Season's greetings

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Well, that's it for 2007... Today's the last day of work before our 2-week holiday break and in that time I'll be taking a break from blogging as well. So let me take this opportunity to wish all my loyal blog readers (and anyone else who happens to stumble across Pfangirl.blogspot.com) a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a fantastic new year.

See you in 2008!

But before I leave you, here are stills from some of the best / coolest / most striking / most entertaining movie releases in South Africa in 2007, bearing in mind there's still a few more weeks to go in the year. Out of interest, my Worst Movie of the Year Award has to go to Ghost Rider.











Comments

Lord Spaceman said…
Have a great one pfangirl!
9:48 AM
Anonymous said…
Hey Noelle,

Hope you have a happy holiday season and New Year! Thanks for an always interesting read!

Cheers,
Ryan
1:14 PM
Team America said…
How the hell did frikkin harry pothead get onto the wall and not Simpsons!???

The spider pig scene is at least 10 times better than the entire harry potter film!
3:22 PM
poppedculture said…
Happy New Year, wherever you are. This was the first place I ever heard of 300 and you were totally right.
6:19 AM
Pfangirl said…
Hey guys, thanks for your comments and continual readership. You all have great blogs that I visit regularly. Here's to a great 2008, with lots of exciting pop culture amusements in the year to come.

And yes, Paul, it was a struggle over whether or not to include the Simpsons movie on this list. I have to admit it was way better than those bloated three-quels of the North American Summer, like Spider-Man 3, Shrek 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (which also didn't make this list) :)
8:33 AM
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