The Best Films of 2008: A movie trivia post! :D
It's the end of the year, and we're all bored and maybe a little hung over and probably broke from the holidays. It's been a slow news day and it's a Sunday with nothing to do, so I got bored and decided to make a movie trivia post! I've seen them on ONTD before, but I decided to only pick trivia tidbits from Moviephone's 50 Best Movies of 2008, instead of picking random titles as others have done in the past. Because all of these movies are new, not every single one has trivia or they have very little, but

MSN produces surpringly somewhat accurate list on the year 2008
Maybe 2007 left us spoiled. With future classics like "Zodiac," "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" gracing our screens, 2008, so far, feels a little less ... significant. But that was on first glimpse; now that we've dug in and really looked back through the entire year, we can safely say (and the year's not over yet) that 2008 has been interesting, unexpected -- especially when it comes to performers.Comedians who are usually funny, like Mike Myers and Will Ferrell, were outshined by actors

SAG Awards: Doubt Gets a Lift
Doubt scored a much-needed boost from the SAG nominating committee, earning five noms for Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman and ensemble cast; John Patrick Shanley's adaptation of his hit play is also likely to do well with Academy actors. Kate Winslet added a supporting actress nom for The Reader to her best actress nom for Revolutionary Road, but her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio was snubbed. Among the ensemble cast nominees, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Ca

Critics Lists Update: Slumdog Millionaire, Heath Ledger Add Kudos
Here's the latest internal Variety memo from Jon Weisman updating critics' group awards:Surging: Heath Ledger and "Let the Right One In"Honorors of the Day: Toronto Film Critics Honorees of the Day: "Wendy (You had the dogfood money in your pocket!) and Lucy" and Jonathan (Twenty Minutes of Wedding Toasts) Demme- JonPICTURE ???The Curious Case of Benjamin Button??? St. Louis Film Critics???The Dark Knight??? Austin Film Critics ???Happy-Go-Lucky??? Satellite Awards (comedy/musical)"Milk" New York Film Criti

A Piece of Heath Ledger
Tomorrow you can get a piece of the late Heath Ledger.  Well, a piece of his final work in the film industry.  The Dark Knight comes out on DVD tomorrow. It looks like The Dark Knight will be a contender for best film and director in the Oscar race.  I hope it wins.  What a great honor that would be. I am still so saddened by Heath’s sudden death.  I have been a big fan for many years and I still haven’t really accepted that he’s gone.  Knowing that The Dark Knight will

On the Travers Take: The Best Movies - And Biggest Letdowns - of 2008
What were the best movies of the year? What were the worst letdowns? Peter Travers explains what was so great about Gus Van Sant’s Milk, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight — and why 007 flick Quantum of Solace, hideous epic Australia and vampire love story Twilight were massive cinematic bummers. • Peter Travers on the Year’s Best and Bummers

CollegeCandy’s Top 10 Films of 2008
If you missed the following films last year, the good news is that many of them are on DVD already, or will be soon. So check out what you missed at the cinema, add it your Netflix Queue, and have a 2008 movie night before you get backed up with the upcoming flicks of [...]

2009 SAG Awards: When Actors Snub Actors [Sag-Ging Appeal]
The nominations for the 2009 SAG Awards were announced this morning — find out who got nominated, who got snubbed and how they differed from the Golden Globe noms, after the jump.Male Performance In A Leading Role• Richard Jenkins, The Visitor (Not on Golden Globes list)• Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon• Sean Penn, Milk• Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button• Mickey Rourke, The WrestlerLead male actors who were nominated for a Golden Globe but not a SAG Award: Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolut

MCN Movie Scoreboard = Oscar Nominations?
Movie City News collects a number of Top Ten Lists from critics and compiles a Scoreboard of the year’s top movies.  So far, with 184 Top Lists tallied, here are the Top Ten: 1.  Wall-E 2.  The Dark Knight 3.  Slumdog Millionaire 4.  Milk 5.  The Wrestler 6.  Rachel Getting Married 7.  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 8.  Happy-Go-Lucky 9.  Man on Wire 10. Let the Right One In Notables: 11. Frost/Nixon 12. The Visitor 13. Synechdoche, New York 13. Wendy & Lu

The Playlist's Worst Films Of 2008
Culture keeps dumbing down and aiming more and more for the crotch of the lowest common denominator, right? Big fucking surprise. Obviously it's because the bleating sheep of society are by and large an incredibly stupid herd and 2008 didn't disappoint the ham and eggers/joe jobbers who love a base blow 'em up spectacle, a painfully unfunny comedy, or a special effects laden disaster with no story. The more basic, the better. Without further ado, the WORST films of 2008 as picked by The Playlist members. If

Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 159 minutes Rated: PG-13 Directed by David Fincher Starring:  Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton Grade:  A – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a marvelous and peculiar film about a man who ages backwards.  Based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the screenplay really doesn’t withhold anything from [...]

‘WALL-E,’ ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘The Dark Knight’ Win Awards From Chicago Film Critics Association
CHICAGO– The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their winners for the best of 2008 and an animated robot, superhero movie villain, wrestling star, and former teen actress walked away with big prizes. “Wall-E” was the big winner of the day, taking home an amazing four prizes, the most presented to any one movie this year.Pixar’s “Wall-E”, an animated masterpiece about the last robot on planet Earth, won the big prize for Best Picture and also took home Best Original Sc

Golden Globe Nominatons: 5 For \"Froxt/Nixon,\"\"Benjamin Button\" and \"Doubt\"
There's still a while before the Oscars, but the Golden Globes announced their nominees today, and while Frost/Nixon, Doubt and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button all received five nominations, Kate Winslet will be dueling against herself in the Best Drama category. Here's hoping a SAG strike doesn't cancel them again. Here are the nominees: Best Drama Frost/Nixon The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire Best Actress - Drama Kate Winslet - Revolutionary

Don’t Sleep On ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Composer/ M.I.A. Collaborator A.R. Rahman!
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How Did Viggo Mortensen's 2008 Oscar Boom Go Bust? [Viggo Mortensen]
Four months ago we suggested that Viggo Mortensen had three chances in 2008 to repeat as an Oscar nominee. As the last of those chances expires today, all we can say is, "Maybe next year?"But what happened? There's plenty of finger-pointing to go around, but none of it in Viggo's direction:

No Penguin in ‘Dark Knight’ Sequel?
The rumored casting of Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin was said to be confirmed by Alfred himself Michael Caine while in Toronto. So is it true? MTV went straight to the source and asked Hoffman himself, he says no. “No one has talked to me about it ever — never,” replied Hoffman. “It happened, like, five years ago, too. It was a rumor back then and it’s still a rumor. [laughs] It’s just in the press. It’s funny.” If he’s officially offered the r

‘Dark Knight’ Re-Release Cancelled
In September, it was announced that Warner Bros. Pictures was planning to rerelease The Dark Knight in theaters in January. We have learned that is no longer the case. Warner Bros. Pictures domestic distribution president Dan Fellman had acknowledged in September that talks were taking place with IMAX executives about the prospect of restoring the film to some number of giant-screen venues in January. It was uncertain whether The Dark Knight would also reappear in conventional theaters. The movie would

Oscars predix: Finally, 'Wall-E' rolls into the best-picture derby
"Wall-E" makes a dramatic breakthrough into The Envelope's Buzzmeter as Jeff Wells (Hollywood-Elsewhere.com) predicts it'll be among the five best-picture nominees. Wells pegs "Slumdog Millionaire"... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Massawyrm's Top 10 list and favorite films of the year!
So it’s that time of year again. List time. Time for the movie news output to slow to a crawl and us entertainment and movie writers to try to fill the space by quantifying everything down into nice neat little lists. So here’s mine. The TOP TEN BEST films of 2008 – from my vantage point, that is. 10) Cloverfield 9) Iron Man 8) Curious Case of Benjamin Button 7) Wall-E 6) Milk 5) The Dark Knight 4) The Wrestler 3) Slumdog Millionaire 2) Gran Torino 1) Frost/Nixon None of these s

Cinematical Seven: Christmas Movies that Demand 'R' Rated Remakes
(This month we're bringing back some of our favorite holiday-related posts, as well as sharing some new ones. Happy Holidays!)By: Patrick Walsh Wonderful as the classic family Christmas movies can be, the overwhelming sugary sweetness in most of them can be a little off-putting to adult audiences. I know my friends tend to gravitate more towards the R-rated holiday fare -- Die Hard, Bad Santa, The Ref, etc. Lord knows Hollywood doesn't want to be bothered coming up with original ideas, so I'm proposing seve

Critic Fails to Recognize Wall-E’s Oscar Inevitability
Entertainment Weekly's Dave Karger has his Oscar-nomination predictions, and we're in agreement over four of the five potential Best Picture nominees (Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, Frost/Nixon) — but Wall-E is apparently "too cartoony" to snag a nomination. Harrumph, we say. Rather, Karger speculates that it'll come down to The Dark Knight versus Doubt for that fifth nomination slot, which could be interesting, but we don't buy it. How could the Academy ig

Top Five Best and Worst Films of 2008
Kate Beckinsale’s Dreams of Oscar Crushed December 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM PST Tags: Kate Beckinsale, much ado about nothing, Nothing But The Truth, Oscar, Rod Laurie, Yari Film Group

Dread Central's Best and Worst of 2008
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of remakes -- also known as the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of bad, it was the epoch of incredible; it was the season of fright, it was the season of dumb; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair -- and man, did we have a lot of it; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; some flicks took us directly to heaven, others took us the other way. The year was 2008, and it was pretty memorable.Dig on our lis

The Most Disappointing/Most Overhyped Films Of 2008
We're obviously planning a Best of 2008 list and even a Worst of 2008 list, but it never really occurred to us to do the more nuanced, Most Disappointing of 2008 list until we saw Spoutblog's list (they crazy about "Che," let's leave it at that). Films that disappointed, yes, this is a very subjective list. A lot of people are picking up on the Most Disappointed meme, but some seem to have a strange ideas of what "most disappointed" means. To us, it's a film you had high hopes and high expectations from, no

Lively, Fishburne, Eckhart Among Globe Presenters
Another trio of stars is set to orbit the Golden Globes. Gossip Girl's Blake Lively, CSI newbie Laurence Fishburne and The Dark Knight's Aaron Eckhart have been added as presenters for the January ceremony. The three join a star-studded lineup that already includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Seth Rogen, Ricky Gervais, Simon Baker, Glenn Close, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jennifer Lopez and new mom Amy Poehler. The 66th Annual Golden Globes will air live Jan. 11 on NBC at 8 pm/ET.