And now, the real reason I make so much effort to watch any and all Award-type movies: so I can compile my own list of winners, making as informed votes as possible for someone who has to pay for every movie he sees (unless I'm with someone who pays for me), and find the time to watch them in between a job and life that are not in the movie critics ( Read more... )

I gave myself til the end of January to post this list, hoping to catch up on all the end of the year releases that don't reach most screens until January. Well, it's the end of January, so it was time to commit to my list. After all, year end lists become less and less relevant the farther away from the end of the year they come ( Read more... )

I'm still hoping to catch a couple more movies before I'm ready to do my year end best movies list, but I figure I'll be optimistic and do a worst movies list now (optimistic because doing so contains the hope that none of the movies I'm waiting to catch will be on this list ( Read more... )

Hey, I wasn't kidding when I said I love year-end lists. Thus, I shall leave no stone unturned in my attempt to quantify the year in pop culture. Unlike my Top 10 TV Shows of 2006 list, this list only judges episodes that aired in the calendar year, January-December. So some might be from current seasons, while others will be from previous seasons ( Read more... )

After much deliberation and last-minute cramming of 2006 albums, I've decided to commit to my top ten albums of the year list. This list was harder for me to make than last year's top twenty, as this hasn't been a banner year for music. Don't get me wrong, there's been some good albums this year, but no great ones. At this point, I'm not sure any ( Read more... )

Like last year, this list will be for shows whose season ended in 2006. It's too awkward to try and judge the second half of one season from January-May, then the first half of the next season from September-December. Seasons should be judged by themselves, as a whole. Thus, this list will include seasons that began in 2005, but ended in 2006, or ( Read more... )

I did this list last year, realising that its not exactly the kind of list others can judge. No one but my wife could say whether or not these particular shows were the best of the 8 I saw this year (9 if you include the Evening with Kevin Smith event we attended). But, it's a fun way to look back at the year and see what kind of shows I went to. I ( Read more... )