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All films viewed in 2012 by star rating

NOTE: This is by no means a list of every film that opened in San Diego last year. It's how I spent my 2012.

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  • THIS IS NOT A FILM
  • THE DEEP BLUE SEA
  • FINDING NEMO 3D

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37803/

  • TOMBOY
  • TAKE THIS WALTZ
  • IN DARKNESS

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37793/

  • POST MORTEM
  • KILLING THEM SOFTLY
  • BUTTER
  • THE SESSIONS
  • SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
  • THE KID WITH THE BIKE
  • THE MASTER
  • ELENA

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37794/

  • AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
  • PERFECT SENSE
  • MONSIEUR LAZHAR
  • 3, 2, 1, FRANKIE GO BOOM
  • PEOPLE LIKE US
  • AMERICANO
  • TITANIC 3D
  • DARK HORSE
  • CHRONICLE
  • A CAT IN PARIS

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  • ELITE SQUAD: ENEMY WITHIN
  • BULLHEAD
  • ZERO DARK THIRTY
  • SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
  • LIFE OF PI
  • THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
  • LA CARA OCULTA
  • YES, WE’RE OPEN
  • THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD
  • LOOSIES
  • PINA
  • I AM A GHOST
  • THE DICTATOR
  • SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
  • DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
  • SAL
  • RAMPART
  • SILENT HOUSE
  • TEN YEARS
  • GOODBYE FIRST LOVE
  • ROBOT & FRANK
  • BAD ASS
  • YOUR SISTER’S SISTER
  • HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
  • THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND
  • RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION
  • ROCK OF AGES
  • THE GREY
  • BERNIE
  • CRAZY HORSE

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37796/

  • NOBODY WALKS
  • DJANGO UNCHAINED
  • PROJECT X
  • MIRROR MIRROR
  • THE PAPERBOY
  • THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH
  • FOR A GOOD TIME CALL
  • PREMIUM RUSH
  • JOHN CARTER OF MARS
  • I DO BIDOO BIDOO
  • THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS
  • ARGO
  • LOLA VERSUS
  • SINISTER
  • CABIN IN THE WOODS
  • PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4
  • HELLBOUND
  • DIANA VREELAND, THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
  • SKYFALL
  • CHIMPANZEE

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37797/

  • Thin Ice
  • Hit and Run
  • Branded
  • Arbitrage
  • Norwegian Wood
  • The Three Stooges
  • Being Flynn
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Gerhard Richter Painting
  • Headhunters
  • The Salt of Life
  • Haywire
  • Magic Mike
  • Farewell, My Queen
  • Union Square
  • Brave
  • I Wish
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • 360
  • Rise of the Guardians
  • Lawless
  • Let the Bullets Fly
  • Addiction Incorporated
  • Pitch Perfect
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Turn Me On, Dammit!
  • Contraband
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
  • The Collection
  • Men in Black III
  • Big Miracle

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  • The Hunger Games
  • Trouble With the Curve
  • Cosmopolis
  • Killer Joe
  • Lincoln
  • This is 40
  • Jack Reacher
  • Alex Cross
  • Chernobyl Diaries
  • Red Tails
  • Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
  • Savages
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Safe
  • Looper
  • The Girl
  • To Rome With Love
  • Trishna
  • Little White Lies
  • Anna Karenina
  • Underworld: Awakening
  • The Raid: Redemption
  • Ruby Sparks
  • Fun Size
  • The Intouchables
  • Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
  • Detropia
  • Promised Land
  • Compliance
  • Sister
  • The Guilt Trip
  • The Cold Light of Day
  • Prometheus
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Hope Springs
  • Chasing Mavericks
  • Natural Selection
  • What to Expect When You're Expecting
  • The Avengers
  • Detachment
  • Promised Land
  • The Words
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Bully
  • Ted
  • Piranha 3DD
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • American Reunion
  • Goon
  • Expendables 2
  • Chasing Mavericks
  • Footnote
  • The Lorax

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37799/

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
  • Prima Primavera
  • Lockout
  • Red Dawn
  • Taken 2
  • The Apparition
  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • Beneath the Darkness
  • Holy Motors
  • The House at the End of the Street
  • The Watch
  • The Dead
  • The Devil Within
  • Henge
  • Deadline
  • Step Up Revolution
  • W./E.
  • The Lucky One
  • A Little Bit of Heaven
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • End of Watch
  • The Possession
  • One for the Money
  • Madea’s Witness Protection
  • Katy Perry: Part of Me
  • Hitchcock
  • Wanderlust
  • Parental Guidance
  • Deadfall
  • Quartet
  • The Five-Year Engagement
  • Playing for Keeps
  • Here Comes the Boom
  • A Thousand Words
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
  • That’s My Boy
  • Hyde Park on Hudson
  • I Kissed a Vampire
  • 2 Days in New York
  • Jeff Who Lives at Home
  • Celeste & Jesse Forever
  • October Baby
  • Father’s Day
  • Battleship
  • Act of Valor
  • v/h/s
  • Polisse
  • Sleepwalk With Me
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • War of the Buttons

WALK-OUTS

  • A Joyful Noise
  • Les Miserables
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NOTE: This is by no means a list of every film that opened in San Diego last year. It's how I spent my 2012.

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37791/

  • THIS IS NOT A FILM
  • THE DEEP BLUE SEA
  • FINDING NEMO 3D

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37803/

  • TOMBOY
  • TAKE THIS WALTZ
  • IN DARKNESS

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37793/

  • POST MORTEM
  • KILLING THEM SOFTLY
  • BUTTER
  • THE SESSIONS
  • SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS
  • THE KID WITH THE BIKE
  • THE MASTER
  • ELENA

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37794/

  • AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
  • PERFECT SENSE
  • MONSIEUR LAZHAR
  • 3, 2, 1, FRANKIE GO BOOM
  • PEOPLE LIKE US
  • AMERICANO
  • TITANIC 3D
  • DARK HORSE
  • CHRONICLE
  • A CAT IN PARIS

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37795/

  • ELITE SQUAD: ENEMY WITHIN
  • BULLHEAD
  • ZERO DARK THIRTY
  • SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
  • LIFE OF PI
  • THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
  • LA CARA OCULTA
  • YES, WE’RE OPEN
  • THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD
  • LOOSIES
  • PINA
  • I AM A GHOST
  • THE DICTATOR
  • SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
  • DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
  • SAL
  • RAMPART
  • SILENT HOUSE
  • TEN YEARS
  • GOODBYE FIRST LOVE
  • ROBOT & FRANK
  • BAD ASS
  • YOUR SISTER’S SISTER
  • HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
  • THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND
  • RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION
  • ROCK OF AGES
  • THE GREY
  • BERNIE
  • CRAZY HORSE

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37796/

  • NOBODY WALKS
  • DJANGO UNCHAINED
  • PROJECT X
  • MIRROR MIRROR
  • THE PAPERBOY
  • THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH
  • FOR A GOOD TIME CALL
  • PREMIUM RUSH
  • JOHN CARTER OF MARS
  • I DO BIDOO BIDOO
  • THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS
  • ARGO
  • LOLA VERSUS
  • SINISTER
  • CABIN IN THE WOODS
  • PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4
  • HELLBOUND
  • DIANA VREELAND, THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
  • SKYFALL
  • CHIMPANZEE

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37797/

  • Thin Ice
  • Hit and Run
  • Branded
  • Arbitrage
  • Norwegian Wood
  • The Three Stooges
  • Being Flynn
  • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • Gerhard Richter Painting
  • Headhunters
  • The Salt of Life
  • Haywire
  • Magic Mike
  • Farewell, My Queen
  • Union Square
  • Brave
  • I Wish
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • 360
  • Rise of the Guardians
  • Lawless
  • Let the Bullets Fly
  • Addiction Incorporated
  • Pitch Perfect
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Turn Me On, Dammit!
  • Contraband
  • The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector
  • The Collection
  • Men in Black III
  • Big Miracle

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37798/

  • The Hunger Games
  • Trouble With the Curve
  • Cosmopolis
  • Killer Joe
  • Lincoln
  • This is 40
  • Jack Reacher
  • Alex Cross
  • Chernobyl Diaries
  • Red Tails
  • Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
  • Savages
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Safe
  • Looper
  • The Girl
  • To Rome With Love
  • Trishna
  • Little White Lies
  • Anna Karenina
  • Underworld: Awakening
  • The Raid: Redemption
  • Ruby Sparks
  • Fun Size
  • The Intouchables
  • Perks of Being a Wallflower
  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
  • Detropia
  • Promised Land
  • Compliance
  • Sister
  • The Guilt Trip
  • The Cold Light of Day
  • Prometheus
  • Cloud Atlas
  • Hope Springs
  • Chasing Mavericks
  • Natural Selection
  • What to Expect When You're Expecting
  • The Avengers
  • Detachment
  • Promised Land
  • The Words
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Bully
  • Ted
  • Piranha 3DD
  • Wreck-It Ralph
  • American Reunion
  • Goon
  • Expendables 2
  • Chasing Mavericks
  • Footnote
  • The Lorax

http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2013/jan/02/37799/

  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
  • Prima Primavera
  • Lockout
  • Red Dawn
  • Taken 2
  • The Apparition
  • Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • Beneath the Darkness
  • Holy Motors
  • The House at the End of the Street
  • The Watch
  • The Dead
  • The Devil Within
  • Henge
  • Deadline
  • Step Up Revolution
  • W./E.
  • The Lucky One
  • A Little Bit of Heaven
  • Hotel Transylvania
  • End of Watch
  • The Possession
  • One for the Money
  • Madea’s Witness Protection
  • Katy Perry: Part of Me
  • Hitchcock
  • Wanderlust
  • Parental Guidance
  • Deadfall
  • Quartet
  • The Five-Year Engagement
  • Playing for Keeps
  • Here Comes the Boom
  • A Thousand Words
  • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
  • That’s My Boy
  • Hyde Park on Hudson
  • I Kissed a Vampire
  • 2 Days in New York
  • Jeff Who Lives at Home
  • Celeste & Jesse Forever
  • October Baby
  • Father’s Day
  • Battleship
  • Act of Valor
  • v/h/s
  • Polisse
  • Sleepwalk With Me
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • War of the Buttons

WALK-OUTS

  • A Joyful Noise
  • Les Miserables
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