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Cold, cold, cold. That's all I hear about, the second the thermometer drops below 40. At this time of year, the air occasionally goes scrotum-shrivellingly cold, so it's a good time to look at the greatest Winter Movies ever made. There aren't as many of them… Continue reading
Could anybody possibly care about what I have to say about tonight's Golden Globes? What if I offered the phrase "mini-meltdown?" I dutifully watched the Awards for one of my side gigs, and ended up live-blogging them on my Twitter. Inspired by Nick's… Continue reading
Brothers is a movie that has kind of slipped through the cracks. It showed up towards the end of 2009, but not in enough time for me to see it for my Best-Of list. It's been nominated for some awards already, but not enough to make people feel like they ought… Continue reading
Daybreakers is a horror/sci-fi mash-up that shows us a world where the vampires have won out over humanity, but the supply of human beings that they keep in order to harvest the blood they need has dwindled to dangerous levels. Blood-starved monster vamps… Continue reading
For my 100th column here, I'm going to mention the ten movies released within the Ground Zero Decade that I can't do without. That's right: I've taken to calling the years between 2000 and 2009 "the Ground Zero Decade." No one's come up with a better name so… Continue reading
The following is a fairly thorough run-down of everything else that was annoying, infuriating, or brilliant about movies in 2009. I'm pretty sure that the majority of entries on this list address ideas or issues which haven't been said or resaid by hundreds… Continue reading
…But first, my top five documentaries! This was a great year for movies I liked, great enough that I can make a second list for documentaries. As usual, I didn't see nearly enough of those, but my favorites are below. And after that, we'll get to the… Continue reading
Sure would seem like a good year to be South Africa, cinematically speaking. First they send us the thoroughly awesome District 9, and then the legendary Clint Eastwood comes to town to recreate one of their prouder moments. Obviously Invictus and District 9… Continue reading
Avatar is like nothing you've ever seen before, even though you've absolutely seen this story many times before. Is that a coy contradiction? Is it a negative statement? I hope not. I think you can love something while still seeing and understanding its… Continue reading
I've been sitting on my thoughts about A Serious Man for over a month. Deliberation? Procrastination? Does it matter? That last question is more meaningful to what I'm about to write than it may initially read. Honestly, I feel pretty much the same when I… Continue reading
Continuing with my effort to write about some under-recognized nuggets of cinematic goodness from the past year, I come to World's Greatest Dad. This movie is one of the most daring comedies of the year, and it is conclusive proof that you can never entirely… Continue reading
With 2010 looming, Empire, the best movie magazine in the world, has just released their Icons Of The Decade issue. This is a list of the ten movie characters that have loomed largest in the consciousness of film fans since the year 2000. Empire also included… Continue reading
