Topics:
- Matt's picks are in "gutpunch order"
- The decade of the Coen brothers
- Christopher Nolan did good work
- Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen teamed up for two great films
- There Will Be Blood: Epic or too over the top?
- Woody Allen's European tour was rewarding
- Mickey Rourke's return from oblivion
- Pan's Labyrinth was a freaky take on fairy tales
- Almost Famous: Cameron Crowe's last good movie
- Soderberg did a lot of good work
- Matt doesn't dig Charlie Kaufman or Wes Anderson movies
- Coming to the realization that Leo DiCaprio is a good actor
- Jim Carrey's Oscar hunt
- Away We Go made an impact on Matt
- Pixar has made excellent string of films this decade
- Bonehead of the Week

Music:
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Even Heroes Have to Die
- Shout Out Louds - Walls
- Shearwater - Castaways
- Sweet Apple - Do You Remember

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The Ted Leo and the Pharmacists song is on the band's forthcoming album The Brutalist Bricks on Matador Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/tedleo and download the track for free at http://www.matadorrecords.com.

The Shout Out Louds song is on the forthcoming album Walls on Merge Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/shoutoutlouds and download the song for free at http://www.mergerecords.com.

The Shearwater song is on the forthcoming album The Golden Archipelago on Matador Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/shearwater and download the song for free at http://www.matadorrecords.com.

The Sweet Apple song is on the forthcoming album Love and Desperation on Tee Pee Records. Find out more at http://www.myspace.com/sweetapplesongs and download the song for free at http://www.pitchfork.com.

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at http://clickyclickymusic.com and http://www.keepingsomedarksecrets.net. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell; find out more at http://www.myspace.com/meandboristhebull. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at http://bobdurling.blogspot.com/.

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