::top five::

I didn't make it to the theater very much this year, and there are a bunch of films that I've yet to see, but here are my current top five movies, in no particular order:

• Up
• Inglourious Basterds
• The Hangover
• (500) days of Summer
• The Brothers Bloom

Top five favorite books I read this year, in no particular order:

• Born Round by Frank Buini
• Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein
• The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
• The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble