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8 articles from 2009
Now It's the 50 Best Movies of the Decade!
25 September 2009 6:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Earlier today we brought you Rotten Tomatoes' list of the 100 worst reviewed films of the decade. Now, though it might be a little premature (considering that we still have a little while to go before we hit our next decade), the good folks over at I Heart Chaos have decided to get the ball rolling on those end-of-decade lists by shoveling out what they believe are the Top 50 Movies of the 2000's. Usually these kinds of things start to gain in popularity towards the end of the year, but I guess the early bird does get the worm, so let's get right to the chase and find out who made the cut.
When you've got a a list of 50, there is plenty of wiggle room, and it's a pretty comprehensive list that manages to find room for cult faves and foreign flicks. But I'll admit, even though Chaos has put together a solid list, »
- Jessica Barnes
Quentin Tarantino Top 20 Films Since 1992
24 August 2009 12:00 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
In celebration of Inglorious Basterds #1 box office weekend. Here’s director Quentin Tarantino’s list of top 20 films from 1992 to the present. These are the films that he admires the most, since he became a director. Be sure to check out the video below. #1 “Battle Royale” by Kinji Fukasaku #2 “Anything Else” by Woody Allen #3 “Audition” by Takashi Miike #4 “The Blade” by Troy Harks #5 “Boogie Nights” by Paul Thomas Anderson #6 “Dazed and Confused” by Richard Linklater #7 “Dogville” by Lars von Trier #8 “Fight Club” by David Fincher #9 “Friday” by F. Gary Gray #10 “The Host” by Joon-ho Bong #11 “The Insider” by Michael Mann #12 “Joint Security Area” by Chan-wook Park #13 “Lost [...] »
- Brian Corder
Tarantino’s 20 in 17.
18 August 2009 11:02 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
This past weekend, in order to help promote his new film Inglourious Basterds, famed director Quentin Tarantino recorder a short video for online film-news website Sky Movies (movies.sky.com [1]). The video shows Tarantino naming out his favorite top 20 films of the past 17 years. 17 marks a lucky number for Tarantino, as it was 17 years ago when he directed his first feature length film Reservoir Dogs (‘92). Starting out with a budget of only $30,000, Reservoir Dogs went on to become a cult phenomenon for younger generation filmmakers, grabbing the Grand Jury Prize nomination at Sundance and initially paving the road for Tarantino’s future projects. Why not celebrate with commemorating the best of favorites? Named Tarantino’s favorite, from all films released in the last 17 years, is Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale (2000). “If there has been any movie that has been made since I’ve been making movies that I wish I had made, »
- Eric
Quentin Tarantino Lists His Top 20 Films of the Last 17 Years
16 August 2009 11:02 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Someone on Facebook just asked me about my favorite films, a question I am never a fan of because you will undoubtedly forget a film, or two, or three, or four, and so on... So, when Quentin Tarantino lists his top 20 films since he began directing films 17 years ago (or 15 depending on when the video was made) I wonder how his list would change in a sit down conversation with a couple of beers. As the titles are tossed out there are invariably going to be those you forgot to mention. However, it's always interesting to hear filmmakers comment on other films. It looks to me like this video was actually made two or three years ago since Tarantino's Death Proof is playing along, which makes me wonder why it didn't make the blog rounds until now (via In Contention). It's also unfortunate he doesn't elaborate too much on his »
- Brad Brevet
Top 7 Book to Film Adaptations
23 July 2009 3:08 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.
With Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opening last week, I thought I’d take a look back at my favorite book to film adaptions. This means I had to have read the book and seen the film, so I can’t weigh in on The Thin Man, though it’s one of my favorite films. I also steered clear of The Prestige because though I’ve read and enjoyed both, they’re so dissimilar it doesn’t really feel like a true adaption. Sorry, no Harry Potter film has made the list. I haven’t felt that any of the films have lived up to the books, even the most recent. But with Julie and Julia and one of my favorite books, The Time Traveler’s Wife coming out next month maybe it will change in the future.
Book by Koushun Takami, »
- Megan Lehar
Pinky violence. Wandering Ginza Butterfly DVD review
7 May 2009 1:01 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Review: Tim Irwin. This is the first time this film has been released on DVD and I am quite excited. It's one of the many movies that the Toei Company made in the early 1970's about the Yakuza and various gangster activities in Tokyo. It features Meiko Kaji, the star of numerous franchises during the 1970's. She was not only Lady Snowblood before Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino came along, she was also in Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter and other films from that franchise, and she was Prisoner 701 in the Joshuu series. Not to mention the various Kinji Fukasaku films she starred in. And now the folks at Synapse Films recently put together this transfer and presented us with another one of Meiko's films. Be careful going into it, though, because if you're expecting something like Yakuza Deka (with Sonny Chiba, who starred in Wandering Ginza »
Pinky violence! Wandering Ginza Butterfly DVD review
7 May 2009 1:01 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Review: Tim Irwin. This is the first time this film has been released on DVD and I am quite excited. It's one of the many movies that the Toei Company made in the early 1970's about the Yakuza and various gangster activities in Tokyo. It features Meiko Kaji, the star of numerous franchises during the 1970's. She was not only Lady Snowblood before Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino came along, she was also in Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter and other films from that franchise, and she was Prisoner 701 in the Joshuu series. Not to mention the various Kinji Fukasaku films she starred in. And now the folks at Synapse Films recently put together this transfer and presented us with another one of Meiko's films. Be careful going into it, though, because if you're expecting something like Yakuza Deka (with Sonny Chiba, who starred in Wandering Ginza »
Pinky violence. Wandering Ginza Butterfly DVD review
7 May 2009 1:01 AM, PDT | 24framespersecond.net | See recent 24FramesPerSecond news »
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. Review: Tim Irwin. This is the first time this film has been released on DVD and I am quite excited. It's one of the many movies that the Toei Company made in the early 1970's about the Yakuza and various gangster activities in Tokyo. It features Meiko Kaji, the star of numerous franchises during the 1970's. She was not only Lady Snowblood before Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino came along, she was also in Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter and other films from that franchise, and she was Prisoner 701 in the Joshuu series. Not to mention the various Kinji Fukasaku films she starred in. And now the folks at Synapse Films recently put together this transfer and presented us with another one of Meiko's films. Be careful going into it, though, because if you're expecting something like Yakuza Deka (with Sonny Chiba, who starred in Wandering Ginza »
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8 articles from 2009
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