BOYD'S BEST BETS
by Boyd Jones
BJ can be reached at jonesbj@winthrop.edu

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BJ's Best of 2007

MOVIES

Top 10 (in ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

1. Atonement
2. The Bourne Ultimatum
3. Charlie Wilson's War
4. Gone, Baby, Gone
5. Hairspray
6. Into the Wild
7. Juno
8. No Country for Old Men
9. Ratatouille
10. 3:10 to Yuma
    
    MOVIES # 11-20 ( in ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
11. American Gangster
12. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
13. Dan in Real Life
14. Eastern Promises
15. Michael Clayton
16. Stardust
17. Sweeny Todd
18. There Will Be Blood
19. Waitress
20. Zodiac

OTHERS I ENJOYED AND RECOMMEND ( in no particular order)

• Transformers
• Across the Universe
• Amazing Grace
• Once
• Black Snake Moan
• We Own the Night
• Breach
• The Great Debaters
• Disturbia
• I Am Legend
• The Lookout
• The Mist
• The Hoax
• Enchanted
• Knocked Up T
• his Christmas
• Live Free or Die Hard
• Lions for Lambs
• Sicko
• The Bucket List
• Talk to Me
• The Savages
• Superbad
• Spiderman 3
• In the Valley of Elah
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

TELEVISION

My top 10 shows (in alphabetical order)

1. Brothers and Sisters
2. Damages
3. Desperate Housewives
4. Entourage
5. Friday Night Lights (best show on TV that no one watches)
6. Heroes
7. The Office
8. Smallville
9. Two and a Half Men
10. Weeds

Favorite New Shows

• Chuck
• Moonlight
• Big Shots (don't think it 's going to last)

Not in Top 10, but still enjoy when I can

• Boston Legal
• Big Love
• Shark
• Without A Trace
• Scrubs
• Nip/Tuck
• Til Death

And the Talent shows (American Idol/ Nashville Star/ America's Got Talent/ Last Comic Standing).. as well as good political commentary shows like Chris Matthews/ Tim Russert / Bill Mahr, etc…(such an exciting year for these shows w/ this historical election)

MUSIC
Favorite CD's I was playing at home and in my car this year…

Male Singers

Latest by Vince Gill , Michael Buble, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, John Fogerty, Prince, John Mellencamp, Josh Turner, Dwight Yoakum, Rob Thomas, Brad Paisley…. Collections by Garth Brooks, Luther Vandross, Trace Adkins, Keith Urban, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Stevie Wonder,Tim McGraw, and you can't beat Mellencamp or Prince's Greatest Hits.

Favorite CD I got last year by male singer… ELLIS PAUL 's "Essentials"…( www.ellispaul.com)-independent singer whose voice moves me.

Female Singers

Latest by Trisha Yearwood, Aretha Franklin, Allison Kraus, LeAnne Rimes, Wynonna, Alicia Keys , Carrie Underwood, anything by Dolly, and I keep going back to the great collections of Melissa Ethridge, Roberta Flack, Faith Hill, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks, and Amy Grant.. Looking forward to new Dolly and Sheryl Crow soon and think my favorite cd by female this year was Reba's Duet cd.. just wonderful.

Groups

Latest by Bon Jovi, Daugherty, the Eagles, Sugarland, Dixie Chicks, Lloyd Dobler Effect, Volatile Baby and the great collections put out by Matchbox 20, U2, Dave Matthews Band, Nickel Creek, Santana, and the J. Geils Band ( too much fun) and if I want to put a smile on my face,just put in Queen's Greatest Hits.. what a great cd!

Most fun movie and CD of the year : "HAIRSPRAY " movie and soundtrack .

Favorite script of the year: "Charlie Wilson's War"

Can't wait to see the movie version of "Mamma Mia" and the new "Batman: The Dark Knight "this summer and I have tickets for "Wicked", "Twelve Angry Men" and "Avenue Q" when they come to Charlotte.

Can't wait!

Hope life is treating you well,

bj

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