Monday, December 31, 2007

2007 Movie Archive

Total Films Watched in 2007: (67)

New (43) [noted with *]
vs.
Rewatched (24)

[Navigation Note: Each title here will take you to my blog post where the film was mentioned. Within the blog post, the film's title is linked to the imdb entry for that particular film.]

[FYI: this list goes from the end of the year 2007 (at the top) to the beginning of the year (at the bottom)]

United 93 (2006) *
Match Point (2005) *
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Good Shepherd (2006) *
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Dreamgirls (2006) *
300 (2006) *
3 Godfathers (1948) *
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) *
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Departed (2006) *
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Fog (1980) *
For Your Consideration (2006) *
Heat (1995)
A History of Violence (2005) *
Hollywoodland (2006) *
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) *
Little Miss Sunshine (2006) *
The Miracle Worker (1962) *
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Pleasantville (1998)
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
The Red Violin (1998)
Mrs. Miniver (1942) *
The Pride of the Yankees (1942) *
So Dear to My Heart (1948) *
Flightplan (2005) *
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Children of Men (2006) *
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) *
Open Range (2003)
Collateral (2004)
Deja Vu (2006) *
Life in the Undergrowth (2005) *
The Life of Mammals (2002) *
Marnie (1964) *
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) *
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) *
Cellular (2004) *
Star Wars (1977)
Cape Fear (1962) *
In The Heat of the Night (1967) *
Inside Man (2006) *
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) *
Sliding Doors (1998) *
Before Sunrise (1995) *
Before Sunset (2004) *
Curious George (2006) *
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) *
Infernal Affairs (2002) *
The Notebook (2004)
Over The Hedge (2006) *
Peter Pan (1953)
The Seven Year Itch (1955) *
Shark Tale (2004) *
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Capote (2005) *
Copycat (1995) *
Léon (1994)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Aladdin (1992)
Superman Returns (2006)

Friday, December 21, 2007

Photo Friday - 'Best of 2007'

I've kind of been waiting for a theme to post this one, and it hasn't come along, so I'll just do it for this one. Definitely one of my favorites of this year.

Cardinal Roost

This picture has also been recently published for a release in January. More on that later.

Monday, December 17, 2007

First Snow

A couple of weeks ago we had our first significant snowfall of the year. A couple days after that, we had freezing fog, similar to what we had in February of this year.

Here are a few favorites from the recent freezing fog:
(click on any of these to be taken to larger versions)
Frosted Leaf
Frosted Grove
Frosted Berries
Frosted Cluster
Frosted Twigs

Over this past weekend, despite ridiculous, alarmist predictions of seventeen inches of snow for our area of which only around seven actually fell, we had little problem getting out of the house both Saturday and Sunday.

Monday, December 10, 2007

The Force Was With Them

...for a few seconds, at least.

If I had seven grand to burn (so to speak), I'd probably order a brand new D3 and some decent glass to go with it (and then go crazy waiting 4-6 months for it all to arrive).

These guys chose a slightly different path. They decided to build a life-size X-wing, launch it and hope for the best.

Now, why didn't I think of that?

Because I'm not a GENIUS like these guys!


Is that a beautiful sight, or what?

Here's the video

Here's the story

Here's 'what REALLY happened'