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THE BEST MOVIES OF 2008
Last year was a superb year for the motion picture business. A lot of great movies were released and I have taken this opportunity to share with you the best of the best in each category. It was a great year highlighted by the resurgence of the great Woody Allen and two of the best, if not the best, superhero movies in American film history. In 2008, the late Heath Ledger graced us with one of the best performances we have ever and will ever see on the big screen. If you haven’t seen these movies, bookmark this list and be sure to rent these movies in 2009.
Unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to see the following films yet, which saddens me deeply because I know they are most likely great:
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Doubt
So you could basically call this The Best Movies of 2008 (not counting Milk, Frost/Nixon, or Doubt)…
THE BEST MOVIES OF 2008
COMEDY
VICKY, CRISTINA, BARCELONA
One of Woody Allen’s best of his impressive career. FULL REVIEW
TROPIC THUNDER
Hilarious and the star-studded cast lives up to its reputation. FULL REVIEW
FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
One of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a long time and arguably the best in the Apatow series.
BURN AFTER READING
Pitt, Clooney, and McDormand give outstanding performances in this Cohen brothers comedy.
ANIMATED
WALL-E
One of the most likable characters in animated film history and a great story. FULL REVIEW
DRAMA
THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS
One of the most touching friendships you will ever seen in a movie between two young boys, one a Nazi and one a Jew, during WWII. FULL REVIEW
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
One of the top 5 movies of 2008. Tells the story of a poor, homeless, Indian boy who becomes a millionaire overnight. Brilliant acting and impressive in every aspect.
APPALOOSA
An underrated western directed by and starring the great Ed Harris. FULL REVIEW
ACTION
THE DARK KNIGHT
I think everyone in America has seen this movie and knows how great it is. The best ever in the Batman series and an awesomely scary performance by Heath Ledger as the Joker. FULL REVIEW
IRON MAN
Downey Jr. is back and Iron Man is one of the best movies of summer ‘08.
VALKYRIE
Tom Cruise redeems himself in this WWII classic about the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler by his own German soldiers. Very suspenseful and definitely one of the best films of ‘08.
THE BEST MOVIE OF 2008
VICKY, CRISTINA, BARCELONA
Yes, it’s better than The Dark Knight. Read why HERE.
WEEKLY POP CULTURE UPDATE (12.16.08)
THE NEVERMIND BABY
We all know the now classic album cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind released just a short seventeen years ago, and now the baby on the cover seems to be cashing in from his infant fame. Spencer Elden, now seventeen, calls himself the “Nirvana baby”, which I’m sure he uses to get laid on Saturday nights in some lame, middle-American town. No, really - for people who are famous for really stupid-ass reasons - when do they tell people something like being on the cover of one of the most famous albums of all-time? When they meet someone, how long do they wait before being like “…you know…I am the baby on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind“. I mean, if it helps him get chicks, then more power to him.
read more on CNN.
WHO THROWS A SHOE? HONESTLY
When I first saw this video over the weekend of some guy in the middle east throwing his shoes at President Bush during a press conference, I literally thought it was a Saturday Night Live skit. It looks like a joke. I must say that Bush does have pretty good reflexes. I give him props for barely even reacting. He just kind of stands there with this “WTF” look on his face. But let’s be honest, he usually has that look on his face.
Jimmy over at SI.com’s “Hot Clicks” and I were on the same page this morning. The first thing that came to my mind after seeing the above video was this scene from Austin Powers:
Which leads me to these awesome gifs:
SONG OF THE WEEK
The bay area (San Francisco/Oakland) of California has some great rap music that the east coast has yet to become familiarized with yet. Most notably, rappers Andre Nickatina and San Quinn. For some more info on Andre Nickatina, check out my TOP 10 HIP-HOP SONGS YOU HAVEN’T HEARD list.
San Quinn has a new song called “SF Anthem” that is better than anything Kanye West’s overproduced ass has put out lately.
San Quinn - “SF Anthem”
THE OFFICE IS GOOD AGAIN
I had a post about season 5 of The Office starting to get good, and now that Pam is back in Scranton, it’s gotten even better. The last two episodes have been fantastic. Hulu is a great place to catch up on The Office episodes - for free. Just in case you have 22 minutes of free time, here’s one of the episodes:
MOVIE OF THE WEEK
WALL-E
I had my doubts about this animated Pixar film about a trash compactor that basically makes noises throughout an entire movie, but it was very enjoyable. Wall-E might be the most likable and fun character Pixar has ever created - and that’s saying a lot. The movie also has a somewhat political and sociocultural theme in which it is set in the future and the earth has been abandoned due to an extreme abundance of trash. Go rent it. I am going to consider it for my Top 5 Movies of 2008 list soon to be released at the first of the year… 8/10
