PLAYER ONE (2018) | 3/29/18 | Arclight Pasadena
- TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1946) | 3/29/18 | DVD | Watched with Mom, Dad & Dave
- MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE ON FILM *Shorts* A Dancer’s World (1957), Appalachian Spring (1958) | 3/29/18 | DVD
- THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2017) | 3/31/18 | Amazon
- CONTAINMENT (2016) | 3/31/18 | Amazon
- ROCK SLYDE (2009) | 4/3/18 | Amazon
- OUT THERE (1995) | 4/4/18 | Amazon
- THE TIGER HUNTER (2016) | 4/10/18 | Netflix
- REVOLT (2017) | 4/12/18 | Netflix
- SPLIT (2016) | 4/14/18 | HBO GO
- LOGAN (2017) | 4/15/18 | Cable
- FINDING YOUR FEET (2018) | 4/19/18 | Pasadena Playhouse
- POLICEWOMAN (1974) | 4/21/18 | Amazon
- ANDRE THE GIANT (2018) | 4/23/18 | HBO/DV-R
- THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE (1959) | 4/27/18 | DVD
- BEYOND SKYLINE (2017) | 4/29/18 | Netflix
- FIRST MAN INTO SPACE (1957) | 4/30/18 | DVD
- AVENGERS: INFINITY WARS (2018) | 5/8/18 | Edwards Alhambra
- THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970) | 5/11/18 | Filmstruck
- NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH (1948) | 5/12/18 | Filmstruck
- THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (2017) | 5/12/18 | Cable
- TREMORS: A COLD DAY IN HELL (2018) | 5/13/18 | Stream
- PAWN SHOP CHRONICLES (2013) | 5/18/18 | STARZ
- CATTLE DRIVE (1951) | 5/19/18 | SHOWTIME
- HOUSE OF BLACKMAIL (1953) | 5/19/18 | Amazon
- DEADPOOL 2 (2018) | 5/22/18 | Edwards Alhambra
- MOST LIKELY TO MURDER (2018) | 5/26/18 | Amazon rental
- TALE OF TALES (2015) | 5/27/18 | Netflix
- SMALL TOWN GIRL (1953) | 5/28/18 | Filmstruck
- TEEN TITANS: THE JUDAS CONTRACT (2017) | 6/2/18 | HULU
- HURRICANE HEIST (2018) | 6/8/18 | Amazon Rental
- SPECIES II (1998) | 6/17/18 | HBO GO
- THE BEING (1983) | 6/14/18 | Amazon
- JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK (2017) | 6/18/18 | HULU
- THE EMBASSY (1972) | 6/22/18 | Amazon
- JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (2018) | 6/24/18 | Harkins Theater Moreno Valley
- REMEMORY (2017) | 6/27/18 | Amazon
- TELL ME SOMETHING (1999) | 7/7/18 | DVD
- IT (2017) | 6/30/18 | HBO GO
- THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951) | 7/9/18 | Filmstruck
- BATMAN: RETURN OF THE CAPED CRUSADERS (2016) | 7/11/18 | Amazon
- NEVER SO FEW (1959) | 7/13/18 | TCM
- THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (2008) | 7/1/18/ | HULU
- ANTMAN & THE WASP (2018) | 7/18/18 | THE LOT
- TEEN TITANS GO TO THE MOVIES (2018) | 7/27/18 | AMC Monterey Park
- EXTINCTION (2018) | 7/28/18 | Netflix
- OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE (1984) | 8/2/18 | THIS!
- HOW TO BEAT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING (1980) | 8/3/18 | THIS!
- SCOOBY-DOO: SCARE CAMP (2010) | 8/3/18 | Rental
- OUTLAND (1981) | 8/4/18 | Filmstruck
- HANDSOME: A NETFLIX MYSTERY MOVIE ( 2017) | 8/518 | Netflix
- A QUIET PLACE (2018) | 8/7/18 | Blu-Ray
- KEDI (2016) | 8/9/18 | Kanopy
- MUSHROOMS (1995) | 8/10/18 | Kanopy
- BLOOD RAGE a.k.a. SLASHER (1987) | 8/21/18 | Kanopy
- MURDER AT THE GALLOP (1963) | 8/19/18 | Filmstruck
- UPGRADE (2018) | 8/28/18 | Google Rental
- MYSTERIOUS HEROES (1970) a.k.a. WU TANG SWORDSMAN | 8/19/18 | Amazon |
- DEEP STAR SIX (1989) | 8/9/18 | Amazon
- SCOOBY-DOO: FRANKENCREEPY (2014) | 9/10/18 | Amazon Rental
- TAG (2018) | 9/12/18 | Rental
- I SHOT JESSE JAMES (1949) | 9/15/18 | Filmstruck
- SCOOBY-DOO AND THE ALIEN INVADERS (2000) | 9/14/18 | Rental
- OCEAN’S EIGHT (2018) | 9/21/18 | Blu-Ray Redbox
- BEST FRIENDS FOREVER (2013) | 9/29/18 | Kanopy
- SCOOBY-DOO AND THE GOURMET GHOST (2018) | 10/1/18 | DVD Redbox
- DREAMCATCHER (2003) | 10/5/18 | Netflix
- DOBERMAN COP (1977) | 10/7/18 | Egyptian Beyond Fest (Sonny Chiba Q&A!)
- THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943) | 10/13/18 | TCM
- SKYSCRAPER (2018) | 10/13/18 | Blu-Ray Redbox
- GREEN ICE (1981) | 10/18/18 | Amazon
- THE DARK (1979) | 10/19/19 | Amazon
- THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS (2018) | 10/20/18 | Redbox
- GANJA & HESS (1973) | 10/26/18 | Kanopy
- GENOCIDE (1968) | 10/28/18 | Filmstruck
- VAMPYR (1932) | 10/31/18 | Filmstruck
- CORRIDORS OF BLOOD (1959) | 11/1/18 | Filmstruck
- THE THREAT (1949) | 11/11/18 | TCM
- OUTLAW KING (2018) | 11/11/18 | Netflix
- THE MEG (2018) | 11/13/18 | Redbox Rental
- PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING (2018) | 11/1718 | HBO GO
- THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (2018) | 11/19/18 | Netflix
- MURDER AHOY (1964) | 11/28/18 | Filmstruck
- SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2018) | 11/29/18 | HULU
- RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (2018) | 11/30/18 | AMC Monterey Park
- CRACK-UP (1946) | 12/2/18 | TCM
- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT (2018) | 12/2/18 | BLU-RAY Redbox
- CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES (2018) | 12/7/18 | Netflix (mom watched too!)
- CONSTANTINE CITY OF DEMONS (2018) | 12/19/18 | Amazon Rental
- BLOCKERS (2018) | 12/24/18 | HBO GO
Now for my re-see movies! I love re-watching movies I love! I re-watched JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE a lot, it just made me happy and I got my folks to watch it too. GREASE 2 has been on cable a lot and after watching it on the big screen with my sister I still can’t get enough. My all time favorite movie DARKMAN has been on cable a lot too and I watch from whatever part I find it on and one night watched it all the way through. One of my most favorite re-sees, which I mentioned on my last blog was seeing HAROLD AND MAUDE at the Nuart with my niece Celia. She loved it so much and we both had tears at the end. Ahhhhh, good times.
RE-SEE MOVIES:
- KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2016) | 1/5/18 | HBO (w/ Celia and Dad)
- HIGHLANDER (1986) | 1/5/18 | HULU (w/ Celia)
- EVOLUTION (2001) | 1/15/18 | AMAZON
- JUMANJI (1995) | 1/15/18 | STARZ APP
- TAMPOPO (1985) | 2/6/18 | Filmstruck
- THE PERFECT WEAPON (1991) | 2/10/18 | HULU
- SUPERGIRL (1984) | 2/19/18 | DVD
- BARBARELLA (1968) | 2/22/18 | AMAZON
- XANADU (1980) | 3/1/18 | DVD
- CANNIBAL WOMEN IN THE AVOCADO JUNGLE (1989) | 3/5/18 | AMAZON
- GREASE 2 (1982) | 3/12/18 | Ahrya Fine Arts Theater (w/ Sara, cast Q&A)
- THE SECRET OF MY SUCE$S (1987) | 3/22/18 | AMAZON
- GREASE 2 (1982) | 3/24/18 | DVR
- DOOMSDAY (2008) | 4/7/18 | STARZ
- CRY DANGER (1951) | 4/21/18 | TCM (w/ dad)
- DRAG ME TO HELL (2009) | 4/24/18 | LOS FELIZ 3 (Q&A event)
- THEM! (1954) | 4/27/18 | DVD
- EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN (1987) | 5/5/18 | DVD (w/ Celia)
- MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974) | 5/14/18 | AMAZON
- DANCE OF THE DEAD (2008) | 5/19/18 | Hollywood Chinese (Q&A with Gregg and cast)
- ARACHNOPHOBIA (1990) | 5/27/18 | ROSEMEAD HIGH SCHOOL 24hr fest finale
- BLACK PANTHER (2018) | 6/7/18 | ACADEMY (With Dad, Ramone, Celia, Effie)
- HOT FUZZ (2007) | 6/11/18 | Netflix
- SPECIES (1995) | 6/16/18 | HBO GO
- SPECIES II (1989) | 6/17/18 | HBO GO
- IT (1990) | 6/19-6/22/18 | HULU
- KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (1988) | 6/22/18 | TUBI
- ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK (1988) | 7/2/18 | HULU
- JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (2017) | 7/7/18 | CABLE
- JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (2017) | 7/10/18 | CABLE
- THE WOLF MAN (1941) | 8/11/18 | SVENGOOLIE ME TV
- RABID (1977) | 8/18/18 | KANOPY
- MATINEE (1993) | 8/22/18 | BLU-RAY Library
- DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (1963) | 8/26/18 | AMAZON
- THE FUGITIVE (1993)
- PASSENGER 57 (1992) | 8/30/18 | HBO GO
- WHAT WE DO IN SHADOWS (2014) | 8/3/18 | AMAZON
- MEN AT WORK (1990) | 9/15/18 | AMAZON
- HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971) | 9/16/18 | NUART (w/ Celia)
- DARKMAN (1990) | 9/24/18 | CABLE
- BAD MOON (1996) | 9/29/19 | TUBI
- INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE (1994) | 10/5/18 | NETFLIX
- REC 3 (2012) | 10/17/18 | HULU
- THE BRIDE (1985) | 10/21/18 | AMAZON
- WORLD WAR Z (2013) | 11/8/18 | Blu-ray
- WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944) | 11/18/18 | TCM
- NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) | 12/23/18 | Amazon
- LOTR: FELLOWSHIP (2001) | 12/25/18 | Blu-ray
- LOTR: TWO TOWERS (2002) | 12/25/18 | Blu-ray
So here’s to watching movies, my favorite thing to do! I’m really looking forward to squeezing more movies in with some extra company and have an idea to write more about my movie views of the past, so here’s hoping in 2019 can achieve my ambitious movie watching/writing goals!
Here’s more well wishes to everyone out there, may you find the things they enjoy and share them! I absolutely hope I can keep on sharing my movie watching fun, which I know will slow up some, but for a great cause. Let’s all make the world better by being good, doing good, having fun and sharing fun. “No matter where you go, there you are!” Happy New Year everyone! YUP YUP YUP!