Mr. Richard — Pooch Smooch.

Sammy Davis, Jr’s impersonation of other vocalists performing One For My Baby.

Duo MainTenanT.

Mumford and Sons – Roll Away Your Stone

Pink Floyd – Welcome To The Machine

How to say the date this year? Judging by last night’s New Years Eve broadcasts, I think American media may have finally abandoned the “Two-thousand” construction when saying the name of the year. I heard a lot more “Yippee, it’s Twenty-Twelve!” than “Two-thousand-twelve” on the teevee machine.

Bugs Bunny — Slick Hare. This Warner Bros Merrie Melodies cartoon was released on November 1, 1947.

It’s New Year’s Eve – Happy New Year!

In terms of refreshments at Chez Siberia (we are not entertaining a crowd here; New Year’s Eve at our house consists of movies and lots and lots of food), we’ve got laid out: meatballs, artichoke dip, home make French bread, oven bbq chicken thighs, a fruit, veggie and cheese plate, and punch, with a Finger Lakes bubbly (we drink local) for the toast.

Why is The Dissenter posting a top ten list (in no particular order) of films?

I graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a Film/Video degree. I enjoy writing about film. I especially enjoy writing about films that help call attention to important political or social issues in society (see my review of The Whistleblower this year, which happens to be on the list below). I am by no means a professional movie critic, but I do like to use film to interrogate the world and I also appreciate directors/producers/screenwriters, etc, that dare to interrogate the world or provoke thought in society through film.

Miss Piggy — Snackcercise from The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, a one hour ABC television special that aired on September 17, 1982.