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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. 2007
    1. Inside  2007D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
  11. 2006
    1. X-Men: The Last Stand  2006F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi
  12. 1997
    1. Tomorrow Never Dies  1997D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Thriller
  13. 1993
    1. Hocus Pocus  1993F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror
  14. 1987
    1. The Monster Squad  1987D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror
  15. 1984
    1. Body Double  1984D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
    2. The Eight Diagram Pole Fighter  1984D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Drama
  16. 1982
    1. The Entity  1982D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror
  17. 1981
    1. The Postman Always Rings Twice  1981D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
  18. 1979
    1. The Brood  1979D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Sci-Fi
  19. 1977
    1. The Psychic  1977D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Mystery | Thriller
  20. 1976
    1. Obsession  1976D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Mystery | Thriller
  21. 1973
    1. Live and Let Die  1973D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Thriller
  22. 1972
    1. Horror Express  1972D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    2. Asylum  1972D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
  23. 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
  24. 1970
    1. Stop!  1970D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  25. 1969
    1. The Reivers  1969D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama
  26. 1968
    1. Bandolero!  1968D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Western
  27. 1964
    1. Onibaba  1964D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Horror | Thriller
    2. Lilith  1964D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  28. 1960
    1. Private Property  1960D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama
  29. 1958
    1. The Snorkel  1958D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
    2. Brink of Life  1958D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  30. 1957
    1. Quatermass 2  1957D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Sci-Fi | Horror
  31. 1954
    1. It Should Happen to You  1954F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama | Romance
  32. 1953
    1. The Blue Gardenia  1953D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
  33. 1950
    1. Where Danger Lives  1950F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Crime | Film-Noir | Thriller
  34. 1949
    1. Thirst  1949F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Drama
    2. Prison  1949D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  35. 1948
    1. The Three Musketeers  1948D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance
    2. Port of Call  1948D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
    3. Rachel and the Stranger  1948D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Western
  36. 1947
    1. Life with Father  1947F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Family
    2. Dear Ruth  1947D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Romance
    3. The Long Night  1947D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Film-Noir
    4. It Happened in Brooklyn  1947F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Comedy | Musical | Romance
  37. 1946
    1. The Postman Always Rings Twice  1946D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
  38. 1945
    1. The Body Snatcher  1945D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror | Thriller
  39. 1941
    1. Penny Serenade  1941F: 1 star (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
  40. 1940
    1. Our Town  1940D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Family | Romance
    2. A Chump at Oxford  1940D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Family
  41. 1939
    1. Invisible Stripes  1939D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Action | Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
    2. Golden Boy  1939D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance | Sport
  42. 1937
    1. The Great O'Malley  1937D-: 1.5 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
  43. 1936
    1. Fury  1936D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
    2. The Great Ziegfeld  1936D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Musical
  44. 1935
    1. The Black Room  1935D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Horror
    2. The Murder Man  1935D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
  45. 1934
    1. Fashions of 1934  1934D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama | Musical
  46. 1933
    1. The Kennel Murder Case  1933D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama | Mystery
  47. 1932
    1. Lawyer Man  1932D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
    2. The Cabin in the Cotton  1932D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama
    3. Merrily We Go to Hell  1932D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Drama | Romance
    4. So Big!  1932D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
    5. The Man Who Played God  1932D: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Drama | Romance
  48. 1931
    1. Tonight or Never  1931D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Comedy | Romance
    2. Five Star Final  1931D+: 2 stars (out of 5)
      Crime | Drama