Don't ya just love long boring posts?

Last year I made a list of all the movies I saw, and I think it would be wise to back it up on a little thing called The Internet. Easy access from any location! You can't comprehend the joy I have from looking at this list, so it's really worth taking up three pages.


2006 Movies

JAN/FEB (incomplete)
Walk the Line * * * *
Pride and Prejudice * * * *
Good Night, and Good Luck * * *
Crash * * * * *
Hitch * * *
Pushing Tin * * * *
Lords of Dogtown * * *
Four Feathers *
Adaptation * * * * *
All the President's Men * * * *
Sideways * * * * *
The Brothers Grimm * * *
Proof * * *
LOTR1. * * * * *
Capote * * * *
Brokeback Mountain * * * * *
Hoodwinked * *
MARCH (15)
Danny Deckchair * * * * *
Good Will Hunting* * *
In Her Shoes* * *
Garden State* * * *
Hustle and Flow* * * * *
Keeping The Faith* * * *
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon* * * *
Wonder Boys* * * * *
Thumbsucker * *
Legend of Zorro* * *
Amelie * * * * *
Capote * * * *
High Fidelity* * * *
King Kong * * * *
Finding Forester * * *
APRIL (15)
Smoke Signals * * * *
Ten Things I Hate About You * * 1/2
Everything Is Illumenated * * * *
March Of The Penguins * * * *
The Squid and the Whale * * * *
Walk The Line * * * *
Better Off Dead * * * *
Wonder Boys* * * * *
To Kill a Mocking Bird* * * *
Moonstruck* * * * 1/2
Akeelah and the Bee * * * *
Being John Malkovich * * * *
Coffee and Cigarettes * * *
The Graduate * * * *
Intermission * * *
MAY (16)
Dear Frankie * * * *
Reality Bites * * * *
American Dreamz * * *
Mission Impossible Three * * *
Howl's Moving Castle * * * * 1/2
Chronicles of Narnia * * * *
Breakfast on Pluto * * * *
Something New * * * *
Casanova * * 1/2
Brokeback Mountain * * * * *
Crash * * * * *
The Wedding Banquet * * * *
Lost in Translation * * *
The Da Vinci Code * * *
Over the Hedge * * * *
Wallace and Gromit * * * *
JUNE (16)
Jerry Maguire * * * * *
Stripes * *
Munich * * * *
Shall We Dance? * * *
Alex and Emma * * *
American Beauty * * * *
Prairie Home Companion * * * *
Lovely and Amazing * * * 1/2
Under The Tuscan Sun * * *
An Inconvenient Truth * * * 1/2
Return To Me * * *
Cars * * * *
The Producers * * *
Dave Chappelle's Block Party * * * 1/2
Rumor Has It * * *
Million Dollar Baby * * *
JULY (22)
The Devil Wears Prada * * *
Dirty Dancing Havana Nights * * 1/2
The Haunting * * *
Adaptation * * * * *
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest * * * 1/2
28 Days Later * * *
Dogma * * * *
The Matador * * * * *
A Beautiful Mind * * * *
Bringing Up Baby * * 1/2
The Ice Storm * *
Pirates Of The Caribbean; Curse of the Black Pearl * * * *
The Motorcycle Diaries * * * *
Risky Business * * *
Men In Black * * * 1/2
Raising Arizona * * * *
The English Patient * * * *
O Brother, Where Are Thou? * * * *
Scoop * * * * 1/2
Fargo * * *
Monster House * * * 1/2
Casablanca * * *
AUGUST (12)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang * * * *
Footloose * * * * 1/2
The Godfather * * *
The Ice Harvest * *
Schindler's List * * * * *
Cimmeron * * 1/2
Happy Texas * * * *
Midnight Cowboy * * * * *
Little Miss Sunshine* * * *
The Talented Mr. Ripley * * * *
Strictly Ballroom * * * *
Kramer VS Kramer * * *
SEPTEMBER (16)
Rain Man * * *
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest * * *
Misery * *
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire * * 1/2
The Mouse That Roared * * * *
Cold Mountain * * * 1/2
I Heart Huckabee's * * *
Magnolia * * * 1/2
Witness * * * 1/2
Almost Famous * * *
The Pianist * * * *
Friends With Money * * * 1/2
Guys and Balls * * *
In Country * * *
Goodbye Lenin * * * *
Das Boot
OCTOBER (11)
Schindler
Nowhere in Africa
Gods and Monsters
Austin Powers, Goldmember
Memento
The Full Monty
The Edukators
The Hours
Mrs Henderson Presents
Happy Accidents
Rocky Horror Picture Show
NOVEMBER(15)
The Constant Gardener
Mostly Martha
Bridget Jones Diary
The Larimie Project
Brokeback Mountain
The Usual Suspects
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Stranger Than Fiction
V for Vendetta
Before the Fall
A Good Woman
Casino Royal
The Bourne Identity
Talented Mr. Ripley
Kinsey
DECEMBER(17)
Love Actually
Transamerica
Noel
Pulp Fiction
You Can Count On Me
Monster's Ball
Boys Don't Cry
Jouex Noel
Love Actually
Home Alone
Bad Santa
Pride and Prejudice
The Fellowship of the Ring
It's a Wonderful Life
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
Kinky Boots


Woot.

Can I marry Bill Condon please?

I saw Dreamgirls yesterday! It was EXCELLENT. Exciting! Shiny! Loud! Epic!
When I walked in I was thinking grumblestupidChicagostupidmusicalsIhateamericanidolgrumble. But, I saw the error of my ways in the first 10 minutes. I loved all the characters, all the acting, and all the sets and costumes. Good stuff, folks. It's enough even to celebrate Kinsey and Gods and Monsters without the garish stigma that is Chicago. Yay.

Just had to spread the word.

I don't mean to toot my own horn, but....

Okay, am I right or am I RIGHT? My GG predictions were pretty on the ball! Well, for best supporting actor I was like "Brad Pitt? Ben Affleck? Jack Nicholson? anybody but EDDIE MURPHY, right?" I guess nobody's perfect.

I would like to take a moment to shame 95% of the winners. YOU'RE BORING! YOU RAMBLE! I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE EXECUTIVES AT PARAMOUNT!! It was a sorry, sorry state of affairs for acceptance speeches. There were, oh, about four that didn't suck. (Half of those were Helen Mirren's). Where are George and Ang when you need them?

Ho hum. That time of year again?

Last year at this time I was having regular spaz attacks in anticipation of the Golden Globes. This year that's just not the case. The movies don't grab my attention! And worst of all, last year everyone was like: "Oh, what a crappy, crappy year for movies. Where is all the commercial fare?" But I for one liked Capote, and was more excited about it than I am for Bobby. With that said, I will commence with my guesses.

Best Drama: Could be The Departed, but I'm sticking with Babel.
Best Comedy/Musical: I hate this category, the dramas ALWAYS win! (Coughraycoughwalktheline) It'll be Dreamgirls for sure.
Best Actor, Drama: Sorry, Leo. I think Forest Whitaker.
Best Actress, Drama: Helen Mirren. Who else?
Best Actor, Comedy/Musical: I never thought I would say this, but Sacha Baron Cohen has a fighting chance. If not, maybe Will Ferrel.
Best Actress, Comedy/Musical: Umm... I have no idea. I might hazard a guess at Meryl Streep, but don't quote me on that.
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt maybe? Could also be Ben Affleck.
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson. Take that Simon!

I was going to quietly "forget" about screenplay and director because I don't know, but they're too big to ignore.

Best Director: I think people will want to give Clint Eastwood something, because he has TWO big movies, but which way will the votes fall? I say Letters from Iwo Jima. But wait- who's that other guy? you know, what'shisface. Oh right. MARTIN SCORSESE. Is it finally his year?
Best Screenplay: Oh dear. I don't have a clue. I'm closing my eyes and guessing........The Queen. It could happen, right?

Yup, this is fun. I'm so confident.