Behold, if you dare, the ten best conservative movies of 2005.

As usual, the rule seems to be “If I like it, it’s conservative.”

Moriarty at AICN mentions that Ridley Scott’s cut of the film is playing for just one week at the Laemmle Fairfax, of all places. Based on his review, it sounds like those of you who saw it and didn’t like it might want to give it another go.

I saw it and did like it, so [...]

It was a great year for genre films, but a mediocre one for Oscar-bait Serious Art. Of the films most likely to be Oscar-nominated, I really have no strong feelings.

But then, I prefer horror/fantasy/sci-fi stuff anyway, and make no apology for it. If I want real life, I can live in the real world. I [...]

I don’t generally do a “worst of” list, as it seems to me pretty glaringly obvious that movies like THE PERFECT MAN and CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN 2 need no further kicking. I had to sit through them, but you didn’t.

Suffice it to say that it’s always best to avoid movies in which one of [...]

All the following films were considered for my ten best but didn’t make it. But before I name them, a word or two about the whole “ten best” thing.

Damn near everyone I know makes a “top ten” movie list. Many email it to everyone they know. Some go on and on all year about whether [...]

But I may not…

1. Deal with junk mail when it comes in, feeding the shredder immediately.

2. Restock individual grocery items when I need them, not just when I run out of everything and the timing is convenient. There’s no excuse when most grocery stores are 24-7.

3. Drink more water.

4. Drink liquor less often.

5. Attend gym [...]

Four Albums You Can’t Live Without:

R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
Metallica – St. Anger (yes, yes, I know, shock, surprise…but it really has become my favorite Metallica disc)
Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes

I’m curious to know if any of my readers honestly think they’d have guessed those would be my [...]

A few odds and ends written by me — some ended up in New Times papers, some didn’t. All have been slightly rewritten now that a few more year-end films have been seen.

Muscling in: Wrestlers set their sites on Hollywood

In September, UPN insisted that World Wrestling Entertainment remove the controversial Arab-American character Muhammed Hassan from [...]

Sorry, but this one is just too good:

“People don’t want to sit through a three-hour vegetarian, feminist lecture about how bad modern civilization is…American moviegoers enjoy their heroes. And, they enjoy the fruits of their capitalist society, a big part of which is the liberty to eat as much animal flesh as you want.”

can you [...]

One of Dave White’s readers asks “as I haven’t smelt the Comme candle, I was wondering if it got in a fight with say, a Diptyque candle, which would win?”

Dave has the answer. Also he’s gonna be on msnbc, which I guess is the perks when you sometimes write for msnbc.com