January 01, 2008

Lists

Because it's the beginning of a new year, I suppose it's only appropriate to talk about the things I loved in the 365 days past. So, without further ado, and in no particular order:

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avorite films released theatrically in 2007
  • Talk To Me
  • No Country For Old Men
  • Sunshine
  • Hot Fuzz
  • Grindhouse
  • Lust, Caution
  • Superbad
  • 3:10 To Yuma
  • The Bourne Ultimatum

Favorite films I saw in my living room in 2007
  • Equilibrium
  • Deja Vu
  • The Dreamers
  • Silent Hill
  • Idiocracy
  • Dirty Pretty Things
Favorite comic series published in 2007
  • Green Lantern
  • 52
  • New Avengers
  • Thor
  • Eternals
  • League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
  • World War Hulk
  • New Avengers: The Illuminati

Favorite musical discoveries of 2007

  • "Frequency" by Naked Rhythm
  • "Singles" by Vikter Duplaix
  • "Belle Et Fou" by Jazzanova
  • "International Affairs" by Vikter Duplaix
  • "Bebel Gilberto Remixed"
  • "A Night At The Playboy Mansion" by Dimtri From Paris
  • "After The Playboy Mansion" by Dimitri From Paris
  • "The Street Experience" by Raheem Devaughn
  • "Danger Doom" by Danger Mouse & MF Doom
Favorite TV shows airing new episodes in 2007
  • The Wire
  • The Shield
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Lost
  • Heroes
  • Chuck
  • The 4400
  • John From Cincinnati
  • Entourage
Biggest Disappointments of 2007
  • Bionic Woman
  • Flash Gordon
  • John From Cincinnati (and no, this is not a mistake)
  • American Gangster
  • Spider-Man 3
  • Countdown to Final Crisis
  • Justice League of America (the comic)
  • Baltimore Ravens
  • Democratic Congressional Majority
Best weekly parties in L.A. in 2007
  • Sweeterlife
  • Room Service
  • Mingle and Plei
  • The Do-Over
  • Reflection
  • Pause
  • whatever the Hell Garth Trinidad was calling that party he used to through in the Purple Room in the Standard Sunset Hotel
Best Books I read in 2007
  • Dune Messiah
  • Children of Dune
  • The Law of Attraction
  • Exceptional Selling