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#690: Top 5 Films of 2018 (So Far)

ADAM

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1. FIRST REFORMED

2. ISLE OF DOGS

3. THE RIDER

4. ANNIHILATION

5. DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?

Honorable Mentions: PADDINGTON 2, THE DEATH OF STALIN, WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?, LEAN ON PETE, EIGHTH GRADE, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, A QUIET PLACE, THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING

Regrets: HEREDITARY, THE TALE, ZAMA, LET THE SUNSHINE IN, 24 FRAMES


JOSH

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1. ISLE OF DOGS

2. FIRST REFORMED

3. SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

4. ZAMA

5. GAME NIGHT

Honorable Mentions: LEAVE NO TRACE, HEREDITARY, PADDINGTON 2, THE RIDER, LEAN ON PETE

Regrets: THE DEATH OF STALIN, FIRST MATCH

#689: Top 5 Struggling Adolescents

ADAM

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1. Mouchette, MOUCHETTE

2. Oskar and Eli, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

3. Students at Northeast High, HIGH SCHOOL

4. Mia, FISH TANK

5. Chiron, MOONLIGHT

Selected honorable mentions: Cyril, THE KID WITH A BIKE; the boys from STAND BY ME; Ned, ABOUT A BOY; DONNIE DARKO; Riley, INSIDE OUT


JOSH

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1. Dawn Wiener, WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE

2. Antoine Doinel, THE 400 BLOWS

3. Suzy and Sam, MOONRISE KINGDOM

4. Helen Keller, THE MIRACLE WORKER

5. Mouchette, MOUCHETTE

Selected honorable mentions: Violet Parr, THE INCREDIBLES; CORALINE; Toni, THE FITS; Tom, LEAVE NO TRACE; the sisters, EVE'S BAYOU

#688: Top 5 Worst Movie Jobs

ADAM

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1. Moonbase Caretaker, MOON

2. Bible Salesman, SALESMAN

3. Coal Miner, MATEWAN

4. Old West Sheriff, RIO BRAVO & HIGH NOON

5. Corporate Downsizer - UP IN THE AIR

Honorable Mention: Post-mortem cleaner, SUNSHINE CLEANING


MICHAEL PHILLIPS

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1. Anonymous Office Drone, BRAZIL

2. Human Football, I LOVE MELVIN

3. Nightman at hotel in the middle of nowhere, TOUCH OF EVIL

4. Head of the Grandi Crime Family, TOUCH OF EVIL

5. Chicken Lady, FREAKS

Honorable Mentions: Seamstress, LES MISERABLES; Farmer Dan, THE BIRDS; the Turin horse, THE TURIN HORSE

#687: Top 5 Women in Westerns

JOSH

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KATIE RIFE

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1. Vienna (Joan Crawford), JOHNNY GUITAR

2. Feathers (Angie Dickinson), RIO BRAVO

3. Barbara Stanwyck (Vance Jeffords), THE FURIES

4. Jill McBain (Claudia Cardinale), ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

5. Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), THE HATEFUL EIGHT

#685: Top 5 Pixar Performances

ADAM

"Reach for the Skies" Memorial List

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1. Amy Poehler as Joy, INSIDE OUT

2. Albert Brooks as Marlin, FINDING NEMO

3. Joan Cusack as Jessie, TOY STORY 2 & 3

4. Peter O’Toole as Anton Ego, RATATOUILLE

5. Jason Lee as Syndrome, THE INCREDIBLES

Selected Honorable Mentions: Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, TOY STORY 1-3; Huck Milner as Dash Parr, INCREDIBLES 2; John Ratzenberger in everything.


JOSH

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1. Richard Kind as Bing Bong, INSIDE OUT

2. Ellen DeGeneres as Dory, FINDING NEMO

3. Holly Hunter as Elastigirl, THE INCREDIBLES

4. Ned Beatty as Lots-O’Huggin Bear, TOY STORY 3

5. Phyllis Smith as Sadness, INSIDE OUT

Selected Honorable Mentions: Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego and Patton Oswalt as... RATATOUILLE; Sarah Vowell as Violet Parr in THE INCREDIBLES; Andrew Stanton as Crush in FINDING NEMO

#684: Top 5 Classic Rock Scenes

ADAM

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer Memorial List

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1. “Hurricane,” DAZED AND CONFUSED

2. “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” MEAN STREETS

3. "Making Time," RUSHMORE

4. “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” ZODIAC

5. "Band on the Run," BOYHOOD


JOSH

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1. "A Quick One While He's Away," RUSHMORE

2. "Jumpin’ Jack Flash," MEAN STREETS

3. "Sweet Emotion," DAZED AND CONFUSED

4. "Free Fallin’," JERRY MAGUIRE

5. "Don’t Stop Me Now," SHAUN OF THE DEAD


STEVEN HYDEN, AUTHOR OF "TWILIGHT OF THE GODS"

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1. "Late For the Sky," TAXI DRIVER

2. "Jumpin’ Jack Flash," MEAN STREETS

3. "Sister Christian," BOOGIE NIGHTS

4. "California Dreamin'," CHUNGKING EXPRESS

5. "Dancing in the Dark," THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES


 
 

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