I saw six movies for the first time in April, up one from last month but down one from a year ago.  My ratings this month averaged out to 3.41, an increase over March and the second highest of the year thus far behind January.  I remain ahead of last year in total movie viewings, with 29 as of the end of April, compared to the 24 I had seen at this point last year.  I saw a single 2008 release, the direct-to-DVD animated film Justice League: The New Frontier.  I saw one picture from last year, the creepy The Mist.  Included in my viewings was a rare documentary, Hoop Dreams, and what is probably the oldest film I have ever seen: the silent German Expressionist horror film, Nosferatu.  Following, I saw the fictional making of Nosferatu picture, Shadow of the Vampire.  Slipping in at the end was my first viewing of Gladiator, a movie I found good but not great.  My repeat viewings included Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (the best of the Potter films), and two Batman adaptations: Batman (a nostalgic favorite) and Batman Begins (my 2005 favorite film of the year).

’20s: 1

’90s: 1

’00s: 4

I am continuing with the first season of The X-Files and Twilight Princess.

Performance of the Month (only new viewings): Max Schreck in Nosferatu; runner-up: Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire as Max Schreck.

Rewatches: Batman, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Batman Begins