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1. Milk Grade: B
2. Frost/Nixon Grade: B-
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Grade: C+
4. The Reader Grade: C
5. Slumdog Millionaire Grade: C/C-

I don't...

This was quite lovely. Visuals are worth the price of admission alone, as expected, but I was impressed by how Selick was able to take one space (basically a house and garden) and re-create/explore...

The Wrestler - "There's no more fixing this. It's broke."

Big snubs of Milk and The Dark Knight, but it still won't affect their Best Picture/Director chances.

BEST PICTURE
Che (No idea how this is will be tallied - as one film, or two? If the latter, my vote is actually for Part Two.)
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Strangers

BEST...

Deepa Mehta has become celebrated for making variations of the same cultural victimization diatribe for years now. It's getting old. Under the umbrella of "multiculturalism" rhetoric, she's now...

I don't doubt that many teenagers were able to identify and invest with the title character of Juno, but I think the following recent films - irrespective of genre - are much more attuned to the...

Once, but I've been meaning to give it a second look.

But I've been slacking off this summer in the movie department, so I should probably focus on other titles first.

Is the IMAX experience...

I'm not looking forward to Hallowe'en this year.

I'm not a beer person by any means, but I've recently discovered Fruli - a Belgian strawberry-flavored concoction that had me bouncing off the walls.

Meanwhile, my birthday last week was all about...

And here I thought robots were asexual.

Fun, but I can't see myself returning to it like I do with Nemo, Monsters and the Toy Story films.

Persepolis and Before the Rain will be mine. Mwahaha, finally.

True, but I think the difference though - for me at least - is LOL (and ROTF, for that matter) aren't really truthful per se. Who actually laughs out loud every time they type LOL? A lot of people...

1. Being John Malkovich [Spike Jonze]
2. All About My Mother [Pedro Almodovar]
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley [Anthony Minghella]
4. Eyes Wide Shut [Stanley Kubrick]
5. The Blair Witch Project...

I'm seeing this tomorrow, and am very excited. Apparently, Channing Tatum appears in a cameo.

:pritch:

Alien - 8.0
Gladiator - 6.5
Hannibal - 7.5
Black Hawk Down - 5.5
Matchstick Men - 6.5
Kingdom of Heaven - 5.5
American Gangster - 4.5

I'm so tempted to pick up Jesse James (one of the few films I really loved this year), but the lack of extras points towards a possible special edition down the road.

I adore the film, but these really bothered me as well. From my review: "For example, it is a stretch to believe that her character would leave her identification behind carelessly, considering how...

Best surprise nomination this morning: Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Worst surprise nomination this morning: Jason Reitman, Juno

I don't think the strike prevents Academy members from nominating and voting for their peers...

It's the actual ceremony that's in jeopardy. If all else fails, I'm sure they'll do a scaled-down...

I can definitely see this being Oscar's list as well.

Only Gilroy looks kind of vulnerable to me, but Michael Clayton has been doing amazingly well with the precursors.

Ridley Scott better not...

M.I.A. - "Hombre" and "Amazon". Also "Boyz".

You know me - when there's a chance to make a self-deprecating comment, I go for it!

No worries, I know you didn't mean anything by it.

:pritch:

1. Continue transitioning towards a raw vegan diet. (Although I'm already vegan, the raw part of it has been very tricky over the last year.)
2. Lose ten pounds of fat and gain it back in muscle....