25 FILMS FOR THE DECADE Some of these aren't available on this site, so I couldn't put this list with the other lists, but this one's in alphabetical order like the others... 1.) All The Real Girls (2003) 2.) American Splendor (2003) 3.) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 4.) The Death of Mister Lazarescu (2005) 5.) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 6.) Donnie Darko (2001) 7.) Elephant (2003) 8.) Goodbye, Lenin! (2003) 9.) Gosford Park (2001) 10.) The Hurt Locker (2009) 11.) I Heart Huckabees (2004) 12.) I Like Killing Flies (2004) 13.) Inland Empire (2006) 14.) Joe Gould's Secret (2000) 15.) The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) 16.) Let the Right One In (2008) 17.) Morvern Callar (2002) 18.) My Winnipeg (2007) 19.) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 20.) The Pledge (2001) 21.) Russian Ark (2002) 22.) The Shape of Things (2003) 23.) Spider (2002) 24.) The Triplets of Belleville (2003) 25.) United 93 (2006)  less

World's Greatest Dad I'd forgotten all about Bobcat Goldthwait until a few weeks ago, after all, 'Shakes the Clown' was a long time ago. Then, the trailer for his new one showed up and, as unbearable as Robin Williams usually is, there was something that tugged at me in those couple minutes. Nosing around, I came upon his previous film, 'Sleeping Dogs Lie', which must've died an an unremarked-upon box office death; a true shame because it's a dark comedy with something to actually say about relationships and family dynamics, unlike so many offerings in the genre. These fall into two categories: inane, sub-literate teen dick joke flicks and whatever the Apatow Laff Factory churns out on any given week. There's hardly a difference between the two except that in the latter, a schlubby Jewish guy gets the chick instead of the type-A specimen usually indicated by the dog-eared recipe...In 'Sleeping', Goldthwait uses an absurd secret to show the ways in which we deceive one another in order not to confront the dark corners of our loved ones' biographies; especially those parts that pre-date our entrance on the scene. The mix of jarring, uncomfortable laughs with the characters' earnest search for happiness mark this as a film that rarely takes the easy way. If there's a complaint it's the lack of any visual style, likely due to lack of funds. His new one doesn't look low-budget, yet manages to retain both the edge and the sweetness of the earlier film. Once again a potentially off-putting premise, the auto-erotic asphyxiation death of a loathsome teenager, is a springboard to lampoon our whole celebrity and victim-obsessed pop culture. As noted before, any film that makes Williams bearable deserves all available awards. All in all, a funny, sad, and true movie that deserves a bigger audience than it's likely to get...   less