One person's treasure is another one's junk so for my bi-weekly column at Fandor, I'm looking at what's naughty and what's nice about a few top Oscar categories... like Best Actress, Original Screenplay and more.
In the meantime, since I may have the lowest key Christmas ever known chez moi, I've been thinking a lot about my favorite part of secular holiday rituals and it's totally stocking suffers. So herewith a list! Tis the season of list-making.
BEST STOCKING STUFFERS FROM 2011 MOVIES
Mr Timms photo via Cinema Blend
• Mr. Timms from Rango.
• A fedora from The Adjustment Bureau. Better than any transit card for getting through a city quickly.
• Those neato contact lenses in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol which make perfect replica printouts of what you're looking at if you blink twice.
• A gift certificate for a one day shopping / grooming makeover with Crazy Stupid Love's Ryan Gosling.
• Gloves with which to Drive without leaving fingerprints behind.
Pick a toy, any toy
• A toy from Papa Georges' shop in Hugo, any toy.
• A stogie from Sigmund Freud's personal collection in A Dangerous Method or maybe Albert Nobbs's dream shop.
• A baseball signed by Brad Pitt. It's hard not to get romantic about baseball... or Brad.
• Must Have: a miniature picture book of Mike Mills illustrations from Beginners. He drew them himself though Ewan helped a little at the end.
• That "Naughty or Nice" meter from Arthur Christmas with which to judge future friends, lovers, clients, or business partners.
• Hal Jordan's power ring.
• Pearl necklace from Consolata Boyle's costume department from The Iron Lady. 'Absoloooootely non-negotiable!'
• A movie makeup kit from Super 8.
• A pair of boat shoes to go jogging with George Clooney in.
• The vial containing a mermaid's tear from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• A Hello Kitty t-shirt signed by Charlize Theron.
• Thor's hammer. Though maybe that wouldn't fit in a sock?
Which stocking stuffers are you hoping for Sunday morning?