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IMDb, RottenTomatoes: Movies of the Decade
27 December 2009 2:29 PM, PST
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At the end of the year, and especially the decade, you’re inundated with enough top lists that they themselves should be ranked. Plenty of other websites and other media outlets have been counting down basically the same best movies, which is partially the reason I spared you the numbered trips down memory lane. (But before I write myself into a hypocritical corner, I’ll still be doing my traditional top movies of the year list. Hint: New Moon isn’t on it)
That being said, here are two definitive lists of note that highlight what was critically lauded this decade on RottenTomatoes.com and what the movie fans and voters on IMDb.com felt were the best the aughts had to offer. Slashfilm compiled the top 20 from Rt and they snatched up the top 25 off IMDb for your look at how the decade fared in movies.
There are a few surprises on both lists,
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Best Reviewed Movies of the Decade
18 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST
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Metacritic has released their list of the best and worst reviewed films of the decade. Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth sits in the #1 spot. I've included the top 10 after the jump, as well as a list I've compiled of the top 20 best reviewed films of the decade from Rotten Tomatoes. Man On Wire ranks in at #1, the only film with over 100 reviews to have 100% fresh rating.
Metacritic's Top 10 Best-Reviewed Movies of the Decade
1. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) 98
2. Ratatouille (2007) 96
3. Spirited Away (2002) 94
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 94
5. Sideways (2004) 94
6. Wall-e (2008) 93
7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 93
8. There Will Be Blood (2007) 92
9. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 92
10. The Queen (2006) 91
Rotten Tomatoes: Top 20 Best Reviewed Films of the Decade (minimum 100 reviews)
100% Man On
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100 best films of the noughties: Nos 11-90
18 December 2009 2:17 AM, PST
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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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Reject Radio: Episode 29: Pull, Pull, Pull On His Beard
14 December 2009 7:24 PM, PST
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Brought to you by: Hype - Do your part by telling everyone that Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel will change filmmaking forever.
This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, I demand to sing through most of the episode, Rob yawns until the Avatar discussion, Neil triumphantly returns to do his Zombie Chewbacca impression.
We also manage to review Invictus, Slammin' Salmon, The Princess and the Frog, and A Single Man.
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Segment 1: Ripped From the Headlines [0:00 - 24:00ish]
Apparently Spider-Man 4 Rumors Aren't Enough to Rouse Any Interest
Even rumors about Josh Brolin joining Men in Black 3 Don't Make Anyone Happy
Wait. They're Thinking of Josh Broling? Did They Even See Hollow Man!
Man on Wire Might Go Fiction Because of J.J. Abrams
Wolfman's Got Nards, and an R-rating
Triumphant Return Neil Mill Trailer Round Up: Round Two for The Crazies with brilliant musical
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J.J. Abrams Picks Up Novel 'Let the Great World Spin'
13 December 2009 1:54 AM, PST
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J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot have acquired the rights to Let the Great World Spin, which won author Colum McCann the National Book Award last month. The judges for that award said McCann's work is "an ecstatic vision of the human courage required to stay aloft above the ever-yawning abyss," and USA Today summarized the novel as "a portrait of a decaying 1974 New York."
It's a book with many individual stories, and the connecting thread is more of a wire. In fact, that's exactly what it is: The unifying event in Great World is Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in August of that year. That should sound familiar. Petit's story was chronicled in last year's Oscar-winning documentary, Man on Wire.
The strength of the story, apparently, is an allegorical connection to a New York City in the wake of September 11th.
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James Marsh to Record 'Vatican Tapes'
12 December 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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I include myself among those who was impressed by his dark, direct blow to the role of religion and the church in The King (a show of hands for those who feel the same). Now Marsh is going after the top dogs of the Catholic Church with The Vatican Tapes. - I include myself among those who was impressed by his dark, direct blow to the role of religion and the church in The King (a show of hands for those who feel the same). Now Marsh is going after the top dogs of the Catholic Church with The Vatican Tapes. Reading some of the Telluride coverage, I was under the impression that James Marsh' re-introduction to fiction (Red Riding: 1980) form didn't go as well as the tons of accolades he received for perhaps the most well-liked doc film in the past decade
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J.J. Abrams Producing ‘Let the Great World Spin’ Adaptation
11 December 2009 12:36 PM, PST
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Along with the likes of Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, you can count Mr. J.J. Abrams in the group of today’s extremely hard-working filmmakers. Abrams seems to be constantly working on various projects, Star Trek 2 and Mission: Impossible IV being a couple of the major ones for the time being.
We last heard of a new Abrams project at the beginning of last month when word of a mysterious (for the time being) project referred to as 500 Rads surfaced – the jury’s still out on just what that project is. Adding to that, it has just been announced that Abrams will produce an adaptation of the novel Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann.
Abrams will produce the adaptation of the award-winning novel through his production company, Bad Robot, along with The Gotham Group (who represent the novel’s author, McCann). Although
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J.J. Abrams Wants To Let The Great World Spin
11 December 2009 11:10 AM, PST
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Author Colum McCann is having a great year. His novel, Let the Great World Spin was released to rave reviews. Earlier this year, it was awarded the National Book Award, one of the most prized book awards in literature. And now, one of the most powerful directors in Hollywood wants to adapt it. Who says an English degree is worthless?
According to THR, J.J. Abrams is currently working on securing the rights to McCann.s Let the Great World Spin for his production company Bad Robot. The book, centered around a group of New Yorkers and Philippe Petit's illegal tight-rope walk between the World Trade Center towers (also the focus of Man On Wire), will be adapted by McCann and produced by Abrams.
As well all know, Abrams did a great job of producing a movie about a group of New Yorkers once before, but this one obviously has
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JJ Abrams Planning Fictionalised Telling of Man on Wire Story
11 December 2009 9:11 AM, PST
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It wouldn't be true to say JJ Abrams is adapting Man on Wire into a feature film, but that would certainly crossover with the truth and that's probably the legend you'll be overhearing in the line at the cinema. What Abrams is actually doing, specifically, is having his Bad Robot production company adapt Colum McCann's novel Let The Great World Spin. McCann himself is writing the screenplay, telling a series of separate stories about a number of characters around New York at the time Phillippe Petit performed his high-wire stunt in the early 70s.
If you don't know about Petit, I've got the trailer for the documentary profile Man on Wire after the break. This was definitely one of the most loved documentaries in recent years, thanks in no small part to the astonishing charisma of the eccentric wirewalker at its heart. There's also a video interview tucked away
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- Brendon Connelly
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J.J. Abrams Wants to Make the World Spin
11 December 2009 6:45 AM, PST
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This might make your world spin a little -- The Risky Biz Blog over at THR reports that J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot are working on getting the rights to Colum McCann's award-winning novel Let the Great World Spin. Should the deal work out, he will produce with McCann getting the opportunity to adapt the screenplay himself. Why would your world spin? It sounds SciFi-ish, right? Not quite.
The book, which was published in June, focuses on a collection of characters in New York City during the time when Philippe Petit tightrope walked between the World Trade Center towers in 1974 -- you know -- the Man on Wire dude. The people that will be under the camera's scrutiny include: "A young Irish monk living among the prostitutes in the Bronx; a group of mothers mourning their sons, killed in Vietnam, in a Park Avenue apartment; and a 38-year-old grandmother
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J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Look to 'Let the Great World Spin'
11 December 2009 5:37 AM, PST
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The exploits of Frenchman Philippe Petit, who walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers in 1974, were chronicled in last year's Academy Award winner for Best Documentary, the universally praised James Marsh film Man on Wire. But it looks like the daring stunt of the past will be at the center of a new movie that has garnered interest from J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production banner as THR reports they are working out a rights deal to adapt Colum McCann's novel Let the Great World Spin a story that uses the event as the backdrop to an ensemble cast of characters struggling throughout New York. This could turn out great.
The ensemble cast of characters includes a young Irish monk living among prostitutes in the Bronx, a group of mothers mourning their sons who were killed in Vietnam, and a 38-year-old grandmother walking the streets with her teenage daughter.
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Abrams Says Let The Great World Spin
10 December 2009 11:03 PM, PST
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You might think Jj Abrams had enough to do with the various producing projects he's taken on, not to mention overseeing development of the Star Trek sequel. But apparently sleep is something that happens to other people, since he's also busy buying the rights to adapt Colum McCann's novel Let The Great World Spin.The book - which nabbed the National Book Award in the Us - is a sprawling period piece about various characters struggling through '70s New York.And it's built around Philippe Petit's real-life 1974 high wire act that saw him tightrope walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre, as seen in ace documentary Man On Wire.Abrams will produce any eventual film, with McCann drafted in to write the screenplay. He'll need to condense a load of storylines, including a young Irish monk living among prostitutes, a group of mothers mourning
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J.J. Abrams To Make The "World Spin"
10 December 2009 10:32 PM, PST
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J.J. Abrams is working on a deal to produce a feature film version of Colum McCann's award-winning novel "Let the Great World Spin" at Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story is built around Philippe Petit's real-life "artistic crime of the century" -- when the Frenchman illegally walked a tightrope strung between the World Trade Center towers in August 1974. The event was covered in the award-winning doco "Man on Wire" in 2008.
"Spin" however follows an ensemble cast of characters struggling throughout New York including a young Irish monk living among prostitutes in the Bronx; a group of mothers mourning their sons, killed in Vietnam, in a Park Avenue apartment; and a 38-year-old grandmother walking the streets with her teenage daughter.
McCann, whose novels include "Zoli," "Dancer" and "This Side of Brightness," will adapt the screenplay himself.
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J.J. Abrams To Make The "World Spin"
10 December 2009 10:32 PM, PST
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J.J. Abrams is working on a deal to produce a feature film version of Colum McCann's award-winning novel "Let the Great World Spin" at Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot says The Hollywood Reporter.
The story is built around Philippe Petit's real-life "artistic crime of the century" -- when the Frenchman illegally walked a tightrope strung between the World Trade Center towers in August 1974. The event was covered in the award-winning doco "Man on Wire" in 2008.
"Spin" however follows an ensemble cast of characters struggling throughout New York including a young Irish monk living among prostitutes in the Bronx; a group of mothers mourning their sons, killed in Vietnam, in a Park Avenue apartment; and a 38-year-old grandmother walking the streets with her teenage daughter.
McCann, whose novels include "Zoli," "Dancer" and "This Side of Brightness," will adapt the screenplay himself.
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- Garth Franklin
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J.J. Abrams to Put a Fictional ‘Man on Wire’
10 December 2009 9:30 PM, PST
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The Hollywood Reporter is reporting this evening that producer extraordinaire J.J. Abrams is working on a deal to produce a feature film version of Colum McCann's award-winning novel "Let the Great World Spin."
It tells the story of Philippe Petit's real-life "artistic crime of the century," when the notorious French tightrope walker illegally walked on a rope that strung between the towers of the World Trade Center in 1974. This may sound familiar, as it was the subject of the fantastic 2008 documentary Man on Wire, a film that I ranked #1 on my top ten list that year.
"Spin" however follows an ensemble cast of characters struggling throughout New York including a young Irish monk living among prostitutes in the Bronx; a group of mothers mourning their sons, killed in Vietnam, in a Park Avenue apartment; and a 38-year-old grandmother walking the streets with her teenage daughter.
How these folks are linked to Petit's feat is unclear
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DVD Review: ‘The Cove’ Captures Truths That Deserve Global Awareness
10 December 2009 12:44 PM, PST
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Chicago – Ric O’Barry made the world fall in love with dolphins. He captured and trained the five dolphins used in the classic TV series, “Flipper.” But as he learned more about these extraordinarily intelligent, self-aware creatures, he became increasingly disturbed about the detrimental effects of their captivity.
And when one of the show’s star dolphins committed suicide in his arms, by refusing to inhale one more breath, O’Barry decided to dedicate the rest of his life to being an animal activist. His battles with the captivity industry lie at the heart of Louie Psihoyos’s “The Cove,” which was recently named the year’s best documentary by the National Board of Review.
DVD Rating: 5.0/5.0
Like “Man on Wire,” “The Cove” has the rhythm and urgency of a thriller, as its human subjects repeatedly put themselves in danger while trying to capture footage that couldn’t be retrieved legally.
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'Anvil' Wins IDA Documentary Award
7 December 2009 5:02 PM, PST
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Many people were pissed last month when the Academy revealed its shortlist for the Best Documentary Feature category and Anvil! The Story of Anvil wasn't included. Hopefully fans of the cult doc can relax now, because the film has received two prestigious awards from the International Documentary Association, including the organization's top prize, for Distinguished Feature. Anvil!, which comically follows the titular Canadian heavy metal band on tour and has since made them more famous than ever before, also took home the Ida's award for best music documentary. Director Sacha Gervasi, formerly a roadie for the group, reportedly responded to the film's success by saying, "f**king hell." He, like many others, probably expected Oscar front-runner Food Inc. to win the top award.
It's not at all rare for the Ida and the Academy to disagree on what is the year's best documentary, if only because of qualification issues. Last
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The Naughts: The Documentary of the '00s
7 December 2009 10:17 AM, PST
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Sometimes superlatives need to be slung, such as when speaking of the richest, most ambitious and exciting decade yet for nonfiction film -- and, really, what other variety could back up that boast? To nail down a single doc as the preeminent work that typifies these years is no easy task, especially since the best of the bunch attacked specific subjects with laser-like precision and idiosyncratic techniques. (Sit tight, the lede is about to be buried.)
The '00s legitimized the allure of the "pop doc," a trend that shoehorns potentially lackluster material into glossy narratives. Spelling bees were transformed into suspense thrillers ("Spellbound"), quadriplegic rugby players did their own stunts ("Murderball"), tangoing kids got their dance-off ("Mad Hot Ballroom"), a reckless but beautiful feat of derring-do was reenacted like a heist procedural ("Man on Wire"), and a PBS-style nature film became a blockbuster saga of familial survival ("March of the Penguins"). Who'd have thought,
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Oscar's Documentary Shortlist: No 'Anvil,' No 'Capitalism'
18 November 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences documentary committee has watched the 89 eligible docs that were submitted and whittled the field down to 15 finalists, from which the five Oscar nominees will be chosen. But before we even get there we gotta talk about the snubs.
Notably absent from the shortlist are Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story and the highly praised Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which last month earned the distinction of being the first "for your consideration" screener sent to Academy members this year. Last year's best-reviewed documentary, Man on Wire, went on to win the Oscar; Anvil! holds that title this year (98% at Rotten Tomatoes), but it's not even going to be nominated.
Other noteworthy titles not among the top 15: Tyson (about the boxer, not the chicken company) and The September Issue (about Anna Wintour and Vogue magazine). Michael Jackson's This Is It
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Multiple Personality Disorder report
13 November 2009 3:49 PM, PST
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[Editor's Note: Multiple Personality Disorder Reports are short news blasts meant to let you know about the stuff that didn't make it to the news page but still had us talking behind the scenes]
#1 "Acolytes" director Jon Hewitt prepping “X”
Jon Hewitt is preparing to shoot a follow up his teen serial killer film. X will take a trip into the underbelly of Australia’s sex trade. Shooting is slated to start in early 2010.
#2 "Deadgirl" writer to step behind the camera for "Chop"
Deadgirl caught a lot of heat for its controversial subject matter and now writer Trent Haaga is preparing to step behind the camera for Chop. The new project is being toted as a "revenge thriller with a comedic edge in the tradition of "Fargo" and "Oldboy"." The time may be ripe to finally catch up with Deadgil.
#3 "Submarine" adds great cast
Richard Ayoade's adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's coming of age story Submarine had previously cast Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige but it's the addition of the great Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins that has us excited. If the comparisons
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