MY YEAR IN FILM, 2019

Or, more precisely, my year in DVDs – as i haven't actually been to a real cinema with the over-priced popcorn and sticky seats since 2011, when i saw "The Adjustment Bureau" (which remains one of my fave films of all time btw).

Unfortunately, i suffer from that common 21^st century ailment, lack of time. I love movies, well, they're 'way more interesting than TV and i don't own a TV – i watch everything on my desktop PC. Whoa, forgot where i was going there.... Oh, yes, and alas, i average only a little more than one DVD a week. Sad, really.

Anyway, here's the list of every film i watched in 2019. Those marked with an asterisk were new to me:

Jan. 6: Thunderball

Jan. 13: You Only Live Twice

Jan. 20: Enemy At The Gates

Jan. 27: Casino Royale

Feb. 3: Pretty In Pink*

Feb. 10: The Bourne Legacy

Feb. 17: Out Of Sight

Feb. 24: Year Of The Dragon

Mar. 3: The Sweeney

Mar. 7: Speed

Mar. 10: Taken*

Mar. 17: Annihilation

Mar. 24: Alien 3

Mar. 31: Alexander

Apr. 7: Spectre

Apr. 14: Skyfall

Apr. 21: The Long Good Friday

Apr. 28: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Swedish version)

May 4: Mad Max

May 5: The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest

May 8: The Road Warrior

May 11: Black Hawk Down

May 19: The Bourne Identity

May 23: The Bourne Supremacy

May 26: The Adjustment Bureau

May 26: The Limey

June 2: Savages*

June 9: 3:10 To Yuma*

June 16: Crime Spree*

June 19: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

June 22: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers

June 23: Once Upon A Time In Mexico*

June 26: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

July 7: 2012

July 14: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

July 21: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug

July 28: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies

Aug. 4: The Patriot

Aug. 11: Murder By Numbers

Aug. 18: Gettysburg*

Aug. 25: The Fugitive

Sept. 1: Quantum Of Solace

Sept. 8: United 93

Sept. 15: Zero Dark Thirty

Sept. 22: Live Free Or Die Hard

Sept. 26: Gladiator

Sept. 29: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom

Oct. 6: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

Oct. 13: The Good Shepherd

Oct. 20: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (American version)

Oct. 24: Casablanca

Oct. 27: Jason Bourne

Nov. 3: Mad Max: Fury Road

Nov. 10: About Time*

Nov. 17: Munich

Nov. 24: Beowulf

Dec. 1: Duck Soup

Dec. 8: Django Unchained

Dec. 15: Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood*

Dec. 17: Die Hard

Dec. 21: Meet Me In St Louis

Dec. 22: Die Hard 2: Die Harder

Dec. 24: Bridget Jones's Diary

Dec. 25: Love, Actually

Dec. 28: Die Hard With A Vengeance

Dec. 29: Lethal Weapon 3

Of the new ones, "Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood" was definitely the best. I love Tarantino anyway and this must be one of his greatest. "Gettysburg" was amazing, the tale of the bloodiest battle ever to have taken place on American soil, told from both sides. "About Time" was pretty good, too – one of those happy-and-sad-at-the same-time British comedies that Richard Curtis excels at (and thank you, Marnie, for bringing it to my attention).

Of the films i re-watched, well, "Casablanca" has no competition. It is unquestionable one of the greatest films ever made. Honorable mentions must go to "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" (original Swedish version), "The Long Good Friday", "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy, "Love Actually" (greatest Christmas film ever?) and of course "The Adjustment Bureau."