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Submit your five favorite films from this year and in a week I will give you a top ten. IMDb dates will be used.
The point system is as follows 1st Place-5 points 2nd Place-4 points 3rd Place-3.5 points 4th Place-3 points 5th Place-2.5 points There will be no restrictions on short films. A minimum of three films must be listed. You may edit your post freely up until the time that the voting is closed, which will be in about a week. I will give at least 24 hours warning before tallying votes. You may begin now. IMDB Power Search
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A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) ***1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) ***1/2 Godzilla (Honda, 1954) *** Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) **1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) **** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) *** Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) ** The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) *** The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) ** How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) ***1/2 The Fly (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2 |
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1. Children of Paradise
2. Brief Encounter 3. Fresh Airedale
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A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) ***1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) ***1/2 Godzilla (Honda, 1954) *** Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) **1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) **** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) *** Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) ** The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) *** The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) ** How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) ***1/2 The Fly (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2 |
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1. Brief Encounter (Lean)
2. Rome, Open City (Rossellini) 3. Detour (Ulmer) 4. And Then There Were None (Clair) 5. I Know Where I'm Going! (Powell & Pressburger) ------------------------------------------ 6. Children of Paradise (Carne) 7. Dead of Night (bunch of guys) 8. The Body Snatcher (Wise)
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Rice is great when you're hungry and you want 2,000 of something. Recently Viewed: The Kids Are All Right (2010) ***½ Inception (2010) ** (500) Days of Summer (2009) **½ Toy Story 3 (2010) ***½ Day & Night (s) (2010) **** Films By Year The Fifth Dimension: A Chronological Twilight Zone (UPDATED 7/1/10) |
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1. Scarlet Street
2. San Pietro 3. Rome, Open City 4. The House on 92nd Street 5. Brief Encounter I should probably watch Children of Paradise again some day.
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Orlando (1992) ***½ Demonlover (2002) ***½ Inception (2010) ***½ Everything Is Illuminated (2002, Jonathan Safran Foer) *** July's People (1981, Nadine Gordimer) ***½ |
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1. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang)
2. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné) 3. I Know Where I'm Going! (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger) 4. The Body Snatcher (Robert Wise) 5. And Then There Were None (René Clair) 6. Brief Encounter (David Lean) 7. Isle of the Dead (Mark Robson) 8. Objective, Burma! (Raoul Walsh) 9. Fallen Angel (Otto Preminger) 10. Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
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Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page |
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I believe in your victory
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1. And Then There Were None
2. Dead of Night 3. Christmas in Connecticut 4. The Spiral Staircase 5. Spellbound |
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Editor
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1. I Know Where I'm Going!
2. The Body Snatcher 3. Isle of the Dead 4. Scarlet Street 5. Mildred Pierce
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House of Mirth and Movies: Top 10s (in progress) |
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#1 Procrastinator
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Heh all I've seen from this year is two films produced by Val Lewton. I should really see more from the 1940s.
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Good Lord, son, no, I do not. I was, in days gone by, a believer. But alas, I came to this beleaguered land, and the God in me just . . . evaporated. Let us change our toast, sir. To the God who has forgotten us. Down the Rabbit Hole |
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Body Double
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1. Rome: Open City
2. Brief Encounter 3. Children of Paradise 4. Mildred Pierce 5. Spellbound
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Recomended Recent Viewings: The Circus (Chaplin, 1928) Inception (Nolan, 2010) Toy Story 3 (Unkrich, 2010) After Hours (Scorsese, 1985) Still Walking (Koreeda, 2008) |
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1. Children of Paradise
2. Leave Her to Heaven 3. Detour 4. Scarlet Street 5. Brief Encounter 6. Dead of Night 7. Rome, Open City 8. 'I Know Where I'm Going!' 9. The Body Snatcher 10. Spellbound
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blog (latest: notes on a few recent films) / twitter / lastfm Sweetgrass (Barbash & Castaing-Taylor, 2009) ***½ Primate (Wiseman, 1974) *** The Unloved (Morton, 2009) ** Boy (Waititi, 2010) **½ Beeswax (Bujalski, 2009) ***½ Hahaha (Hong, 2010) *** Blank City (Danhier, 2009) *** Cell 211 (Monzón, 2009) **½ The Messenger (Moverman, 2009) **½ |
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Where be the Leave Her to Heaven love at? :(
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blog (latest: notes on a few recent films) / twitter / lastfm Sweetgrass (Barbash & Castaing-Taylor, 2009) ***½ Primate (Wiseman, 1974) *** The Unloved (Morton, 2009) ** Boy (Waititi, 2010) **½ Beeswax (Bujalski, 2009) ***½ Hahaha (Hong, 2010) *** Blank City (Danhier, 2009) *** Cell 211 (Monzón, 2009) **½ The Messenger (Moverman, 2009) **½ |
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King of the Impossible
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1. Children of Paradise (Marcel Carné)
2. I Know Where I'm Going! (Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger) 3. Brief Encounter (David Lean) 4. The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder) 5. Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini) -------------------------------------------- 6. Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang) 7. Mildred Pierce (Michael Curtiz) 8. Herr Meets Hare (Friz Freleng) |
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I see no mention here of Objective, Burma!. This is a very modern war movie which lacks the propaganda prevalent in war movies from the 40s. Don't be put off by iconic Errol Flynn - he is perfect in a serious role. Easily the best war film from the 40s.
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Last Excellent Film Seen For The Very First Time: Captains Courageous (1937, Victor Fleming) My Movie Page |
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1. Children of Paradise
2. Spellbound 3. And Then There Were None 4. I Know Where I'm Going!
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"Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth." -Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society |
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Santiago Alvarez
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1. I Know Where I'm Going!
2. Brief Encounter 3. Rome, Open City 4. Spellbound |
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Children of Paradise
Rome, Open City The Lost Weekend Mildred Pierce Brief Encounter Last edited by origami_mustache : 06-26-2008 at 07:22 AM. |
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Live like it's shark week
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1. Rome, Open City
2. Detour 3. The Lost Weekend 4. Scarlet Street 5. Brief Encounter
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LATEST SEEN: The Runaways - ** 1/2 Chloe - * 1/2 A Single Man - *** |
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Synegoggles!
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1. I Know Where I'm Going!
2. Detour 3. Lapdance 4. Mildred Pierce 5. Leave Her to Heaven
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Tokyo Sonata (Kurosawa - '08) 87 Culloden (Watkins - '64) 77 The Lost Weekend (Wilder - 1945) 81 Adieu Phillipine (Jacques Rozier - '63) 88 The Blue Bird (Tourneur - '19)90 Falstaff aka Chimes at Midnight (Welles - '65) 66 A Trip to Mars (Holger-Madsen - '18) 71 The War Game (Watkins - '66) 73 I Want to Go Home (Resnais -'89) 38 Life Is Sweet (Leigh - '91) 78 [/color] |
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A Platypus
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1. Rome, Open City
2. Isle of the Dead 3. Detour 4. Spellbound I'm eager to see The Body Snatcher.
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There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it. -- Niven Law #16 TOY STORY 3 - Solid entertainment of the Pixar brand, but an unnecessary sequel that adds nothing to the story. TETRO - I applaud Coppola for making a genuinely strange movie. When it works, it works. CHÉRI - Average period piece, but worth seeing for Michelle Pfeiffer's incredibly acting - and body. |
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The Pan
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1. Children of Paradise
2. The Lost Weekend 3. Mildred Pierce 4. Rome, Open City 5. Brief Encounter Scarlet Street and I Know Where I'm Going somewhere down the line.
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Inception - A- Deewaar - D+ Meet me in St. Louis - C+ Dinner for Schmucks - C+ Gimme Shelter - B |
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If you liked Isle of the Dead you'll really dig The Body Snatcher, which is the better of the two. Borris Karloff gives an awesome and extremely creepy scene stealing performance in that film.
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Good Lord, son, no, I do not. I was, in days gone by, a believer. But alas, I came to this beleaguered land, and the God in me just . . . evaporated. Let us change our toast, sir. To the God who has forgotten us. Down the Rabbit Hole |
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Screenwriter
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1. Children of Paradise
2. Rome, Open City 3. Brief Encounter 4. The Lost Weekend
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The Long Goodbye - 8.5 Dirty Pretty Things - 7.5 Beloved - 6.5 Inception - 7 |
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1. Brief Encounter
2. Children of Paradise 3. The Body Snatcher 4. The Lost Weekend 5. And Then There Were None
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Films I've Seen: Inception (2010) - ** Despicable Me (2010)- **1/2 Zombieland (2009) - *** The Crazies (2010) - *** Land of the Lost (2009) - *1/2 MacGruber (2010) - *** Book I'm Reading: A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin |
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More?
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A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) ***1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) ***1/2 Godzilla (Honda, 1954) *** Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) **1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) **** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) *** Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) ** The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) *** The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) ** How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) ***1/2 The Fly (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2 |
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Body Double
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Mildred Pierce (Curtiz) The Lost Weekend (Wilder) |
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One more day for this one.
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A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) ***1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) ***1/2 Godzilla (Honda, 1954) *** Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) **1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) **** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) *** Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) ** The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) *** The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) ** How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) ***1/2 The Fly (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2 |
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![]() Spellbound Director: Alfred Hitchcock Country: USA The head of the Green Manors mental asylum is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwardes. However, it soon becomes apparent that Dr. Edwardes is in fact a paranoid amnesiac impostor. He goes on the run to try to solve the mystery of what happened to the real Dr. Edwardes. Earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Also received nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Special Effects, Best Cinematography (BW) and Best Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov). Ingrid Bergman was named Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle. The dream sequence was designed by Salvador Dalí. David O. Selznick was opposed to using Dalí from an expense point of view, until he realized the marketing mileage that could be gained from such a hiring. "It may be best to look at Spellbound as individual parts rather than as a whole, because the parts themselves are really quite good. The film is positively loaded with evocative imagery and creative tricks of the camera, even beyond the rightly famous Dalí dream sequences." - Eric San Juan
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A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) ***1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) ***1/2 Godzilla (Honda, 1954) *** Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) **1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) **** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) *** Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) ** The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) *** The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) ** How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) ***1/2 The Fly (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2 |
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![]() And Then There Were None Director: René Clair Country: USA Ten people are invited for a weekend on an island. Suddenly one of them is dead, then the next ... One of the group must be the murderer, but the person suspected is always the person who is murdered next. Based on a novel by Agatha Christie, originally published in the UK with the title Ten Little Niggers. The novel has also been published under the title Ten Little Indians. The film's ending is radically different than the novel, using the conclusion Christie herself wrote for the 1943 stage version. "Clair’s camera seems as interested as we are in getting to the bottom of this mystery, and can be seen peeking through keyholes and around corners as it spies on the guests, who are usually found to be spying on yet another guest. The director is ceaselessly inventive visually, and the games that he continuously plays with the audience never hamper the thrills: they only leave us wanting more." - Jeremy Heilman
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A Town Called Panic (Aubier/Patar, 2009) ***1/2 You, the Living (Andersson, 2007) ***1/2 Godzilla (Honda, 1954) *** Looney Tunes: Back in Action (Dante, 2003) **1/2 Inception (Nolan, 2010) **** Blue Beard (Breillat, 2009) *** Despicable Me (Coffin/Renaud, 2010) ** The White Ribbon (Haneke, 2009) *** The Stone Raft (Sluizer, 2002) ** How to Train Your Dragon (DeBlois/Sanders, 2010) ***1/2 The Fly (Neumann, 1958) ***1/2 |
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