2001: A Space Odyssey

Do You Like Movies About Gladiators? is a film
blog edited by Jared Wade and Dustin Freeley
and featuring contributions from Tim Adkins,
Bill Coffin, Robert Cotto and Morgan O'Rourke.


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We don't always review movies, but when
we do, we often give them numeric values
to let you know what we think. Those
numbers roughly mean the following:


10
One of the best movies I've ever seen.
If you don't at least sort of like it, I probably
just lost some respect for you as a person.

9
Great, great stuff. Your film-watching career
can't be complete if you don't see this.

8
You should definitely see this.
One of the better films of the year.

7
I enjoyed it. If you see it, you see it,
but won't change your life either way.

6
I wasn't upset that I watched this,
but it's certainly not great. Watchable if
you're on a plane and don't have a book,
but wouldn't go out of your way. Meh.

5
Hot garbage, entirely forgettable and a
total waste of time. Never watch this.

4
Epically, memorably terrible.

3
You cannot be serious.
Maybe the worst thing I've ever seen.
Absolutely staggering. Unreal.
I loathe everyone involved with this.

2
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

1
So bad you actually have to see it.

Bring the cinema to your
home with Direct TV Specials

Safe to assume you will probably run into
some spoilers. Or not. Guess you will just
have to live dangerously.

12 Angry Men
127 Hours
13 Assassins
Alice in Wonderland
American Beauty
An Education
Antichrist
Attack the Block
Avatar (Review #1) | Avatar (Review #2)
Battle Royale
Big Fan
Black Swan
Black Snake Moan
Blue Valentine
The Book of Eli
The Boxer
Brooklyn's Finest
Bully
Buried
Cache
Captain America: The First Avenger
Carriers
Chloe
The Conspirator
Crazy Heart
Crazy Stupid Love
Daybreakers
El secreto de sus ojos
Fatal Attraction
The Fighter
Fish Tank
The Fly (1986)
Freeway
Frozen
Funny Games
Get Him to the Greek
Get Low
Ghost Town
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Going the Distance
Gone With the Wind
Hanna
The Happening
Hard Candy
Horrible Bosses
Howl
The Human Centipede
I Love You, Man
I Love You, Phillip Morris
Iron Man 2
Kick Ass
The Kids Are All Right
The Last House on the Left
The Losers
Let the Right One In
Midnight in Paris
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Oldboy
Orphan
A Perfect Getaway
The Piano Teacher
Pontypool
Precious
Rachel Getting Married
Red
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Robocop
Role Models
Rubber
The Ruins
Scream 2
Scream 4
Shiver
Shutter Island
Sleeping With the Enemy
The Social Network
Splice
State of Play
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Sunshine
Super 8
Taking Lives
Taxi Driver
Teen Wolf
Thirst
Time of the Wolf
The Town
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unforgiven
The Uninvited
Unstoppable
Up in the Air
W.
The White Ribbon
Winter's Bone
The Wolfman
Wonderboys
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men: First Class
Year One
Zodiac

Documentary Reviews:
A look at real life, just edited for time
and awards consideration.

10 Best Music Documentaries of the Decade
Beats, Rhymes, and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Capitalism: A Love Story
Catfish
Confessions of a Superhero
Cropsey
Darkon
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Grizzly Man
Life in a Day
No Impact Man
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
The Last Word
Man on Wire
Pom Wonderful Presents
Pressure Cooker
Restrepo
Waiting for Superman
The Weather Underground
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Preview Reviews:
Where debacles are prophesied

Bad Teacher
Captain America: The First Avenger
Country Strong
Devil
Friends With Benefits
Green Lantern
Hop
Just Go With It
The Karate Kid (1984 and 2010)
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Red Riding Hood
The Rite
The Roommate
Scre4m
The Smurfs
Zookeeper

Miscellaneous stuff:

5 Best Films Set in Prison
5 Best Sequels
10 Best Best Picture Winners of the Aughts
20 Best Movies of the Decade
And the nominees are... 2010
Career Quality of Directors
Charlie Sheen and Network
Cotto's Best of 2009
Cotto's Best of 2010
Daniel Plainview Art
Gladiator PSA 2/9/2011
Gladiator PSA 4/9/2011
Gladiator PSA 5/2/2011:
Gladiator PSA 5/20/2011
Gladiator PSA 6/2/2011
Gladiator PSA 6/13/2011
The Ivan Drago School of Writing
A Lesson from Michael Clayton on Stereotypes
An Ode to Reboots
The Oscar Locker
Once Upon a Time...
The Perils of Time Travel in Harry Potter
A Poem for Charles Bukowski
Robocop Statue: Awesomely Ironic
Swine Flu Movie Marathon 2009
Terrible Movie Marathon 2010
Ten Best Picture Haiku 2009
Ten Best Picture Haiku 2010
What's in a Name?
Worst of 2010