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Written by Rory
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A good movie year can be measured by compiling a good ten best list. If you write down 50 or movies as potential candidates and your 20th favorite is as good as your 2nd favorite from last year, you know that this year was something special. The first decade of the 21st century had at least one such year (2007), producing well acted visual complexities like The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, There Will Be Blood, I™fm Not There, and Southland Tales (well, an achievement to me, anyway). The same cannot be said for the decade's last year, 2009. Arguably the worst movie year of the decade, 2009 offered a series of high profile let downs (Lovely Bones, Brothers, Taking Woodstock, Public Enemies) and few films that made a potent impact even a day after an initial viewing. While my top 3 films usually slap me right in the face in the immediately, I wasn't sure what my top choice was going to be until I sat down to narrow down my choices. While my top five choices remained solidly intact, my 6th through 23rd favorites shuffled around more than female DAs on Law & Order. In a way, this may have been a good thing. A weak year makes smaller, quirkier titles like Crank 2, Tetro, Precious and Tokyo Sonata stick out just a little bit more. On the flip side, it also makes one appreciate the value of well made studio entertainment like Star Trek, The Hangover, and I Love You, Man. 2009 was, however, a remarkable year for animated films, ranging in style, execution, audience, and subject. It's easy to be taken by the visual splendor of animation, but 2009's animated films offered compelling narratives, even dealing with difficult themes like mortality yet balancing them with a whimsical style. They still brought out the Saturday Morning Cartoon watching kid in all of us. Animated films made up a whopping forty percent of this years list, and there were even worthwhile titles in the also rans.
Here are my top ten films of 2009, bearing in mind that entries 6-10 are all very neck and neck.
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DVD Geeks recap - February 1 |
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Written by Administrator
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 Coming up on the next all new all LIVE DVD Geeks - we'll take a long, loving look at David Tennant's farewell legacy as Doctor Who with a five-disc set of special episodes.
Joining us will be Kylie Ireland who is not only a world-recognized uber-hot lady but also an uber-geek when it comes to all things "Who." She and our Televixen will dish on Tennant's goodbye and just what made him so appealing. Going from one adventure to another, we'll look at the epic "Amelia" starring Hilary Swank and the doomed aviation pioneer. Finally, we round out the episode with looks at other notable new releases like the fabulous "Zombieland" and Michael Jackson's swan song "This is It." All that plus Geek Picks and more - listen to the show HERE or subscribe to us at iTunes ! |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 February 2010 )
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DVD Geeks recap - January 25 |
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Written by Administrator
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 Coming up on DVD Geeks - we've got a selection of notable new releases this week including the gross-out "guy" comedy "I Hope The Serve Beer in Hell" based on the true-life adventures and best-selling book by Tucker Max. If the movie passed you by in theatres, we'll tell you all you need to know before you run out and buy (or avoid like the plague) this movie.
Then on to a little but of female empowerment, we'll look at Brew Barrymore's directorial debut with "Whip It" starring Ellen Page. It's the story of a small-town Texas teen who discovers that her true calling isn't beauty pageants but rather roller derby. The cast is rounded out by Barrymore, Kristen Wiig, Marcia Gay Harden, Andrew Wilson, Juliette Lewis and a bevy of bare-knuckled derby queens. We'll give a look at "Surrogates" - the Bruce Willi's scifi vehicle which presents a world in which humans live out their active lives as robotic avatars. Finally, we'll look at another "adapted from a true story" film with the disturbing tale of "The Donner Party." Crispin Glover stars in this grisly recounting of the doomed settlers who made their way from the mid-west to California only to turn to cannibalism when resources ran out. All that plus our weeky recap of honorable-mention titles, our Geek Picks plus all the geeky commentart you can handle. If you missed the live broadcast, check us out HERE or subscribe to the show at iTunes ! |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 February 2010 )
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DVD Geeks recap - January 18 |
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Written by Administrator
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 In a world where human beings evolve without the capacity to lie, one man breaks through with the power to control and minupulate human-kind through the art of BS. Ricky Gervais wrote, directed and stars in the farce "The Invention of Lying" exposes the real motives behind every action and creates religion to boot.
Next up, we'll explore director Christian Alvert's dark scif-fi horror "Pandorum" starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster as a couple of astronauts stuck on a ship with little memory of their mission. Finally, it's a B-movie bonanza with William Shatner as veterinartian "Rack" Hanson in the arachno-epic "Kingdom of the Spiders." It's out in an all-new DVD edition with special features to spare. We also take a quick look at the Japanses live-action series "Super Robot Red Baron" and the week's other honorable mentions - also news, Geek Picks and more! Listen to the show HERE or subscribe at iTunes ! |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 February 2010 )
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DVD Geeks recap - January 11 |
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Written by Administrator
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 We are nothing if not diverse here at DVD Geeks, and this, our first show of 2010, brings us a trove of great titles for your (and our) enjoyment.
We'll praise the latest Blu-Ray disc from Criterion, Frederico Felini's ode to filmmaking and the creative process, "8 1/2." Then we'll explore the very dark sci-fi psychological drama "Moon" from first-time filmmaker Duncan Jones and starring Sam Rockwell alongside Sam Rockwell. Spike Lee's newest project is "Passing Strange," a Broadway musical brought to DVD, and we'll round out the show by looking at some under-the-radar releases like the deadpan comedy "Goliath" and Walter Koenig's "Inalienable." Don't miss our weekly honorable mentions, clever comments and, of course our Geek Picks! You can listen in HERE or go to iTunes to subscribe . |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 15 February 2010 )
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