The Phillyist Staff had so many ways to countdown to 2008 that we found ourselves with quite a few leftovers on this, the final day of 2007. So enjoy this afternoon's glut of lists from your friendly neighborhood bloggers, and we'll see you next year! At this point, I guess most of you readers out there know that I don't eat to live – I live to eat. So it stands to reason that I've......

When Richard Kelly's film Southland Tales was originally screened at Cannes, the buzz was extraordinarily negative. The word was that the movie was a great big mess - ridiculous and nonsensical. I didn't want to believe it. I really enjoyed Kelly's amazing indie/romance/sci-fi flick Donnie Darko. I thought maybe people were reacting to Southland Tales the way that some had reacted to The Fountain: they were confused by it because they hadn't looked hard enough......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. The lolcats thing continues to explode in popularity, and we will no doubt get sick of it very, very soon, but for now, enjoy some lolbats. As you might have guessed, that's the same thing as lolcats, but using images from Batman, instead of photos of cats. Our favorites are here and here. Wow, iTunes Music Store is now selling high quality (256......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Music Nation is currently having a pretty cool online music competition, which has now reached the quarterfinals stage. You can head on over to their site now, listen to music and watch videos by a bunch of artists, and then vote for your favorite. Three of them will win a recording contract with Epic Records. The winners will......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. Mutual Appreciation - Read our review here. Trailer Showing at: Ritz at the Bourse Bobby - Using both archival and newly shot footage, Bobby tells the story of 22 different fictionalized characters (played by a host of Hollywood stars, including Harry Belafonte, Emilio Estevez [who also directs], Laurence Fishburne, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, David Krumholtz, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy,......

Now that I've seen it, I'm not surprised at the bad reception Darren Aronofsky's new film The Fountain received at some of the film festivals it played at and, indeed, at the screening I attended. A lot of people are not going to like it. A lot of people are going to be puzzled and confused and irritated by it - as many of my fellow audience members were. And if you go expecting a......

A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. We haven't watched them all yet, but so far we really love these "Gruesomestein's Monsters!" cartoons. There are six total, each five minutes long. The animation style has that clean, modern, cute-but-disgusting, highly exaggerated look to it that we enjoy, and the stories are quirky, creepy, and funny. It's a great way to waste half your lunch hour. (Via) Usually the sight of......