* Four-star review

*** Five-star review

Movie and TV show reviews is not what The Starving Artist is about, mostly. I write the majority of these reviews because the movie or show was a) based on a book, b) had something to do with the writing life, or c) they sneaked their way in on a holiday recommendation blog. But sometimes I reviewed movies or shows for some other reason… like I just wanted to. This is not a comprehensive list in any way (except that it is what is on the blog).

• 500 Days of Summer (2009) ***
• About a Boy (2002) *** and HERE
• About Schmidt (2002) ***
• The Accidental Tourist (1988)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Admission (2013) *
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987) *
• Akeelah and the Bee (2006) *
• Aladdin (2019) *
• Alice in Wonderland (1951) *
• Alice in Wonderland (2010) *
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) *
• All of Us Strangers (2023) *
• Almost Famous (2000) ***
• Amazing Grace (2006) ***
• Amadeus (1984) ***
• Amelie (2001) *** and HERE
• American Fiction (2023) ***
• American Movie (1999) *
• An American Pickle (2020) (*)
• And Then There Were None (2015 miniseries) (*)
• Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (2008) *** better review HERE
• Anna and the Apocalypse ***
• Anna Karenina (movie, 2012) ***
• Anne of Green Gables (trilogy, 1985) *
• Annie (1982) ***
• Anyone but You (2023) *
• Argylle (2024) **
• Arrival (2017) *
• Austenland (2013) *
• Authors Anonymous, (2014)
• Battlestar Galactica (miniseries movie and TV series, 2004-2009) *
• Beaches (1988) * Better review HERE.
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
• Beauty and the Beast (2017) *
• Beetlejuice (1998) *
• Before Sunrise (1995)
• Bend It Like Beckham (2002) ***
• Bernie (2011) *
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024) *
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and HERE *
• Big Fish (Tim Burton) *
• Billy Elliot (2000) ***
• Blinded by the Light (2019) *
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) (*)
• Bride & Prejudice (2004) *
• Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) *** AND
• Candace Against the Universe (Phineas and Ferb movie, 2020) *
• Capote (2005) **
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971) *
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) *
• The Christmas Chronicles (2018) (*)
• The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
• A Christmas Story (1983) *** (and HERE)
• A Christmas Story 2
• A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) (*)
• Christmas Vacation (1989) *** and HERE
• Cinderella (2015) *
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) (*)
• Clueless (1995) *
• Cloverfield (2008) *
• The Color Purple (2023) *
• Coraline (2009) ***
• The Craft (1996)
• The Crimes of Grindewald (2018; Fantastic Beasts #2)
• The Croods (2013) ***
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) ***
• Cyrano (2022) ***
• Dead Again (1991) *
• The Desolation of Smaug (2013) *
• Django Unchained (2012) *
• A Doll’s House (1973) *
• Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (*)
• Donnie Darko (2001) ***
• Don’t Look Up (2021) **
• Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2020) (*)
• Eagle Vs Shark (2007) ***
• Easy A (2010) *
• Edward Scissorhands (1990) ***
• Elf and here (2003) ***
• Elvis (2022) *
• Emma. (2020) ***
• Encanto (2021) ***
• Ender’s Game (2014) *
• Enola Holmes (2020)
• Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
• Everything, Everywhere, All at Once (2022) *
• The Family Stone (2005)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016; Fantastic Beasts #1) *
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018; Fantastic Beasts #2) *
• Forrest Gump (1994) ***
• Frances Ha (2012) ***
• Frankenstein (1931) *
• Frankenweenie (2012) ***
• Free Guy (2021) *
• Frozen (2013) *
• Garden State (2004) ***
• Girl Most Likely (2012) * (And again HERE)
• Gone Girl (2014) *
• Goosebumps (2015) ***
• Grease (1978) *
• The Great Gatsby (2013) ***
• The Grinch (2018) *
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) **
• The Guilt Trip (2012) *
• Hamlet (1990)
• Hamlet (1996) *
• Hamlet (2000)
• Hamlet (2009) *
• Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) *
• Harry Potter (movie series) *** and HERE
• Haunted Mansion (2003)
• The Heffalump Movie *
• He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985)
• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) *
• Home Alone (1990) *** and HERE
• How to Build a Girl (2020)
• How to Train Your Dragon (2010) *
• Hunky Dory (2011)
• Identity Thief (2013)
• In Cold Blood (1967) *
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) *
• Interstellar 2014) *
• The Invention of Lying (2009) ***
• I, Tonya (2017) ***
• It Ends with Us (2024) (*)
• It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) ***
• The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) *
• Jack Reacher 2012)
• Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
• James and the Giant Peach (1996) *
• Jingle Jangle (2020) *
• Jojo Rabbit (2019) ***
• Jumanji (1995) ***
• Jumanji: Next Level (2019) ***
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2018) ***
• Jungle Cruise (2021) *
• Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet (2013) *
• Knives Out, (2019) *
• Ladybird (2017) *
• Last Christmas (2019) *
• Les Miserables (1998) *
• Les Miserables (2012)
• Life of Pi (2012) ***
• Lisa Frankenstein (2024) **
• L. M. Montogomery’s Anne of Green Gables (2017) *
• Looper (2012) *
• Love Actually (2003) *** and HERE
• Love, Simon (2018) **
• Macbeth (1948) (*)
• Macbeth (1971) (*)
• Macbeth (2015) (*)
• Maleficent (2014) *
• Mansfield Park (1999) (*)
• The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) *
• The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh ***
• Mary Shelley (2017)
• Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994) (*)
• The Matrix (1999) *
• Mickey 17 (2025)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) ***
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947) *
• Mister Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007) *
• Moana (2016) *
• Monsoon Wedding (2001) ***
• A Monster Calls (2016) *
• A Monster In Paris (2011) *
• Monsters University (2013) *
• Moulin Rouge! (2001) ***
• Mr. Holmes (2016) *
• Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2014) *
• Ms. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016) *
• Much Ado About Nothing (1993) ***
• Mulan (2020) *
• A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) ***
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) *
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) ***
• Nativity Story (2006)
• Never Let Me Go (2010) *
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) ***
• Nim’s Island (2008)
• Noelle (2019) (*)
• Nope (2022) *
• Northanger Abbey (2007)
• Now You See Me (2013) *
• Of Mice and Men (1930s)
• Of Mice and Men (1992) *
• Oliver! (1968)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Once (2006) ***
• One Magic Christmas (1985)
• Oz, the Great and Powerful (2013)
• Pacific Rim (2013) (*)
• Parasite (2019) *
• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (2010)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) *
• The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) ***
• Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) *
• Pooh’s Grand Adventure **
• Pride and Prejudice (1995) *
• Pride and Prejudice (2005) **
• Princess Bride (1987) *
• Radioactive (2020) *
• Ramona and Beezus (2010) *
• Ready Player One (2018) (*)
• The Rebel in the Rye 2017) *(**)
• Rise of the Guardians (2012) *
• Robot and Frank (2012)
• Rocketman (2019) ***
• Romeo + Juliet (1996) ***
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) *
• Ruby Sparks (2012) ***
• Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) *
• Save Yourselves! 2020) **
• Saving Mr. Banks (2013) (*)
• Say Anything (1989) (*)
• The School for Good and Evil (2022) *
• Scott Pilgrim Vs the World (2010) ***
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2014) ***
• See You Yesterday (2019) (*)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995) *** (Another review HERE)
• Shakespeare in Love (1998)
• She’s the Man (2006) (*)
• The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012) (*)
• Slumdog Millionaire 2008) ***
• The Social Dilemma (documentary, 2020) ***
• Soul (2020) *
• Speed (1994) *
• Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) *
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) *
• Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (2018) ***
• Spies in Disguise (2019)
• Spirited (2022) ***
• A Star Is Born (2018) *
• Stranger Than Fiction (2006) ***
• Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery (2013) (*)
• Tick, Tick… Boom! 2021) **
• To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) *
• Tolkien (2019) *
• The Truman Show (1998) *** and HERE
• This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
• Turbo (2013) *
• Twelfth Night (1996) (*)
• Twilight (movie series, 2008-2012)
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) ***
• The Village (2004)
• Violent Night (2022) *
• Wayne’s World (1992) ***
• West Side Story (2021) (*)
• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (2019)
• White Noise (2022) *
• The Wife (2017)
• The Witches (2020) (*)
• Wonder 2018) *
• Wonder Woman 1984/WW84 (2020)
• The Worst Person in the World (2022) *
• The X-Files (TV series and movies, 1990s-2010s) ***
• You Hurt My Feelings (2023) *
• Young Frankenstein (1974) (*)
• Zathura (2005) ***

• Agatha Christie’s Poirot, episode “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas” (1994) (*)
• Anne with an “E” (2016)
• The Baby-Sitters Club (s2020)
• Battlestar Galactica (miniseries movie and TV series, 2004-2009) *
• Beat Bobby Flay (2013-) (*) and HERE
• Best Baker in America (2017-2019)
• The Bible (2013) (*)
• Bridgerton (2020–, with book series, HERE) *
• Britain’s Best Home Cook (2018) *
• Cake Wars (2015)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas (TV special, 1965) ***
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (TV special, 1965) *
• The Chef Show (2019)
• Christmas Cookie Challenge (2017–) (*)
• Community (2009-2015) **
• Crazy Delicious (2020)
• Dark (2017) *
• Derry Girls (2018-2022) *
• Downton Abbey (2010-) *** (Also HERE)
• The Dropout (miniseries, 2022) *
• Framing Britney Spears (TV special, 2021)
• Friends (1994-2004) **
• Fringe (2008-2013) * Also HERE and HERE
• Good Bones (2016–) *
• The Good Place (2016-2020)
• The Great (2020)
• The Great British Baking Show (2010–) ***
• The Great British Bake Off (2010–) ***
• The Great British Pottery Throwdown (2015–) ***
• The Great Christmas Bake Off (spinoff) *
• Halloween Baking Championship (2015–) * (and HERE)
• Halloween Wars (1022–) *
• Holiday Baking Championship (2014–) *
• Inventing Anna (miniseries, 2022) (*)
• I’ll Have What Phil’s Having (2016) ***
• It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (TV special, 1966) ***
• In Wonderland (2013)
• Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill (comedy special, 2020) *
• Lessons in Chemistry (2023 limited series) (*)
• Lobby Baby (comedy special, 2020) *
• Lost in Austen (miniseries, 2008) (*)
• MasterChef (2010-)
• MasterChef Junior (2013)
• Merlin (2008-2012) *
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol (TV special, 1983) *
• Modern Family (2009-) *
• Naked and Afraid (2013-) *
• New Girl (2011-) *
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special, 1939) *
• No Demo Reno (2022–) *
• The Office (2005-2013) ***
• Olive Kitteridge (miniseries, 2017) *
• Once Upon a Time: In Wonderland (2013-)
• Only Murders in the Building (2021–) *
• Over the Garden Wall (miniseries, 2014) (*)
• Phineas and Ferb (2007-) ***
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special, 1939) *
• Schoolhouse Rock (1973–) *
• Seduced (docuseries, 2020) *
• Sense and Sensibility (miniseries, 2008) *
• Shadow and Bone (2021–) (*)
• Sherlock (miniseries, 2010-) ***
• Somebody Feed Phil (2018-) ***
• Spring Baking Championship (2015–) *
• Stranger Things (2016–) ***
• The Supersizers Go… (2007-) ***
• Taco Chronicles (2019)
• Taste the Nation (2019-)
• Ted Lasso (2020-2023) ***
• The Thing About Pam (miniseries) *
• Time to Eat (2020-) *
• Tournament of Champions (2020–) *
• The Trump Insurrection (TV special, 2021)
• Ugly Betty (2006-2010) ***
• Ultimate Summer Cook-Off (2018)
• The Vow (docuseries, 2020) *
• Wandavision ( 2020) (*)
• Wednesday (2022-) ***
• Week In a Day (2010-2016)
• White Teeth (miniseries, 2001) *
• The X-Files (TV series and movies, 1990s-2010s) ***

• The Dawn of Grace (album, Sixpence None the Richer)
• Ella Wishes You a Swingin’ Christmas (album, Ella Fitzgerald)
• A Fresh Aire Christmas (album, Mannheim Steamroller)
• Native Air (album, Lowland Hum, 2013)
• Snow Angels (album, Over the Rhine)
• A Very She & Him Christmas (album, She & Him)
• Wishing For This (album, Leigh Nash)