December 2009
25 posts
Sand dunes seen from space. →
My Top 10 Films of 2009
After much deliberation, and a few films moving in and out of the list, I’m settling on the following. Note that these are new releases I have seen this year, so some 2009 releases are ineligible as I saw them in 2008 (e.g. The Wrestler, Synecdoche New York). In alphabetical order:
- Away We Go
- Coraline
- An Education
- Let The Right One In
- A Serious Man
- A Single Man
- Star...
Woman's 999 call over playful cat →
Every year we get stories about daft emergency calls, yet they never cease to amaze me. Do please listen to the audio, it’s simply incredible.
Guardian Top 100 Films of the Decade
They haven’t published the top three yet (“There Will Be Blood” and “Mulholland Drive” had better be in there), and I realise these lists are incredibly subjective, but to put “Fahrenheit 9/11” at #10 yet “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” at #56 is just perverse. And so wrong I want to scream.
If they put...
Peter Bradshaw's "Nine" review is suitably... →
"The Clash Of The Titans" remake.
Breaking news!
The tagline has been changed. It is no longer:
TITANS. WILL. CLASH.
It is now:
DAMN. THE. GODS.
I’m going to love this film. Yes.
Watch“Dangerous Wands” trailer. Excellent stuff!
WatchBBC Breathing Places Christmas Song
Marina Hyde interviews Charlie Brooker (VIDEO) →
Marina Hyde is far cuter than I ever imagined, and her voice! New crush methinks… although it looks like she has her eyes on Charlie…
WatchQuentin Tarantino’s top movies of 2009.
(does not include “Avatar”, “Lovely Bones” or “Invictus” - none of which will make it I’m sure)…
Clue - he had the balls to put “Star Trek” #1. Kudos Quentin, I’m impressed. And to recognise “An Education”, from the other side of the pond. And “Up In The...
