Good Movies You Might Not Have Seen

Live from a 10 hour layover at the Paris Airport, I present to you the following list, in honor of all the time I had in the past year to watch movies.

Comedy (at least, they'll make you laugh most of the time. And maybe they'll make you cry, too, like the several wailing, sobbing Moroccan women that were just on my flight, and I thought the man that was lying in the aisle behind me, out of sight, had surely just died, or had blood gushing from his head. But, alas, moments later, he was up in his seat smiling, and had only fainted. Is moaning, tears streaming down your face, an acceptable reaction from an adult to a man fainting? Am I being insensitive to say that's absurd? Is this something cultural? A manifestation of the utter helplessness they feel every day? Please, where is a man to fix this problem? I am only a helpless, sobbing, woman and I can do nothing but cry! Because it wasn't just one grown, middle-aged woman who is supposed to be a grownup adult human. It was at least four, maybe more that I didn't see. And they weren't together. This wasn't one party getting upset. This was multiple, unrelated parties, very audibly and visibly sobbing.)

Starbuck

Serial Mom

Tapeheads

Chinese Odyssey 2002

Wreck-It Ralph

Elling

Nacho Libre

Casa de mi Padre

Four Lions

The Guard

Quick Change

The Castle

Contemporary

Nobody’s Fool

Revanche

Songs from the Second Floor

Fish Tank

Pieces of April

Warrior

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Lone Star

Primer

Croupier

Swimming Pool

The Proposition

JCVD

The Secret in Their Eyes

Romper Stomper

Classic

Paris, Texas

The Passenger

Pride of the Yankees

Sorcerer

Night Moves

Scarecrow

Days of Heaven

Fireman’s Ball

Barry Lyndon

Atlantic City

A Woman Under the Influence

The Boys from Brazil

Documentary

Who is Harry Nilsson? And Why is Everybody Talking About Him?

Encounters at the End of the World

Sherman’s March

The King of Kong

Anita O’Day: Life of a Jazz Singer

Alone in the Wilderness

The Other Dream Team

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Big River Man

The Harvest/La Cosecha

The Art of the Steal

FAQs

What was your job in Peace Corps?

Cultural exchange.

But what did you do?

Cultural exchange.

Are you glad you did it?

Yes.

Would you recommend it?

Everybody's different.

RIP Hollywood Bowl

Here's to curly fries, free bowling in exchange for a middle school report card, air conditioning, awesome theme graphics, Hydro Thunder, having the cable channel showing the CBI tournament, Bowl Your Brains Out, Conz rolling six strikes through six frames after being promised a hooker for a 300, pitchers of beer, and the 269 I bowled after about five of them. I'll never forget the way you smelled.

I guess there's still Interstate Lanes...

Stat of the day

Kevin Love attempted 12 free throws in last night's game, breaking a three game streak of 17+ free attempts, the longest such streak in the NBA since Shaquille O'Neal in 1993. The last player to go four straight games with 17+ free throw attempts was Wilt Chamberlain.

Bubba knows his shit.