We had some friends over last night for dinner, conversation and classic SciFi Movies! We watched The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet on DVD.
Brenda made an excellent dinner and I bought an excellent cheesecake!
--Mmmmm Coffee...
Love in the small things...
So I was sitting on my couch in my bathrobe this cold Saturday morning, drinking coffee and watching This Old House. I couldn't find one of my slippers last night so I was sitting there barefoot. The wind hammers that corner of the house. The evil drafts lick at your feet.
Unbidden, Brenda comes up from downstairs and with a kiss on my forehead and hands me a pair of soft socks fresh out of the dryer. Still warm.
--No word exists that could describe the Love I felt at that moment...
Unbidden, Brenda comes up from downstairs and with a kiss on my forehead and hands me a pair of soft socks fresh out of the dryer. Still warm.
--No word exists that could describe the Love I felt at that moment...
Fahrenheit 911 Frozen Out of WGA Noms
Michael Moore is getting the cold shoulder in Hollywood.
His movie Fahrenheit 9/11 failed to garner a Best Picture nod or anything else when Oscar nominations were unveiled on Tuesday. Now, the fat-assed filmmaker has been sidelined as the Writers Guild of America announced the list of nominees for its inaugural Documentary Writing Award.
--The only reward he has deserved is the Bush re-election.
His movie Fahrenheit 9/11 failed to garner a Best Picture nod or anything else when Oscar nominations were unveiled on Tuesday. Now, the fat-assed filmmaker has been sidelined as the Writers Guild of America announced the list of nominees for its inaugural Documentary Writing Award.
--The only reward he has deserved is the Bush re-election.
He Chickens out and 11 people die.
Juan Manuel Alvarez, the California man who parked his car on train tracks, faced multiple murder charges on January 27, 2005 in the deaths of 11 people in a fiery chain-reaction crash after a commuter train struck his vehicle. Officials signaled they might seek the death penalty in the case.
--Brought to you by Hell Labs, Ironic Punishment Division
--Brought to you by Hell Labs, Ironic Punishment Division
So I watched the movie: THE CORE
You probably didn't see the movie. It bombed at the box office. It was your standard hero-scientist-saves-world-and-gets-the-girl plot.
It got me thinking though. Thinking as I get my children ready for bed. As they hug me around my neck...
What would I do if I knew the world was about to end? What if the planet killing asteroid was on a collision course with Earth? What if the plague was sweeping the land clean? What if there was no place to run?
I would probably make milkshakes. And get more hugs around my neck...
It got me thinking though. Thinking as I get my children ready for bed. As they hug me around my neck...
What would I do if I knew the world was about to end? What if the planet killing asteroid was on a collision course with Earth? What if the plague was sweeping the land clean? What if there was no place to run?
I would probably make milkshakes. And get more hugs around my neck...
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Lou Arrendale is autistic. He has profound difficulty interacting with people. Such interactions are intense but frequently incomprehensible. He has, in his thirties, achieved a largely settled lifestyle. He works at a company which needs his skills and understands his difficulties. Now however, there is a new boss, one who is determined to remove the autistics from the company.
Its the 2004 Hugo and Nebula award winner.
--This description does not do this excellent book justice!
Its the 2004 Hugo and Nebula award winner.
--This description does not do this excellent book justice!
What the Hell are you smiling about?
Someone at work asked me today why I was so content and happy all the time. It's because I am a wealthy man.
I do it by wanting less, in stead of obtaining more.
--I always want more friends though.
I do it by wanting less, in stead of obtaining more.
--I always want more friends though.
Oscar Nominations Happen!
My pics are highlighted below. These are the ones I think they will pick. I can't believe how many of these the Moviemeister has NOT seen!
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2
DIRECTING
THE AVIATOR
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
VERA DRAKE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
SUPER SIZE ME
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
TWIST OF FAITH
BEST PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle - HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp - FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio - THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx - RAY
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda - THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church - SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx - COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen - CLOSER
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening - BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno - MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton - VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett - THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney - KINSEY
Virginia Madsen - SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo - HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman - CLOSER
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE INCREDIBLES
SHARK TALE
SHREK 2
DIRECTING
THE AVIATOR
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
VERA DRAKE
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BORN INTO BROTHELS
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
SUPER SIZE ME
TUPAC: RESURRECTION
TWIST OF FAITH
BEST PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS
Blood Test by Jonathan Kellerman
It is a case unlike any psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware has ever encountered. Five-year-old Woody Swope is ill, but the real problem is his parents. They refuse to agree to the one treatment that could save this boy's life.
Alex sets out to convince Mr. and Mrs. Swope--only to find that the parents have left the hospital and taken their son with them. Worse, the sleazy motel room where the Swopes were staying is empty--except for the ominous bloodstain. The Swopes and their son have vanished into the sordid shadows of the city.
Now Alex and his friend, homocide detective Milo Sturgis, have no choice but to push the law to the breaking point. They've entered an amoral underworld where drugs, dreams, and sex are all for sale...where fantasies are fulfilled at any price--even at the cost of a young boy's life.
--Good Stuff
Alex sets out to convince Mr. and Mrs. Swope--only to find that the parents have left the hospital and taken their son with them. Worse, the sleazy motel room where the Swopes were staying is empty--except for the ominous bloodstain. The Swopes and their son have vanished into the sordid shadows of the city.
Now Alex and his friend, homocide detective Milo Sturgis, have no choice but to push the law to the breaking point. They've entered an amoral underworld where drugs, dreams, and sex are all for sale...where fantasies are fulfilled at any price--even at the cost of a young boy's life.
--Good Stuff
Hot women in their 40's are taking over.
Have you noticed all the new shows that are full of beautiful women that are in their 40s. Even before Desperate Housewives there was the original CSI that has Margi Helgenberger. Battlestar Glactica even, I can't even think of them all right now. Movies too.
What made me think of it was that I was watching a new show tonight called Point Pleasant. A totally whacked show but has very hot moms and former prom queens.
--Life is good.
What made me think of it was that I was watching a new show tonight called Point Pleasant. A totally whacked show but has very hot moms and former prom queens.
--Life is good.
"Da Vinci" To Film in Louvre
The Code will be unlocked—in the Louvre.
French officials are close to giving Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard the final go-ahead to shoot scenes of his big-screen adaptation of author Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code in the famed museum, according to published reports.
"There is really a very strong desire to see the movie for this book, which has world renown, shot in the Louvre," the Louvre's director, Henri Loyrette was quoted as telling France-Inter radio. "It is a yes in principle from our side."
As just about everyone knows by now, The Da Vinci Code follows globe-trotting Harvard art historian, Professor Robert Langdon, on his quest to decipher clues found in Leonardo Da Vinci's famous paintings that unravel a centuries-old conspiracy that threatens to bring down Christianity.
Tom Hanks signed on to play Langdon in November and Howard's production team has since been busy gearing up for the shoot.
--I now have hope for this movie...
French officials are close to giving Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard the final go-ahead to shoot scenes of his big-screen adaptation of author Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code in the famed museum, according to published reports.
"There is really a very strong desire to see the movie for this book, which has world renown, shot in the Louvre," the Louvre's director, Henri Loyrette was quoted as telling France-Inter radio. "It is a yes in principle from our side."
As just about everyone knows by now, The Da Vinci Code follows globe-trotting Harvard art historian, Professor Robert Langdon, on his quest to decipher clues found in Leonardo Da Vinci's famous paintings that unravel a centuries-old conspiracy that threatens to bring down Christianity.
Tom Hanks signed on to play Langdon in November and Howard's production team has since been busy gearing up for the shoot.
--I now have hope for this movie...
I hate the News these days.
I was reading today that Katie Couric is going to replace Dan Rather as anchor of the evening news. What the hell is wrong with these people? Look, Katie is fine on the morning show. She is perky and sickly sweet and a completly open about being a very liberal democrat. I would have thought that they would have tried to repair their journalistic credits. In Stead, we get a girl that can "Tell us about that plane crash with a gleem in her eye."
I was also surprised to discover that more people now watch FOX News than ALL the other News channels COMBINED! Conservatives now own talk radio and TV News.
--Walter Cronkite, where have you gone when we need you so...
I was also surprised to discover that more people now watch FOX News than ALL the other News channels COMBINED! Conservatives now own talk radio and TV News.
--Walter Cronkite, where have you gone when we need you so...
Who's the Man!
Sci-fi legend, American icon, acting genius, national treasure, all around great guy--all aptly describe god among men, William Shatner. Now, Big Bill can add another: Golden Globe winner. Shatner Sunday night took home the gold with his win in the Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor (TV) award. He received the trophy for his portrayal of the happy go lucky Denny Crane on TV’s Boston Legal. --He deserved an Emmy for that last CD also!! hehe Has been
Some asshole hacked this website.
I found 396 occurrences of a piece of JavaScript that auto launched a pile of pornsites! And not even GOOD pornsites!! It took me three hours to clean up the mess!
Oh The Humanity!!
Sorry world, if you stepped on that land mine!
--The Bastards!!
Oh The Humanity!!
Sorry world, if you stepped on that land mine!
--The Bastards!!
First 'Survivor' Winner Dodged Taxes
BOSTON - He survived one of the toughest tests of reality television but now Richard Hatch, the first winner of the U.S. TV series "Survivor," is facing his toughest challenge yet.
Hatch failed to report the $1 million he won on "Survivor," federal prosecutors said on Tuesday as they charged him with filing false tax returns.
The 43-year-old Hatch, whose brash strategizing propelled him to victory in 2000's "Survivor" series on CBS, is charged on two counts in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode Island.
Prosecutors said Hatch not only failed to report his $1 million winnings in federal tax returns but also left off more than $300,000 that a Boston radio station paid him to co-host a program in 2001.
Hatch, who lives in Newport, Rhode Island, could face up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine if convicted on both counts, prosecutors said in a statement. He was due to be arraigned on Monday in Providence, they said.
--That guys sure has FNF brass ones.
Hatch failed to report the $1 million he won on "Survivor," federal prosecutors said on Tuesday as they charged him with filing false tax returns.
The 43-year-old Hatch, whose brash strategizing propelled him to victory in 2000's "Survivor" series on CBS, is charged on two counts in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Providence, Rhode Island.
Prosecutors said Hatch not only failed to report his $1 million winnings in federal tax returns but also left off more than $300,000 that a Boston radio station paid him to co-host a program in 2001.
Hatch, who lives in Newport, Rhode Island, could face up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine if convicted on both counts, prosecutors said in a statement. He was due to be arraigned on Monday in Providence, they said.
--That guys sure has FNF brass ones.
Me, Movies and Martin Luther King.
It was yet another excellent day. Brenda was working and I had MLK day off. So I stayed home and watched movies ALL day!
Terminator - ("I'll be back" - Oh so true)
Shawshank Redemption - (An excellent Steven King movie)
The Hunger - (A very 80s erotic Vampire flick)
Goldfinger - (Where to go for Pussy Galore)
Live and Let Die - (When I was young and my heart was an open book)
Bourne Supremacy - (He was Bourne pissed off)
Boston Legal - (Captain Kirks full Court press!)
--My sofa is my friend...
Terminator - ("I'll be back" - Oh so true)
Shawshank Redemption - (An excellent Steven King movie)
The Hunger - (A very 80s erotic Vampire flick)
Goldfinger - (Where to go for Pussy Galore)
Live and Let Die - (When I was young and my heart was an open book)
Bourne Supremacy - (He was Bourne pissed off)
Boston Legal - (Captain Kirks full Court press!)
--My sofa is my friend...
20 hours of my life... saved!
Last night we watched The Village. A movie I loved from 2004 that Roger Ebert had in his top ten worst movies of 2004 list. It was in my top ten list.
Just to be different here is Martys Top Ten list of movies I'm glad I didn't see.
The Passion of the Christ - (Where is Mad Max when you need him most?)
Fahrenheit 9/11 - (Michael Moore wins the election for Bush)
Starsky & Hutch - (At what point did this seem like a good idea)
Mean Girls - (I so don't care about this over told story any more.)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - (They won't stop paying these people money.)
Garfield - (Just because we have the technology doesn't mean we should)
White Chicks - (Sorry I just threw-up in my mouth a little)
Saw - (If I want snuff film I'll watch CNN)
You Got Served - (South Park did a better version)
Fat Albert - (My God. Are there no movie ideas left in Hollywood?)
--I love movies so much, I can't believe the shit they make. The shit people pay to see. The shit that makes hundreds of millions of dollars.
Just to be different here is Martys Top Ten list of movies I'm glad I didn't see.
The Passion of the Christ - (Where is Mad Max when you need him most?)
Fahrenheit 9/11 - (Michael Moore wins the election for Bush)
Starsky & Hutch - (At what point did this seem like a good idea)
Mean Girls - (I so don't care about this over told story any more.)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - (They won't stop paying these people money.)
Garfield - (Just because we have the technology doesn't mean we should)
White Chicks - (Sorry I just threw-up in my mouth a little)
Saw - (If I want snuff film I'll watch CNN)
You Got Served - (South Park did a better version)
Fat Albert - (My God. Are there no movie ideas left in Hollywood?)
--I love movies so much, I can't believe the shit they make. The shit people pay to see. The shit that makes hundreds of millions of dollars.
20 hours of my life... saved!
Last night we watched The Village. A movie I loved from 2004 that Roger Ebert had in his top ten worst movies of 2004 list. It was in my top ten list.
Just to be different here is Martys Top Ten list of movies I'm glad I didn't see.
The Passion of the Christ - (Where is Mad Max when you need him most?)
Fahrenheit 9/11 - (Michael Moore wins the election for Bush)
Starsky & Hutch - (At what point did this seem like a good idea)
Mean Girls - (I so don't care about this over told story any more.)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - (They won't stop paying these people money.)
Garfield - (Just because we have the technology doesn't mean we should)
White Chicks - (Sorry I just threw-up in my mouth a little)
Saw - (If I want snuff film I'll watch CNN)
You Got Served - (South Park did a better version)
Fat Albert - (My God. Are there no movie ideas left in Hollywood?)
--I love movies so much, I can't believe the shit they make. The shit people pay to see. The shit that makes hundreds of millions of dollars.
Just to be different here is Martys Top Ten list of movies I'm glad I didn't see.
The Passion of the Christ - (Where is Mad Max when you need him most?)
Fahrenheit 9/11 - (Michael Moore wins the election for Bush)
Starsky & Hutch - (At what point did this seem like a good idea)
Mean Girls - (I so don't care about this over told story any more.)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - (They won't stop paying these people money.)
Garfield - (Just because we have the technology doesn't mean we should)
White Chicks - (Sorry I just threw-up in my mouth a little)
Saw - (If I want snuff film I'll watch CNN)
You Got Served - (South Park did a better version)
Fat Albert - (My God. Are there no movie ideas left in Hollywood?)
--I love movies so much, I can't believe the shit they make. The shit people pay to see. The shit that makes hundreds of millions of dollars.
I was betrayed by Tivo!
My technology failed me! It got the behind the scenes portion of Battlestar Galatica but not the series premiere!
Oh the Humanity!
--I was denied by my own Season Pass Manager...
Oh the Humanity!
--I was denied by my own Season Pass Manager...
Life is Good
It's Friday, it's a holiday weekend, it's payday, the first payday that includes my raise! Tonight has a new episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. Brenda has booze in the blender and I have a $150 bottle of scotch for sipping! Tomorrow I am spending the whole day with Brenda, my love. We are going to the pool then spending a wonderful Saturday planning our wedding (it will be a rockin party). My big screen TV has been fixed! I have a pile of DVDs to watch and friends coming over tomorrow to help me watch em! On Sunday we are even going new car shopping! Gotta blow that new raise!
Now if only it would snow us in!!
--Life is very good.
Now if only it would snow us in!!
--Life is very good.
Babylon 5 Movie Gears Up?
Production Weekly reported that a feature film set in J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5 universe will begin production in April in the United Kingdom. Straczynski wrote the film, The Memory of Shadows, which will be directed by Steven Beck (Ghost Ship), the publication reported.
In Shadows, the technology of the ancient and extinct Shadow race is being unleashed upon the galaxy by an unknown force, and Earthforce intelligence officer Diane Baker, whose brother was recently killed in a mysterious explosion, sets out to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Production Weekly reported. Joining her is Galen, a techno-mage who has been charged with keeping the technology out of the hands of those who would abuse it.
--Excellent. I have missed J. Michael Straczynski's stuff.
In Shadows, the technology of the ancient and extinct Shadow race is being unleashed upon the galaxy by an unknown force, and Earthforce intelligence officer Diane Baker, whose brother was recently killed in a mysterious explosion, sets out to find out who is behind the conspiracy, Production Weekly reported. Joining her is Galen, a techno-mage who has been charged with keeping the technology out of the hands of those who would abuse it.
--Excellent. I have missed J. Michael Straczynski's stuff.
Penn and Teller and PETA
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is against all forms of medical testing involving animals - regardless of the potential benefits to human beings... PETA supports banning the ownership of pets and advocates releasing them into the wild... It's enough to make a vegetarian eat meat!
Penn and Teller have the excellent show on Showtime called, "Bullshit!" No really. I love the show. They had one about PETA that was a hoot. I love the fact that they found out that the animal shelter that is right IN the PETA headquarters put down over 1200 pets last year...
--I Love animals! Especially the tasty ones...
Penn and Teller have the excellent show on Showtime called, "Bullshit!" No really. I love the show. They had one about PETA that was a hoot. I love the fact that they found out that the animal shelter that is right IN the PETA headquarters put down over 1200 pets last year...
--I Love animals! Especially the tasty ones...
2004 Movie Box Office Roundup!
1......Shrek 2 (D'Works).....$436,722,000
2......Spider-Man 2 (Sony).....373,378,000
3......The Passion of the Christ .....370,275,000
4......The Incredibles (BV/Pixar)*.....251,657,000
5......Harry Potter (news - web sites) and the Prisoner of Azkaban (WB).....249,367,000
6......The Day After Tomorrow (Fox).....186,741,000
7......The Bourne Supremacy (U).....176,088,000
8......Meet the Fockers (U/D'Works)*.....162,461,000
9......Shark Tale (D'Works)*.....160,762,000
10......The Polar Express (WB)*.....155,112,000
11......National Treasure (BV)*.....154,522,000
12......I, Robot (Fox).....144,801,000
13......Troy (WB).....133,259,000
14......50 First Dates (Sony).....120,777,000
15......Van Helsing (U).....120,073,000
16......Fahrenheit 9/11 (Lions Gate/IFC/Alliance).....119,115,000
17......DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (Fox).....114,327,000
18......The Village (BV).....114,198,000
19......The Grudge (Sony).....110,176,000
20......Ocean's Twelve (WB/Village Roadshow)*.....107,006,000
21......Collateral (D'Works/Par).....100,170,000
22......Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (BV).....95,170,000
23......Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate .....94,617,000
24......Starsky & Hutch (WB/Miramax).....88,219,000
25......Along Came Polly (U).....87,888,000
26......Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (New Line)†.....86,616,000
27......Mean Girls (Par).....86,058,000
28......Anchorman (D'Works).....84,271,000
29......Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (WB).....84,198,000
30......SpongeBob SquarePants (Par)*.....81,900,000
31......The Notebook (New Line).....81,002,000
32......Alien vs. Predator (Fox).....80,282,000
33......Man on Fire (Fox/New Regency).....77,912,000
34......The Terminal (D'Works).....77,074,000
35......Garfield (Fox).....75,370,000
36......Ladder 49 (BV/Beacon).....73,871,000
37......Christmas With the Kranks (Sony/Revolution)*.....73,077,000
38......Ray (U)*.....71,611,000
39......White Chicks (Sony/Revolution).....69,149,000
40......Hidalgo (BV).....67,303,000
41......The Forgotten (Sony/Revolution).....66,641,000
42......Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Miramax).....66,208,000
43......The Manchurian Candidate (Par).....65,956,000
44......Barbershop 2 (MGM).....65,111,000
45......Miracle (BV).....64,378,000
46......Friday Night Lights (U).....61,188,000
47......The Stepford Wives (Par/D'Works).....59,485,000
48......Hellboy (Sony/Revolution).....59,035,000
49......Dawn of the Dead (U/Strike).....58,910,000
50......Without a Paddle (Par)*.....58,108,000
51......Big Fish (Sony)†.....57,803,000
52......The Butterfly Effect (New Line).....57,792,000
53......The Chronicles of Riddick (U).....57,675,000
54......Shall We Dance (Miramax)*.....57,150,000
55......13 Going on 30 (Sony/Revolution).....57,119,000
56......Saw (Lions Gate).....55,185,000
57......Hero (Miramax).....53,614,000
58......Cheaper by the Dozen (Fox)†.....52,995,000
59......Cold Mountain (Miramax)†.....51,899,000
60......King Arthur (BV).....51,882,000
61......A Cinderella Story (WB).....51,431,000
62......Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Screen Gems/Sony/AA).....50,740,000
63......Home on the Range (BV).....50,030,000
64......Blade: Trinity (New Line)*.....48,080,000
65......Secret Window (Sony).....47,781,000
66......Walking Tall (MGM).....46,436,000
67......Napoleon Dynamite (Fox Searchlight)*.....44,411,000
68......Something's Gotta Give (Sony)†.....43,379,000
69......Exorcist: The Beginning (WB/Morgan Creek).....41,822,000
70......Catwoman (WB/Village Roadshow).....40,199,000
71......You Got Served (Screen Gems/Sony).....40,067,000
72......Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (U)*.....39,878,000
73......The Ladykillers (BV).....39,700,000
74......Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Par).....37,763,000
75......Raising Helen (BV/Beacon).....37,487,000
76......Taxi (Fox)*.....36,362,000
77......Mystic River (WB/Village Roadshow)†.....35,835,000
78......Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus).....34,126,000
79......Monster (Newmarket)†.....34,013,000
80......Alexander (WB/Intermedia)*.....34,000,000
81......The Punisher (Lions Gate).....33,706,000
82......Fat Albert (Fox)*.....33,326,000
83......Team America: World Police (Par)*.....32,750,000
84......Taking Lives (WB/Village Roadshow).....32,682,000
85......Cellular (New Line).....32,004,000
86......The Aviator (Miramax/WB/IEG)*.....31,541,000
87......Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid .....31,526,000
88......Johnson Family Vacation (Fox Searchlight).....31,204,000
89......Spanglish (Sony)*.....31,002,000
90......Open Water (Lions Gate).....30,547,000
91......Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (BV).....29,310,000
92......The Prince & Me (Par/Lions Gate).....28,176,000
93......After the Sunset (New Line)*.....28,114,000
94......Closer (Sony)*.....27,461,000
95......Garden State (Fox Searchlight/Miramax)*.....26,754,000
96......Jersey Girl (Miramax).....25,268,000
97......Twisted (Par).....25,199,000
98......Finding Neverland (Miramax)*.....24,676,000
99......Calendar Girls (BV)†.....24,089,000
100......Around the World in 80 Days (BV).....24,008,000
101......Agent Cody Banks: Destination London (MGM).....23,630,000
102......Ella Enchanted (Miramax).....22,918,000
103......The Alamo (BV).....22,415,000
104......Sideways (Fox Searchlight)*.....22,404,000
105......Mr. 3000 (BV/Spyglass)*.....21,811,000
106......Torque (WB/Village Roadshow).....21,188,000
107......The Last Samurai (WB)†.....21,110,000
108......Little Black Book (Sony/Revolution).....20,422,000
109......Yu-Gi-Oh! (WB).....19,763,000
110......NASCAR (news - web sites): the Imax Experience (WB/Imax)*.....19,558,000
111......Two Brothers (U).....19,000,000
112......Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (New Line).....18,251,000
113......Laws of Attraction (New Line).....17,871,000
114......Eurotrip (D'Works).....17,845,000
115......My Baby's Daddy (Miramax).....17,322,000
116......Seed of Chucky (Focus).....17,016,000
117......Win a Date With Ted Hamilton! (D'Works).....16,973,000
118......Wimbledon (news - web sites) (U).....16,863,000
119......Flight of the Phoenix (Fox)*.....16,720,000
120......Catch That Kid (Fox).....16,704,000
121......Darkness (Miramax)*.....16,627,000
122......The Whole Ten Yards (WB/Franchise).....16,324,000
123......The Phantom of the Opera (WB/Odyssey)*.....16,178,000
124......Vanity Fair (Focus).....16,136,000
125......The Motorcycle Diaries (Focus)*.....15,725,000
126......Paparazzi (Fox/Icon).....15,714,000
127......Paycheck (Par/D'Works)†.....15,146,000
128......The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (BV)*.....14,795,000
129......The Girl Next Door (Fox/New Regency).....14,589,000
130......Welcome to Mooseport (Fox).....14,471,000
131......Godsend (Lions Gate).....14,340,000
132......Peter Pan (U/Sony/Revolution)†.....14,261,000
133......Soul Plane (MGM).....14,190,000
134......Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (Lions Gate).....14,150,000
135......New York Minute (WB).....14,045,000
136......Mona Lisa Smile (Sony/Revolution)†.....13,689,000
137......Shaun of the Dead (Focus).....13,472,000
138......De-Lovely (MGM).....13,456,000
139......Alfie (Par)*.....13,386,000
140......Lost in Translation (Focus)†.....12,999,000
141......Wicker Park (MGM/Lakeshore).....12,998,000
142......Envy (D'Works).....12,968,000
143......I Heart Huckabees (Fox Searchlight)*.....12,597,000
144......Chasing Liberty (WB).....12,196,000
145......Breakin' All the Rules (Screen Gems/Sony).....11,827,000
146......The Cookout (Lions Gate).....11,553,000
147......Super Size Me .....11,536,000.....(Roadside Attraction/Samuel Goldwyn)
148......Surviving Christmas (D'Works).....11,198,000
149......Master and Commander: the Far Side .....10,922,000
150......Girl With a Pearl Earring (Lions Gate)†.....10,784,000
151......Raise Your Voice (New Line).....10,412,000
152......The Perfect Score (Par).....10,391,000
153......In America (Fox Searchlight)†.....10,234,000
154......What the #$*! Do We Know! .....10,092,000
155......Bugs! (SK Films)†*.....9,557,000
156......Sleepover (MGM).....9,435,000
157......Space Station 3-D (Imax,'02)†.....9,406,000
158......SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 .....9,109,322
159......First Daughter (Fox/New Regency).....9,056,000
160......21 Grams (Focus)†.....8,997,000
161......Saved! (MGM).....8,940,000
162......Suspect Zero (Par).....8,726,000
163......Connie and Carla (U/Spyglass).....8,063,000
164......House of Sand and Fog (D'Works)†.....7,641,000
165......Woman Thou Art Loosed (Magnolia).....6,880,000
166......Thunderbirds (U).....6,810,000
167......Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)*.....6,734,000
168......Maria Full of Grace (HBO/Fine Line).....6,530,000
169......Disney's Teacher's Pet (BV).....6,492,000
170......The Big Bounce (WB).....6,489,000
171......The Cooler (Lions Gate)†.....6,427,000
172......The Triplets of Belleville (Sony Classics)†.....5,910,000
173......Against the Ropes (Par).....5,884,190
174......Before Sunset (Warner Ind.).....5,803,000
175......The Clearing (Fox Searchlight).....5,764,000
176......Never Die Alone (Fox Searchlight).....5,645,000
177......The Haunted Mansion (BV)†.....5,425,000
178......Broken Lizard's Club Dread (Fox Searchlight).....5,002,000
179......Birth (New Line)*.....4,764,000
180......Camping sauvage (Odeon/AA).....4,660,000
181......Touching the Void (IFC).....4,633,000
182......Spartan (WB).....4,373,000
183......Young Black Stallion (BV LSF)*†.....4,264,000
184......A Day Without a Mexican (Televisa).....4,180,000
185......House of Flying Daggers (Sony Classics)*.....4,158,000
186......Good Bye Lenin! (Sony Classics).....4,064,000
187......The Fog of War (Sony Classics)†.....3,922,000
188......The Door in the Floor (Focus).....3,842,000
189......Benji Off the Leash! (BRD).....3,817,000
190......Being Julia (Sony Classics)*.....3,556,000
191......Bad Santa (Miramax)†.....3,151,000
192......Stuck on You (Fox)†.....3,111,000
193......Veer-Zaara (Yash Raj)*.....2,874,000
194......Clifford's Really Big Movie (WB).....2,848,000
195......Monsieur Ibrahim (Sony Classics)†.....2,797,000
196......City of God (Miramax)†.....2,772,000
197......Adrenaline Rush ... (Giant Screen, '02)*†.....2,716,000
198......Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (Foundry).....2,694,000
199......The Barbarian Invasions (Miramax)†.....2,668,000
200......A Very Long Engagement (Warner Ind.)*.....2,653,000
201......Control Room (Magnolia).....2,590,000
202......Elf (New Line)†.....2,561,000
203......The Dreamers (Fox Searchlight).....2,532,000
204......Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous (TVA).....2,485,000
205......T-Rex: Back to Cretaceous (Imax, '98)†.....2,448,000
206......Intimate Strangers (Par Classics).....2,405,000
207......My Architect (New Yorker)†.....2,385,000
208......Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring.....2,381,000
209......Bon Voyage (Sony Classics).....2,355,000
210......Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (Giant Screen, '02)*†.....2,347,000
211......Riding Giants (Sony Classics).....2,276,000
212......Elles etaient cinq (AA/Odeon)*.....2,208,000
213......Coffee and Cigarettes (MGM).....2,199,000
214......Haunted Castle (nWave, '01)*†.....2,178,000
215......Blue Butterfly (Odeon/AA).....2,137,000
216......Vera Drake (Fine Line)*.....2,123,000
217......We Don't Live Here Anymore (Warner Ind.).....2,041,000
218......Brother Bear (BV)†.....2,039,000
219......Elvis Gratton XXX (Christal).....2,029,000
220......Les Choristes (AA)*.....2,017,000
221......The Company (Sony Classics)†.....1,968,000
222......Love Actually (U)†.....1,963,000
223......Beyond the Sea (Lions Gate)*.....1,918,000
224......The Corporation (Zeitgeist).....1,880,000
225......Therese (Luke)*.....1,775,000
226......The Story of the Weeping Camel (ThinkFilm).....1,763,000
227......Bad Education (Sony Classics)*.....1,759,000
228......Monica la mitreille (Odeon/AA).....1,734,000
229......Love Don't Cost a Thing (WB)†.....1,727,000
230......Nouvelle-France (Christal)*.....1,700,000
231......I'm Not Scared (Miramax).....1,615,328
232......Dogville (Lions Gate).....1,535,000
233......Ma vie en CinemaScope (Odeon/AA)*.....1,505,000
234......Le dernier tunnel (Christal).....1,487,000
235......Going the Distance (Odeon/AA).....1,486,000
236......Honey (U)†.....1,423,000
237......Gothika (WB)†.....1,376,000
238......Les Aimants (Odeon/AA)*.....1,373,000
239......A Dirty Shame (Fine Line).....1,340,000
240......Ghosts of the Abyss (BV LSF)*†.....1,323,000
241......La grande seduction (Odeon/AA)†.....1,319,033
242......Osama (MGM).....1,271,000
243......Metallica (news - web sites) ... (IFC).....1,229,000
244......Festival Express (ThinkFilm).....1,174,000
245......The Best Two Years (Halestorm).....1,163,000
246......The Work and the Glory (Excel)*.....1,160,000
247......Saints and Soldiers (Excel)*.....1,141,000
248......Nicotina (Arenas).....1,118,000
249......Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War .....1,111,000
250......Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (U)†.....1,100,000
*still in release.....†2004 gross only, released in prior year or as noted
2......Spider-Man 2 (Sony).....373,378,000
3......The Passion of the Christ .....370,275,000
4......The Incredibles (BV/Pixar)*.....251,657,000
5......Harry Potter (news - web sites) and the Prisoner of Azkaban (WB).....249,367,000
6......The Day After Tomorrow (Fox).....186,741,000
7......The Bourne Supremacy (U).....176,088,000
8......Meet the Fockers (U/D'Works)*.....162,461,000
9......Shark Tale (D'Works)*.....160,762,000
10......The Polar Express (WB)*.....155,112,000
11......National Treasure (BV)*.....154,522,000
12......I, Robot (Fox).....144,801,000
13......Troy (WB).....133,259,000
14......50 First Dates (Sony).....120,777,000
15......Van Helsing (U).....120,073,000
16......Fahrenheit 9/11 (Lions Gate/IFC/Alliance).....119,115,000
17......DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (Fox).....114,327,000
18......The Village (BV).....114,198,000
19......The Grudge (Sony).....110,176,000
20......Ocean's Twelve (WB/Village Roadshow)*.....107,006,000
21......Collateral (D'Works/Par).....100,170,000
22......Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (BV).....95,170,000
23......Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate .....94,617,000
24......Starsky & Hutch (WB/Miramax).....88,219,000
25......Along Came Polly (U).....87,888,000
26......Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (New Line)†.....86,616,000
27......Mean Girls (Par).....86,058,000
28......Anchorman (D'Works).....84,271,000
29......Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (WB).....84,198,000
30......SpongeBob SquarePants (Par)*.....81,900,000
31......The Notebook (New Line).....81,002,000
32......Alien vs. Predator (Fox).....80,282,000
33......Man on Fire (Fox/New Regency).....77,912,000
34......The Terminal (D'Works).....77,074,000
35......Garfield (Fox).....75,370,000
36......Ladder 49 (BV/Beacon).....73,871,000
37......Christmas With the Kranks (Sony/Revolution)*.....73,077,000
38......Ray (U)*.....71,611,000
39......White Chicks (Sony/Revolution).....69,149,000
40......Hidalgo (BV).....67,303,000
41......The Forgotten (Sony/Revolution).....66,641,000
42......Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Miramax).....66,208,000
43......The Manchurian Candidate (Par).....65,956,000
44......Barbershop 2 (MGM).....65,111,000
45......Miracle (BV).....64,378,000
46......Friday Night Lights (U).....61,188,000
47......The Stepford Wives (Par/D'Works).....59,485,000
48......Hellboy (Sony/Revolution).....59,035,000
49......Dawn of the Dead (U/Strike).....58,910,000
50......Without a Paddle (Par)*.....58,108,000
51......Big Fish (Sony)†.....57,803,000
52......The Butterfly Effect (New Line).....57,792,000
53......The Chronicles of Riddick (U).....57,675,000
54......Shall We Dance (Miramax)*.....57,150,000
55......13 Going on 30 (Sony/Revolution).....57,119,000
56......Saw (Lions Gate).....55,185,000
57......Hero (Miramax).....53,614,000
58......Cheaper by the Dozen (Fox)†.....52,995,000
59......Cold Mountain (Miramax)†.....51,899,000
60......King Arthur (BV).....51,882,000
61......A Cinderella Story (WB).....51,431,000
62......Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Screen Gems/Sony/AA).....50,740,000
63......Home on the Range (BV).....50,030,000
64......Blade: Trinity (New Line)*.....48,080,000
65......Secret Window (Sony).....47,781,000
66......Walking Tall (MGM).....46,436,000
67......Napoleon Dynamite (Fox Searchlight)*.....44,411,000
68......Something's Gotta Give (Sony)†.....43,379,000
69......Exorcist: The Beginning (WB/Morgan Creek).....41,822,000
70......Catwoman (WB/Village Roadshow).....40,199,000
71......You Got Served (Screen Gems/Sony).....40,067,000
72......Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (U)*.....39,878,000
73......The Ladykillers (BV).....39,700,000
74......Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Par).....37,763,000
75......Raising Helen (BV/Beacon).....37,487,000
76......Taxi (Fox)*.....36,362,000
77......Mystic River (WB/Village Roadshow)†.....35,835,000
78......Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Focus).....34,126,000
79......Monster (Newmarket)†.....34,013,000
80......Alexander (WB/Intermedia)*.....34,000,000
81......The Punisher (Lions Gate).....33,706,000
82......Fat Albert (Fox)*.....33,326,000
83......Team America: World Police (Par)*.....32,750,000
84......Taking Lives (WB/Village Roadshow).....32,682,000
85......Cellular (New Line).....32,004,000
86......The Aviator (Miramax/WB/IEG)*.....31,541,000
87......Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid .....31,526,000
88......Johnson Family Vacation (Fox Searchlight).....31,204,000
89......Spanglish (Sony)*.....31,002,000
90......Open Water (Lions Gate).....30,547,000
91......Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (BV).....29,310,000
92......The Prince & Me (Par/Lions Gate).....28,176,000
93......After the Sunset (New Line)*.....28,114,000
94......Closer (Sony)*.....27,461,000
95......Garden State (Fox Searchlight/Miramax)*.....26,754,000
96......Jersey Girl (Miramax).....25,268,000
97......Twisted (Par).....25,199,000
98......Finding Neverland (Miramax)*.....24,676,000
99......Calendar Girls (BV)†.....24,089,000
100......Around the World in 80 Days (BV).....24,008,000
101......Agent Cody Banks: Destination London (MGM).....23,630,000
102......Ella Enchanted (Miramax).....22,918,000
103......The Alamo (BV).....22,415,000
104......Sideways (Fox Searchlight)*.....22,404,000
105......Mr. 3000 (BV/Spyglass)*.....21,811,000
106......Torque (WB/Village Roadshow).....21,188,000
107......The Last Samurai (WB)†.....21,110,000
108......Little Black Book (Sony/Revolution).....20,422,000
109......Yu-Gi-Oh! (WB).....19,763,000
110......NASCAR (news - web sites): the Imax Experience (WB/Imax)*.....19,558,000
111......Two Brothers (U).....19,000,000
112......Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (New Line).....18,251,000
113......Laws of Attraction (New Line).....17,871,000
114......Eurotrip (D'Works).....17,845,000
115......My Baby's Daddy (Miramax).....17,322,000
116......Seed of Chucky (Focus).....17,016,000
117......Win a Date With Ted Hamilton! (D'Works).....16,973,000
118......Wimbledon (news - web sites) (U).....16,863,000
119......Flight of the Phoenix (Fox)*.....16,720,000
120......Catch That Kid (Fox).....16,704,000
121......Darkness (Miramax)*.....16,627,000
122......The Whole Ten Yards (WB/Franchise).....16,324,000
123......The Phantom of the Opera (WB/Odyssey)*.....16,178,000
124......Vanity Fair (Focus).....16,136,000
125......The Motorcycle Diaries (Focus)*.....15,725,000
126......Paparazzi (Fox/Icon).....15,714,000
127......Paycheck (Par/D'Works)†.....15,146,000
128......The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (BV)*.....14,795,000
129......The Girl Next Door (Fox/New Regency).....14,589,000
130......Welcome to Mooseport (Fox).....14,471,000
131......Godsend (Lions Gate).....14,340,000
132......Peter Pan (U/Sony/Revolution)†.....14,261,000
133......Soul Plane (MGM).....14,190,000
134......Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (Lions Gate).....14,150,000
135......New York Minute (WB).....14,045,000
136......Mona Lisa Smile (Sony/Revolution)†.....13,689,000
137......Shaun of the Dead (Focus).....13,472,000
138......De-Lovely (MGM).....13,456,000
139......Alfie (Par)*.....13,386,000
140......Lost in Translation (Focus)†.....12,999,000
141......Wicker Park (MGM/Lakeshore).....12,998,000
142......Envy (D'Works).....12,968,000
143......I Heart Huckabees (Fox Searchlight)*.....12,597,000
144......Chasing Liberty (WB).....12,196,000
145......Breakin' All the Rules (Screen Gems/Sony).....11,827,000
146......The Cookout (Lions Gate).....11,553,000
147......Super Size Me .....11,536,000.....(Roadside Attraction/Samuel Goldwyn)
148......Surviving Christmas (D'Works).....11,198,000
149......Master and Commander: the Far Side .....10,922,000
150......Girl With a Pearl Earring (Lions Gate)†.....10,784,000
151......Raise Your Voice (New Line).....10,412,000
152......The Perfect Score (Par).....10,391,000
153......In America (Fox Searchlight)†.....10,234,000
154......What the #$*! Do We Know! .....10,092,000
155......Bugs! (SK Films)†*.....9,557,000
156......Sleepover (MGM).....9,435,000
157......Space Station 3-D (Imax,'02)†.....9,406,000
158......SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2 .....9,109,322
159......First Daughter (Fox/New Regency).....9,056,000
160......21 Grams (Focus)†.....8,997,000
161......Saved! (MGM).....8,940,000
162......Suspect Zero (Par).....8,726,000
163......Connie and Carla (U/Spyglass).....8,063,000
164......House of Sand and Fog (D'Works)†.....7,641,000
165......Woman Thou Art Loosed (Magnolia).....6,880,000
166......Thunderbirds (U).....6,810,000
167......Kinsey (Fox Searchlight)*.....6,734,000
168......Maria Full of Grace (HBO/Fine Line).....6,530,000
169......Disney's Teacher's Pet (BV).....6,492,000
170......The Big Bounce (WB).....6,489,000
171......The Cooler (Lions Gate)†.....6,427,000
172......The Triplets of Belleville (Sony Classics)†.....5,910,000
173......Against the Ropes (Par).....5,884,190
174......Before Sunset (Warner Ind.).....5,803,000
175......The Clearing (Fox Searchlight).....5,764,000
176......Never Die Alone (Fox Searchlight).....5,645,000
177......The Haunted Mansion (BV)†.....5,425,000
178......Broken Lizard's Club Dread (Fox Searchlight).....5,002,000
179......Birth (New Line)*.....4,764,000
180......Camping sauvage (Odeon/AA).....4,660,000
181......Touching the Void (IFC).....4,633,000
182......Spartan (WB).....4,373,000
183......Young Black Stallion (BV LSF)*†.....4,264,000
184......A Day Without a Mexican (Televisa).....4,180,000
185......House of Flying Daggers (Sony Classics)*.....4,158,000
186......Good Bye Lenin! (Sony Classics).....4,064,000
187......The Fog of War (Sony Classics)†.....3,922,000
188......The Door in the Floor (Focus).....3,842,000
189......Benji Off the Leash! (BRD).....3,817,000
190......Being Julia (Sony Classics)*.....3,556,000
191......Bad Santa (Miramax)†.....3,151,000
192......Stuck on You (Fox)†.....3,111,000
193......Veer-Zaara (Yash Raj)*.....2,874,000
194......Clifford's Really Big Movie (WB).....2,848,000
195......Monsieur Ibrahim (Sony Classics)†.....2,797,000
196......City of God (Miramax)†.....2,772,000
197......Adrenaline Rush ... (Giant Screen, '02)*†.....2,716,000
198......Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (Foundry).....2,694,000
199......The Barbarian Invasions (Miramax)†.....2,668,000
200......A Very Long Engagement (Warner Ind.)*.....2,653,000
201......Control Room (Magnolia).....2,590,000
202......Elf (New Line)†.....2,561,000
203......The Dreamers (Fox Searchlight).....2,532,000
204......Dans une galaxie pres de chez vous (TVA).....2,485,000
205......T-Rex: Back to Cretaceous (Imax, '98)†.....2,448,000
206......Intimate Strangers (Par Classics).....2,405,000
207......My Architect (New Yorker)†.....2,385,000
208......Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring.....2,381,000
209......Bon Voyage (Sony Classics).....2,355,000
210......Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey (Giant Screen, '02)*†.....2,347,000
211......Riding Giants (Sony Classics).....2,276,000
212......Elles etaient cinq (AA/Odeon)*.....2,208,000
213......Coffee and Cigarettes (MGM).....2,199,000
214......Haunted Castle (nWave, '01)*†.....2,178,000
215......Blue Butterfly (Odeon/AA).....2,137,000
216......Vera Drake (Fine Line)*.....2,123,000
217......We Don't Live Here Anymore (Warner Ind.).....2,041,000
218......Brother Bear (BV)†.....2,039,000
219......Elvis Gratton XXX (Christal).....2,029,000
220......Les Choristes (AA)*.....2,017,000
221......The Company (Sony Classics)†.....1,968,000
222......Love Actually (U)†.....1,963,000
223......Beyond the Sea (Lions Gate)*.....1,918,000
224......The Corporation (Zeitgeist).....1,880,000
225......Therese (Luke)*.....1,775,000
226......The Story of the Weeping Camel (ThinkFilm).....1,763,000
227......Bad Education (Sony Classics)*.....1,759,000
228......Monica la mitreille (Odeon/AA).....1,734,000
229......Love Don't Cost a Thing (WB)†.....1,727,000
230......Nouvelle-France (Christal)*.....1,700,000
231......I'm Not Scared (Miramax).....1,615,328
232......Dogville (Lions Gate).....1,535,000
233......Ma vie en CinemaScope (Odeon/AA)*.....1,505,000
234......Le dernier tunnel (Christal).....1,487,000
235......Going the Distance (Odeon/AA).....1,486,000
236......Honey (U)†.....1,423,000
237......Gothika (WB)†.....1,376,000
238......Les Aimants (Odeon/AA)*.....1,373,000
239......A Dirty Shame (Fine Line).....1,340,000
240......Ghosts of the Abyss (BV LSF)*†.....1,323,000
241......La grande seduction (Odeon/AA)†.....1,319,033
242......Osama (MGM).....1,271,000
243......Metallica (news - web sites) ... (IFC).....1,229,000
244......Festival Express (ThinkFilm).....1,174,000
245......The Best Two Years (Halestorm).....1,163,000
246......The Work and the Glory (Excel)*.....1,160,000
247......Saints and Soldiers (Excel)*.....1,141,000
248......Nicotina (Arenas).....1,118,000
249......Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War .....1,111,000
250......Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (U)†.....1,100,000
*still in release.....†2004 gross only, released in prior year or as noted
D.C.s Marion Barry is Back
The following were all actually said by Marion Barry, former mayor and recently re-elected city councilman in Washington, DC.
The same guy that was caught on tape, smoking crack, with a hooker.
"The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather."
"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."
"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate."
"First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl."
"Bitch set me up!"
"I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."
"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."
"I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?"
"People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are." –
"The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice."
"I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican."
"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"
"People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!"
"I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man."
--Thanks Dana!
The same guy that was caught on tape, smoking crack, with a hooker.
"The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather."
"I promise you a police car on every sidewalk."
"If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very very low crime rate."
"First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl."
"Bitch set me up!"
"I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where's Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less."
"The laws in this city are clearly racist. All laws are racist. The law of gravity is racist."
"I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?"
"People have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's. But you must ask yourself: are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? I can assure you there are." –
"The brave men who died in Vietnam, more than 100% of which were black, were the ultimate sacrifice."
"I read a funny story about how the Republicans freed the slaves. The Republicans are the ones who created slavery by law in the 1600's. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves and he was not a Republican."
"What right does Congress have to go around making laws just because they deem it necessary?"
"People blame me because these water mains break, but I ask you, if the water mains didn't break, would it be my responsibility to fix them then? WOULD IT!?!"
"I am a great mayor; I am an upstanding Christian man; I am an intelligent man; I am a deeply educated man; I am a humble man."
--Thanks Dana!
Why does Garfield suck so much these days?
I like to read the comics daily in the Washington Post. This weekend they cut one of my favorites from the line-up, Shoe. OK, I can see why Rex Morgan got cut, it was never going to be Desperate Housewives. But Shoe! Shoe still had lots of good stuff to say!
That brings me back to Garfield. Once it was a favorite. It had spot on humor that would shine a light on the absurdity of life today. Now it is just recycling old shit that wasn't funny the first time we saw it.
The Comics have not been the same since we lost The Far Side an Calvin and Hobbs.
...and now no more Shoe.
--If Dilbert ends, someone's gonna pay...
That brings me back to Garfield. Once it was a favorite. It had spot on humor that would shine a light on the absurdity of life today. Now it is just recycling old shit that wasn't funny the first time we saw it.
The Comics have not been the same since we lost The Far Side an Calvin and Hobbs.
...and now no more Shoe.
--If Dilbert ends, someone's gonna pay...
Some days the news can't get any weirder...
Some days I read the news and it's nothing big. Plane crashes, Fires, Murder, War and other really bad things like the Brad and Jennifer separation.
Then I see a new headline and the world seems to stop for a moment while its axis shifts and I read a story:
"Man Eats Raw Duck Before Undies Save Him"
--And my faith gets restored in the Universe...
Then I see a new headline and the world seems to stop for a moment while its axis shifts and I read a story:
"Man Eats Raw Duck Before Undies Save Him"
--And my faith gets restored in the Universe...
It's Time for a Movie Night!
Happy New Year! And nothing says Happy New Year better than a Movie Night at Marty's house!
When: Saturday January 15th, any time after 5pm
Where: 12108 Wallower Way, Bristow VA 20136
What: Food, Drinks, Dinner, Conversation, Movies, Madness
Who: You and people like you
Why: Life is too short to not Enjoy Movie Nights.
RSVP so I know how much food to make, dammit! We will probably be grilling chicken and having salads cause I am on my new "Stop Eating Like a Pig" diet.
See you there!
When: Saturday January 15th, any time after 5pm
Where: 12108 Wallower Way, Bristow VA 20136
What: Food, Drinks, Dinner, Conversation, Movies, Madness
Who: You and people like you
Why: Life is too short to not Enjoy Movie Nights.
RSVP so I know how much food to make, dammit! We will probably be grilling chicken and having salads cause I am on my new "Stop Eating Like a Pig" diet.
See you there!
Ladies, nows your chance...
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced Friday that they were calling it quits after nearly five years of marriage. "We have decided to formally separate," they said in a joint statement.
This is a very important story in the news. It was headlined above the War, above 160,000 dead in Asia, even above Elvis's 70th birthday...
--Jennifer, does this mean you are free for movie night next Saturday.
This is a very important story in the news. It was headlined above the War, above 160,000 dead in Asia, even above Elvis's 70th birthday...
--Jennifer, does this mean you are free for movie night next Saturday.
Marty's 2004 Politics Random Roundup.
What's up with the stupid exit polls during the election this year. They are so F'd up Kerry thought he won for a few hours. While I thought it was funny to to watch his elation be dashed on the rocks of despair, I can't help but hope exit polling will be outlawed like campaigning within the polling place.
Dan rather resigns after swearing on a stack of mothers graves that the smoking gun, MS Word document, was done in 1970. What's the frequency Kenneth?
President Ronald Reagan died. I'm not sure how great a president he was but I believed he was a good man.
George W. Bush was re-elected. My favorite part of the entire election was the fact that Michael Moore was humbled. I actually think he won the election for President Bush.
Sandy Berger was spotted by National Archives staff repeatedly stuffing top-secret documents into his undergarments in preparation for defending the Clinton administration's record on fighting terrorism before the 9/11 Commission.
Abu Graib became the most famous prison since Attica.
Saddam was captured and was glad to discover that we are not as bad as he said, or as he was.
--My election predictions were correct. Good or Bad they were right.
Dan rather resigns after swearing on a stack of mothers graves that the smoking gun, MS Word document, was done in 1970. What's the frequency Kenneth?
President Ronald Reagan died. I'm not sure how great a president he was but I believed he was a good man.
George W. Bush was re-elected. My favorite part of the entire election was the fact that Michael Moore was humbled. I actually think he won the election for President Bush.
Sandy Berger was spotted by National Archives staff repeatedly stuffing top-secret documents into his undergarments in preparation for defending the Clinton administration's record on fighting terrorism before the 9/11 Commission.
Abu Graib became the most famous prison since Attica.
Saddam was captured and was glad to discover that we are not as bad as he said, or as he was.
--My election predictions were correct. Good or Bad they were right.
Andrea Yates' Murder Conviction Overturned
HOUSTON - Andrea Yates' murder conviction for drowning her children in the bathtub was overturned by an appeals court Thursday because a psychiatrist for the prosecution gave erroneous testimony that suggested the Texas mother got the idea from an episode of "Law & Order."
Yates, 40, is more than two years into a life sentence after a trial that stirred national debate over mothers who kill, postpartum depression and the legal definition of insanity.
The appeals court ruling turned on the testimony of Dr. Park Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist who consulted for "Law & Order" and helped prosecutors land a conviction in 2002. Dietz testified at the trial that shortly before Yates' crime occurred, "Law & Order" ran an episode about a woman who drowned her children and was found innocent by reason of insanity.
But it turned out that no such "Law & Order" episode existed.
"We conclude that there is a reasonable likelihood that Dr. Dietz's false testimony could have affected the judgment of the jury," a three-judge panel of the First Texas Court of Appeals said.
--This is so whacked? NOBODY denies that she did it. SHE IS CRAZY! Off my planet!!
Yates, 40, is more than two years into a life sentence after a trial that stirred national debate over mothers who kill, postpartum depression and the legal definition of insanity.
The appeals court ruling turned on the testimony of Dr. Park Dietz, a forensic psychiatrist who consulted for "Law & Order" and helped prosecutors land a conviction in 2002. Dietz testified at the trial that shortly before Yates' crime occurred, "Law & Order" ran an episode about a woman who drowned her children and was found innocent by reason of insanity.
But it turned out that no such "Law & Order" episode existed.
"We conclude that there is a reasonable likelihood that Dr. Dietz's false testimony could have affected the judgment of the jury," a three-judge panel of the First Texas Court of Appeals said.
--This is so whacked? NOBODY denies that she did it. SHE IS CRAZY! Off my planet!!
Jury Finds Wal-Mart Worker Poisoned Boss
Thu Jan 6,12:09 AM ET
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Miami woman was found guilty Wednesday of poisoning her boss by putting rat poison into his soda can.
Femesha Foster, 37, was caught on a hidden camera dropping the toxic mix into Mark Caruso's drink in 2000. The pair were co-workers at a Wal-Mart store in Pembroke Pines.
She said was only trying to force Caruso to go home sick, that she had recently discovered that he knew she had written checks from his account. Caruso was taken to an emergency room, where he was treated and released.
Foster's sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 20. She faces up to 30 years in prison on the jury conviction. In May, a state appeals court overturned Foster's previous conviction because she was charged with "attempted poisoning," which was not a specific crime under Florida law.
--Another Wal-Mart related incident!
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Miami woman was found guilty Wednesday of poisoning her boss by putting rat poison into his soda can.
Femesha Foster, 37, was caught on a hidden camera dropping the toxic mix into Mark Caruso's drink in 2000. The pair were co-workers at a Wal-Mart store in Pembroke Pines.
She said was only trying to force Caruso to go home sick, that she had recently discovered that he knew she had written checks from his account. Caruso was taken to an emergency room, where he was treated and released.
Foster's sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 20. She faces up to 30 years in prison on the jury conviction. In May, a state appeals court overturned Foster's previous conviction because she was charged with "attempted poisoning," which was not a specific crime under Florida law.
--Another Wal-Mart related incident!
TiVo Upgrade Shifts TV Shows to Computer Laptop
NEW YORK (Reuters) - TiVo Inc., maker of television recording technology, on Monday said it has started shipping "TiVoToGo," a service upgrade that allows some subscribers to view recorded programs on a computer or laptop.
TiVo, the best known maker of digital video recorders (DVR), said the upgrade is free, and will be available to standalone customers who own the "Series 2" version of its set-top box.
--TiVo is my friend... my prescious...
TiVo, the best known maker of digital video recorders (DVR), said the upgrade is free, and will be available to standalone customers who own the "Series 2" version of its set-top box.
--TiVo is my friend... my prescious...
Breast Enlargement Contest Draws Fire
By VICKIE CHACHERE, Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Fla. - Radio giant Clear Channel Communications has come under fire from women's health advocates over a Christmas contest in which stations granted breast enlargement surgeries to women in four cities.
In the "Breast Christmas Ever" contest, 13 women were awarded the procedure after writing essays to the stations explaining why they wanted larger breasts. A Tampa station claimed to receive more than 91,000 entries.
--The people that have the time to complain about this contest need to go to Asia and help bury bodies...
TAMPA, Fla. - Radio giant Clear Channel Communications has come under fire from women's health advocates over a Christmas contest in which stations granted breast enlargement surgeries to women in four cities.
In the "Breast Christmas Ever" contest, 13 women were awarded the procedure after writing essays to the stations explaining why they wanted larger breasts. A Tampa station claimed to receive more than 91,000 entries.
--The people that have the time to complain about this contest need to go to Asia and help bury bodies...
A new look for 2005
My friend Kim Munroe has inspired me to update the look and content of my website. Over the next few weeks I will be spending a little extra time in here fixing stuff up.
You can now make comments on my posts!
--Enjoy. Don't bust nothin!
You can now make comments on my posts!
--Enjoy. Don't bust nothin!
Let me over simplify with a stupid analogy:
Let's say you had a neighbor across the street that has a wife and nine children. Day after day you see him beating his wife and children. He's been doing it for years. You keep calling the cops but all they do is talk about it and send him letters. A couple times they send in social workers but they still do nothing.
One day, in front of the whole neighborhood, he breaks into the neighbors house and kills a bunch of their children and tells everyone he's keeping the house. The cops come, chase him out, but be kills more of the kids on the way out and sets the house on fire. He gets chased home all the way into his bedroom and then all the cops just leave. He's so pissed off he beats his wife and kids worse than ever. He oldest sons join him in beating the others. The cops send more letters, but he doesn't stop. He doesn’t let inspectors come any more.
One day you see him raping and murdering his own children. He threatens his neighbors too. Even you and your family.
You call the cops and they say they'll send a telegram this time but cant risk sending a social worker because its too dangerous.
By the way, you work for the police department, you are a policeman, but have been asked to do nothing. It's not your family or your business.
That's how I feel about Iraq and Saddam. I don't care who it pissed off. I'd have to stop him.
--Over simplified, but that's how I feel.
Let's say you had a neighbor across the street that has a wife and nine children. Day after day you see him beating his wife and children. He's been doing it for years. You keep calling the cops but all they do is talk about it and send him letters. A couple times they send in social workers but they still do nothing.
One day, in front of the whole neighborhood, he breaks into the neighbors house and kills a bunch of their children and tells everyone he's keeping the house. The cops come, chase him out, but be kills more of the kids on the way out and sets the house on fire. He gets chased home all the way into his bedroom and then all the cops just leave. He's so pissed off he beats his wife and kids worse than ever. He oldest sons join him in beating the others. The cops send more letters, but he doesn't stop. He doesn’t let inspectors come any more.
One day you see him raping and murdering his own children. He threatens his neighbors too. Even you and your family.
You call the cops and they say they'll send a telegram this time but cant risk sending a social worker because its too dangerous.
By the way, you work for the police department, you are a policeman, but have been asked to do nothing. It's not your family or your business.
That's how I feel about Iraq and Saddam. I don't care who it pissed off. I'd have to stop him.
--Over simplified, but that's how I feel.
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