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The Decade’s Film: 2005-2009

1 hour ago | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

It had been a successful decade for the comic book movie, with that trend continuing into the latter half of the decade. Just as looked like the public demand for irradiated heroes looked to be diminishing, with lacklustre showings from the likes of Spider-Man 3 and Fantastic Four, out came Iron Man. Coupled with a brilliant script and an excellent performance from Robert Downey Jr as the titular zillionaire industrialist/playboy/freedom fighter/all-round genius, the end result was something truly special. Downey’s career was also revitalised, earning him a role in Tropic Thunder (which would earn him an Oscar nomination). Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk took a similar approach, this time giving Edward Norton of Fight Club fame a shot at getting under the skin of the green goliath.  They set a tough act to follow, but followed they were by one Christopher Nolan. With the Batman …

- Uprising

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'Twilight' crash scene makes 4th best 'Movie Moment of the Decade'

19 December 2009 2:01 PM, PST | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

What was an absolutely pivotal scene for 2008's Twilight has made its mark on the film community. Moviefone has listed Twilight's car crash scene (with Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson) as one of the "Top 25 Movie Moments of the Decade." Of course, the ... Uma Thurman's "Crazy 88" fight scene in Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Jim Carrey's memory loss warp scene in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, the bamboo forest scene in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Abigail Breslin's "Superfreak" dance in Little Miss Sunshine, the . . . medicinally enhanced scene in Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle, the first scene with Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone, the . . . erm . . . wrestling match in Borat, Smeagol falling into the lava in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, the first (and rainy) spidey kiss in Spider-Man, Javier Bardem's "heads or tails" show-down in No Country For Old Men, …

- thetwilightexaminer

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Films Of The Decade – Alex’s List

18 December 2009 4:15 PM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

10 years is bloody ages in film terms. To narrow it down to my ten favourite films of the decade was no easy task. Even now I look at my list and can’t help but think…where the hell is Gladiator? Why didn’t I include any Lord Of The Rings films? What about The Dark Knight? Damn, what about The Lives Of Others, Pan’s Labyrinth, Finding Nemo, Downfall, No Country For Old Men? All of those films are incredible candidates and on another day they might have made it. The truth is no self-respecting film buff will ever be able to narrow down 10 films to fit a list and not have it change every so often.

One day my opinion of the best film of all time will be Seven Samurai the next day it will be Apocalypse Now and the day after that it might be Night Of The Hunter. …

- Alex Wagner

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Metacritic's best- and worst-reviewed movies of the decade: How many have you seen?

18 December 2009 12:41 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Here's the perfect illustration of how critics and mainstream audiences don't always coincide. The site Metacritic has posted a list of the top-reviewed films of the past decade, and according to their data, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth is No. 1 with a score of 98. Just below it is the Romanian drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (97). It's a great list, packed with terrific movies like The Hurt Locker (No. 5), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (No. 9), No Country for Old Men (No. 23) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (No. 42). But with the exception of a few titles — Pixar (duh) and The Lord of the Rings …

- Missy Schwartz

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The Top Ten ‘Top Ten of the Decade Lists’ of the Decade… List

18 December 2009 8:51 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

There are two things that upset me about the ‘09’ year of each decade. Firstly, I am confused by the global conviction that this constitutes the end of a decade. As far as I am concerned, a decade begins in year ‘1’, not year ‘0’. Of course, either option is equally viable; but surely this impenetrable ambiguity should completely remove the need to celebrate the death of one decade and the birth of another? My second annoyance is a direct result of the first… the abhorrent and feverish proliferation of ‘top ten films of the decade’ lists. Top ten lists are nothing more than arbitrary attempts to recall and compress our favourite memories in order to free up more space for the next decade. Quantifying the mystical and romantic beauty of the cinema is a disastrous exercise; and it saddens me to see so many otherwise respectable film critics doing just this. Even The Times, …

- Nicholas Deigman

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100 best films of the noughties: Nos 11-90

18 December 2009 2:17 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

The Guardian film team's pick of the top 100 movies of the decade. Check back from 21 December as we unveil the top 10 day by day

11-20

11. Waltz With Bashir

12. Dig!

13. The Beat That My Heart Skipped

14. The Consequences of Love

15. No Country for Old Men

16. Silent Light

17. Japon

18. The Sun

19. What Time Is It There?

20. Before Sunset

21-30

21. Unrelated

22. One and a Two

23. Ivansxtc

24. Let the Right One In

25. Of Time and the City

26. When the Levees Broke

27. You Can Count on Me

28. A Serious Man

29. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

30. Control

31-40

31. The Death of Mr Lazarescu

32. Grizzly Man

33. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

34. Être et Avoir

35. Far from Heaven

36. Hidden

37. The Hurt Locker

38. Oldboy

39. The New World

40. The Piano Teacher

41-50

41. Spirited Away

42. Vera Drake

43. American Splendor

44. Capturing the Friedmans

45. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

46. Crimson Gold

47. A History of Violence

48. In the Mood for Love

49. Movern Callar

50. The Night of the Sunflowers …

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No Love for Harry Potter or Twilight Franchises at Award Season

17 December 2009 11:59 PM, PST | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »

Let the games begin! Award season kicked off Tuesday at 5am in Los Angeles as the 67th Golden Globe nominations were announced live. Like every year, there were a few surprises, a few shoe-in's, and a few snubs. There are two particular snubs we want to examine today, Harry Potter and Twilight got no love and if history has taught us anything, no love is coming their way during Oscar season. So, what gives? It is always interesting to see which films are handpicked for award season and historically the films that are the best received are dramatic character studies. They are the films that make you cry, move you, and make you want to change something about yourself. Dating back to 2004, the big winners during award season have all been serious dramas, Million Dollar Baby (2004), Crash (2005), The Departed (2006), No Country for Old Men (2007), and just last year Slumdog Millionaire (2008) all cleaned up, …

- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)

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Paramount Wants To Bring The Western Back With The Adventures Of Doc Holliday

17 December 2009 10:40 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

One of the saddest deaths in the world of cinema over the past 20 years has been the classic western. While there have been the occasional hits (Unforgiven, Open Range, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) and the Coen Brothers' appear to be making some efforts to bring it back (No Country For Old Men, their upcoming remake of True Grit), the western genre is a shadow of its former self. With recent developments, however, it might be ready to make a comeback. Paramount Pictures has picked up a spec script titled The Further Adventures of Doc Holliday, which they hope to turn into a summer tentpole, according to Variety. The spec was written by Chad St. John, who does not currently have any titles to his name (yet has an IMDb page?), but his name has been attached to Warner Bros. remake of the Sean Connery …

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SAG Awards nominations could herald Oscars glory

17 December 2009 1:02 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Last year four of the five SAG-nominated ensembles appeared in films that went on to earn best picture Oscar nominations -- SAG contender "Doubt" was replaced by "The Reader" -- and "Slumdog Millionaire" won both prizes. Two years ago, only one SAG ensemble nominee -- "No Country for Old Men" -- made it into the best-picture race, although that film won both awards. Three years ago it was three of five, with "Little Miss Sunshine" taking the SAG prize but losing the top Oscar to "The Departed." Last year, 18 of the 19 SAG acting nominees repeated at the Oscars. As double SAG nominee Kate Winslet was bumped up by the Oscars from supporting to …

- tomoneil

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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.

The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.

If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.

For example, the SAG …

- Manny

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Which vicious killer will Oscar embrace next?

16 December 2009 8:06 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Since Stanley Tucci competes this derby season with two notable supporting roles ("The Lovely Bones," "Julie & Julia"), it's curious that Golden Globe voters chose his turn as a scheming serial killer. That's similar to a rival role in the same category — Christoph Waltz as a sadistic Nazi in "Inglourious Basterds." Hmmm ... will they split (or slash) their vote? Or is there enough evil to go around in cutthroat Hollywood? Now the really curious part. Both roles are equally deadly when compared with the ones that won the category over the last two years: Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight") and Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men"). Below, a closer look at Tucci …

- tomoneil

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‘Up in the Air,’ ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Lead Nominations By Chicago Film Critics Association

16 December 2009 8:29 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The Chicago Film Critics Association, of which HollywoodChicago.com writers Brian Tallerico, Adam Fendelman, and Pat McDonald are all voting members, announced their nominees for the best of 2009 this morning. “Up in the Air” and “Where the Wild Things Are” led the way with six nominations each, closely followed by “The Hurt Locker” and “Inglourious Basterds,” each with five.

“Up in the Air” and “Where the Wild Things Are” each scored nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. “The Hurt Locker” and “Inglourious Basterds” scored a similar trifecta of Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The fifth Best Picture slot went to the latest work by Joel & Ethan Coen, “A Serious Man,” a pair who were also nominated for Best Director. The Coen’s “Fargo” and “No Country For Old Men” are previous Best Picture winners of the Cfca. “A Serious Man” also landed …

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Austin Film Critics Agree, The Hurt Locker is Best of ‘09

16 December 2009 7:05 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

The wonderful group of fine professional film critics and journalists known as the Austin Film Critics Association -- a group that includes the membership of yours truly and Fsr Managing Editor Dr. Cole Abaius -- has announced its award winners for the year 2009. Within said winners are plenty of unsurprising results, including the unanimous support for Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, which took home Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. We also delivered the Best Actor award to Colin Firth, whose performance in A Single Man seems to have him right in the Oscar hunt with George Clooney (Up in the Air) and Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart). Among the surprises, Mélanie Laurent came out of nowhere to take Best Actress for her role in Inglourious Basterds, with co-star Christoph Waltz winning yet another Best Supporting Actor award (I wonder if he'll win the Oscar...) Two fantastic choices (my votes, for …

- Neil Miller

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Sony, Zaillian Adapt "Dragon Tattoo"

16 December 2009 1:39 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »

Sony Pictures has optioned the rights for an English-language film adaptation of international literary sensation "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" reports the trades.

Steve Zaillian ("American Gangster," "Schindler's List") is in talks to write the script based on the first of the crime thriller novel trilogy by late Swedish journalist-activist Stieg Larsson.

The story follows Mikael Blomqvist, a disgraced journalist and Lisbeth Salander, a bisexual female hacker with Asperger's syndrome who investigate the 40-year-old disappearance of a industrialist's niece on a remote island.

Their investigations uncover religious killings, Nazism, rape, child abuse and murder. The next two novels deal with a conspiracy within the Government dating back to the Cold War. All three books have scored rave critical reviews, especially for the Salander character who's considered one of the most compelling female characters of modern fiction.

Yellow Bird Films produced Swedish-language film adaptations of all three books which scored European release this year. …

- Garth Franklin

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No Globe nominations for A Serious Man? They can't be serious | Andrew Pulver

15 December 2009 8:50 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

How could the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have given so much to Nine, Avatar and Inglourious Basterds, only to neglect A Serious Man?

The opening shots in the awards campaigns are now being fired, with The Hurt Locker taking the New York Film Critics Circle and La Film Critics Association awards, and Up in the Air being named the National Board of Review's best film of 2009.

Both also feature prominently in the Golden Globes nominations, announced today, which is where the race starts to get serious. Some contend that Up in the Air, Nine and Inglourious Basterds won't last the pace, that the Globes have been suckered by superficial flashiness.

I can't say I actively want certain films to lose, but the Globes have made two appalling misses, that I can't believe won't be there come Oscar time. To wit: where are the two "Man" films – the Coen brothers' A Serious Man …

- Andrew Pulver

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Review: ‘The Road’ is one of the best adaptations in recent years

15 December 2009 4:34 AM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

Just two years ago The Coen Brothers directed one of the best adaptations of recent years – No Country for Old Men. What made that ten times more difficult was that the novel was by the masterful Cormac McCarthy, easily one of the worldʼs elite writers. Now, adapting a novel as introverted and thoughtful as The Road was an even more ridiculous idea, considering the content of the novel itself. The Road tells the story of a father (Viggo Mortensen) and son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) trekking across a post-apocalyptic United States in order to arrive at the coast for the simple reason of finding others, food and shelter. The world has been decimated by an unknown culprit, which is never explained, but ultimately doesnʼt matter. Civilization has been largely wiped out, but it seems a majority of the remaining survivors have been stripped of their humanity; groups of people have resorted to …

- Justin Webb

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Is Avatar the Timeliest Movie of the Year?

14 December 2009 1:21 PM, PST | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »

As we hurry up and wait for a clearer picture of the ten-nominee Best Picture race to emerge, a key concept driving much pre-season speculation is “timeliness.” Variety’s Todd McCarthy may have started it, with a Sundance wrap-up piece declaring eventual Oscar hopefuls as disparate as An Education, Precious and the environmental documentary The Cove to be “emblematic” of the “start of the Obama age.” The relevancy torch has since been carried by Frank Rich, who recently effused that Up in the Air “captures the distinctive topography of our Great Recession as vividly as a far more dour Hollywood product of 70 years ago, ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ did the vastly different landscape of the Great Depression,” and by fans on Twitter, arguing the “zeitgeisty” merits of Jason Reitman’s film versus those of The Hurt Locker and Precious. Timeliness is not always next to godliness as far as the Academy is concerned. …

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Josh Brolin to Eliminate Mexican 'Cartel'

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Ghosts of Cité Soleil's Asger Leth can count his lucky charms. He has had the fortune of having only one directing nod to his credit with the docu film and landing a major Hollywood production, but has managed to grab a top tier acting talent, not once - but twice. - Ghosts of Cité Soleil's Asger Leth can count his lucky charms. He has had the fortune of having only one directing nod to his credit with the docu film and landing a major Hollywood production, but has managed to grab a top tier acting talent, not once - but twice. I wouldn't be a surprised if Sean Penn had made a mention, but Josh Brolin is taking the lead role which was originally assigned to his Milk co-star Penn. The trades report that Brolin has become a go-to guy for cowboy hat wearing, southern States/desert habituals …

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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IndieWIRE Critic's Poll: What are A Serious Man's Oscar Chances?

12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Have Joel and Ethan Coen followed up No Country for Old Men with another Oscar winner? A clear favorite (I've got my hand up) among the film critics and bloggers polled by IndieWIRE, A Serious Man might have a big and bright future ahead of it and as Eugene points out, "the Coens latest took top honors as Toronto’s best narrative film, finding a place on nearly every single ballot. - Have Joel and Ethan Coen followed up No Country for Old Men with another Oscar winner? A clear favorite (I've got my hand up) among the film critics and bloggers polled by IndieWIRE, A Serious Man might have a big and bright future ahead of it and as Eugene points out, "the Coens latest took top honors as Toronto’s best narrative film, finding a place on nearly every single ballot. Other category winners include: Erik Gandini …

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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The 2009 Black List Revealed

11 December 2009 10:04 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Since 2004, Franklin Leonard releases The Black List every December.  It’s a list of best read scripts that’s complied from the suggestions of agents assistants, managers, film executives, and whoever else he gets to contribute.  While last year had 260 people contribute, this year’s had 97 scripts from 311 contributors.  Most of the scripts on the list are in some stage of development in the studio system, and it’s been said that a high listing can help move your project forward.  What I’m trying to say is, the list is very important in Hollywood and many people try extremely hard to land in the top ten.

So now that you’re curious, hit the jump to check out the top ten on the 2009 Black List:

Of course big thanks to Entertainment Weekly for posting the list.  If you can, hit the link to show some appreciation. And for more on The Black List, …

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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