I realized something recently: my hatred of Blockbuster had for too long crippled my ability to see movies. It also meant that I rarely every took movie recommendations as the only way for me to see movies was to buy them or to catch them on TV (which I hated more than Blockbuster). And since I am not a man that is made of money, this has made my non-theater movie intake relatively low.

It was time to change that. You want to know why? I'll tell you why: Raging Bull. I saw "The Departed" last fall, and realized that before that, I'd seen only one Scorcese movie, "Taxi Driver." Now, since both were awesome, and since "Raging Bull" got constantly referenced in my Italian cinema class, I decided it might be worth looking into. But I certainly didn't want to buy it. (Now, if I had known it had Nicholas Colasanto was in it, it might've been a different story.)

Around this time I got a lot of positive word of mouth about NetFlix and so now NetFlix gets 15 of my dollars every month and in exchange they sent me movies.

On the right hand side of the main page, below "What to Watch" and "What to Read," is my NetFlix queue. Feel free to send me recommendations for movies that seem to match my taste--maybe they'll show up in the queue soon after that--and warnings or encouragement about any film already in it.

So, let me know what I should be watching. They're sending me movies in the mail!