It was slim pickens the last couple of weeks as few people had seen enough of the Shakespeare films to voice a vote, meaning we have only a pair of votes leading to a victor. Coming in eighth with 3 points is the 1965 version of Othello followed closely by the 1952 version with 4 points. In sixth with 9 votes is the 1996 version of Hamlet. Tied for fourth with ten votes apiece, Julie Taymor’s Titus shares the spot with the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. Tied in second place are the other Shakespeare pair in the running with eleven votes each: Henry V both 1944 and 1989 versions. That leaves the top spot to Richard III which one with a solid 14 points. Richard III wins and goes into my queue.

Here’s the deal: every week, I will be calling for suggestions of films to be added to my Netflix queue. Each person makes one suggestion and one alternate (in case I have seen one of your suggestions). The next week, when I call for new suggestions, we begin a one-week voting period to select the film to be placed immediately into my Netflix queue to be reviewed the weekend after (because I’ll already have my Netflix queue selections for the coming weekend). Then, you’ll find out what I thought in my weekly Morning After feature on Monday morning.

Sometimes a genre gets stuck in the rotation and it makes for a rough viewing schedule. Starting this week, I’m going to be asking for suggestions that fit a specific genre so each week can be a bit spicy. The genre or event listed each week will be posted at the end of this post.

To help decide what to pick, here is a list of what I’ve seen (or at least that I have personally logged).

Full List of Films I’ve Seen (updated through 3/10/11; a small number of titles may be missing still)
Here’s what you need to post today (and through next Wednesday):

1. Below, please provide your suggestions to add to my Netflix queue.
2. Next, please rate each of the following entries in order of preference. Item 1 will be most preferred, 2 next most preferred and so forth.

• A Christmas Story (1983)
• The Little Fugitive (1953)
• A Little Princess (1995)
• The Secret Garden (1993)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
• Treasure Island (1950)

This Week’s Category: Just in time for Halloween, I’m going to request more horror, this time I want modern horror, preferably slasher. It’s my favorite genre, so I’m interested to see what everyone comes up with that I haven’t yet seen.