Here it is – a review of that Apple Store you have to pay to get into, TRON: LEGACY, plus the laugh out loud tragedy of the year TRUE GRIT. All that and our thoughts on the Films of the Year.
Running time: 54 minutes and 49 seconds – 26mb mp3
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DVD’s of The Year: THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER / BBS Box Set / FANTASIA
Interesting But Not Great: GET HIM TO THE GREEK / SPLICE / KICK-ASS / CYRUS / TOY STORY 3 / KNIGHT AND DAY / THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT / IRON MAN 2 / VINCERE / THE ECLIPSE / MEGAMIND / THE SOCIAL NETWORK / WASTE LAND / THE AMERICAN / SOLITARY MAN / THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES / FISH TANK / EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP / BROOKLYN’S FINEST / RED RIDING TRILOGY / THE GHOST WRITER / THE KING’S SPEECH
Documentaries to Seek Out: FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE / RAW FAITH / THE PHILOSOPHER KINGS
What to Avoid: ROBIN HOOD / THE A-TEAM / SALT / PRINCE OF PERSIA / HOT TUB TIME MACHINE / UNSTOPPABLE / EAT PRAY LOVE / CLASH OF THE TITANS / ALICE IN WONDERLAND / THE WOLFMAN / EDGE OF DARKNESS
Just Outside the Top Ten: BLACK SWAN / NEVER LET ME GO / TRON: LEGACY / WALL STREET 2: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS / MONSTERS / WINTER’S BONE / 127 HOURS / I’M STILL HERE / SEX AND THE CITY 2 / LEAVES OF GRASS / THE OTHER GUYS
Top Ten Films of the Year: CARLOS / HEREAFTER / THE BOOK OF ELI / LOURDES / AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE / ENTER THE VOID / HOWL / I AM LOVE / INCEPTION / SHUTTER ISLAND
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No. 5: THAT EVENING SUN / No. 4: LOURDES / No. 3: NEVER LET ME GO / No. 2: I AM LOVE
and No. 1 – the most extraordinary new film I’ve seen in the four years we’ve been doing The Film Talk:
(Our Interview with ENTER THE VOID star Nathaniel Brown)
Gareth, did you forget to mention The Other Guys?
Regardless, y’all have overwhelmed me with your best of.
Here are my faves:
Enter the Void, I am Love, The Other Guys, I’m Still Here and Black Swan.
Please guide me and thanks for another year of teeth-sinkable thought-forms.
I am open to suggestions between now and The Oscars.
<3 Joe Nolan
“Teeth-sinkable Thought-Forms” is my favorite new description for the show – with your permission I’d like to use it on the next show,
thanking you,
J.L.
Jett – Permission granted. Haha. :)
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