#238: Supporting Performances of 2008

adam

Male:

1. Heath Ledger — THE DARK KNIGHT

2. James Franco — PINEAPPLE EXPRESS/MILK

3. Michael Peña — THE LUCKY ONES

4. David Harbour — REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

5. Robert Downey Jr. — CHARLIE BARTLETT/TROPIC THUNDER

Female:

1. Kate Winslet —THE READER

2. Rosemarie DeWitt — RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

3. Tilda Swinton — THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

4. Mila Kunis — FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

5. Samantha Morton — SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK

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Matty

Male:

1. Eddie Marsan — HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

2. Peter Mullan — BOY A

3. Mathieu Amalric — A CHRISTMAS TALE

4. Heath Ledger — THE DARK KNIGHT

5. Christopher Mintz-Plasse — ROLE MODELS

Female:

1. Penélope Cruz — VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

2. Rosemarie DeWitt — RACHEL GETTING MARRIED

3. Viola Davis — DOUBT

4. Jane Lynch — ROLE MODELS

5. Mila Kunis — FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL

#237: Biopics We'd Like to See

adam

1. Miles Davis

2. Eric Arthur Blair aka George Orwell

3. Pier Paolo Passolini

4. Bob Marley

5. Jeff Buckley & Jaco Pastorius

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Matty

1. F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald

2. Moms Mabley & Ernie Kovacs

3. John Kennedy Toole

4. Nathanel Greene & Erwil Rommel

5. Charles Rocket

#236: Turkeys of 2008

adam

1. Al and Bob pumping iron in RIGHTEOUS KILL

2. Aliens in INDY 4

3. Thandie Newton as Condi Rice in W

4. Summer Comedies

5. Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

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Matty

1. Bill Burgess and “Bloodline”

2. Stephen Lucas Ford

3. HD DVD, VCR

4. The MPAA

5. Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers

#235: Mancrushes

adam

1. Steve McQueen

2. James McAvoy

3. Paul Rudd

4. Alain Delon

5. Glen Hansard

Matty

1. Paul Rudd

2. Mads Mikkelsen

3. Harrison Ford

4. Hugh Grant

5. Alan Alda & Bill Murray

Matt Singer, IFC News

1. George Clooney

2. Richard Roundtree

3. Gene Kelly

4. Paul Newman

5. Bill Murray

Tasha Robinson, av club

1. Julie Andrews

2. Salma Hayek

3. Emma Thompson

4. Michelle Yeoh

5. Judi Dench

#234: Movies About Mortality

adam

1. All That Jazz

2. Grave of the Fireflies

3. Wings of Desire

4. Wild Strawberries/Seventh Seal

5. Solaris (1972)

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Matty

1. Wild Strawberries

2. Seventh Seal

3. Away From Her/The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

4. Groundhog Day

5. Defending Your Life

#233: Scariest Scenes

adam

1. The Orphanage

2. Zodiac

3. The Haunting (1963)

4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre

5. Nosferatu the Vampyre/Don’t Look Now

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Matty

1. The Shining/Sixth Sense/The Devil’s Backbone/Stir of Echoes

2. Jaws

3. Psycho

4. E.T.

5. Jurassic Park

#232: Oliver Stone Scenes

adam

1. NATURAL BORN KILLERS — I Love Mallory

2. WALL STREET — Bud Sells Out

3. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY — Opening Parade

4. PLATOON — Smoking

5. JFK — Back and To the Left

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Matty

1. PLATOON — Death of Elias

2. WALL STREET — Greed is Good

3. PLATOON — Smoking

4. HEAVEN & EARTH — Grocery Store

5. JFK — Back and To the Left

#231: Breakthrough Performances

adam

1. Frances McDormand and William H. Macy — FARGO

2. Nicole Kidman — TO DIE FOR

3. Josh Brolin — PLANET TERROR

4. Penélope Cruz — VOLVER

5. Terrence Howard — HUSTLE & FLOW

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Matty

1. John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman — BOOGIE NIGHTS

2. Vince Vaughn — SWINGERS

3. Catherine Keener — OUT OF SIGHT

4. Frances McDormand — MISSISSIPPI

5. J.K. Simmons — JUNO