#295: Top 5 Films of 1998
Adam
1. Out of Sight
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Buffalo ‘66
4. Dark City
5. Shakespeare in Love
matty
1. The Big Lebowski
2. Out of Sight
3. The Thin Red Line
4. There’s Something About Mary
5. Wild Things
Filtering by Category: 2010
#294: 2010 Oscar Picks
Best Picture
Adam
Will win: THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
matty
Will win: THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Best Director
Adam
Will win: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: Quentin Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
matty
Will win: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Should win: Kathryn Bigelow, THE HURT LOCKER
Best Actress
Adam
Will win: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Should win: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
MATTY
Will win: Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE
Should win: Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Best Actor
Adam
Will win: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
Should win: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
matty
Will win: Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART
Should win: Colin Firth, A SINGLE MAN
Best Supporting Actress
Adam
Will win: Mo’Nique, PRECIOUS
Should win: Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR
matty
Will win: Mo’Nique, PRECIOUS
Should win: Anna Kendrick, UP IN THE AIR
Best Supporting Actor
Josh
Will win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Adam
Will win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
best adapted screenplay
MATTY
Will win: UP IN THE AIR
Should win: AN EDUCATION
Adam
Will win: UP IN THE AIR
Should win: AN EDUCATION
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MATTY
Will win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: A SERIOUS MAN
ADAM
Will win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Should win: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
#293: Performances That Should've Won Oscars
adam
1. Orson Welles — CITIZEN KANE
2. Ellen Burstyn — REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
3. Faye Dunaway — BONNIE AND CLYDE
4. Henry Fonda — GRAPES OF WRATH
Chaplin — THE GREAT DICTATOR
5. Robert Duvall — THE APOSTLE
Matty
1. Peter Sellers — DR. STRANGELOVE
2. Robert De Niro — TAXI DRIVER
3. Katharine Hepburn — LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
4. Dustin Hoffman — MIDNIGHT COWBOY
5. Sissy Spacek — IN THE BEDROOM
#292: Teen Rebels
adam
1. Antoine — THE 400 BLOWS
2. Holly — BADLANDS
3. Colin Smith — THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
4. Neil McCormick — MYSTERIOUS SKIN
5. Max Fischer — RUSHMORE
Matty
1. Joan of Arc — THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
2. Antoine — THE 400 BLOWS
3. Jim Stark — REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
4. Billy Liar — BILLY LIAR
5. Mick O’Brien — BAD BOYS
#291: Date Movies
adam
1. The Princess Bride
2. Brief Encounter
3. His Girl Friday
4. Notorious
5. Swing Time
Matty
1. Brief Encounter
2. Once
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Shakespeare in Love
5. My Love
#290: Career Comebacks
adam
1. Dennis Hopper — BLUE VELVET
2. Gloria Swanson — SUNSET BLVD.
3. Mickey Rourke — THE WRESTLER
4. Burt Reynolds — BOOGIE NIGHTS
5. Jackie Earle Hayley — LITTLE CHILDREN
Matty
1. Gloria Swanson — SUNSET BLVD.
2. Burt Reynolds — BOOGIE NIGHTS
3. Frank Sinatra — FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
4. Peter Fonda — ULEE’S GOLD
5. Jason Bateman — DODGEBALL
#289: Most Anticipated 2010 Movies
adam
1. Inception
2. Green Zone
3. Iron Man 2
4. The Green Hornet
5. The Social Network
Matty
1. The Green Hornet
2. Paul
3. The Special Relationship
4. Toy Story 3
5. The Rum Diary
#288: 2009 Blowout
truly moving moments
Adam
Marriage Montage, UP
Piggy Back, TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Mother’s Story, FOOD, INC.
matty
Marriage Montage, UP
Piggy Back, TREELESS MOUNTAIN
overrated
Adam
AVATAR
BROKEN EMBRACES
INVICTUS
THE MESSENGER
THE COVE
matty
AVATAR
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
underrated
Adam
BROTHERS
ANTICHRIST
THE BROTHERS BLOOM
NINE
MATTY
SUGAR
BIG FAN
WORLD’S GREATEST DAD
discoveries
Adam
Bailee Madison, BROTHERS
Jonathan Groff, TAKING WOODSTOCK
Mark Duplass, HUMPDAY
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
matty
So Yong Kim, TREELESS MOUNTAIN
Antonio Campos, AFTERSCHOOL
Carey Mulligan, AN EDUCATION
Bailee Madison, BROTHERS
Duncan Jones, MOON
Hirokazu Koreeda, STILL WALKING
disappointments
Adam
The Lovely Bones
Taking Woodstock
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Informant!
Maggie Gyllenhaal, CRAZY HEART & AWAY WE GO
matty
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Informant!
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
surprises
Josh
Robin Williams, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD
Michael Rappaport, BIG FAN
Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, BROTHERS
Adam
Natalie Portman, BROTHERS
Jake Gyllenhaal, BROTHERS
most annoying performances
Adam
Brad Pitt, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Emile Hirsch, TAKING WOODSTOCK
Maggie Gyllenhaal, AWAY WE GO
Christian Bale, PUBLIC ENEMIES / TERMINATOR SALVATION
matty
Christian Bale, PUBLIC ENEMIES
Amy Adams, JULIE & JULIA
Best Date Movies
Matty
Up
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Funny People
Adam
Up in the Air
Drag Me to Hell
I Love You, Man
(500) Days of Summer
An Education
Worst date movies
Matty
Antichrist
The Girlfriend Experience
Adam
The White Ribbon
The Road
A Single Man/Nine
The Girlfriend Experience
Moon
favorite scenes
MATTY
Slap Da Bass, I LOVE YOU, MAN
TV Set, PRECIOUS
Opening Scene, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Final Shot, A SERIOUS MAN
Adam
Opening Scene, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
Party Scene, HUMPDAY
Comparing Cards, UP IN THE AIR
Expectation vs. Real Life, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
Best Male Frontal Nudity
Matty
Randy Gambill, OBSERVE AND REPORT
Willem Dafoe, ANTICHRIST
Billy Crudup, WATCHMEN
Adam
Willem Dafoe, ANTICHRIST
Billy Crudup, WATCHMEN
THE HANGOVER
Best Performance in a bad movie
Adam
Amanda Seyfried, JENNIFER’S BODY
Sam Worthington, TERMINATOR SALVATION
Jonathan Groff, SAVING WOODSTOCK
Jackie Earle Haley, WATCHMEN
best opening scenes
Adam
Inglorious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
Zombieland
The Hurt Locker
Scene stealers
Adam
Glenn Kenny, THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE
Carrie Preston, DUPLICITY
Comedy that made me laugh that nobody saw
Matty
The Goods
Movie that will have you talking like the character
matty
Liam Neeson, TAKEN