“Wait – it’s a comedy about cancer? Jesus, that seems to be in terrible taste. Count me out.” That’s most people’s first reaction when I tell them about one of the second-best film of the year. 50/50 is a loosely…
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#3: The Fighter
Wait – didn’t I do this one already. Yeah it’s the one about the underdog brothers. With the great fight scenes and terrific acting. It was #5, right? What was it called again, em… Warrior – that’s it! Oh wait.…
Tagged with: #3, christian bale, david o russell, film, mark wahlberg, the fighter
Posted in 2011, film
Posted in 2011, film
#4: Midnight in Paris
Ah, Woody Allen. He came up with the premise of Futurama in 1972 with Sleepers. He re-invented the romantic comedy with Annie Hall in 1977. And now he makes his return to form with Midnight in Paris, the funniest film of…
#5: Warrior
I can’t wait for The Dark Knight Rises for two reasons: one, because its prequel was the best film of 2008 and easily the best comic book movie of all time. And two, because Tom Hardy is a feckin’ beast.…
#6: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Move over, Ron Burgundy. George Smiley is the real ambassador of the Seventies: a decade of grey suits, glumness and gas shortages. Yes, it was a miserable time by all accounts. The Troubles happening up North. Stagflation in the States.…
#7: Drive
Drive has the sweetest, most endearing romance of any film this year. It also shows a man’s head being beaten into a pulp. It’s an acquired taste. Rarely does a film receive an 18 cert nowadays, but Drive fully warrants…
#8: The Help
The Help is the quite possibly best film ever to have a black woman say, in total earnestness: “I love me some fried chicken.” Some quarters would have you believe that The Help is mawkish and overly sentimental. They claim…
#9: 127 Hours
“So it’s a movie about a guy who gets his hand stuck under a rock for five days? Sure, I’ll get right on that. Once I finish watching this riveting documentary about paint drying.” As that freaky baby scene in…
Tagged with: #9, 127 hours, danny boyle, film, james franco, survival, true story
Posted in 2011, film
Posted in 2011, film
#10: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The trailers made this movie look laughably bad. I was expecting the next Battlefield Earth. What I got was arguably the best blockbuster of the year. Apes has a moving, personal story that rivals any drama, and an epic finale worthy…
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