#247: Love Triangles
adam
1. Out of His Past
2. His Girl Friday/Broadcast News
3. Days of Heaven
4. Bull Durham
5. Rushmore
Matty
1. Casablanca
2. The Apartment
3. Gone With the Wind
4. Bull Durham
5. Rushmore
#246: Best Picture Nominees of the Last Decade
adam
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. Traffic (2000)
3. There Will Be Blood (2007)/The Departed (2006)
4. Brokeback Mountain (2005)/Atonement (2007)
5. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Matty
1. No Country for Old Men (2007)
2. Traffic (2000)
3. Babel (2006)
4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. Munich (2005)
#245: Oscar Picks 2009
Best Picture
Adam
Will win: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Should win: MILK
matty
Will win: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Should win: MILK
Best Director
Adam
Will win: Danny Boyle
Should win: Gus Van Sant
matty
Will win: Gus Van Sant
Should win: Gus Van Sant
Best Actress
Adam
Will win: Kate Winslet, THE READER
Should win: Kate Winslet, THE READER
MATTY
Will win: Angelina Joile, CHANGELING
Should win: Kate Winslet, THE READER
Best Actor
Adam
Will win: Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER
Should win: Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER
matty
Will win: Sean Penn, MILK
Should win: Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER
Best Supporting Actress
Adam
Will win: Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Should win: Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
matty
Will win: Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Should win: Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Best Supporting Actor
Josh
Will win: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Should win: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Adam
Will win: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
Should win: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
#244: Abduction Movies
Joint top 5
1. The Big Lebowski/Fargo/Raising Arizona
2. The Searchers
3. Silence of the Lambs
4. Blue Velvet
5. Oldboy
#243: Movies About Hope & Change
adam
1. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
2. In America
3. Hustle & Flow/Black Snake Moan
4. Wings of Desire
5. Children of Men
Matty
1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
2. Milk
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Miracle Worker
5. Good Bye Lenin!
#242: Most Anticipated Movies of 2009
adam
1. Inglorious Basterds
2. The Informant/The Girlfriend Experience
3. Shutter Island
4. Public Enemies
5. X-Men Origins: Wolverine/Watchmen
Matty
1. Where the Wild Things Are
2. Public Enemies
3. Taking of Pelham 123
4. Shutter Island
5. Killshot
#241: 2008 Blowout
Worst of the year
matty
1. Bloodline
2. The Happening
3. The Love Guru
4. Jumper
5. In the Name of the King
ADAM
1. Hounddog
2. The Happening
3. Savage Grace
4. Sex and the City
5. Speed Racer
Overrated
MATTY
1. Iron Man
ADAM
1. Slumdog Millionaire
2. Frost/Nixon
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. The Visitor
5. The Dark Knight
Underrated
MATTY
1. Speed Racer
2. Role Models
ADAM
1. American Teen
2. Che
3. Lakeview Terrace
4. Valkyrie
5. Seven Pounds
discoveries/Surprises
MATTY
1. Rosmarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
2. Eddie Marsan, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
3. Tarsem Singh, THE FALL
4. Russell Brand, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
ADAM
1. Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
2. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
3. Anne Hathaway/Rosemarie DeWitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
4. David Harbour, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD and Catinca Untaru, THE FALL
5. Mila Kunis, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
Disappointments
MATTY
1. Miracle at St. Anna
2. W.
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still
4. Burn After Reading
5. Step Brothers
ADAM
1. Standard Operating Procedures
2. Frost/Nixon
3. Burn After Reading
4. Appaloosa
5. Miracle at St. Anna
most annoying performances
MATTY
1. Jude Law and Norah Jones, MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
2. Thandie Newton, W.
3. Amy Adams, DOUBT
4. John Malkovich, THE CHANGELING
ADAM
1. Thandie Newton, W.
2. Mark Wahlberg, THE HAPPENING
3. Supporting cast, GRAN TORINO
4. Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
5. Emile Hirsch, SPEED RACER / MILK
best date movies
MATTY
1. Tell No One
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. In Search of a Midnight Kiss
4. Happy-Go-Luck
ADAM
1. Wall-E
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
4. Young@Heart
5. The Band’s Visit
worst date movies
MATTY
1. Funny Games
2. Lakeview Terrace
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
ADAM
1. Hunger
2. Funny Games
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Savage Grace
5. Revolutionary Road
best male frontal nudity
JOINT PICKS
1. Jason Segel, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
2. David Kross, THE READER
3. Michael Fassbender, HUNGER
#240: Best Performances of 2008
adam
1. Heath Ledger — DARK KNIGHT
Kate Winslet — THE READER
2. Sean Penn — MILK
Sally Hawkins — HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
3. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson — IN BRUGES
Michelle Williams — WENDY AND LUCY
4. Michael Fassbender — HUNGER
Catinca Untaru — THE FALL
5. Clint Eastwood — GRAN TORINO
Anne Hathaway — RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Matty
1. Mickey Rourke — THE WRESTLER
Michelle Williams — WENDY AND LUCY
2. Sean Penn — MILK
Kate Winslet — THE READER
3. Alejandro Polanco — CHOP SHOP
Samantha Morton — MISTER LONELY
4. Michael Fassbender — HUNGER
Meryl Streep — DOUBT
5. François Cluzet — TELL NO ONE
Inés Efron — XXY
Steve Prokopy
1. Mickey Rourke — THE WRESTLER
Sally Hawkins — HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
2. Richard Jenkins — THE VISITOR
Melissa Leo — FROZEN RIVER
3. Sean Penn — MILK
Anne Hathaway — RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
4. Brendan Gleeson — IN BRUGES
Linda Leandersson — LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
5. Michael Shannon — SHOTGUN STORIES
Michelle Williams — WENDY AND LUCY