I forgot to post mention of my favorite movie(s) of 2007. My screener stack runneth over and, since it looks like we WGAians nominated "Michael Clayton", I'll be getting a DVD of this shortly. But, of the movies I've seen, "There Will Be Blood" takes my best picture award.

Daniel Day Lewis glows brighter than I could have even expected... and who doesn't expect a mesmerizing performance from Lewis? Astounding job. Paul Thomas Anderson has finally made the mature movie to stand next to "Boogie Nights" in his cannon of exceptional filmmaking. From the pure cinema of the opening search for oil at all costs to the unrepentant raving of an ending that almost defies you to feel bad for a character so comfortable with what's devilishly wrong with him you have to just shrug and allow what works for one to work.

Although if one really predicts blood... next weekend things get really interesting:

I generally HATE comic book movies. Really. With the exception of Christan Bale/Chris Nolan's BATMAN the first two X-MEN films, the first two SUPERMAN movies from back in the day and just about nothing else... I think they tend to suck hard. I cannot hide, for instance, my complete and total disdain for the entire SPIDER-MAN franchise.

Sorry, Spidey doesn't take his mask off for a subway car full of onlookers. No he doesn't, thank you very much.

But holy shit, IRON MAN looks cool!

Check out the new HD trailer at Apple's site!

And who among us DIDN'T imagine the Black Sabbath song playing while Tony rocketed through the stratosphere when we were little boys?