Archive for the 'Lists' Category

The Best Most Watched Favorite Movie

Monday, August 6th, 2007

There is a difference between the best and the favorite, as you may as well know. And those two may even be different from a third category, the most watched. These are non-exclusive but oftentimes mutual.
Case in point: The Last Emperor may be one of the best, favorite, and most watched movies known to me. […]

AFI 100 Best…The Sequel

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) 
 
Pros:
1. Vertigo was moved waaaay up…into the top ten no less.
2. Nashville, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Sunrise, and yes, I’m saying it….Titanic are in.
3. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Jazz Singer, My Fair Lady, and An American in Paris are out.
4. The Godfather moved up one […]

Soundtrack Attack

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

What a weird greatest sountracks list from The Observer:
The 50 greatest film soundtracks
It’s very provocative in including titles that aren’t usually associated with this distinction. Notably they include lots of pop music people who did some soundtrack work like Marvin Gaye, The Monkees, and The RZA as well as jazz greats like Miles Davis and […]

The Movies of 2006

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

So a couple days late yes, but something I’d like to get off my chest.
The movies of 2006 were not the greatest. In fact, I’d venture that it’s among the weakest crop in the last decade. Of course, many note that there are some pretty decent flicks out there as  in any year, but this […]

Third Quarter ‘06 Report

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

A look at the notables from the past quarter year 2006: 
 
There’s one song that I’ve been listening to everyday recently. It’s almost sick how much I like this song from the new TV on the Radio album, Return to Cookie Mountain.
Province (mp3) - TV on the Radio Buy

Like fellow rock genius Van Morrison, Bob Dylan […]