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Best movies: April 2008

Movies I saw and liked during April:

• Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto de Fauno). Best movie I've seen in years.
• 3:10 to Yuma. Super western, they say the 1957 original is even better...
• Half Nelson. Ryan Gosling started here.

CD of the month: My Secret Life (Sonia Dada)

Book of the month: What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (edited by John Brockman)

Other Best Movie posts:

• March 2008
• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: Pan's Labyrinth, 3:10 to Yuma, Half Nelson, Ryan Gosling, My Secret Life, Sonia Dada, What Is Your Dangerous Idea?: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable, John Brockman, movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month

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Best movies: March 2008

Movies I saw and liked during March:

• The Exorcist. How can a movie stay scary every time you watch it?
• Undisputed
• Oxygen
• Shooting Elizabeth
• Land of the Blind. A little over the top, but a good watch.

CD of the month: Soul on Fire (Jenny Bruce).

Book of the month: The Mythical Man-Month (Frederick P. Brooks).

Other Best Movie posts:

• February 2008
• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: Exorcist, Undisputed, Oxygen, Shooting Elizabeth, Land of the Blind, Soul on Fire, jenny Bruce, The Mythical Man-Month, Frederick P. Brooks, movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month

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Best movies: February 2008

Movies I saw and liked during February, in no particular order:

• No Country for Old Men
• Hearts of the West (1975). Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, Blythe Danner (Gwyneth Paltrow's mom), and Andy Griffith as a bad guy!
• The Company, a miniseries about the CIA during the Cold War.
• American Gun

CD of the month: Happenstance (Rachel Yamagata).

Book of the month: What Got You Here Won't Get You There (Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter).

Disappointing movie: The Kingdom

Other Best Movie posts:

• January 2008
• December 2007
• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: No Country for Old Men, Hearts of the West, Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, Blythe Danner Andy Griffith, The Company, American Gun, Happenstance, Rachel Yamagata, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter, movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month, Snakes on a Plane

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Best movies: January 2008

Best movies I saw during January 2008...

• Gone Baby Gone
• American Gangster
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets
• The Black Windmill. Pretty good, excellent cast including Michael Caine.

Disappointing movie: The In-Laws (with Albert Brooks and Michael Douglas), a needless remake of the excellent 1979 Peter Falk-Alan Arkin The In-Laws.

CD of the month: Eastmountainsouth. Finally found this CD at Borders in San Francisco.

Book of the month: The Cold Six Thousand (James Ellroy)

Most odious movie I've ever seen: Snakes on a Plane.

Other Best Movie posts:

• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: Gone Baby Gone, American Gangster, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Black Windmill, Michael Caine, The In-Laws, Albert Brooks, Michael Douglas, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Eastmountainsouth, The Cold Six Thousand, James Ellroy, movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month, Snakes on a Plane

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Best movies: December 2007

Saw a few good movies last month...

• I Am Legend
• Following. Director Christopher Nolan's (Memento) opera prima.
• Blood, Guts Bullets and Octane. Director Joe Carnahan's (Narc) opera prima.
• David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live from the Royal Albert Hall

Book of the month: The Thirtheenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)

CD of the month: A Moment in Time (Anathema)

Disappointing movie: Black Dahlia

Other Best Movie posts:

• November 2007
• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month, I Am Legend, Following, Christopher Nolan, Blood, Guts Bullets and Octane, Joe Carnahan, David Gilmour, Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield, Anathema

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Best movies: November 2007

Saw some good movies last month... here they are in order of preference...

• Why We Fight
• Lions for Lambs
• Compulsion
• Click

Book of the month: Killer Angels

CD of the month: Icky Thump (White Stripes)

Other Best Movie posts:

• October 2007
• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month, Why We Fight, Lions for Lambs, Compulsion, Orson Welles, Click, Killer Angels, Icky Thump, White Stripes

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Best movies: October 2007

Some excellent movies this past month... here they are in order of preference...

• Mirrormask
• Sweeney Todd. The original play is supposed to be macabre yet darkly humorous ("The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"). The movie is just chilling and totally believable. The excellent Ray Winstone stars.
• Inland Empire. David Lynch. Strange.
• RKO 481 - The Battle over Citizen Kane. Details the all-out struggle between Orson Welles and media mogul William Randolph Hearst, and how this great movie almost never got made.

Book of the month: Flatland (Edwin Abbott)

CD of the month: The Beginning Stages Of... (The Polyphonic Spree)

Other Best Movie posts:

• September 2007
• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month, Mirrormask, Sweeney Todd, Inland Enpire, David Lynch, RKO 481, Citizen Kane, Flatland, Edwin Abbott, The Polyphonic Spree

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Best movies: September 2007

Some great movies this past month... here they are in order of preference...

• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Red Rock West. Nicolas Cage in an excellent under-the-radar John Dahl noir.
• Mute Witness. A very nice suspense movie you've probably never heard of.
• Arabesque. Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren!
• The I Inside. Ryan Philippe in a small thriller, pretty good.

Book of the month: Thunderstruck (Erik Larson)

CD of the month: Haunted (Poe)

Disappointing movie of the month: Premonition.

Other Best Movie posts:

• August 2007
• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: movies, best movies, movies of the month, CDs, best CDs, CDs of the month, books, best books, books of the month, The Bourne Ultimatum, Red Rock West, Nicolas Cage, John Dahl, Mute Witness, Arabesque, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, The I Inside, Ryan Philippe, Thunderstruck, Erik Larson, Haunted, Poe

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Best movies: August 2007

Saw some good movies last month, here they are in order of preference...

• The Cincinnati Kid. Best poker movie ever.
• Shopgirl.
• Derailed. Not as bad as I thought it'd be...
• Die Hard 4.0. A little over the top?
• Ocean's Thirteen. Listen to this audio clip before watching it and you'll 'get' a funny and obscure in-joke.
• Employee of the Month. The Matt Dillon one.

Book of the month: The Untouchable (John Banville)

CD of the month: Chariot (Gavin Degraw)

Other Best Movie posts:

• July 2007
• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: The Cincinnati Kid, poker, movies, best movies, movies of the month, Shopgirl, Derailed, Die Hard, Die Hard 4.0, Ocean's Thirteen, Employee of the Month, Matt Dillon, Chariot, Gavin DeGraw, The Untouchable, John Banville, Paul Anka

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Best movies: July 2007

Saw some good movies last month, here they are in order of preference...

• The Dark. Tired of so many flat Hollywood remakes of Japanese terror flicks? This is one scary movie.
• Never Die Alone. I really like David Arquette.
• Once Upon a Time in the West The best opening for any Western ever? Story by Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento!

Book of the month: American Gods

CD of the month: Eyes Open (Snow Patrol)

Disappointing movie of the month: The Ring 2.

Other Best Movie posts:

• June 2007
• May 2007
• April 2007
• March 2007
• February 2007
• January 2007
• December 2006
• November 2006
• October 2006

Tags: The Dark, Never Die Alone, Once Upon a Time in the West, American Gods, Etes Open, Snow Patrol, David Arquette, Sergio Leone, The Ring 2

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