HOME Monday, January 02, 2006 Happy New Year! This holiday, I was able to catch up on my favorite past time of movie-watching. Since Christmas weekend, I’ve seen the films Crash, Layer Cake, Yes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, March of the Penguins, King Kong, The Producers, Stealth, and Shark Boy & Lava Girl. Obviously, some of these films were much better than others. If you are curious what films I’m considering for my top ten, here is a shortlist of all the possibilities (not in any order): Crash Munich Yes A History of Violence Sin City Good Night, and Good Luck Brokeback Mountain A History of Violence The Squid and the Whale Capote The Upside of Anger Bee Season Me and You and Everyone We Know Pride & Prejudice The Constant Gardner Syriana King Kong War of the Worlds Batman Begins Cinderella Man Millions (U.K.) Cache (France) Kung Fu Hustle (China) The Best of Youth (Italy) Oldboy (S. Korea) 2046 (Hong Kong) For Family Films, I’m eyeing these films: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Corpse Bride Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Howl’s Moving Castle Millions (UK) Sky High The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe March of the Penguins Duma To read my top ten list for 2004, click here (1-5) and here (6-10 and honorable mentions). For the Best in Family Films, click here. 11:29:44 PM   | COMMENT [] | Blog banner taken from the oil painting "The Departure" (40"x 30") by Michael Parker, 1999. E-MAIL ME FILM PAGE BIO PREVIOUS POSTS On Running and My Painting 'Marathon' It Was An Oscar Type of Morning Crash Wins SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast! Ang Lee Wins DGA Ancora Shines! Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth at Sundance The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe Mary Oliver and Monet Georg Trakl and Fallen Angel Now That the Whole Neighborhood Knows 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards® Goes Cowboy Mike in front of Costiera Amalfitana Critics Choice Awards Gives Ang Lee Top Awards It's Nearly Written In Stone MiPoesias, Volume 20:Issue 1 Love In A Time of Terror: A Review of Sally Potter's Yes Seafarer Highest Grossing Films of 2005 Colorstrology Working On My Next MiPo Column Roger Ebert and Critics' Top Ten Lists for 2005 Lorna Dee Cervantes, Mammatus What a Week This Has Been! Out on the Town with Vertigo Pushcart Prize for Neil Aitken Golden Globe Nominations for Year Ending 2005 FAVORITE BLOGS    Archives July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 POETRY Walking to the Cineplex My Son’s Chants Plotting Escape Defending Yourself I Don’t Like FAVORITE POSTS The Portrait of Diego Keros Running Isn’t Supposed to be a Contact Sport The Door In the Floor (2004) Sin City (2005) The Head Bonker(2005) Little Terrorist (2005) MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna Duran Duran "Astronaut" Tour U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb IL DIVO: Review of "Mama" Video NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: