Computers, technology, photography,graphic design, music
Anything by Steely Dan
Chet Baker
Elvis Costello (even with Burt Bacharach)
Tori Amos
Ben Folds Five
Sting (pre-1997)
Billy Joel (pre 90s)
many more...
I enjoy most movies, provided they aren't too violent or juvenile. (I must confess to liking silly comedies like Ron Burgundy and 40 year old virgin.) I don't usually go to the theatre, instead preferring watching movies at home.
Rome, Coupling, Spaced, Eleventh Hour, various incarnations of Star Trek, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Hex, Monk, The Soup, La Femme Nikita, The Night Stalker (70s TV show), The Venture Brothers, Futurama, Family Guy, The Oblongs, Stroker & Hoop, BTVS, Angel, Eureka
photography, art books, computer technical manuals