This will sound strange, but I love the movie Clue. Tons of great characters, including Michael McKean of This is Spinal Tap Fame.

Whale Rider – bawled like a baby

Frida – I know, it came out a while ago, but I really enjoyed it. Salma Hayek- more than a big set of boobs!

Any Mystery Science Theater 3000 is fine by me.

Movies: pieces of april; in america; if you could only get your hands on the Japanese version of “be with you” (since there will be a remake, apparently starring Jennifer Garner)! C.R.A.Z.Y. is pretty good; Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys is, as well, though it ends rather oddly.

Sex Lies and Videotape
My cousin Vinnie
La Grande Seduction
Life As a House
Transamerica
Whole New Thing
Wordplay
Little Miss Sunshine

..and I love second hand stores and garage sales. I have far to many great bargains to list.

Our queue includes Invincible, Stevie, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Auto Focus, The OH in Ohio, Born Into Brothels, Babel and My Neighbor Totoro (for the kiddos).

We just watched Best In Show… hilarious.

Major score at my thrift shop… a like-new coach bag (the real deal) for 50 cents, soon-to-be ebayed! :>D

To chime in with some movie recommendations:

Little Miss Sunshine and The Departed were both very very good. Someone upthread mentioned The King (with fabulous Gael Garcia Bernal), and it isn’t a happy movie, but I still think about it 6 months after seeing it in theatres. I second the love of MirrorMask – it’s a less violent version of Pan’s Labyrinth, with a terrific score. Thank You For Smoking was super funny, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was great too. And to the person who mentioned the Cane Toad doc, oh my god, that doc is the funniest thing I have ever been made to watch in a university class. *so* funny.

If you are into foreign films at all – Goodbye Lenin is really enjoyable, as is Amelie. I would also highly recommend both Bad Education and Y Tu Mama Tambien. If you can get out to theatres, The Lives of Others is *amazing*.

As for TV, everyone who said to rent Dead Like Me should be listened to! I also highly recommend Veronica Mars – you will get sucked in. Battlestar Galactica (the new one), Weeds, Rome, and The Wire are also favourites of mine. And don’t forget Extras. Even better than the UK version of The Office.

Oh and I forgot the movie I have seen more times than any other – Mars Attacks! It just never stops being hilarious to me.

As for movies, I really liked Babel, Sherrybaby and Half-Nelson. (All kind of dark, but so well done.) I did NOT like The Departed (guess I’m a freak that way), and I’m looking forward to The Holiday, Notes on a Scandal and Blood Diamond.

Also:
Tidelands – magical and creepy
Snatch – love love love this movie.
Dancer in the Dark – Bjork is amazing in it – but avoid if you hate musicals
Cane Toads – it was described as monty python meets a documentary.
Bread & Tulips – great foreign film
Room with a View – Sighhhhhh

I’m interested to see which of these suggestions you take. You’ll have to tell us what movies you watch!