Ben’s Pocket Movie Reviews

***As of 5/28/2020, I’ve started a new pocket movie reviews list, which you can find here.***

All rankings are personal and combine own enjoyment, and my opinions on the quality of acting, story, effects, visuals, dialogue, etc.

Movies are rated on 1–99 scale.

RT = Rotten Tomatoes, a shorthand I frequently use. The critic/audience score is displayed as (75/65) (for example), and is the score at the time I am writing the rating.

To put the scale into the “stars system,” think 90–99 = 5 stars. 80–89 = 4.5 stars. 70–79 = 4 stars. 60–69 = 3.5 stars. Et cetera. Above a (60) = fresh. Anything below a (60) = rotten.

I’m a huge fan of the podcast Lights, Camera, Barstool and somewhat emulate their system, except that my rankings are a combination of “best” and “favorites,” so please don’t freak out. I will have an overall higher average than LCB because I’m not wasting my time on movies that don’t interest me (can’t pay me enough to watch Emoji Movie, for example) as this is a hobby and not my job. Also, when it came time to remember movies to rate, the good ones stand out more than the bad. I select movies to watch based on interesting plot/topic, actors and directors I like, word of mouth, etc.

**After the original post at 2/24/2019, all “Additions” are movies I watched within…