2007 year marker

53 movies...that's the stat for 07.....about a 15% or so increase from last year.

This year also marked somewhat a beginning of obsessive stalking of director work...most notably Jim Jarmusch. I saw five of his films as recorded here (Stranger than Paradise, Down by Law, Permanent Vacation, Night on Earth, and Mystery Train), but I've also been watching on-and-off of netflix movies by Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, and films based on Philip K. Dick's work, with A Scanner Darkly being a personal favorite (besides Blade Runner, of course).

As I was weeding through the films and trimming the list, there were individual performances that really stood out and worthy of praise:

• Mia Kirshner in her role as Elizabeth Short in The Black Dahlia
  
• Daniel Craig for playing a more agent-worthy portrayal in Casino Royale
  
• Michael Caine's hippee as can be in Children of Men (pull my finger :))

This year's "classic" honor belongs to Dr. Strangelove. Like all of Stanley Kubrick's movies, it is timeless and so masterfully done that you can watch it repeatedly without degradation.

Le Honor Roll :)

1. Breach
2. Black Snake Moan
3. A Scanner Darkly
4. Fast Food Nation
5. Little Miss Sunshine
6. Red Road
7. Dr Strangelove
8. Stranger than Paradise
9. Down by Law
10. Permanent Vacation
11. Night on Earth
12. Mystery Train