Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Hooray for Jim Jarmusch! This series of vignettes are brilliant. I especially love the GZA and the RZA from Wu-Tang encountering Bill Murray working in a coffee shop late at night drinking coffee out of the pot, and then having a conversation about holistic medicine with him.

Igby Goes Down (2002)
Creepy McCauley Culkin's little brother has DC Rich Kid down pat. As does Jeff Goldbum with Rich New York Prick. Oh, and Ryan Phillipe has just plain upper class prick nailed here too. This is actually quite a good movie, even though it is about rich people and their problems.

21 Grams (2003)
What a downer. Make more interesting, though possibly completely pretentious, by use of stream-of-consciousness storytelling. A pretty good film, though a total downer.

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
So I finally saw this. I learned nothing new. Because I am smarter than you.

Spun (2003)
Not the movie to watch with a rocking tequila hangover. Actually, there really isn't much of a reason to watch this at all. It's a very unremarkable and trite drug movie. They all try so hard and so few of them are any good. "Requiem for a Dream" and "The Salton Sea" are good. The rest are pretty much the same stupid variations that "Go" and "Groove" clearly are.

Saved! (2004)
Now this is an awesome movie. And McCauley Culkin is only mildy creeping, and appropriately so, at that. This is about a nunch of born again teenagers at a super Christian high school in Baltimore County. They all compete to see who loves jesus more. There's a crisis of faith that turns into a very sweet coming of age story. Also, this movie sticks it to those stupid fundamentalists.

The Killing Fields (1984)
Maybe not the movie to watch when stuck home alone on a Friday night. But it's a great film any day of the week. Here you can watch the prime example of righteous liberal morality that Sam Waterson makes famous on Law & Order every week at it's genesis. Here he is a crusading reporter in the mess of Cambodia in the 70's striving to tell the American people the story of what's going on and then save the life of his best friend and professional partner after the shit hits the fan.

Bush's Brain (2004)
Karl Rove is an asshole. No, beyond that- an evil bastard.

Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (2003)
If you NEED proof that the war in Iraq is based on lies, then you are stupid, and this is the film for you. It's a parade of former intelligence and diplomatic career professionals telling us all about the lies.

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Japanese people are dirty.

Super Size Me (2004)
McDonalds is gross. This documentary is somewhat biased in it's approach, as nobody eats all their meals at McDonalds (I hope). But the point is that McDonalds is not good for you, and the guy who puts himself through the ordeal is fairly entertaining.

Jesus' Son (2000)
This is one of those good drug movies that I was talking about earlier. Billy Crudup plays a very innocent and naïve young man named Fuckhead who's life is ruined by narcotics. The story is the spiral downwards, and then the beginning of redemption. Oh, and don't let the title confuse you, the religious overtones are there. But not in any way that immediately makes sense or in any way say anything about religion. This film is about personal redemption. It's also very well directed and acted, and I love the heartbreaking old country music that can be heard throughout. Finally, this film is full of interesting cameo appearances by the likes of Jack Black, Dennis Leary, and Dennis Hopper.

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