Koete

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  1. As much as I love being shamelessly ripped off, it's a widespread meme.

    Indeed, but let's ignore that and bask in your glory!

    In that case, here's mine!

    1989: Do the Right Thing
    1990: Goodfellas
    1991: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    1992: Unforgiven
    1993: Carlito's Way
    1994: Pulp Fiction
    1995: Dead Man
    1996: Lone Star 
    1997: Boogie Nights
    1998: The Thin Red Line
    1999: eXistenZ
    2000: Memento
    2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    2002: 25th Hour
    2003: Kill Bill Volume 1
    2004: The Aviator
    2005: Domino
    2006: The Prestige 
    2007: There Will Be Blood
    2008: The Dark Knight 
    2009: Inglourious Basterds
    2010: Exit Through the Gift Shop
    2011: The Grey
    2012: Cosmopolis 
    2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
    2014: Interstellar 
    2015: The Hateful Eight
    2016: The Neon Demon 

  2. Malcolm X is an almost required choice. You could also take a related road and cover Mo' Better Blues, Washington's first collaboration with Spike Lee. I'm going to campaign hard for Devil in a Blue Dress; it's a noir set in the '40s with a black lead and director, a perspective that the racism of the original noir era excluded. Training Day is another one on the required list, as it's the film he won his Oscar for. A revenge film like Man on Fire or The Equalizer, or a later acclaimed performance film like Flight, could also occupy the last slot.

  3. I caught up on the second half of the season today, and think it's a step up from the first half: the Flash/Kid Flash team-ups are the most fun the show's been in awhile, the sweet side of Barry and Iris' relationship works, Gypsy was a villain of the week played by someone with actual charisma, the writers are making an effort to build up a Caitlin/Julian relationship as opposed to when they slapped Caitlin and "Jay" together, and the team trying to alter the events on the way to Iris' death is at least a twist on the tired time travel. The lying and "I'll have a talk with him" are still at critical mass, and despite a moment or two HR is still completely unnecessary, but there is an uptick in quality compared to where the show's been.