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Frank's Movie Log

by Frank Showalter

Reviews

Overrated Disappointments

One and two star movies with an above-average IMDb rating.

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  1. 2021
    1. 8-Bit Christmas  2021D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Family
    2. No Time to Die  2021D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Thriller
    3. The Trip  2021D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller
    4. Pig  2021D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Mystery
    5. Black Widow  2021D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
  2. 2020
    1. Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge  2020D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy
  3. 2019
    1. Spider-Man: Far from Home  2019D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
    2. Glass  2019D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
  4. 2018
    1. Suspiria  2018D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Ant-Man and the Wasp  2018D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi
  5. 2016
    1. Raw  2016D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror
    2. X-Men: Apocalypse  2016F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
    3. Don't Breathe  2016D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Horror | Thriller
  6. 2015
    1. Black Mass  2015D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Biography | Crime | Drama
    2. Ant-Man  2015D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi
  7. 2014
    1. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1  2014F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    2. Interstellar  2014D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
    3. A Walk Among the Tombstones  2014F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    4. It Follows  2014D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Mystery | Thriller
  8. 2011
    1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  2011D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
  9. 2009
    1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine  2009D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Sci-Fi
  10. 2008
    1. Eagle Eye  2008D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Cloverfield  2008D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
  11. 2007
    1. Transformers  2007D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
    2. Live Free or Die Hard  2007D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Thriller
    3. Inside  2007D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
  12. 2006
    1. X-Men: The Last Stand  2006F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
    2. The Dead Girl  2006D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
  13. 2005
    1. Waiting...  2005D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy
    2. The Notorious Bettie Page  2005D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Biography | Drama
    3. Don't Come Knocking  2005D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Music
  14. 2004
    1. The Chronicles of Riddick  2004D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    2. Napoleon Dynamite  2004D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy
  15. 2001
    1. Scotland, Pa.  2001D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Crime
  16. 1997
    1. Mousehunt  1997D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy
    2. Tomorrow Never Dies  1997D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Thriller
  17. 1996
    1. Citizen Ruth  1996D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama
  18. 1993
    1. Hocus Pocus  1993F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
  19. 1992
    1. The Crying Game  1992D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
  20. 1987
    1. The Dead  1987D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
    2. The Monster Squad  1987D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
  21. 1985
    1. Day of the Dead  1985D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Thriller
  22. 1984
    1. Body Double  1984D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Top Secret!  1984D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Crime | Music
    3. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter  1984D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Drama
  23. 1983
    1. The Hunger  1983D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror
  24. 1982
    1. The Entity  1982D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror
  25. 1981
    1. The Postman Always Rings Twice  1981D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
  26. 1979
    1. The Brood  1979D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Sci-Fi
  27. 1978
    1. Five Deadly Venoms  1978D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Drama | Mystery
  28. 1977
    1. The Psychic  1977D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Mystery | Thriller
  29. 1976
    1. Marathon Man  1976D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Thriller
    2. Obsession  1976D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    3. Family Plot  1976D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
  30. 1973
    1. Live and Let Die  1973D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Thriller
  31. 1972
    1. Horror Express  1972D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    2. Asylum  1972D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
    3. Fat City  1972D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Sport
  32. 1971
    1. Four Flies on Grey Velvet  1971D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Little Murders  1971D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Crime
  33. 1970
    1. Stop!  1970D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  34. 1969
    1. The Reivers  1969D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama
  35. 1968
    1. Bandolero!  1968D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Western
  36. 1967
    1. Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told  1967D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Horror
    2. The Fearless Vampire Killers  1967D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Horror
    3. This Night I'll Possess Your Corpse  1967D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
  37. 1966
    1. Blow-Up  1966D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Torn Curtain  1966D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance | Thriller
  38. 1964
    1. Onibaba  1964D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror | Thriller
    2. Lilith  1964D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
    3. Marnie  1964D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
  39. 1963
    1. Love with the Proper Stranger  1963D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama | Romance
    2. The Comedy of Terrors  1963D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Horror
    3. Move Over, Darling  1963D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Romance
    4. The Thrill of It All  1963F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Romance
    5. The Raven  1963D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
  40. 1962
    1. The Damned  1962D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi
    2. Carnival of Souls  1962D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Mystery
    3. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation  1962D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Family
  41. 1961
    1. Ada  1961D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
    2. The Curse of the Werewolf  1961D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
  42. 1960
    1. The World of Suzie Wong  1960D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
    2. The Brides of Dracula  1960D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
    3. Sergeant Rutledge  1960D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Western
    4. Private Property  1960D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama
  43. 1958
    1. Houseboat  1958D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
    2. The Snorkel  1958D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
    3. Brink of Life  1958D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  44. 1957
    1. Sayonara  1957D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
    2. The Rising of the Moon  1957D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama
    3. Quatermass 2  1957D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Sci-Fi | Horror
  45. 1955
    1. Cast a Dark Shadow  1955D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
  46. 1954
    1. The Country Girl  1954D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Music
    2. It Should Happen to You  1954F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama | Romance
  47. 1953
    1. The Blue Gardenia  1953D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Niagara  1953D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
  48. 1952
    1. Boots Malone  1952D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Sport
  49. 1950
    1. Where Danger Lives  1950F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
    2. So Long at the Fair  1950D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Mystery
  50. 1949
    1. Thirst  1949F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Drama