Lost: Season 1 (2004) ****

The Fourth Body (2004) ***

Ecstasy In Berlin 1926 (2004) ***

The Wire: Season 3 (2004) ***

The Masseuse (2004) ***

24: Season 4 (2004) ***

Six Feet Under: Season 4 (2004) ***

The Sopranos: Season 5 (2004) ***

Wonderfalls (2004) ****

The Terminal (2004) **

Hellboy (2004) **

Some nice fight scenes, but otherwise below Guillermo del Toro's usual standards.

Spanglish (2004) **

Ray (2004) **

Closer (2004) **

The Life Aquatic (2004) *

Spider-Man 2 (2004) *

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) *

Michael Moore's worst film, a pathetic defence of Saddam Hussein's regime. And it's incoherent too: the first half denounces Saudi Arabia's influence on George W. Bush, and the second half denounces George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003, but the film forgets to mention that Saudi Arabia opposed the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Unlike "Bowling For Colombine", which won an Oscar for Best Documentary, and unlike "Sico", which was at least nominated for that award, "Fahrenheit 9/11" wasn't nominated for an Oscar at all, but instead received several Golden Raspberries awards.

Birth (2004) *

Shark Tale (2004) *

Troy (2004) *

Top 10 Films of 2003

1. ''City Of God'' (Fernando Meirelles, Brazil)

2. "The Brown Bunny" (Vincent Gallo, USA)

3. "Oldboy" (Park Chan-Wook, South Korea)

4. ''Alexandra's Project'' (Rolf De Heer, Australia)

5. "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter And Spring" (Kim Ki-Duk, South Korea)

6. "Dogville" (Lars von Trier, Denmark)

7. "Finding Nemo" (Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, USA)

8. ''Swimming Pool'' (François Ozon, France)

9. ''Crimson Gold" (Jafar Panahi, Iran)

10. "Russian Ark" (Aleksandr Sokurov, Russia)

Other great films:

2 Brothers And A Bride

21 Grams

A hauteur d'homme (Canada)

The Amateurs

Anything Else

Bend It Like Beckham (UK)
The Best Of Youth (Italy)

Bon Voyage (France)
Brother Bear

Calendar Girls (UK)

Comment ma mère accoucha de moi (Canada)

Los Debutantes (Chile)

Demi-tarif (France)

Down By Love (Hungary)

Eden (Poland)

Edge Of Madness (Canada)

Elephant
La Face cachée de la lune (Canada)

Freddy Vs Jason

Gaz Bar Blues (Canada)
Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (Canada)
Goodbye Dragon Inn (Taiwan)

Good Bye Lenin (Germany)

The Good Thief (Ireland)

Hard Luck Hero (Japan)
Hatley High (Canada)

Haute tension (France)

Heart Of Darkness

Ikki Tousen (Japan)

Les Invasions barbares (Canada)

Kill Bill: Volume 1

Looking For Leonard (Canada)
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
Lost In Translation

Love Actually (UK)

The Manson Family

Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World

A Mighty Wind

Monster

Mystic River

Osama (Afghanistan)

Owning Mahowny (UK)

Pas sur la bouche (France)

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Pornografia (Poland)

The Principles Of Lust (UK)

A Problem With Fear (Canada)

PTU (Hong Kong)

The Real Cancun

The Saddest Music In The World (Canada)

Sexo con amor (Chile)

The Shape Of Things

Something's Gotta Give

The Station Agent

Stupeur et tremblements (France)

Tan de repente (Argentina)

Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Thirteen

Les Triplettes de Belleville (France)

Tulse Luper Suitcases 1: The Moab Story (UK)

Tulse Luper Suitcases 3: From Sark To The Finish (UK)

Untold Scandal (South Korea)

Whale Rider (New Zealand)

Zero Day

Zurek (Poland)

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 2003:

1. "Memories Of Murder" (Ho Bong Joon, South Korea)

2. "Lawless Heart" (Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter, UK)

3. "Twentynine Palms" (Bruno Dumont, France)

4. "Young Adam" (David Mackenzie, UK)

5. "La Petite Lili" (Claude Miller, France)

6. "Open Water" (Chris Kentis, USA)

7. "Bienvenue chez les Roses" (Francis Palluau, France)

8. "Les Sentiments" (Noémie Lvovsky, France)

9. "The Favourite Game" (Bernar Hébert, Canada)

10. "Seven Deadly Sins" (Maria Beatty, USA)

Short Top 3:

1. "Bager" (Tomi Grgicevic, Canada)

2. "Selma And Sofie" (Mia Engberg, Sweden)

3. "Serguei et Tatiana" (Jean-Yves Guilleux, France)

Other great shorts:

7:35 In The Morning (Spain)
Bonheur est dans les pres mais parfois c'est au fond d'un océan (Canada)
Corps etrangers (Canada)

To The Happy Few

Top 3 Music Videos:

1. "The Hardest Button To Button" (Michel Gondry, The White Stripes)

2. "Hey Ya" (Bryan Barber, Outkast)

3. "Crazy In Love" (Jake Nava, Jay-Z, Beyonce)

Other great music videos:

Seven Nation Army

Top Commercial:

"Cog" (Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, Honda)

TV Top 3:

1. "Six Feet Under: Season 3" (HBO)

2. "The Wire: Season 2" (HBO)

3. "24: Season 3" (Fox)

Other great TV shows:

Coming Up: Naked (UK)

NYPD Blue: Nude Awakening

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Destino" (Dominique Monfery, Disney)

2. "Harvie Krumpet" (Adam Elliot, Australia)

3. "Gone Nutty" (Carlos Saldanha, USA)

Other great cartoons:

Encre noire sur fond d'azur (Canada)
Nibbles (Canada)

El Octavo día de la creación (Mexico)

Weak films of 2003:

20h17 rue Darling (Canada)
At Five In The Afternoon (Afghanistan)
Bad Boys II
Big Fish
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Chouchou (France)
Cold Mountain
Depuis qu'Otar est parti (Georgia)
Dirty Pretty Things (UK)
Girl With A Pearl Earring
La Grande séduction (Canada)
House Of Sand And Fog
In America
Jungle Book 2
The Last Samurai
Mambo Italiano (Canada)
Marion Bridge (Canada)
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions
Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (France)
My Life Without Me (Canada)
Nez rouge (Canada)
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Père et fils (France)
Pieces Of April
Le Piège d'Issoudun (Canada)
Piglet's Big Movie
Saved By The Belles (Canada)
Sur le seuil (Canada)

Zelary (Czech Republic)

Weak shorts:

A-Torzija (Slovenia)
Most (Czech Republic)
Squash (France)
Two Soldiers

Weak cartoons:

Boundin'
Wrong Number Phone Message

Top Musical of 2003

"Pas sur la bouche" (Alain Resnais, France)

Oldboy (2003) *****

The Brown Bunny (2003) *****

City Of God (2003) *****

The greatest South American film of all times, a fabulous epic tale set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. It was nominated for four Academy Awards - best director, screenplay adaptation, cinematography and editing.

Pornografia (2003) ****

Crimson Gold (2003) ****

Excellent Iranian film about a pizza delivery man.