October: Your Movie Month In Review

It is downright terrifying there are only two months left in the movie year. (Also: In the regular, calendar year.) How could that possibly have happened? We have so much to catch up on. End of the year lists are due, shoot, in like four weeks! There's no way we're going to be ready in time. This is so stressful already. Anyway, it's time to do our monthly look back -- check the bottom of this post for the archive -- at the films of the past month, the ones we saw, the ones we loved, the ones we missed. Welcome to the wonkishness.

Top Ten Highest Grossing Movies Released This October, As Of October 31

1. "Paranormal Activity 3," $80.9 million
2. "Real Steel," $73.9 million
3. "Footloose," $38.5 million
4. "Puss In Boots," $34.1 million
5. "The Ides of March," $33.6 million
6. "The Thing," $16.1 million
7. "The Three Musketeers 3-D," $14.8 million
8. "In Time," $12.1 million
9. "Johnny English Reborn," $6.5 million
10. "The Big Year," $6.4 million

October 2011 Movies We Saw

Leitch
"Blackthorn" (Grade: B-.)
"The Double" (Grade: D+.)
"The Ides of March" (Grade: B-.)
"Elevate" (Grade: B+.)
"Father of Invention"
"The Human Centipede (Full Sequence)" (Grade: F.)
"In Time" (Grade: B-.)
"Johnny English Reborn" (Grade: B-.)
"Margin Call" (Grade: B.)
"Martha Marcy May Marlene"
"The Mighty Macs" (Grade: C-.)
"Paranormal Activity 3" (Grade: B.)
"Puss In Boots" (Grade: B+.)
"Real Steel" (Grade: C+.)
"The Rum Diary" (Grade: C-.)
"The Skin I Live In" (Grade: B.)
"Texas Killing Fields" (Grade: D+.)
"The Thing" (Grade: C-.)
"Trespass"
"The Woman" (Grade: D-.)

Grierson
"Anonymous" (Grade: B-.)
"Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey" (Grade: B.)
"The Big Year" (Grade: C+.)
"The Catechism Cataclysm" (Grade: C-.)
"The Double"
"Father of Invention"
"Fireflies in the Garden" (Grade: C.)
"Footloose" (Grade: C.)
"The Ides of March"
"Janie Jones" (Grade: C.)
"Le Havre" (Grade: B.)
"Like Crazy" (Grade: A-.)
"Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Grade: A-.)
"1911" (Grade: C-.)
"Oranges and Sunshine" (Grade: C+.)
"Paranormal Activity 3"
"The Rum Diary"
"The Skin I Live In"
"Trespass" (Grade: C-.)
"The Women on the 6th Floor"

Best October 2011 Movie We Saw

Leitch: "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Grierson: "Martha Marcy May Marlene"

Worst October 2011 Movie We Saw

Leitch: "The Human Centipede (Full Sequence)"
Grierson: "The Double"

Movie We Missed But Plan On Getting To

Leitch: "Like Crazy"
Grierson: "Margin Call"

What We Learned This Month

Leitch: For the second consecutive month, one of the films I was looking forward to more than just about any other came out the last weekend of the year, causing me to miss it for this list. In September it was "Margaret;" this month it was "Like Crazy." Looks like next month's nominee is "The Artist." I wish months would never end.
Grierson: The same thing happens every November 1: I start panicking about putting together my best-of-the-year lists and begin the process of catching up with all the important films that I've missed. "13 Assassins," "Love Exposure," "Contagion," "Bill Cunningham New York," "Aurora" ... as with every year, it's going to be a race to the finish.

We have such hope for November! See you then.

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