What a great week of viewing. Three new films in my personal top 10, and finally a new favorite of the year.

01. Little Miss Sunshine - A
02. Mountain Patrol: Kekexili - A
03. The Queen - A-
04. United 93 - A-
05. Children of Men - A-
06. Dreamgirls - A-
07. Cars - A-
08. An Inconvenient Truth - B+
09. Inside Man - B+
10. Casino Royale - B+

Wow, #1 of the year, huh?

1. Little Children (A+)
2. Children of Men (A/A+)
3. The Departed (A)
4. Volver (A)
5. Casino Royale (A-)
6. Little Miss Sunshine (A-)
7. The Queen (A-)
8. Babel (B+)
9. Shortbus (B+)
10. The Devil Wears Prada (B+)
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11. United 93 (B+)
12. Inside Man (B+)

Final enough. I'll see Notes soon since it is playing down the road, but I doubt it will get on the list. Iffy.

Still:

1. United 93 (A)
2. The Departed (A)
3. Dreamgirls (A)
4. Little Miss Sunshine (A)
5. Little Children (A)
6. The Devil Wears Prada (A-)
7. Borat (A-)
8. Notes on a Scandal (A-)
9. The Holiday (A-)
10. V for Vendetta (A-)

01 Children of Men
02 The Prestige
03 The Departed
04 Curse of the Golden Flower
05 The Proposition
06 A Scanner Darkly
07 Little Children
08 The Fountain
09 The Black Dahlia
10 Rocky Balboa

It's a tough decision between LMS and Kekexili. Both did so well with their materials. In the end, I favored LMS by a hair just since I viewed it again in a heartbeat.

1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. Rocky Balboa
4. Casino Royale
5. Borat
6. Little Miss Sunshine
7. Clerks 2
8. V for Vendetta
9. Mission Impossible 3
10. Talladega Nights

Just Missed: Inside Man, Pirates 2

The list really drops off after Clerks 2. I need to catch up on some more movies though so I expect some changes.

Just like last year , there`s only one blockbuster on my list , as well as one comedy.
But i still have to watch many movies.
So far...


1 The Hills Have Eyes
2 Lucky Number Slevin
3 X-Men : The Last Stand
4 Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift
5 The Break Up
6 Final Destination 3
7 V for Vendetta
8 Stay Alive


And that`s it.
Nothing else worth mention.

1. Babel
2. Shortbus
3. Le Temps Qui Reste
4. Volver
5. Half Nelson
6. Marie Antoinette
7. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
8. Casino Royale
9. The Descent
10. Hard Candy



I'm hugely satisfied with this list already, but I still expect Notes on a Scandal/Little Children to have a last minute shot...

The Descent - 2005

2006 in US


but yeah, I might cheat and move it to 2005, and then I'll have more spots open.. Great year.

probably final, only thing that I could see entering is The Prestige

1. The Departed
2. Clerks II
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. United 93
5. Snakes on a Plane
6. Borat
7. Children of Men
8. Dead Man's Chest
9. Casino Royale
10. Over The Hedge

pretty good mix there, and a good year overall.

01 - The Fountain
01 - Children of Men
03 - Borat
04 - Idiocracy
05 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
06 - V for Vendetta
07 - Happy Feet
08 - Pan's Labyrinth
09 - The Departed
10 - A Scanner Darkly


adios Clerks II......

My updated list...


#10 Stay Alive ( B - )

# 9 V for Vendetta ( B - )

# 8 Final Destination 3 ( B - )

# 7 The Break Up ( B )

# 6 Fast and the Furious : Tokyo Drift ( B )

# 5 Running Scared ( B + )

# 4 Lady in the Water ( B + )

# 3 X-Men : The Last Stand ( B + )

# 2 Lucky Number Slevin ( B + )

# 1 The Hills Have Eyes ( B + )

1. The Departed
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Descent
4. A Good Year
5. Casino Royale
6. V for Vendetta
7. Brick
8. The Lake House
9. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
10. Children of Men

One of the most surprising movies 06.

1. Children of Men
2. The Prestige
3. The Departed
4. Brick
5. The Descent
6. Casino Royale
7. A Scanner Darkly
8. Lady in the Water
9. Running Scared
10. Lucky Number Slevin

1. The Departed
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Descent
4. A Good Year
5. Casino Royale
6. V for Vendetta
7. Brick
8. The Pursuit of Happyness
9. The Lake House
10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Children of Men is out. Next possible entry is either Stranger than Fiction or Blood Diamond.

1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. Rocky Balboa
4. Casino Royale
5. Borat
6. Little Miss Sunshine
7. Lucky Number Slevin
8. Clerks 2
9. V for Vendetta
10. Mission Impossible 3

Talladega Nights is out.

1. The Departed
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Descent
4. A Good Year
5. Casino Royale
6. V for Vendetta
7. Brick
8. The Pursuit of Happyness
9. The Holiday
10. The Lake House

1. United 93
2. Children of Men
3. The Departed
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. V for Vendetta
6. Inside Man
7. Babel
8. An Inconvenient Truth
9. Thank you for Smoking
10. Cars

Peace,
Mike.

1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. The Departed
3. Letters From Iwo Jima
4. Casino Royale
5. Children of Men
6. Superman Returns
7. The Good Shepherd
8. Stranger than Fiction
9. United 93
10. Rocky Balboa

1. The Departed
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Descent
4. A Good Year
5. Casino Royale
6. Blood Diamond
7. V for Vendetta
8. Brick
9. The Pursuit of Happyness
10. The Holiday

1.The Departed
2.Blood Diamond
3.The Devil Wears Prada
4.Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
5.Little Miss Sunshine
6.Mission Imposible 3
7.Rocky Balboa
8.Saw III
9.Running Scar Scared
10.Pans Labyrinth

01 - The Fountain
01 - Children of Men
03 - The Prestige
04 - V for Vendetta
05 - Borat
06 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
07 - Happy Feet
08 - Pan's Labyrinth
09 - Idiocracy
10 - A Scanner Darkly


Hugh Jackman ends up in three of my top 10 films of the year (01, 03, 07... lettuce disregard X-Men 3). Both he and Michael Caine land in two of my top 3. Scanner Darkly hangs on, as I realize The Departed really wasn't a memorable film for me. Not quite pleased with the bottom half, but there's still a good amount of movies to see... plus the top 5 are excellent, and the top two are phenomenal. Not such a bad year after all.

1. Running Scared- A+
2. The Holiday- A
3. Saw III- A
4. Children of Men- A
5. Little Miss Sunshine- A
6. The Devil Wears Prada- A
7. The Descent- A
8. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
9. The Prestige- A-
10. X-Men: The Last Stand- A-