2009 in Films

So as award season gets underway with the Golden Globes later tonight and the Oscars in a month and a half, I felt it necessary to throw my two cents your way. These are my favorites, not the ones I think will win, though if it were up to me they would. I didn't see all the movies out last year so if you feel something else should be on here let me know and maybe I'll make my way to add it to my Netflix queue.

Top Movies

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Invictus
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Best Actor

1. Morgan Freeman (Invictus)

2. Christoph Waltz (Inglorious Basterds)

3. Jamie Foxx (The Soloist)

4. Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)

5. George Clooney (Up In The Air)

Bonus: Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen)

Best Actress

1. Diane Kruger (Inglorious Basterds)

2. Rachel Weisz (Brothers Bloom)

3. Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)

4. Maya Rudolph (Away We Go)

5. Emily Blunt (Sunshine Cleaning)

Best Animated

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox (sorry for the repeat but it's amazing)

2. Coraline

3. Up

4. Monsters vs. Aliens

Other Great Movies (in basic order of release)
Taken
Coraline
Fanboys

Watchmen

Sunshine Cleaning

I Love You, Man

Monsters vs. Aliens

The Soloist

Star Trek

Brothers Bloom

Drag Me To Hell

Up

The Hangover

Land of the Lost

Away We Go

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

District 9

Halloween II

Paranormal Activity

Zombieland

Law Abiding Citizen

Where The Wild Things Are

Boondock Saints II: All Saint's Day

The Men Who Stare At Goats

Up In The Air

Avatar

Sherlock Holmes

50 Favorite Movies

Here is an unorganized list of my 50 Favorite Movies. Feel free to mock and chastise or praise and herald as you wish.


Big Fish
Independence Day
Brothers Bloom
Armageddon
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back
Gladiator
The Matrix
Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Rushmore
Night Watch
Across The Universe
Full Metal Jacket
The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Very Long Engagement
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
The Devil's Advocate
Dogma
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Guys And Dolls
Amadeus
Inglorious Basterds
Forrest Gump
About A Boy
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Sunshine
The Patriot
Rent
Stranger Than Fiction
The Lion King
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Men Of Honor
Boondock Saints
Rock Star
Apollo 13
Garden State
Let The Right One In
Gone Baby Gone
Finding Neverland
The Crow
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Step Brothers
Amazing Grace
October Sky
Shaun Of The Dead
Constantine
The Usual Suspects
The Assassination Of Jessie James By The Coward Robert Ford
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father

Podcast #3

A Week Late, But Not Sweating It

This is our third podcast. We discuss lots of random things. Enjoy!

Intro Song is "Painted By Numbers" by The Sounds

Beer Pong Table Pictures Link...

Saddest Picture Ever Link...

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Podcast #2

Throwing Darts For Burgers

This is our second cast. We discuss our Oscar picks. Enjoy!

Oscar Link...

Intro Music is "Made For TV Movie" by Incubus

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Garden State Outtakes....by Will Green

This was the outtakes from Will's Garden State project. Random and totally late....but here it is.

I'll link to the actual video when he gets it on his blog.

Best Poster I've Seen In A While

Oscars

There is already a massive amount of hype leading into this coming years Academy Awards. It's been fun listening to what people think about the various movies that they've seen. So I've decided to let you know what I think about the 6 main categories. I'm only putting up people and movies that I've actually seen. They are, for the most part, in the order I think they have a chance of winning.

Best Supporting Actress
- Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
- Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler)

Best Supporting Actor
- Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
- Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)
- Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor)
- Barry Pepper (Seven Pounds)
- Robert Downey Jr. (Charlie Bartlett)

Best Actress
- Kate Winslett (Revolutionary Road)
- Marissa Tomei (The Wrestler)
- Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
- Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona)
- Rosario Dawson (Seven Pounds)

Best Actor
- Sean Penn (Milk)
- Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
- Leonardo DeCaprio (Revolutionary Road)
- Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon)
- Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)

Best Director
- Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
- Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)
- Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
- Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Best Film
- Frost/Nixon
- The Wrestler
- Gran Torino
- Milk
- The Dark Knight

The hardest part about this is choosing where I think the roles of people put them in terms of categories. Michael Sheen and Frank Langella both are the stars of Frost/Nixon, so where to put them in terms of Actor/Supporting Actor? That becomes the true question.

Here's some posters for you.