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2015 Film Journal

Last updated on: January 1, 2016 at 1:21 pm by Peter T. Chattaway

2015 Film Journal 2016-01-01T13:21:24-08:00 Peter T. Chattaway

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As per my 2014 Journal, videos and DVDs are in italics. Films I saw for the first time have an asterisk (*) next to them. Not counting extras and promo items.

Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

Jan 1 — Futurama [season 7, episodes 1-4] *
Jan 2 — The Trip to Italy *
Jan 3 — Tim’s Vermeer *
Jan 3 — To Be Takei *
Jan 4 — The One I Love [2014] *
Jan 8 — Exodus: Gods and Kings [3D version]
Jan 9 — The Immigrant [2013] *
Jan 11 — Frank [2014] *
Jan 13 — Dom Hemingway *
Jan 16 — The Imitation Game [2014] *

Jan 17 — Katy Perry: Part of Me *
Jan 19 — The Double [2013] *
Jan 21 — The Kings of Summer *
Jan 21 — The Boy Next Door [2015] *
Jan 22 — Få meg på, for faen [aka Turn Me On, Dammit!] *
Jan 24 — The Interview [2014] *
Jan 31 — This Is Spinal Tap
Feb 5 — McFarland [aka McFarland USA] *
Feb 7 — Last Days in Vietnam *
Feb 8 — Paddington [2014] *

Feb 11 — Fifty Shades of Grey *
Feb 13 — Jupiter Ascending [3D version] *
Feb 13 — Kingsman: The Secret Service *
Feb 14 — Song of the Sea [2014] *
Feb 14 — The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation *
Feb 14 — The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Live Action *
Feb 15 — Ida [2013] *
Feb 18 — In the Beginning [2000] *
Feb 19 — Al-mohager [aka The Emigrant]
Feb 20 — Slave of Dreams *

Feb 23 — One Night with the King
Feb 25 — Prometheus [2012]
Feb 27 — Cinderella [2015] *
Feb 27 — House of Cards [2013; season 3, episodes 1-2] *
Feb 28 — Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home [w/ Nimoy + Shatner audio commentary]
Feb 28 — House of Cards [2013; season 3, episodes 3-5] *
Mar 1 — Focus [2015] *
Mar 1 — House of Cards [2013; season 3, episodes 6-7] *
Mar 2 — House of Cards [2013; season 3, episodes 8-11] *
Mar 3 — House of Cards [2013; season 3, episodes 12-13] *

Mar 7 — Killing Jesus *
Mar 12 — Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt [season 1, episode 1] *
Mar 13 — Run All Night *
Mar 13 — Chappie *
Mar 14 — Inequality for All *
Mar 21 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 1] *
Mar 21 — The Divergent Series: Insurgent [3D version] *
Mar 23 — The Savior [2013] *
Mar 25 — Mariam-e Moghaddas [aka Saint Mary] *
Mar 25 — Home [2015; 3D version] *

Mar 27 — Exodus: Gods and Kings [w/ audio and text commentary]
Mar 30 — Get Hard *
Mar 30 — The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water [3D version] *
Mar 31 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 1]
Apr 2 — Furious 7 *
Apr 3 — The Dovekeepers *
Apr 9 — Life Itself [2014] *
Apr 12 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 2] *
Apr 19 — Atti degli apostoli [aka Acts of the Apostles, episode 1] *
Apr 19 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 3] *

Apr 20 — Unfriended [2014] *
Apr 20 — It Follows *
Apr 21 — Avengers: Age of Ultron [3D version] *
Apr 24 — Ex Machina [2015] *
Apr 26 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 4] *
May 1 — The Spy Next Door [2010] *
May 3 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 5] *
May 5 — The Savior [2013]
May 6 — The Age of Adaline *
May 8 — Hot Pursuit [2015] *

May 10 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 6] *
May 11 — On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
May 12 — Mad Max *
May 13 — Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
May 13 — Pitch Perfect 2 *
May 14 — Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
May 15 — Mad Max: Fury Road [3D version] *
May 17 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 7] *
May 19 — The Last Days of Pompeii [1935] *
May 21 — Tomorrowland [IMAX version] *

May 24 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 8] *
May 25 — The Magnificent Seven [1960] *
May 27 — Love & Mercy *
May 27 — San Andreas [3D version] *
May 29 — Aloha [2015] *
May 31 — Paul the Apostle [2000]
May 31 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 9] *
Jun 4 — Entourage [2015] *
Jun 4 — Spy [2015] *
Jun 5 — Insidious: Chapter 3 *

Jun 6 — Inside Out [2015; 3D version] *
Jun 6 — Beyond the Mask *
Jun 7 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episode 10] *
Jun 8 — Magic in the Moonlight *
Jun 8 — The Book of Life [2014] *
Jun 9 — A.D. The Bible Continues [season 1, episodes 11-12] *
Jun 10 — The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Jun 11 — Jurassic World [3D version] *
Jun 12 — Jurassic Park III
Jun 15 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 1] *

Jun 16 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 2] *
Jun 17 — Inside Out [2015; 3D version]
Jun 19 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 3] *
Jun 21 — Cinderella [2015]
Jun 23 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 4] *
Jun 24 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 5] *
Jun 26 — The Lumo Project: The Gospel of John [NIV version]
Jun 27 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 6] *
Jun 29 — Terminator: Genisys [3D version] *
Jun 29 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 7] *

Jun 30 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episodes 8-9] *
Jul 2 — Osmosis Jones
Jul 2 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episodes 10-12] *
Jul 3 — Magic Mike XXL *
Jul 3 — The Gospel of John [2003]
Jul 6 — Orange Is the New Black [season 3, episode 13] *
Jul 7 — The Terminator [1984]
Jul 8 — Minions [2015; 3D version] *
Jul 11 — Self/Less *
Jul 14 — Irrational Man *

Jul 14 — Me and Earl and the Dying Girl *
Jul 15 — Mistress America *
Jul 15 — The Overnight [2015] *
Jul 15 — Trainwreck [2015] *
Jul 16 — Ant-Man [3D version] *
Jul 17 — Damien: Omen II
Jul 20 — Darbareye Elly [aka About Elly] *
Jul 22 — Paper Towns *
Jul 23 — Shaun the Sheep Movie *
Jul 23 — Pixels [3D version] *

Jul 25 — World of Tomorrow [2015] / Cheatin’ *
Jul 26 — Southpaw [2015] *
Jul 27 — Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation *
Jul 31 — Vacation [2015] *
Jul 31 — Alien Vs Predator [unrated version]
Aug 1 — Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem [unrated version]
Aug 3 — Paul the Apostle [2000]
Aug 4 — The Emperor’s New Groove
Aug 6 — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [theatrical version]
Aug 6 — Fantastic Four [2015] *

Aug 7 — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [theatrical version]
Aug 7 — The Gift [2015] *
Aug 8 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [theatrical version]
Aug 11 — The Fantastic Four [1994] *
Aug 12 — Straight Outta Compton [2015] *
Aug 13 — Apollo 13
Aug 13 — The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [2015] *
Aug 14 — Star 80 *
Aug 15 — An Open Secret [2014] *
Aug 15 — Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet [2014] *

Aug 17 — Sinister 2 *
Aug 20 — Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Aug 22 — American Ultra *
Aug 23 — The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Aug 23 — The Changeling [1980] *
Aug 24 — Jurassic Park III
Aug 26 — Star Trek: First Contact
Aug 30 — The Pink Panther [1963] *
Aug 31 — A Shot in the Dark [1964] *
Sep 1 — The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Sep 2 — Everest [2015; IMAX 3D version] *
Sep 3 — Revenge of the Pink Panther *
Sep 5 — Trail of the Pink Panther *
Sep 5 — No Escape [2015] *
Sep 5 — Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith [2011 version]
Sep 6 — The Magnificent Ambersons [1942] *
Sep 8 — Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief *
Sep 9 — The Visit [2015] *
Sep 10 — Histoire de Judas [aka Story of Judas] *
Sep 11 — Monty Python: The Meaning of Live *

Sep 11 — War Room [2015] *
Sep 14 — Woodlawn *
Sep 16 — Black Mass [2015] *
Sep 17 — Far from the Madding Crowd [2015] *
Sep 17 — Bella e perduta [aka Lost and Beautiful] *
Sep 17 — No Home Movie *
Sep 18 — El apóstata [aka The Apostate] *
Sep 18 — Youth [2015] *
Sep 18 — El Club [aka The Club; 2015] *
Sep 19 — Still Mine *

Sep 20 — Captive [2015] *
Sep 20 — While We’re Young [2014] *
Sep 20 — Queen & Country [2014] *
Sep 20 — The DUFF *
Sep 21 — The Martian [2015; 3D version] *
Sep 22 — Beeba Boys *
Sep 24 — Hyena Road *
Sep 24 — Room [2015] *
Sep 24 — Brooklyn [2015] *
Sep 25 — Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One *

Sep 25 — Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre [aka My Internship in Canada] *
Sep 25 — San cheng ji [A Tale of Three Cities] *
Sep 26 — The Thoughts that Once We Had *
Sep 26 — Charlotte’s Song *
Sep 28 — Sicario [2015] *
Sep 28 — Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials *
Sep 28 — The Walk [2015; 3D version] *
Sep 29 — Im Labyrinth des Schweigens [aka Labyrinth of Lies] *
Sep 29 — Ninth Floor [2015] *
Sep 29 — Nina Forever *

Sep 29 — Dheepan *
Oct 2 — Le Dep
Oct 2 — Louder than Bombs [2015] *
Oct 2 — Green Room [2015] *
Oct 3 — 45 Years *
Oct 3 — Adama *
Oct 3 — Into the Forest [2015] *
Oct 3 — No Men Beyond This Point *
Oct 4 — High-Rise *
Oct 4 — Ouragan, l’odyssée d’un vent [aka Hurricane; 3D version] *

Oct 5 — The Lobster [2015] *
Oct 5 — Saul fia [aka Son of Saul] *
Oct 5 — Victoria [2015] *
Oct 6 — Torneranno i prati [aka Greenery Will Bloom Again] *
Oct 6 — Umimachi Diary [aka Our Little Sister] *
Oct 7 — The Intern [2015] *
Oct 8 — Hotel Transylvania 2 *
Oct 9 — Sleeping with Other People *
Oct 9 — Jag är Ingrid [aka Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words] *
Oct 9 — Anomalisa *

Oct 9 — I Saw the Light [2015] *
Oct 15 — Goosebumps *
Oct 15 — Crimson Peak *
Oct 17 — I’ll See You in My Dreams [2015] *
Oct 18 — The Forbidden Room [2015] *
Oct 18 — Eadweard *
Oct 21 — Back to the Future Part II
Oct 23 — Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension [3D version] *
Oct 23 — The Last Witch Hunter *
Oct 24 — Pan [2015; 3D version] *

Oct 25 — Zohi Sdom [aka This Is Sodom] *
Oct 26 — Steve Jobs [2015] *
Oct 29 — Risen [2016] *
Oct 31 — Spotlight [2015] *
Oct 31 — The Martian [2015]
Nov 1 — Monkey Business [1952] *
Nov 4 — SPECTRE [2015] *
Nov 5 — Everest [2015]
Nov 8 — Bridge of Spies [2015] *
Nov 9 — The Secret in Their Eyes [2015] *

Nov 9 — Nie yin niang [aka The Assassin] *
Nov 9 — The 33 [2015] *
Nov 10 — Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus *
Nov 11 — The Peanuts Movie [3D version] *
Nov 12 — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 *
Nov 12 — Kung Fu Panda
Nov 13 — Born to Win [2014] *
Nov 13 — Kung Fu Panda 2
Nov 15 — Best of Enemies [2015] *
Nov 15 — Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story *

Nov 17 — By the Sea *
Nov 17 — Jurassic World
Nov 18 — En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron [aka A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence] *
Nov 19 — Entertainment [2015] *
Nov 19 — Two Night Stand [2014] *
Nov 19 — Night at the Museum
Nov 19 — Two 4 One *
Nov 20 — The Night Before [2015] *
Nov 20 — Love the Coopers *
Nov 23 — Victor Frankenstein [2015] *

Nov 23 — Creed [2015] *
Nov 25 — Trumbo [2015] *
Nov 26 — 99 Homes *
Nov 26 — The Armor of Light *
Nov 26 — Legend [2015] *
Nov 27 — The End of the Tour [2015] *
Nov 27 — Al Purdy Was Here *
Nov 28 — The Good Dinosaur [3D version] *
Nov 28 — The Stanford Prison Experiment [2015] *
Nov 28 — James White *

Nov 30 — The Big Short *
Nov 30 — Sisters [2015] *
Dec 2 — 3 1⁄2 Minutes, Ten Bullets *
Dec 2 — The Revenant [2015] *
Dec 3 — The Girl King [2015] *
Dec 3 — Joy [2015] *
Dec 4 — Being Canadian *
Dec 4 — He Named Me Malala *
Dec 4 — Apostle Peter and the Last Supper *
Dec 6 — Numb [2015] *

Dec 7 — Suffragette [2015] *
Dec 7 — The Danish Girl *
Dec 7 — Sleeping Giant *
Dec 7 — Krampus [2015] *
Dec 8 — The Masked Saint *
Dec 8 — Return of the Jedi [2011 version]
Dec 9 — The Hateful Eight [roadshow version] *
Dec 10 — Concussion [2015] *
Dec 11 — Don Verdean *
Dec 12 — Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip *

Dec 12 — Bang Bang Baby *
Dec 12 — Wet Bum *
Dec 12 — Guidance [2014] *
Dec 13 — Cartel Land *
Dec 14 — In the Heart of the Sea [2015; 3D version] *
Dec 14 — Le coeur de madame Sabali [aka Sabali] *
Dec 14 — Amy [2015] *
Dec 14 — Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World [2015] *
Dec 15 — Fractured Land *
Dec 15 — Hit 2 Pass *

Dec 16 — Point Break [2015; 3D version] *
Dec 17 — Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens [3D version] *
Dec 19 — Play It Again, Sam [1972]
Dec 20 — O Menino e o Mundo [aka The Boy and the World] *
Dec 20 — Hitchcock/Truffaut *
Dec 21 — Listen to Me Marlon *
Dec 22 — The Adventures of Robin Hood [1938]
Dec 24 — (Dis)Honesty: The Truth about Lies *
Dec 26 — Black Nativity [2013] *
Dec 27 — Daddy’s Home [2015] *

Dec 28 — Full of Grace [2015] *
Dec 29 — The Look of Silence *
Dec 29 — Carol *
Dec 30 — Big Game [2014] *

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