Roger Friedman, doing the best he can with what he has

Today's Fox411 really must be read to be believed, with gossip vegetable Roger Friedman weighing in on his top ten films of 2005. While we always knew the guy fancied himself a highbrow moviegoer, I cannot say I have ever been more impressed with his critical taste and lobotomized senility than I am this morning.

But do not take my word for it:

3. Capote -- The perfect movie of 2005 ... Hard to believe [director Bennett Miller] was an actor on Judging Amy, but there you go. Who knows what's next? An orderly from E.R. could get a Pulitzer at this rate!

4. Walk the Line -- Reese Witherspoon, who I ordinarily find grating, does her best work here, wiping away the frivolity of Legally Blonde. ... Johnny and June Carter Cash must be smiling down from heaven. And their children, because the story is told so well, should be proud.

6. Good Night and Good Luck -- With reservations, I have to say GN, GL is an admirable piece. ... Hesitation comes from the fact that the film turns on well-known newsreel footage of Sen. Joseph McCarthy being dressed down at last by colleague. But you can never see that too many times.

8. Broken Flowers -- Focus Features has done a good job ignoring this brilliant Jim Jarmusch film so they could give us gay cowboys mumbling and tumbling together in Brokeback Mountain. I do think that Bill Murray's sublime performance in Broken Flowers is going to outlast Bill and Ted's Excellent Romance[.]

9. Murderball -- Paraplegics [sic] and amputees don't make for romantic movie-going. Murderball in concept sounds scary and off-putting. But it's so uplifting that after a few minutes you just don't see the infirmities of these amazing athletes as they head toward the Paralympics. They are simply transcendent. This is one is a winner, as are all the people who made it including directors Henry Rubin and David Shapiro [sic].

10. The Sundance movies -- My favorite films from Sundance this year were Craig Brewer's Hustle & Flow, Mike Mills' Thumbsucker, and Miranda Joy's [sic} Me and You and Everyone We Know. ... The other two Sundance movies were far different from Hustle & Flow. Thumbsucker was based on Walter Kirn's novel about a teenager who wouldn't grow up. ... Miranda Joy [sic again] (nee Grossinger) made the lightest soufflé of the year, even though Me and You and Everyone We Know contained some disturbingly offbeat moments. Just when you though she might veer into a saccharine area, Miranda Joy [last sic] figuratively poisoned our drinks. Me and You is at the same time ingratiating and worrying. I loved it, and can't wait to have it on DVD.

Friedman is obviously hitting his Oscar-season stride, and I am sure folks like "David Shapiro" and "Miranda Joy" will be sending him a heartfelt note of thanks for giving their forgotten films the year-ending Fox411 boost they need. "A poisonous soufflé" will indeed look fabulous as a blurb on the much-anticipated Me and You DVD, which should arrive any day in Friedman's office signed, "See you on IMDB, XOXOXO, Miranda."