We played a game at Foo camp a few weeks ago called - in a forthright manner - “Speed Review.” Go around the room, ask everyone to name one show/movie we should see and one we should avoid.

Our verdicts —>

SEE: Waking Life, The Wire (don’t give up b/c it starts slow), Anvil, 30 Rock, The Guild, Private High Musical, Grand Designs, Infernal Affairs (basis for The Departed), The Tau of Steve, Persepolis, The Great Happiness Space (a documentary about the Japanese escort industry), Coolhunting’s video pod cast, We Live in Public, Grey Gardens (the original documentary, not the HBO series)

AVOID: Australia, Streetfighter, Marley & Me, Golden Compass, Burn After Reading, Baby Momma (“It moved to French halfway through, and it was fine. I didn’t miss anything.  I thought there was nothing to be offerred by the English track.”), Zack & Mary Make a Porno, Knowing

Chime in with your own recs/anti-recs to julia@nonsociety.com and I’ll post them in a clump when I get a chance!

(PS. I wish I could enable comments right now - working on that.  Our API doesn’t support it right now, but soon!)