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#288: 2009 Blowout

January 22, 2010 / Betty Lavandero

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

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#286: Lead Performances of 2009

January 08, 2010 / Guest User

adam

1. Mark Duplass — HUMPDAY

Carey Mulligan — AN EDUCATION

2. Jeff Bridges — CRAZY HEART

Mélanie Laurent — INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

3. Colin Firth — A SINGLE MAN

Charlotte Gainsbourg — ANTICHRIST

4. Michael Stuhlbarg — A SERIOUS MAN

Marion Cotillard — NINE

5. Sam Rockwell — MOON

Arta Dobroshi — LORNA’S SILENCE

Matty

1. Tom Hardy — BRONSON

Carey Mulligan — AN EDUCATION

2. Christian McKay — ME AND ORSON WELLES

Meryl Streep — JULIE AND JULIA

3. Michael Stuhlbarg — A SERIOUS MAN

Charlotte Gainsbourg — ANTICHRIST

4. Baard Owe — O’HORTEN

Marion Cotillard — NINE

5. Michael Jai White — BLACK DYNAMITE

Hatice Aslan — THREE MONKEYS

Steve Prokopy

1. Sam Rockwell — MOON

Maria Heiskanen — EVERLASTING MOMENTS

2. Jeremy Renner — THE HURT LOCKER

Carey Mulligan —THE HURT LOCKER

3. Matt Damn — THE INFORMANT!

Gabourey ‘Gabby’ Sidibie — PRECIOUS

4. Sharlto Copley — DISTRICT 9

Hiam Abass — LEMON TREE

5. Michael Stuhlbarg — A SERIOUS MAN

Sasha Grey — THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE

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#285: Top 10 Films of 2009

December 18, 2009 / Guest User

Listen Here

Adam

1. Inglourious Basterds

2. Humpday

3. An Education

4. The Hurt Locker

5. A Serious Man

6. Up in the Air

7. Summer Hours

8. Brothers

9. The White Ribbon

10. Where the Wild Things Are

Matty

1. Inglourious Basterds

2. An Education

3. The Hurt Locker

4. A Serious Man

5. Brothers

6. Sugar

7. Treeless Mountain

8. Up in the Air

9. O'Horten

10. Summer Hours

Michael Phillips

1. Up

2. Where the Wild Things Are

3. Waltz with Bashir

4. Of Time and the City

5. The Hurt Locker

6. A Serious Man

7. In the Loop

8. Sugar

9. Me and Orson Welles

10.A Single Man

Scott Tobias

1. 35 Shots of Rum

2. Duplicity

3. Humpday

4. Collapse

5. Julia

6. Afterschool

7. Revanche

8. The House of the Devil

9. The Fantastic Mr. Fox

10. The Hurt Locker