This is part something of this, I’ve lost track. But you can find the original introduction here and by going here you can find all the other parts. All of these films earn a 93 on a 100 point scale except The Commitments which is a 94 (which is a high **** while the rest are mid ****). The picture above wasn’t the easiest to decide on this time – I originally had Michael Caine images from three different films (in three different decades), there are two films with the same director and two stars, I could have gone with a different McKellen pic on the left to go with the one on the right or I could have done the other McKellen pic with another actor in the same role. (more…)
10 August, 2020
A Century of Film: The Top 1000 Films (#1000-951)
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This is the start of my Top 1000 Countdown, the 1000 best films made in the first Century of Film (1912-2011). A reminder that the introduction should probably be looked at first and will answer any questions about abbreviations.
Every film in this group of 50 earns an 86, which is high ***.5. (more…)
14 October, 2017
The Nighthawk Awards: 2009
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You can read more about this year in film here. The Best Picture race is discussed here, with reviews of all the nominees. First there are the categories, followed by all the films with their nominations, then the Globes, where I split the major awards by Drama and Comedy, followed by a few lists at the very end. If there’s a film you expected to see and didn’t, check the very bottom – it might be eligible in a different year. Films in red won the Oscar in that category (or Globe, in the Globes section). Films in blue were nominated. Films (or directors) in olive are links to earlier posts that I don’t want to have show up in blue and be mistaken for a nominee. Films with an asterisk (*) were Consensus nominees (a scale I put together based on the various awards) while those with a double asterisk (**) were the Consensus winners.
I’m listing the top 15 in the categories but only the top 5 earn Nighthawk nominations. I’m only going with the Top 15 because there are 15 **** films and several categories don’t even get that far. It’s a weak year all around.
Nighthawk Awards:
- Best Picture
- Inglourious Basterds *
- The Hurt Locker **
- A Serious Man *
- Up *
- Broken Embraces
- An Education *
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Up in the Air *
- A Single Man
- District 9 *
- The White Ribbon
- The Informant
- Sin Nombre
- Coraline
- Revanche
Analysis: As mentioned above, I went with 15 films because that’s how many **** films there are in this year. That the Oscars nominated seven of them (as well as my #16 film, Precious) speaks well of their first year with 10 nominees in 66 years. (more…)