Had one of these with my German buddy Felix who said, "There's a law in Bavaria that only hops and malt can go in beer," to which I replied, "That's coconuts!"
Trading idea for Fri. Jun. 27, 2014 | United Technologies (UTX)
War, what is it good for? (Elaine Bennis file):
Update: Realized I didn't post chart from 6/26 but used 6/25 instead ... it doesn't matter, the set-up is still "valid."
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Bum in Blue
When I did the fall semester of my junior year abroad at the Harbin Institute of Technology 20 years ago, we were all encouraged to buy these big padded coats to survive the winter. The army ones were a dull green and available everywhere, but the navy ones were hard to find and a lovely blue, navy blue?, so all the stylish American exchange students got a blue coat. I was reminded of that when I saw this bum wearing one earlier this week.
NQ Mobile New Low Close
Are you listening to what the market is saying about NQ? Yes, Muddy Waters' many reports are badly organized and poorly written, but that doesn't mean they aren't onto something.
Jimmy DiResta Empties His Pockets
You don't want to be behind this guy while going through airport security.
Trading idea for Thu. Jun. 26, 2014 | Danaher (DHR)
Danaher, I have no idea what they do, one of those mystery companies.
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Top 61 Movies in Year 2013
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews, divided into non-documentaries (41):
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Zero Dark Thirty
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dallas Buyers Club
Her
All Is Lost
Nebraska
Blue Jasmine
Fruitvale Station
Before Midnight
Philomena
Mud
Enough Said
Frances Ha
Blue Is The Warmest Color
The Spectacular Now
Short Term 12
The Past
The Sapphires
The Hunt
No
In a World...
The Great Beauty
Lore
A Hijacking
Wadjda
Blancanieves
Behind the Candelabra
Beyond The Hills
A Touch of Sin
The Selfish Giant
Gimme The Loot
Museum Hours
War Witch
Still Mine
Drug War
Our Children
Mother Of George
and documentaries (20):
The Act Of Killing
Stories We Tell
Room 237
Blackfish
20 Feet From Stardom
The Gatekeepers
Muscle Shoals
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks
Cutie And The Boxer
56 Up
Inequality For All
A Place at the Table
The Square
After Tiller
A Band Called Death
The Crash Reel
Caesar Must Die
Call Me Kuchu
Sound City
Let The Fire Burn
Rampant grade inflation in recent years forcing me to shift cutoff to 95% Fresh; here's the list, again sorted by number of reviews (a measure of obscurity), 24 in total:
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Inside Llewyn Davis
Before Midnight
Mud
Enough Said
Short Term 12
The Act Of Killing
Stories We Tell
Blackfish
20 Feet From Stardom
A Hijacking
Wadjda
Behind the Candelabra
Muscle Shoals
Cutie And The Boxer
The Selfish Giant
56 Up
War Witch
The Square
The Crash Reel
Call Me Kuchu
Sound City
Let The Fire Burn
Top 55 Movies in Year 2012
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews, divided into non-documentaries (32) and documentaries (23):
Marvel's The Avengers
Skyfall
Argo
Lincoln
Looper
The Cabin in the Woods
Silver Linings Playbook
Moonrise Kingdom
Amour
The Sessions
Bernie
Holy Motors
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Secret World of Arrietty
The Kid with a Bike
Monsieur Lazhar
Beauty and the Beast [Disney 3D animation]
Headhunters
Farewell, My Queen
Barbara
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
I Wish
Raiders of the Lost Ark [1981 re-release]
Sister
La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) [1937 re-release]
Keep the Lights On
Elena
Oslo, August 31st
Wake in Fright [1971 re-release]
The Loved Ones
Turn Me On, Dammit!
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis
The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
Marley
Undefeated
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
This Is Not a Film
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
How to Survive a Plague
First Position
The Central Park Five
Chasing Ice
The Invisible War
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel
Side by Side
The House I Live In
Brooklyn Castle
Beware Of Mr. Baker
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God
The Island President
5 Broken Cameras
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
Top 54 Movies in Year 2011
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Source Code
Bridesmaids
Moneyball
Drive
The Artist
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
The Muppets
Midnight in Paris
Hugo
Martha Marcy May Marlene
50/50
Win Win
Attack the Block
Take Shelter
A Separation
Arthur Christmas
Coriolanus
Project Nim
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Winnie the Pooh
The Guard
Incendies
13 Assassins
Senna
Tabloid
Of Gods and Men
The Lion King
Pariah
Into The Abyss
Pina
The Interrupters
Le Havre
Point Blank
Weekend
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Bill Cunningham New York
Tomboy
Poetry
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
The Four Times (Le Quattro Volte)
Armadillo
Born To Be Wild
Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel
City of Life and Death
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Silent Souls
The Arbor
King of Devil's Island
Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone
Nostalgia for the Light
Knuckle
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
We Were Here
Top 44 Movies in Year 2010
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
The King's Speech
The Fighter
127 Hours
The Town
The Kids Are All Right
How to Train Your Dragon
Another Year
Winter's Bone
Animal Kingdom
A Prophet (Un prophete)
Inside Job
Fish Tank
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
The Illusionist (L'illusionniste)
Restrepo
Mother (Madeo)
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Lebanon (Levanon)
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
Vincere
The Tillman Story
The Secret of Kells
Waste Land
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Ajami
A Film Unfinished
Best Worst Movie
Carlos
Dogtooth (Kynodontas)
Winnebago Man
Marwencol
No One Knows About Persian Cats (Les Chats Persans)
My Dog Tulip
The Father of My Children (Le pere de mes enfants)
Last Train Home
Samson and Delilah
Alamar (To the Sea)
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig)
Boxing Gym
Cropsey
Lourdes
Top 43 Movies in Year 2009
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air
District 9
Drag Me to Hell
Coraline
The Hurt Locker
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Zombieland
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Crazy Heart
An Education
In the Loop
Ponyo
The Messenger
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Damned United
The Cove
Hunger
Food, Inc.
Goodbye Solo
L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours)
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (Everlasting Moments) (Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment)
Every Little Step
Tokyo Sonata (Tokyo Sonata)
Revanche
Good Hair
Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Tulpan
Etz Limon (Lemon Tree)
La Nana (The Maid)
Katyn
Crude
Afghan Star
Mary and Max
Sweetgrass
Of Time and the City
Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Somers Town
Under the Sea 3D
Il Divo
Amarcord
Avaze gonjeshk-ha (The Song of Sparrows)
Top 31 Movies in Year 2008
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
WALL-E
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
The Wrestler
Frost/Nixon
Let the Right One In
Happy-Go-Lucky
Man on Wire
The Class
Waltz with Bashir
Gomorrah (Gomorra)
Sugar
Transsiberian
Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
Caramel
Trouble the Water
Ballast
Les Plages d'Agnès (The Beaches of Agnes)
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking)
Burma VJ: Reporter i et Lukket Land (Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country)
35 Rhums (35 Shots of Rum)
Le fils de l'épicier (The Grocer's Son)
Chop Shop
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
The Pool
Momma's Man
Le Mépris (Contempt)
Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium)
Top 49 Movies in Year 2007
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Bourne Ultimatum
No Country for Old Men
Knocked Up
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
Hairspray
Sicko
Juno
Hot Fuzz
The Simpsons Movie
Michael Clayton
Gone Baby Gone
Enchanted
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Rescue Dawn
Once
Persepolis
Gwoemul (The Host)
Away from Her
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Counterfeiters
The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)
In the Shadow of the Moon
Encounters at the End of the World
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
No End in Sight
The Italian
Taxi to the Dark Side
This Is England
U2 3D
My Winnipeg
My Kid Could Paint That
Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection
God Grew Tired Of Us
Ten Canoes
An Unreasonable Man
Lake of Fire
The Devil Came on Horseback
Up the Yangtze
La Graine et le Mulet (The Secret of the Grain) (Couscous)
Must Read After My Death
For the Bible Tells Me So
Nanking
Triad Election (Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai)
A fost sau n-a fost?, (12:08 East of Bucharest)
Surfwise
Shotgun Stories
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Esma's Secret - Grbavica)
The Life of Reilly
Top 34 Movies in Year 2006
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Departed
Casino Royale
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Queen
Volver
An Inconvenient Truth
Half Nelson
The Lives of Others
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Wordplay
Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One)
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Offside
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu)
Duck Season (Temporada de patos)
Deliver Us From Evil
Lassie
Iraq in Fragments
The War Tapes
49 Up
Fateless
Deep Water
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Mountain Patrol: Kekexili
Blindsight
Still Life (Sanxia Haoren)
Stephanie Daley
Brand Upon the Brain!
Blame It on Fidel (La Faute a Fidel)
Top 21 Movies in Year 2005
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
Good Night, And Good Luck
Kung Fu Hustle
Capote
March of the Penguins
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Squid and the Whale
Murderball
Grizzly Man
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Water
Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
Ushpizin
Duma
Travellers & Magicians
Ballets Russes
Darwin's Nightmare
New York Doll
Up for Grabs
After Innocence
Top 42 Movies in Year 2004
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
Spider-Man 2
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Million Dollar Baby
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
Sideways
Hero
Kinsey
Shaun of the Dead
Hotel Rwanda
Before Sunset
Super Size Me
Vera Drake
Maria Full of Grace
Touching the Void
Downfall (Der Untergang)
Mean Creek
Control Room
The Corporation
Good Bye, Lenin
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
Osama
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Tarnation
Riding Giants
Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai)
My Architect: A Son's Journey
Shaolin Soccer
My Summer of Love
Moolaadé
The Agronomist
DiG!
The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)
End of the Century - The Story of the Ramones
Since Otar Left
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
La demoiselle d'honneur (The Bridesmaid)
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
Lost Boys of Sudan
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut
Last Life in the Universe
James' Journey to Jerusalem
Top 32 Movies in Year 2003
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Finding Nemo
Lost In Translation
School of Rock
American Splendor
Shattered Glass
Cidade de Deus (City of God)
The Station Agent
Capturing the Friedmans
The Magdalene Sisters
Whale Rider
The Triplets of Belleville
The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Dirty Pretty Things
Winged Migration (Le Peuple Migrateur)
L' Homme du Train (The Man on the Train)
Raising Victor Vargas
Baadasssss!
Lost in La Mancha
Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Sweet Sixteen
The Return (Vozvrashcheniye)
Saraband
Festival Express
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174)
Stevie
The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù)
To Be and to Have (Etre et Avoir)
The Alien Saga
Chavez: Inside the Coup (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Top 31 Movies in Year 2002
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Minority Report
Adaptation
Catch Me If You Can
Insomnia
About a Boy
The Pianist
Bowling for Columbine
Spellbound
Talk to Her
Monsoon Wedding
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Bloody Sunday
Lantana
Read My Lips (Sur mes lèvres)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
The Man Without a Past
Nine Queens (Nueve reinas)
Standing In The Shadows of Motown
Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time
Knafayim Shvurot (Broken Wings)
Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs)
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Weather Underground
Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts)
Murderous Maids
Alias Betty (Betty Fisher et autres histoires) (Betty Fisher and Other Stories)
Promises
Scratch
The Last Waltz
The Girl From Paris (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)
Top 34 Movies in Year 2001
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters, Inc.
Spirited Away
Ghost World
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
In the Bedroom
Y Tu Mamá También
Spy Kids
In the Mood for Love
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo)
Amores Perros
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
The Dish
No Man's Land
Dogtown and Z-Boys
Startup.com
Iron Monkey
With A Friend Like Harry
Mostly Martha (Bella Martha)
Time Out (L' Emploi du temps)
Apocalypse Now Redux
Together (Tillsammans)
Sous le sable (Under the Sand)
Last Resort
The Endurance
Divided We Fall
The Circle (Dayereh)
Lagaan - Once Upon a Time in India
I'm Going Home
Our Song
Millennium Actress (Sennen joyû)
Dinner Rush
Eureka (Yûreka)
Life And Debt
Top 15 Movies in Year 2000
At least 90% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes, listed by number of reviews:
Memento
High Fidelity
Traffic
Cast Away
Chicken Run
Best in Show
You Can Count On Me
Yi Yi
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Dark Days
The Taste of Others
Panic
Croupier
Aimée & Jaguar
Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao)