Lee Nau

Between January 1 and August 1, I wrote 128 reviews on 50 Words. Most of them are things I’ve seen, listened to, or read for the first time. Here are the highlights:

The Best Movies

1. Once (2006) – Grade: A+
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) – Grade: A+
3. Milk (2008) – Grade: A+
4. No Country for Old Men (2007) – Grade: A+
5. The Dark Knight (2008) – Grade: A+
6. The Spanish Apartment (2002) – Grade: A
7. Before Sunrise (1995) – Grade: A
8. Juno (2007) – Grade: A
9. Cloverfield (2008) – Grade: A
10. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) – Grade: A

The Best Music

1. India.Arie — Acoustic Soul (2001) – Grade: A+
2. Sonny Stitt — The Good Life (1980) – Grade: A
3. Norah Jones — Come Away With Me (2002) – Grade: A
4. Dizzy Gillespie — Dizzy Gillespie Jam: Montreux ‘77 (1992) – Grade: A
5. DJ Sake1 — Fania Live 03 (2008) – Grade: A
6. Norah Jones — Feels Like Home (2004) – Grade: A
7. Take 6 — The Standard (2008) – Grade: A
8. Aya — Strange Flower (2004) – Grade: B+
9. DJ Rumor — Fania Live 01 (2007) – Grade: B+
10. John Tejada & Arian Leviste — The Dot and the Line (2004) – Grade: B+

The Worst Movies

1. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008) – Grade: F
2. Treasure Island (1999) – Grade: D-
3. A Delicate Balance (1973) – Grade: D-
4. A Boy and His Dog (1975) – Grade: D
5. Nowhere (1997) – Grade: D
6. 28 Up (1985) – Grade: C-
7. Darkon (2006) – Grade: C-
8. True Stories (1986) – Grade: C-
9. 10 (1979) – Grade: C-
10. Pizza (2005) – Grade: C

A little over 18 months ago, I posted here about The Nominee Project. Recently, I finally got around to adding the nominated movies of the 2009 Awards shows to the database.

Since that post a while back, I’ve added two years worth of nominees to the database. As is obvious from the frequency I post here, I’m not Johnny-on-the-spot with updates. I’m trying to rectify that in the future.

Today, the tally stands as follows:

• Total films: 2512
• Viewed: 723 (28.78%)
• Unavailable: 316 (12.58%)
• Left to see: 1473 (58.64%)

Since last time, I’ve seen 104 nominees. That’s about 1.3 per week. I’m never going to knock out the back log at that pace. Thankfully, the nearby public library supplements my Netflix queue. Check your local public library. They probably let you check out DVDs. Just watch the due date.