in no particular order...

once - everyone should see this little irish film centered around love and music and the love of music. the soundtrack is amazing and the fact that they captured so much emotion with a simple video camera is crazy. see it. see it.

juno - ellen page rocks. she was so creepy in hard candy and here her dry humor and raw emotion win hearts. add in allison janney and you don't need to say anymore. the movie is smart and funny and doesn't fall into plot cloches. thank god.

waitress - the doctor is hot. keri russell is soo good (i cant believe i said that). you want them to be together, but know they cant. i want to eat pies named like that. if you haven't seen it, you should. everyone who has, enjoyed it....

enchanted - guilty pleasure number one. the scene that reeled me in was when the sewer rats, roaches, pigeons, and mice help the princess clean. plus, susan sarandon is one hot witch and the prince is perfect. i hope amy adams wins something for this.

atonement - the cinematography is amazing. the acting is great too (which is hard to say since i hate kiera). i know a movie is great when i feel disdain for characters afterwards and boy did i hate that little girl.

the lives of others - great drama/thriller. the germans make some good films and this one was deservant of the best foreign film... it got me really angry, which is always good..

hot fuzz - thought i would hate it, since i usually hate action films, but this movie slyly makes fun of all those cop/action movies i hate. all with a straight face and not in the "naked gun" kinda way.

nightmare before chriistmas 3d - i never got to see it in the theater when it first came out, so this was a treat. danny elfmans music is so catchy, i still have some of the songs in my head.

charlie wilson's war - don't mind the overacting by julia and tom. phillip seymore hoffman, who i used to hate is great. the plot is serious, but light enough that you can laugh. mike nichols always rocks...

sweeney todd - once again, thought i would ahte it for the gore. but the gore is done so b-movie-ish that anyone can stomach it. johnny depp can sing, surprisingly and tim burton made sodheim proud.

granted i haven't and WANT TO see - no country for old men, lars and the real girl, into the wild, there will be blood, before the devil knows your dead, the savages, the orphanage, and gone baby gone.... so my list may have been quite different if i had seen those. which i plan to, soon.