Stats are in

And most things are down on last year, it was a poor year for music and film and things are not looking up too much for this year, so here we go

Total films watched: 211
DVD's bought: 61
CD's bought: 57
HD-DVD's bought: 9
DVD to watch pile: 100+ chances of this getting cleared this year pretty low but you never know.

Coming later this week, best of 2006 lists

Fearless

Supposed to be Jet Li's final martial arts pic which is a pity because all the Hollywood stuff he has been done has been shit. It's from the director of Bride of Chucky and Freddy Vs. Jason if you ignore his Hong Kong output. The pacing is a bit wonky with the majority of the fights being in the first 40 minutes with a rather dull middle section where the character tries to redeem himself. The fights are still great though. Thumbs Up

Cry Wolf

Annoying teen horror that has that oh so clever twist that you see coming 5 minutes in. Thumbs Down

Revolver

Absolutely hated this a the cinema so decided to give it another go now that its on Sky, It's not as terrible as I remember but the 20 minutes where it does the whole religious bullshit is still beyond bad and spoils the whole thing. Thumbs in the Middle

Enron: the smartest guys in the room

Documentary about the fall of Enron, it's pretty amazing some of the shit they got away with before they caught, including showing a profit in their books despite being 30 billion in debt and stopping electricity production in California to fake a shortage thereby forcing the price up while simultaneously betting on the price of electricity going up. Thumbs in the Middle

The Wild

Animated film about animals from a New York who end up in Africa, sound familiar, it's just as crap as Madagascar too. Only redeeming feature is Eddie Izzards Koala bear. Thumbs in the Middle

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Interesting but tough watch about a kid taken away from his foster parents to be given back to his mother who is slightly unstable. They then proceed on a Road trip where the kid is given booze and drugs and gets lef home alone and then gets molested. Supposedly all based on a true story, which is nice. Thumbs in the Middle

New HD-DVD's

My player will come soon, if I say it often enough it will happen

Clerks 2 - haven't seen it yet so hope it's good

New CD's

Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones - got this last year but forgot to list it, live acoustic album