I'm In

I just got accepted into the Online Film Critics Society! If you need me, I'll be off doing my happy dance. Well, since I'm still recovering from my illness, maybe I'll do some excited arm waving, followed by a nap.

Goatdog on the Big Screen

Mark your calendars: Saturday, May 13 is the World Premiere of a documentary that I produced (ok, associate produced), Unauthorized and Proud of It: Todd Loren's Rock 'n' Roll Comics, at the 5th annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival. It's showing at 7 p.m. at the Women's Building, which is at 3543 18th at Valencia. Sadly, I won't be there. Actually, nor will any of my regular readers, I suspect, since none of you live anywhere near San Francisco. Oh well.

Also, June brings the screening of another film I worked on, Frank Ross's Quietly on By, at the Harvard Film Archive's series "New American Independent Film." There's no date set yet, but I'll update this when I get more information.

You Don't Look a Day Over 750

I just posted my 800th movie review.

Worst of the Best/Best of the Best

Blogger Edward Copeland polled other bloggers and visitors to his site about the ten worst Best Picture winners. His results are in, and some of them are a bit surprising.

I don't think Rocky, The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, American Beauty, Dances with Wolves, or Braveheart deserve to be there; conversely, seven of my bottom 10 made the bottom 20.

Here was my ballot:

1. The Broadway Melody
2. The Sound of Music
3. Tom Jones
4. Titanic
5. Crash
6. Oliver!
7. Cavalcade
8. Gladiator
9. Forrest Gump
10. Driving Miss Daisy

Now he's asking readers to mail in their ten best Best Picture winners. Oscar fans, take a few minutes out of your day and submit a ballot to eddiesworst@yahoo.com. He's got a list of all the winners, so you don't have to do any research.

Here's my ballot:

1. Schindler's List
2. Casablanca
3. The Godfather: Part II
4. It Happened One Night
5. All Quiet on the Western Front
6. The Godfather
7. All About Eve
8. On the Waterfront
9. The Best Years of Our Lives
10. The Apartment