With another month gone, it’s time for another entry in my Decade Series, with 2006 being the next year up. This was perhaps the biggest year of the decade for indie titles, with movies like BABEL, THE QUEEN, and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE winning wide acclaim. Unfortunately, it also started a downward slope for indies, as…
Say My Name (Top Five Worst Film Titles)
(Good luck getting that song out of your head today!). My days have been getting off to a bad start this week. I could blame it on the fact that I’ve been sleeping through my alarm. I could blame it on the fact that I’m in a post TIFF and post U2 hangover. But nay…
Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Top Five Dysfunctional Movies)
In the world of rock & roll, this week marks the fifteenth anniversary of Oasis’ debut (and best) album Definitely Maybe. In an amusing twist, the band decided to mark the occasion by breaking up. Now before we start cracking jokes about not truly realizing whether or not Oasis was actually still together, we must…
Decade pt. vi ( Top Five 00’s Movies – 2005 )
Wow – time flies! I’m already in the back nine of my Decade Series, looking back at the best films of the last ten years. It was the year Catholics mourned the death of a Pope. It was the first time in 86 years that the Stanley Cup wasn’t awarded. And it was the year…
Spin The Black Circle (Top Five Vinyl Moments)
A day or two ago, Daniel over at Getafilm wondered aloud about a few moments in (500) DAYS OF SUMMER. Specifically, he asked how often in the real world people go vinyl shopping with that special someone…or go about their day wearing giant headphones. To his I wondering, I can only say “BLASPHEMY!!” There are…
Talking Book (Top Five Book-to-Film Adaptations)
I end off my top weekly top fives the same way every time – by asking for other people’s additions to the topic at hand, and a call to suggest another top five. Well, lo and behold after almost two years of blogging, someone has finally suggested a five. This one goes out to my…
The Power of Goodbye (Top Five Movie Endings)
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent part of this weekend watch a Richard Linklater double-feature of BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET. As previously mentioned, SUNRISE impressed me with how truly well it has aged. SUNSET on the other hand wowed me for two reasons. First for the fact that it may be one of the…