I’ve been slacking off lately, not only with my reviews, but with the Must List too. How hard is it to make a list of five movies and post it? Apparently, pretty hard. Well, even though I’m not nearly caught up with my reviews for the month right now, I decided that since it is the end of the month, reviews or no reviews, I’m not going to get behind on the Must List again.

January was a pretty typical month for me, meaning with the New Year I haven’t exactly slowed down my movie consumption by any means. I saw 45 films in January, 39 of those for the first time. For most people, that’s a lot of frakin’ movies. For me, it’s business as usual. What was unusual, however, was how many times I went to the theater this month. I thought that I had basically broken every record I could break. Well, not exactly. I went out 15 times. My previous record, which I’ve done several times over the last four years, was 10. This month, 15. That’s basically once every other day, when you get right down and think about it. Just crazy. When you consider that over four years I’ve only averaged about 5 a month, that means that I’ve gone three times more often this month than I am likely to go.

In honor of that record I’m going to cheat, and instead of picking out five movies to recommend on The Must List, I’m going to make two lists of five. My five favorite films I saw on DVD this month, and my five Must Sees that I saw at the theater. I’m breaking my own rules, but hey, sue me. When you make a Must List you can make your own rules.

JANUARY (DVD)

United 93
Solo Con Tu Pareja
In the Bedroom
Three Colors: Red
When the Levees Broke

JANUARY (THEATER)

Volver
Children of Men
Little Children
Deliver Us From Evil
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

(Note: It is really odd that all of my five favorite movies that I saw in the theater this month had to do with Children, specifically Children in Peril.)