Time to look back on the first 6 months of the year. And I gotta tell ya, it ain't been a very memorable period. Sure there's been some good stuff but there's been twice as much bad stuff mixed in. On with the show...
Best Films: Mulholland Drive, Gosford Park, Monster's Ball
Worst Film: Crossroads
Better Than I Expected: Jeepers Creepers, Joe Somebody
Coolest Movie: Ocean's Eleven
Sick And Tired Of Martial Arts: The One
Most Uses Of The F*** Word In A Film: Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
Hollywood Identity Crisis: Owen Wilson (who starred in the pathetic Behind Enemy Lines and yet wrote the brilliant The Royal Tenenbaums)
Quietest Movie Of The Year: In The Bedroom
Loudest Movie Of The Year: Black Hawk Down
Why Robert DeNiro Should Never Make Another Comedy: Showtime
Why John Travolta's Career Is Finished: Domestic Disturbance
Why Brittany Spears Never Will Have A Career: Crossroads
I Hate Admitting It But: Will Smith was really great in Ali
Good But Overrated: A Beautiful Mind
Bad And Overrated: Panic Room
Should Have Gone Straight To Video: Rollerball
Most Far-Fetched Romance: Kate & Leopold
Most Far-Fetched Drama: John Q
Not Another Teen Movie: Not Another Teen Movie
Worst Idea For A Movie: Sorority Boys
WWF Stars Should Stick To TV: The Scorpion King
Oh, Please: Making us feel sorry for Josh Hartnett who sleeps with about a zillion girls in 40 Days & 40 Nights
Foreign Is Often Better: No Man's Land
Who Cares?: Star Wars Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones
The Longest 2.5 Hours Of My Life: The Majestic
Creepiest Thriller: The Mothman Prophecies
Surprised I Enjoyed It: Spider-Man
Best Example Of Over-Sentimentality: I Am Sam
The Jury's Still Out: Minority Report
Why Movie World Should Be Shut Down: Scooby-Doo
Thank God For: Ghost World