My movies for 2007

As I was creating a list of movies I'd want to see this year, I figured it would do well on my blog. Here goes:

The Bourne Ultimatum Casino Royale put Bond back on the map for me, but my guess is that Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) will stay and own this genre.

Dennis P. (Pieter Kuijpers)
After 'Van God Los' comes Kuijpers' thriller about a guy who steals diamonds in a microwave box. Dutch crime doesn't come finer than this I suspect.

Fast Food Nation
'Supersize me' resurrected in a drama, wonder if it works.

The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
I can only hope that this won't be too much of a new age pic, but Aronofsky has yet to disappoint me. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
As Harry Potter is slowly fading away, this might be the next great thing in children's lit crossover.
Miss Potter
Ever since my sister lives around the corner of Beatrix Potter's former residence, I've been intrigued strangely enough, by the life of the creator of Peter Rabbit.

The Good German (Steven Soderbergh)
Soderbergh takes a shot at the 'film noir', starring George Clooney. Can this fail?

Goya's Ghosts (Milos Forman)
Makes you wonder if this movie with Natalie Portman will be Forman's next Amadeus?

Arthur and the Minimoys (Luc Besson)
Besson takes his story to the big screen, can't wait to go and see this one together with my son.

Hot Fuzz
British comedy, period.

Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix (David Yates)
Yep.

Notes on a scandal
Interesting angle on a dark triangle of love, treason and deception between a pupil, his teacher and one of her senior co-workers.

Pan's Labyrinth
Horrifying fairytale for adults, count me in.

Spiderman 3
That black suit ought to be reason enough!

Ratatouille
The trailer alone makes me confident that The Incredibles and Cars will stand in this movie's shadow. Perhaps Pixar will reach their Monsters Inc. height once more?

The Prestige (Chris Nolan)
I am not really that fond of illusionists and that kind of entertainment. Nolan's reputation, cinematography and the historical setting makes me want to see this one though.

Unknown
Five men locked up in a warehouse, without any memory of the events that led to their present situation. Slowly they start wondering who's the bad guy... Resevoir Dogs meets Memento meets the Usual Suspect?

Zodiac (David Fincher)
One of my favorite directors is at it again: will this be the next Se7en?

The best reason to keep my Mac free of Windows

As I write this post, one of my partners in DJUST is installing Windows XP on his brandnew iMac 24", with Bootcamp. Although my MacBook is specced and capable to do the same, I am still reluctant. Of course, for testing purposes I need a version of Windows, but need it be on my Mac?

Now I have a really good reason not to install Windows on my blackbook, as OQO has just released their Model 2. This is a tiny, but fully equipped PC. Quite unbelievable - it sports a 60 GB HD, 1 GB of RAM and up to 1.5 GHz CPU. It comes with XP, but is Vista ready.

Dutch webapps in DJUST's Link5

The second installment of the Link5 series on our DJUST blog is here. This time round it is a selection of nominees for the Dutch Web 2.0 Awards.

It's great to see this iniative brought to life, since I think Holland and Europe need to put themselves on the map for webapps.

There's a really cheeky variation on the dating site, which directs its matchmaking to people snacking fastfood together instead of the cliché, dinner in a restaurant.
Furthemore there's a Del.ico.us clone that tries to bring more to the table than their inspiration - we see expert ratings based on posts about certain subjects and the implementation of opinions (comments) about other people's posts. Another site brings us a tool for interior planning, which is quite nice.

Then there's Mailmydisc, a really good concept: it's a trading spot for unwanted CD's and DVD's. Last but not least is a slick variant on the theme of consumer comparison. Start12 lets you compare anything from politicians to electronics in 3 clicks.

Check it out at the DJUST blog's link5