Best of 2005 so far... and the clock is ticking

Let's face it. It hasn't been a banner year for Hollywood. Box office is down. Movies are either so-so or just god awful. It seems as if this is a trend that will be with us awhile. DVDs make it easier for people to stay home and save them the aggravation of having to endure lip smacking from the guy who brought in his home cooked bratwurst just to save a few bucks at the concession stand. If you're lucky, the lip smacking will stop long enough for him to answer his cell phone and explain at full volume that he has to be quiet... he's at the movies.

Add to this inflated ticket costs and films that make kidney stones seem like a better evening and you can see why Hollywood is sniveling.

Thankfully, if you are willing to do some digging, there have been some quality films out in 2005. Oddly enough, the best are documentaries. If reality TV doesn't kill Hollywood, just plain reality will.

Check these films out if you have the chance. Some are on video, some at your local theater (if you dare to go). They're worth getting out of the house for.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Grizzly Man
Layer Cake (on video)
Everything Is Illuminated
Broken Flowers
Mad Hot Ballroom (on video)
Capote
Serenity
Sin City (on video)
Inside Deep Throat (on video)
A History of Violence
Sky High
Steamboy
Green Street Hooligans
Travellers & Magicians
Unleashed (on video)