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Favorite 100 Movies of the Decade (#75-51)

7 hours ago | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

We're doing this a little different than we did the male and female performances... but we're still skipping the 2009 films -- we'll get to those starting this weekend I hope (I'm not quite ready... sorry!). If you haven't seen the start of the list, click back to #100-76 which included two Woodys, a bad case of Cholera, several spooky or spooked children, two labyrinthine plots and lotsa French ladies.

75 The Fountain dir. Darren Aronofsky (2006)

Who needs drugs when you can snort Aronofsky movies?

74 thirteen dir Catherine Hardwicke (2003)

I still maintain that this was a stunning debut, deeply felt and ferociously performed. I'm still confused about what followed with Hardwicke.

73 Monsoon Wedding dir. Mira Nair (2001, released 2002)

For its color, energy and beauty and for one of my all-time favorite portraits of extended family love. Naseeruddin Shah and Shefali Shetty jerk my tears every time. Plus a great soundtrack.

72 Kings and Queen (Kings and Queen) dir. »

- NATHANIEL R

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James Franco Joins Danny Boyle’s Mountain Flick

15 hours ago | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Since Danny Boyle triumphed at last year’s Oscar ceremony with Slumdog Millionaire, the world has been waiting to see what he’ll do next. Well the answer is: 127 Hours, the story of Aron Ralston, a man who climbed into disaster in 2003. What’s so disasterous about the mountaineer’s climb? Well, he got pinned to a wall by boulder. Having his arm trapped, there was only one way of escaping: he cut off his arm…with a pen knife. Yes, seriously.

Production Weekly have recently “tweeted” that American actor James Franco has signed his life…and arm away to climb the mountain and take the lead.

It’s fair to say this could be the breakout movie Franco has been looking for. He’s been impressing just about everybody since he first came to attention in the noughties playing James Dean and the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man films. »

- Martyn Conterio

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The Top Ten Films of 2009

4 January 2010 8:32 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

To be honest a list of the worst films of the year would have been easier – not that there haven’t been some excellent films released this year, it’s just that I feel like I've seen an awful lot of disappointing and downright unpleasant ones this year (Benjamin Button and Gamer are probably the worst offenders for me). It should be noted that owing to circumstances I haven’t gotten around to seeing some supposedly fantastic films released this year (the biggest omission on my part being The White Ribbon, which I’m hoping I’ll manage to catch soon), so feel free to let me know what other great titles I’ve missed in the comments section below. 1. Up At this point in time it seems that the films Pixar release are somewhat taken for granted – each new release is expected to be excellent and they generally are, »

- Mark Davison

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From the A-Team to the Z-list

1 January 2010 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Part 6: From Vampire Weekend to Z-list

Vampire Weekend

NYC's finest return with added bounce

For New York's Class Of 2008, 2010 is sophomore year. First out of the box are Vampire Weekend who release their new album in January. The buzzy Contra sounds a lot like their debut but with added exclamation marks; Auto-Tune bunches up with Operation Ivy-type ska and Kalimba thumb piano fondles Blue Nile-like ballads. Meanwhile Brooklyn's Yeasayer will release Odd Blood in February. And despite being recorded in Woodstock, the former faux-mystics have traded their moccasins for some marimba, 80s synths and epic choruses. Mgmt on the other hand have been recording their new album, Congratulations, in Malibu, so we can look forward to some sun-soaked new millennium anthems. If the guest stars are any indication (former Royal Trux shouter Jennifer Herrema and Pete Kember, Aka ex-Spacemen 3 man Sonic Boom) there'll be a dark underbelly to proceedings, »

- Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Priya Elan, Stuart Heritage, Bobbie Johnson, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Alex Rayner, Sam Richards, Steve Rose, Kathy Sweeney, Richard Vine, Damon Wise

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From the A-Team to the Z-list

1 January 2010 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Part 6: From Vampire Weekend to Z-list

Vampire Weekend

NYC's finest return with added bounce

For New York's Class Of 2008, 2010 is sophomore year. First out of the box are Vampire Weekend who release their new album in January. The buzzy Contra sounds a lot like their debut but with added exclamation marks; Auto-Tune bunches up with Operation Ivy-type ska and Kalimba thumb piano fondles Blue Nile-like ballads. Meanwhile Brooklyn's Yeasayer will release Odd Blood in February. And despite being recorded in Woodstock, the former faux-mystics have traded their moccasins for some marimba, 80s synths and epic choruses. Mgmt on the other hand have been recording their new album, Congratulations, in Malibu, so we can look forward to some sun-soaked new millennium anthems. If the guest stars are any indication (former Royal Trux shouter Jennifer Herrema and Pete Kember, Aka ex-Spacemen 3 man Sonic Boom) there'll be a dark underbelly to proceedings, »

- Pete Cashmore, Will Dean, Priya Elan, Stuart Heritage, Bobbie Johnson, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Alex Rayner, Sam Richards, Steve Rose, Kathy Sweeney, Richard Vine, Damon Wise

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