Nancy's TOP TEN movies of 2011!

THE LIST:

1. Hugo 3D
2. Melancholia
3. The Descendants
4. The Artist
5. Beginners & Warrior (tie)
6. Super 8
7. Jane Eyre
8. The Interrupters
9. Pariah
10. Drive



HONORABLE MENTION:

A Better Life, Attack the Block, Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Bridesmaids, Crazy Stupid Love, Life in a Day, Lincoln Lawyer, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Moneyball, Take Shelter, The Company Men, The Help, The Ides of March, Tree of Life*, We Need to Talk About Kevin, X-Men First Class**, Young Adult

*(said in a whispered voice to no one in particular) Wow did I love slash hate this movie!

**I realized this is totally cheating, but I just HAVE to give this movie a little extra love. It was the last to get chopped from the top ten and damn was that a hard decision!

BONUS FEATURES:

New favorite person to watch on screen: Jessica Chastain (but nominated for The Help? Really? Really? Should have been for Tree of Life or Take Shelter! C'mon now!).

Worst Oscar Snubs: Honestly, what the crap are the Oscars thinking this year?? Soooo many awesome performances/movies were ignored. Here are a few of the ones I find most offensive:

1. Adepero Oduye, lead actress in Pariah (no way Glenn Close is better than her)
2. Melancholia (I get it, the director made an ass of himself at Cannes, but this movie (especially Kirsten Dunst) is amazing!)
3. the Interrupters (if you've seen this documentary, you know. if you haven't, what the h-e-double-hockey-sticks are you waiting for??)

Movie that can GET BENT: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (yawwwwn!)

Movie I wanted to love (so badly!) but just didn't: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

Best movie to see after three martinis: Red Riding Hood ("wait, Gary Oldman died??")

Best crappy movie watched on Christmas: A Christmas Kiss (others in contention: Water for Elephants (ewww) and Your Highness (holy awful batman!)

Number of eligible movies seen: 54

That's all for this year folks! See you at the movies!

Top That! Nancy’s top TEN movies of 2010!

hi there!

let's start off this time by agreeing that overall this was a pretty crap year for movies (as evidenced by the fact that this list has ONLY ten movies rather than the allowed eleven (see the bylaws bitches! one tie is allowed)). even so, movies still rule and there were a handful of good/entertaining ones out there this year. so, without further ado, i present Nancy's Top Ten Movies of 2010!



THE LIST:

1. Exit Through the Gift Shop
2. 127 Hours
3. Winter's Bone
4. The King's Speech
5. The Town
6. The Fighter
7. Blue Valentine
8. How to Train Your Dragon
9. The Social Network
10. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1



HONORABLE MENTION:
A-Team, Another Year, Catfish, Easy A, Fair Game, Hot Tub Time Machine, Inception, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Just Wright, Red, The Other Guys, The Tillman Story, Toy Story 3, True Grit.

BONUS FEATURES:

Movie that can GET BENT: The Kids are All Right (romantic comedy my ass!)

What I want to see at the Oscars: Five monkey mask wearing Banksy's accepting the award.

Movie I wanted to love but just didn't: Black Swan & Due Date (tie)

The thing is: HP7 is actually the first Harry Potter movie I've really enjoyed but holy cow did I enjoy it!

Best movie recaps: Those kids say the darndest things!

If my sister ran the Department of Homeland Security...

for my sister...

a sad Keanu Halloween...



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Nancy's Tippy Top Ten List of 2009!

Better late than never, right? I submit, for your consideration, my top ten of 2009! (p.s. if you haven't already check out jess' and kim's lists of awesomeness!).

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THE LIST:

1. The Cove
2. A Single Man
3. Inglorious Bastards
4. I Love You, Man
5. Away We Go
6. The Damned United
7. Pray the Devil Back to Hell
8. An Education
9. Michael Jackson's This Is It & Zombieland (tie)
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox


HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Avatar, Coraline, Crazy Heart, District 9, Every Little Step, Herb and Dorothy, In the Loop, Julie & Julia, Precious: based on the novel push by sapphire, Sherlock Holmes, Sin Nombre, Star Trek, The Blind Side, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Informant!, The Messenger, The Proposal, The Young Victoria, This American Life, Live!, Up, Where the Wild Things Are.


BONUS FEATURES:

Dude who had a very good year: Woody Harrelson

Movie that was waaay not as bad as I thought it was gonna be: Wolverine.

The charming king of charmingstown: THIS short film. Best 12 minutes you'll spend today.

Movie that can GET BENT: The Lovely Bones & The Class (tie!)

Best way to watch a good movie while instantly improving your karma: buying a copy of the documentary Turning Points from your local Real Change vendor today! More info (including trailer) HERE.

Most amazing impression of a waste of space actress done by a sister who's first name ends in ica: enjoy below! (the magic happens about 12 secs in...and for a reference of what the hell I'm talking about go HERE or HERE)!