I'm seeing a lot of lists for
music but not as many for
movies (probably because I follow more music blogs). A stand out was
CHUD's worst of 2005, here's an excerpt about
Bee Season Richard Gere wins the award for Face Most Needing to Be Smashed in With a Fire Extinguisher (aka The Irreversible Prize)
That is just priceless
Best movies of the year
Cinderella Man
Crash (opened this year but screened in 2004 at Toronto festival)
Loved
40 Year Old Virgin
Mr and Mrs Smith
Pretty good
Amityville Horror
Kingdom Of Heaven
Madagascar
Sin City
Notable
Batman Begins
Fever Pitch
Green Street Hooligans
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Hostage
Interpreter
Skeleton Key
Sucked hard
Bewitched,
Land of the Dead,
Ring Two
Movies I want to watch
Brokeback Mountain released
King Kong released
Match Point Dec 28 (limited)
Memoirs of a Geisha released
Munich Dec 23 (limited, goes wide Jan 6 2006)
The New World Dec 25 (limited)
Finally below are notable movies I finally got to watch this year, I'm basically not really up to date with flicks
2004
A Moment To Remember
Aviator
Closer
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Wicker Park
Better late than never
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
finally came out on dvd
Oldboy (2003)
the most twisted story I watched all year, and in a long while
Misc
Affair To Remember (1957)
English Patient (1996)
Finding Neverland (2004)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Layer Cake (2004)
Love Actually (2003)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Remains of the Day (1993)
Update (late addition)
Proof
King Kong
In Her Shoes
Walk The Line
Jarhead
A History of Violence
Brokeback Mountain
Syriana
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
