Filmspotting Top 5 Lists
| Pantheon: All The President's
Men, Annie Hall, Chinatown, Citizen
Kane, The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, GoodFellas,
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Some Like It Hot, Star Wars Honorary Pantheon: High Fidelity Penalty Box (AK): Almost Famous, Network Penalty Box (MR): |
| #216: Movies About Loneliness | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. La Strada / Nights of Cabiria 2. Taxi Driver 3. The Conversation 4. In the Mood For Love / Chungking Express 5. The Collector |
1. Taxi Driver 2. Lost In Translation 3. Marty 4. The Birdman of Alcatraz 5. Looking For Mr. Goodbar |
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| #215: Actor-Director Duos | ||
| Adam De Niro / Scorsese Memorial |
Matty Clint / Ron Howard Memorial |
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| 1. Farrow, Keaton / Woody Allen 2. Mifune / Kurosawa 3. Wayne / Ford 4. Stewart / Hitchcock 5. Kinski / Herzog |
1. Pesci / Scorsese 2. Guzmán / Soderbergh 3. Hoffman, Reilly / PT Anderson 4. Kinski / Herzog 5. Brennan / Hawks; Rains / Curtiz |
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| #214: TV Show Adaptations | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. Serenity 2. Traffic 3. Star Trek: The Motion Picture 4. The Naked Gun 5. The Fugitive |
1. The Fugitive 2. Traffic 3. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 4. The Untouchables 5. Pennies from Heaven |
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| #213: Sydney Pollack Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. Three Days of the Condor 2. Husbands and Wives 3. Eyes Wide Shut 4. Tootsie 5. The Way We Were |
1. Three Days of the Condor 2. Husbands and Wives 3. Absence of Malice 4. Michael Clayton 5. The Firm |
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| #212: Best Dressed Characters | ||
| Adam (Annie Hall Memorial) |
Matty | |
| 1. Holly Golightly, Breakfast at Tiffany's 2. Patrick Bateman, American Psycho 3. Lisa Carol Fremont, Rear Window 4. Bonnie Parker, Bonnie and Clyde 5. Eliot Ness, The Untouchables |
1. Sabrina Fairchild, Sabrina 2. Jan Morrow (D. Day), Pillow Talk 3. Rusty (B. Pitt), Ocean's Eleven 4. Lee Holloway, Secretary 5. Avner, Steve, Munich; Reg Dunlop, Slap Shot |
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| #211: Characters Who Need a Comeback | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. Virgil Tibbs (In the Heat...) 2. Harmonica (Once Upon a Time...) 3. Ellen Ripley (Alien) 4. Fletch 5. Snake Plissken (Escape from New York) |
1. Bullitt 2. Nick and Nora (The Thin Man) 3. Fletch 4. Chance (Being There) 5. Philip Marlowe |
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| #210: Dialogue Scenes | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. Sullivan's Travels 2. Almost Famous 3. Double Indemnity 4. Trust 5. To Have and Have Not |
1. ...Virginia Woolf? 2. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 3. Do the Right Thing 4. On the Waterfront 5. Clerks II |
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| Filmspotting #209: Photography Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. Blowup 2. La Dolce Vita 3. Memento 4. Salvador 5. L.A. Confidential |
1. Memento 2. Pretty Baby 3. Peeping Tom 4. Proof 5. The Killing Fields |
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| Anthony Behar | ||
| 1. Born Into Brothels 2. War Photographer 3. Blowup/La Dolce Vita 4. Salvador/Under Fire 5. No Small Affair |
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| Filmspotting #208: Box Office Bombs (We Like) | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
1. Solaris |
1. Howard the Duck 2. Waterworld 3. Dune 4. Cleopatra 5. Idiocracy |
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| Filmspotting #207: Most Anticipated Summer Movies | ||
| Adam Non-Super Hero Edition |
Matty | |
| 1. Standard Op. Procedure |
1. Tropic Thunder 2. The Dark Knight 3. Pineapple Express 4. Hamlet 2 5. Crossing Over |
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| Filmspotting #206: Vacation Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. N. Lampoon's Vacation 2. Roger Dodger 3. Sideways 4. Voyage to Italy 5. Funny Games (US) |
1. Deliverance 2. Babel 3. Funny Games (US) 4. The Man Who Knew Too Much 5. Open Water |
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| Filmspotting #205: Concert Scenes | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. This is Spinal Tap 2. The Buddy Holly Story 3. Nashville 4. 8 Mile 5. The Last Waltz |
1. High Fidelity 2. This is Spinal Tap 3. Revenge of the Nerds 4. The Blues Brothers 5. About a Boy |
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| Filmspotting #204: Heist Movies | ||
| Adam Dog Day Memorial |
Matty | |
| 1. Heat 2. The Usual Suspects 3. Reservoir Dogs 4. The Killers 5. Thief |
1. Dog Day Afternoon 2. Reservoir Dogs 3. The Usual Suspects 4. Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 5. Johnny 100 Pesos |
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| Filmspotting #203: Up-and-Coming Actors | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Channing Tatum | Dan Fogler |
| 2. | Matt O'Leary | Dallas Roberts |
| 3. | Anamaria Marinca | Brendan Fletcher / Sara Ramirez |
| 4. | Charlie Hunnam | Jeremy Renner |
| 5. | Melonie Diaz | T.J. Jagodowski |
| Filmspotting #202: Fourth Wall Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Annie Hall / Purple Rose of Cairo | High Fidelity |
| 2. | Ferris Bueller's... / High Fidelity | The Big Lebowski |
| 3. | Rear Window | 24 Hour Party People |
| 4. | 24 Hour Party People / Tristram Shandy |
Winter Light |
| 5. | Inside Man | Medium Cool |
| Filmspotting #201: '60s Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | The Right Stuff | The Fog of War |
| 2. | In the Mood for Love | American Graffiti |
| 3. | Malcolm X | Vietnam: A Television History |
| 4. | Gimme Shelter | Thirteen Days |
| 5. | JFK | Conspiracy: Trial of the Chicago 8 |
| Filmspotting #200: Filmspotting Discoveries | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Grave of the Fireflies | Spirited Away |
| 2. | Rio Bravo | Documentary Marathon |
| 3. | Werner Herzog | The Final Countdown |
| 4. | Texas Chainsaw Massacre / Dawn of the Dead / Suspiria |
Disappointments - History of Violence, The Break-Up |
| 5. | West Side Story/Cabaret | The Science of Sleep |
| Sam | ||
| 1. | John Wayne | |
| 2. | Werner Herzog | |
| 3. | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | |
| 4. | Sturgess/Stanwyck | |
| 5. | Vertigo | |
| Filmspotting #199: Actors We Wouldn't Cast | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Brad Pitt | Julia Stiles |
| 2. | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | Drew Barrymore |
| 3. | Hayden Christenson | Jake Gyllenhaal |
| 4. | Scarlett Johansson | Donal Logue |
| 5. | Natalie Portman | Anna Paquin |
| Filmspotting #198: Love Scenes | ||
| Adam Last Tango in Paris Memorial |
Matty | |
| 1. | Don't Look Now | Body Heat |
| 2. | Out of Sight | Risky Business |
| 3. | Team America: World Police | Sex and Lucia |
| 4. | Mulholland Dr. | Lust, Caution |
| 5. | A History of Violence | Team America: World Police |
| Keith Phipps (A.V. Club) | ||
| 1. | Don't Look Now | |
| 2. | Betty Blue | |
| 3. | The Name of the Rose | |
| 4. | Wild at Heart | |
| 5. | Felicity | |
| 2008 Oscar Picks | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| Supp. Actress | Will: Amy Ryan Should: Cate Blanchett |
Will: Ruby Dee Should: Cate Blanchett |
| Supp. Actor | W: Javier Bardem S: Javier Bardem |
W: Javier Bardem S: Javier Bardem |
| Actress | W: Ellen Page S: Ellen Page |
W: No guess S: Marion Cotillard |
| Actor | W: Daniel Day-Lewis S: Daniel Day-Lewis |
W: Daniel Day-Lewis S: Tommy Lee Jones |
| Director | W: Coen Bros. S: Coen Bros. |
W: Coen Bros. S: Coen Bros. |
| Picture | W: No Country... S: No Country... |
W: There Will Be Blood S: Anything but Atonement |
| Filmspotting #197: London Movies | ||
| Adam Blowup Memorial List |
Matty | |
| 1. | A Clockwork Orange | Croupier |
| 2. | Repulsion / Frenzy | The Elephant Man |
| 3. | 28 Days Later / 28 Weeks Later | An American Werewolf in London |
| 4. | My Beautiful Laundrette / High Hopes |
84 Charing Cross Road |
| 5. | Housing Problems (1935) | 10 Rillington Place |
| Filmspotting #196: Coming of Age Movies | ||
| Adam World Acc. to Garp Memorial |
Matty | |
| 1. | The 400 Blows | Y tu mamá también / My Life as a Dog |
| 2. | Atonement /Juno | Outside Providence |
| 3. | The Last Picture Show | The Flamingo Kid |
| 4. | Y tu mamá también | Next Stop, Greenwich Village |
| 5. | Heavenly Creatures / The Dreamers | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Filmspotting #195: '08 Sundance Entries | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | American Son | Anvil! The Story of Anvil |
| 2. | Stranded | The Order of Myths |
| 3. | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | An American Soldier |
| 4. | An American Soldier | Slingshot Hip Hop |
| 5. | Choke / Transsiberian | -- |
| Filmspotting #194: Most Anticipated Sundance Entries | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Roman Polanski / Gonzo | Diminished Capacity |
| 2. | Funny Games US | Slingshot Hip Hop |
| 3. | Derek / Edward II | The Visitor |
| 4. | What Just Happened? | The Wackness |
| 5. | Transsiberian | The King of Ping Pong |
| Filmspotting #193: Most Anticipated of 2008 | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Burn After Reading / Zach and Mimi Make... | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 2. | The Dark Knight / Iron Man / Incredible Hulk | Valkyrie |
| 3. | ...Benjamin Button / The Brothers Bloom |
Burn After Reading |
| 4. | My Blueberry Knights / The International |
Hellboy II |
| 5. | Star Trek / Bond 22 | The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| #192: Top 5 2007 Blowout (Worst, Date Movies, Discoveries) | ||
| Worst of the Year | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #4 Transformers #3 Year of the Dog #2 Pirates of the Caribbean 3 #1 Hounddog |
#5 Transformers #4 Fracture #3 Goya's Ghosts #2 Across the Universe #1 Smokin' Aces |
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| Overrated | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 Sweeney Todd #4 Ratatouille #3 Michael Clayton #2 The Host #1 The Savages |
#3 Black Snake Moan #2 The Host #1 The Savages |
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| Underrated | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 Shoot 'Em Up #4 The Mist #3 Youth Without Youth #2 Sunshine #1 Black Snake Moan |
#4 Color Me Kubrick #3 The Hoax #2 Breach #1 The Italian |
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| Discoveries/Surprises (Ellen Page Memorial) | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| - Marie-Josée Croze, The Diving Bell and
the Butterfly - Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone - J.C. Fresnadillo, 28 Weeks Later - A. Wagner, Starting Out in the Evening - C. Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days - Shane Meadows, This is England - Irrfan Khan, The Namesake - Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her |
- Sarah Polley, Away from Her - Michael Moore, Sicko - Susanne Bier, After the Wedding - Diablo Cody, Juno - Shane Meadows, This is England |
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| Disappointments | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 American Gangster #4 Redacted #3 Fracture #2 Across the Universe #1 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead |
- Music and Lyrics - The Assassination of Jesse - James... - Bee Movie - The Darjeeling Limited |
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| Best Documentaries | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 My Kid Could Paint That #4 Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten #3 Sicko / No End in Sight #2 Lake of Fire #1 The King of Kong |
- In the Shadow of the Moon - An Unreasonable Man - Air Guitar Nation - Lake of Fire - The King of Kong |
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| Most Annoying Performances | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 Roger Bart, American Gangster / Jordan Ladd,
Death Proof #4 Jake Gyllenhaal / Reese Witherspoon, Rendition #3 Laura Linney, The Savages #2 Ethan Hawke, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead #1 Joaquin Phoenix, We Own the Night |
#4 Jonah Hill, Walk Hard #3 Topher Grace, Spider-Man 3 #2 John Travolta, Hairspray #1 The entire cast of Southland Tales |
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| Best Date Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 Stardust #4 Waitress #3 Juno #2 Atonement #1 Once |
- I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With - Starter for 10 - Jane Austen Book Club - Once - Dan in Real Life |
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| Worst Date Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| #5 300 #4 Rescue Dawn #3 Lust, Caution #2 Margot at the Wedding #1 Shoot 'Em Up |
- Margot at the Wedding - Crazy Love - 2 Days in Paris - After the Wedding - 300 |
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| Best Male Frontal Nudity | ||
| #4 Some guy, Walk Hard #3 Jean-Louis Coullo'ch, Lady Chatterley's Lover #2 Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises #1 Bart Simpson, The Simpsons Movie |
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| Filmspotting #191: Movies of 2007 | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | No Country for Old Men | The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
| 2. | Atonement | No Country for Old Men |
| 3. | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Juno |
| 4. | Zodiac | This Is England |
| 5. | Juno | After the Wedding |
| 6. | There Will Be Blood | The Lives of Others |
| 7. | Once | Once |
| 8. | The Bourne Ultimatum | Into the Wild |
| 9. | Death Proof | The Namesake |
| 10. | The King of Kong | Away From Her |
| Special Guests |
Top Films | |
| Michael
Phillips, Chicago Tribune |
1. Once | |
| 2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | ||
| 3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days | ||
| 4. Ratatouille | ||
| 5. There Will Be Blood | ||
| 6. No End in Sight | ||
| 7. Margot at the Wedding | ||
| 8. The Bourne Ultimatum | ||
| 9. The Assassination of Jesse James... | ||
| 10. Knocked Up | ||
| Sam Van Hallgren | Rescue Dawn | |
| Matt Singer, IFC News | No Country for Old Men | |
| Steve Prokopy, Ain't It Cool News |
No Country for Old Men | |
| Rian Johnson, "Brick" Writer/Director | The Assassination of Jesse James... | |
| Filmspotting #190: Lead Performances of 2007 | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Ellen Page, Juno | Ellen Page, Juno |
| Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening | Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her | |
| 2. | Tang Wei, Lust, Caution | Tang Wei, Lust, Caution |
| Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan |
Rolf Lassgård, After the Wedding |
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| 3. | Keri Russell, Waitress | Julie Christie, Away from Her |
| Tim Roth, Youth Without Youth | Richard Gere in The Hoax | |
| 4. | Julie Christie, Away from Her | Sidse Babett Knudsen, After the Wedding |
| Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men | Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others | |
| 5. | Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan | Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray |
| Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her | Honorable Mentions P. Brosnan (Seraphim) |
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| Filmspotting #189: Supporting Performances of 2007 | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men |
Javier Bardem, No Country... |
| Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There | Cate Blanchett,I'm Not There | |
| 2. | Kurt Russell, Death Proof | J.K. Simmons, Juno |
| Marie-Josée Croze, Diving Bell...Butterfly |
Allison Janney, Juno | |
| 3. | Irrfan Khan, The Namesake | Toby Kebbell, Control |
| Tabu, The Namesake | Samantha Morton, Control | |
| 4. | Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild | P. Schneider / G. Dillahunt, Assass. of Jesse James |
| Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone | Charlotte Gainsbourgh, I'm Not There |
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| 5. | Ben Foster, 3:10 To Yuma | Gene Jones, No Country For... |
| Lauren Ambrose, Starting Out in the Evening | Jill Quigg, Gone Baby Gone | |
| Filmspotting #188: DVDs of 2007 | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Rio Bravo (Two-Disc) | SNL: Season Two |
| 2. | Days of Heaven - Criterion | Revenge of the Nerds: Panty Raid Edition |
| 3. | Death Proof– Ext. and Unrated | Blade Runner: The Final Cut |
| 4. | Knocked Up – Ext. and Unrated | Under the Volcano - Criterion |
| 5. | Shortbus (Unrated Edition) | Caligula: Imperial Edition |
| Boxed Sets | ||
| 1. | Twin Peaks: Gold Box Ed. | |
| 2. | Viva Pedro - Almodovar Coll. | |
| 3. | Stanley Kubrick - Warner Directors Series | |
| 4. | Sergio Leone Anthology | |
| 5. | Blade Runner: The Final Cut | |
| Filmspotting
#187 (No Top 5) Filmspotting #186: Time Travel Movies |
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| Adam (Marty McFly Memorial) | Matty | |
| 1. | Terminator I / T2 | Terminator 2 |
| 2. | Donnie Darko | Back to the Future |
| 3. | Primer | Time Bandits |
| 4. | The Final Countdown / Peggy Sue Got Married |
Time After Time |
| 5. | Planet of the Apes ('68) | The Final Countdown |
| Filmspotting #185: Coen Bros. Scenes | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Raising Arizona, Diaper robbery |
Miller's Crossing, Danny Boy assassination try |
| 2. | Miller's Crossing, Look into your heart |
No Country For..., Eagles Nest Hotel |
| 3. | Blood Simple, End sequence |
Raising Arizona, Diaper robbery |
| 4. | The Big Lebowski, Limousine |
Fargo, Opening/closing scenes |
| 5. | Fargo, Mike Yanagita | Blood Simple, End sequence |
| Filmspotting
#184: 'Me Decade' Movies Movies Set in the 1970s |
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| Adam (Obsessive Quests) | Matty | |
| 1. | The Last King of Scotland | The Ice Storm |
| 2. | Zodiac | Outside Providence |
| 3. | Munich | When We Were Kings |
| 4. | Velvet Goldmine | Dazed and Confused |
| 5. | The Hoax | Munich |
| Hedonism / 'No-Brainers' | ||
| Almost Famous | ||
| Drugstore Cowboy | ||
| Boogie Nights | ||
| Dazed and Confused | ||
| Filmspotting #183: Actor-Turned-Director Debuts | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Ordinary People | This Is Spinal Tap |
| 2. | Henry V | Night of the Hunter |
| 3. | In the Bedroom | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| 4. | Buffalo '66 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice |
| 5. | Bob Roberts | Dances With Wolves |
| Filmspotting #182: Performances by Musicians Turned Actors | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Kris Kristofferson, Lone Star / Pat Garrett and... | Bing Crosby, The Country Girl |
| 2. | Frank Sinatra, The Man with the Golden Arm | Jason Schwartzman, Rushmore |
| 3. | Tom Waits, Down by Law | Will Smith, Ali |
| 4. | Dwight Yoakam, Panic Room / Sling Blade | Jimmy Cliff, The Harder They Come |
| 5. | Levon Helm, Coal Miner's Daughter | Will Oldham, Old Joy |
| Filmspotting #181: Chicago Movies | ||
| *Joint 'Obvious' | Joint 'Overlooked' | |
| 1. | Ferris Bueller's Day Off | Call Northside 777 |
| 2. | The Blues Brothers | Medium Cool |
| 3. | High Fidelity | Thief |
| 4. | The Untouchables | Raisin in the Sun |
| 5. | The Fugitive | Hoop Dreams |
| *Shot/set in city, not suburbs | ||
| Filmspotting
#180: Movies About Brothers 'I Knew It Was You, Fredo' Memorial List |
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| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Ran | On The Waterfront |
| 2. | On The Waterfront | The Lion In Winter |
| 3. | The Proposition | The Wind That Shakes The Barley |
| 4. | Dead Ringers | Ran |
| 5. | Vincent and Theo | Boyz 'N the Hood |
| Filmspotting #179: Senior Citizen Performances | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Peter Finch, Network | K. Hepburn / H. Fonda, On Golden Pond |
| 2. | Jack Lemmon, Glengarry Glen Ross | Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy |
| 3. | Victor Sjostrom, WIld Strawberries | Lee Strasberg, Godfather II |
| 4. | Ruth Gordon, Rosemary's Baby / Harold & Maude | L. Olivier, Marathon Man / Boys From Brazil |
| 5. | Richard Farnsworth, The Straight Story | Lillian Gish, The Whales of August |
| Filmspotting #178: Overrated Directors | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | Brian DePalma | Peter Jackson |
| 2. | Terry Gilliam | M. Night Shymalan |
| 3. | Tim Burton | Robert Rodriguez |
| 4. | Ivan Reitman | Brian DePalma |
| 5. | Sofia Coppola | Richard Linklater |
| Filmspotting #177: '07 Toronto Film Fest Movies | ||
| Adam | Matty | |
| 1. | No Country For Old Men | Juno |
| 2. | Atonement | My Winnipeg |
| 3. | Juno | No Country For Old Men |
| 4. | My Winnipeg | Michael Clayton |
| 5. | Paranoid Park | XXY |
| Filmspotting #176: Farewells | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Shane | Pride of the Yankees |
| 2. | The Wizard of Oz | Harold & Maude |
| 3. | E.T. | True Romance |
| 4. | Before Sunset | Terms of Endearment |
| 5. | Network | E.T. |
| Filmspotting
#175: Anticipated Fall '07 Movies Filmspotting #174: Anticipated Fall '07 Movies - Pt. I |
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| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | There Will Be Blood |
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| 2. | The Darjeeling Limited |
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| 3. | No Country For Old Men |
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| 4. | Eastern Promises |
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| 5. | American Gangster |
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| 6. | I'm Not There | 'Music' Movies I'm Not There Walk Hard Across The Universe The Honeydripper Control |
| 7. | 3:10 To Yuma / Assassination of Jesse James... | 3:10 To Yuma / Assassination of Jesse James... |
| 8. | Lust, Caution | Funny Games |
| 9. | In the Valley of Elah | Youth Without Youth |
| 10. | Across The Universe | Lust, Caution |
| Filmspotting #173: Movies About Theatre | ||
| Adam | Matty Ballgame | |
| 1. | All That Jazz | The Goodbye Girl |
| 2. | All About Eve | All About Eve |
| 3. | Cradle Will Rock | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| 4. | Bullets Over Broadway | Waiting For Guffman |
| 5. | Waiting For Guffman | Moon Over Broadway |
| Filmspotting
#172: Storybook Loves The Princess Bride Memorial |
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| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Say Anything | It's a Wonderful Life |
| 2. | Trust | Before Sunrise / Before Sunset |
| 3. | Sunrise ('27) | Moonstruck |
| 4. | Before Sunrise / Before Sunset | Sunrise ('27) |
| 5. | Sabrina ('54) | Pride & Prejudice |
| Filmspotting #171: Movies About Memory | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Memento | Memento |
| 2. | The Bourne Trilogy | Solaris (1972) |
| 3. | Dark City | La Jetee |
| 4. | The Sweet Hereafter / Away From Her | Oldboy |
| 5. | Another Woman | Amateur |
| Pantheon Picks | ||
| Vertigo Rashomon Wild Strawberries Solaris (1972) The Manchurian Candidate |
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| Filmspotting #170: Movies of 2007 (So Far) | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Zodiac | Rescue Dawn |
| 2. | Black Snake Moan | The Namesake |
| 3. | Once | Black Snake Moan |
| 4. | Knocked Up | Waitress |
| 5. | Rescue Dawn | Knocked Up |
| Michael Phillips | Scott Tobias | |
| 1. | Once | Zodiac |
| 2. | Ratatouille | Knocked Up |
| 3. | Climates | Death Proof |
| 4. | The Host | Once |
| 5. | Knocked Up | Black Book |
| Movies Adam and Sam regret not seeing: Black Book, Climates, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, The Hoax (AK only) | ||
| Filmspotting #169: Performances of 2007 (So Far) | ||
| Adam | Steve Prokopy | |
| 1. | Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan |
Seth Rogen, Knocked Up |
| Julie Christie, Away From Her |
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart |
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| 2. | Kurt Russell, Death Proof | Christian Bale, Rescue Dawn |
| Keri Russell, Waitress | J. Christie, Away From Her | |
| 3. | Gordon Pinsent, Away From Her | G. Pinsent, Away From Her |
| Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan | Zoe Bell, Death Proof | |
| 4. | Irfan Khan, The Namesake |
Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan |
| Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart | Keri Russell, Waitress | |
| 5. | Don Cheadle, Talk To Me |
Mads Mikkelsen, After The Wedding |
| Imelda Staunton, Harry Potter... Phoenix |
Molly Shannon, Year of the Dog |
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| Sam | ||
| 1. | Christian Bale, Rescue Dawn |
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| Christina Ricci, Black Snake Moan |
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| 2. | Samuel L. Jackson, Black Snake Moan |
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| Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart | ||
| 3. | Irfhan Khan, The Namesake | |
| Tabu, The Namesake | ||
| 4. | Don Cheadle, Talk To Me | |
| Keri Russell, Waitress | ||
| 5. | Richard Gere, The Hoax | |
| Molly Shannnon, Year of the Dog |
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| Filmspotting #168: Misfits | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Full Metal Jacket | 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould / Amadeus |
| 2. | The 400 Blows | Harold & Maude / Rushmore |
| 3. | The Outsiders | The Science of Sleep |
| 4. | Grey Gardens | Nights of Cabiria |
| 5. | Brokeback Mountain | Marie Antoinette |
| Filmspotting #167: 'Fight The Power' Movies | ||
| Adam | Scott Smith | |
| 1. | Modern Times | 12 Angry Men |
| 2. | Matewan / Harlan County, USA |
Network |
| 3. | The Manchurian Candidate ('62 and '04) |
Three Days of the Condor |
| 4. | Fast Food Nation | The Times of Harvey Milk |
| 5. | Office Space | To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Filmspotting #166: Actors We'd Cast In Our Movie | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| Christian Bale Clive Owen Ryan Gosling Juliet Binoche Ray Winstone Maggie Gyllenhaal Dan Futterman |
Gael Garcia Bernal Zooey Dechanel Casey Affleck Paul Giamatti James LeGros Diane Keaton Jeff Goldblum Topher Grace |
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| Filmspotting
#165: Journalism Movies 'Woodstein'/All The President's Men Memorial |
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| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Network | Reds |
| 2. | The Parallax View | The Insider |
| 3. | His Girl Friday | City of God |
| 4. | The Insider | His Girl Friday / Woman of the Year |
| 5. | Sweet Smell of Success | The Agronomist |
| Filmspotting #164: Movies About Music | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Almost Famous | Black Snake Moan |
| 2. | Black Snake Moan / Hustle & Flow |
24 Hour Party People |
| 3. | High Fidelity | The Commitments |
| 4. | Once | Sweet and Lowdown |
| 5. | Sweet and Lowdown | Nashville |
| Filmspotting #163: Opposites Attract Movies | ||
| Adam (Mr. and Mrs. Allnut Memorial) |
Scott Tobias | |
| 1. | Annie Hall | The Lady Eve |
| 2. | Say Anything | All That Heaven Allows |
| 3. | Harold & Maude | Duck Soup |
| 4. | West Side Story/Cabaret | Badlands |
| 5. | Woman of the Year | Something Wild |
| Filmspotting #162: Sea/Water Movies | ||
| Adam (PBR Streetgang Memorial) |
Sam (Jaws/Apoc. Now/A. Queen Memorial) |
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| 1. | Jaws | Master & Commander |
| 2. | Billy Budd | A River Runs Through It |
| 3. | Master & Commander | The Hunt For Red October |
| 4. | The African Queen | Fitzcarraldo |
| 5. | Finding Nemo | Dead Calm |
| Filmspotting
#161: Movies Directed By Women Jane Campion Memorial List |
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| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Fast Times At Ridgemont High | Marie Antoinette |
| 2. | Harlan County, USA | The Namesake |
| 3. | Cleo from 5 to 7 / Vagabond | Me and You and Everyone We Know |
| 4. | Personal Velocity | American Psycho / The Notorious Bettie Page |
| 5. | Orlando | Fast Times At Ridgemont High |
| Filmspotting #160: Character Introductions | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory | Sullivan's Travels |
| 2. | Double Indemnity / Rear Window | Big Night |
| 3. | Cool Hand Luke / The Hustler | The Big Lebowski |
| 4. | Henry V / A Clockwork Orange | Taxi Driver |
| 5. | All That Jazz | Memento |
| Filmspotting #159: Most Anticipated Summer Movies ('07) | ||
| Adam | Sam | |
| 1. | Talk To Me | A Mighty Heart |