The not-quite Year in Review

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10414362/site/newsweek/

Newsweek has just released its ten best movies of 2005, at least three weeks short of the actual end of 2005, that's about 6% short of a full year.

I'll admit a lot of these critics get to see movies early, but is it wrong to ask that they actually wait for the year to be over before they review it?

And it's not just movies - all media looks back at things before they end. The obvious reason is that once the year actually does end, no one wants to hear about it.

So I actually have to give credit to the Oscars. That they actually wait until the year is over (and then wait a couple of months more) is one of the few things in their favor.