Top 15 (okay 16) films of 2004 Retro Edition

Back in 2004 I started constructing my Top 10 (or 15 or 20) films of each year lists. I didn’t have this blog then, and was just posting them on myspace (hey, remember when myspace was essentially twitter! Good times, good times). Before closing down my myspace I copied them with plans of posting them here and taking a look at what I think of each list retrospectively.

The Importance of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare

Scream gets a ton of credit for resurecting the slasher genre, and horror movies as a whole, but often overlooked in this equation is Wes Craven’s New Nightmare. Released two years before Scream, New Nightmare is essentially the same story, people in a horror movie who acknowledge they are in a horror movie and know the rules of slasher movies. Both are self-referential, laced with satire, and were directed by Craven.

Top 15 Films of 2008 (updated)

Since I finally got around to seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button via the wonderful world of Netflix, I thought it would be a good time to publish my annual Top Films of the previous year list. And here…we…GO:

Top 15 Films of 2008:

X-Files: A Complete Series Wrap-Up

I finally completed the task of viewing the entire series run of The X-Files. I originally followed the first five seasons as the aired on tv, even seeing the pilot on the night of its premiere. I saw the first movie, Fight The Future, in the theatres, and then jumped ship and almost completely abandoned the show. I viewed the second movie, I Want To Believe, in theatres last summer, on opening day no less. Hence, I decided after an 11 year hiatus, I decided I wanted to finish off the series.  Now that I have, here is my take on each season:

Thoughts from the weekend

Here is what I learned this weekend -

I was able to confirm that Cameron Indoor Stadium is absolutely one of, if not THE, best live sporting event experience you can have.  (I know, I know, that’s not really shocking news, just want to brag that I was there)

A site to see

Everyone looking for an interesting read, go check out The Walrus Panel’s Top 100 Songs list

I was one of the many participants in the panel’s assembly of the list, and its definitely worth a look.

As a preview, here is one song that DIDN’T make the list:

Gene FN Chizik

Apparently, Chris Webber is awesome!

MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. POTTER!

So, I did a whole Top 10 Christmas movies list last year, but after re-watching most of them this year, and finally seeing Its A Wonderful Life all the way from beginning to end, I decided I must redo the list. I’ll add some video this time to spruce things up (some of which contain explicit language, AND you can probably guess which ones) -

Face/Off

Apparently, a woman received a face transplant on Wednesday. This is absolutely great news, as it means we now have the technology to allow John Travolta and Nicholas Cage switch faces and pretend to be each other. Cue the flying doves:

Retro Recap David Cone’s Perfecto

Back with yet another retro recap of a past historical sporting event. This one is David Cone pitching a perfect game on July 18, 1999 against the Montreal Expos. This is the ESPNClassic “Drive Thru” version of the game, meaning its edited down to one hour (actually 42 minutes + American Gladiators and Bosley Hair Restorations commercials).