10s of 2020 (pt. 4)

10s of 2020 (pt. 3)

1st Oscar predictions for 2021 - October 2020

 Yeah, even though the Oscars won't be taking place until April (maybe even later, depending on how things go) I want to go ahead and start my endless speculation process on what may find itself getting nominated this year in some of the major categories. Why bother? No reason. I have nothing better to do right now and I like Oscar predictions. So I'm going to leave this post untampered and come back in 6-8 months to see how it holds up. 

For my first prediction, I am going to guess that only 60% of these predictions will be accurate. This means I'm only expecting maybe three from each of my top 5s will actually get nominations. I'll calculate that later, too, so we'll just see how this goes. Why not make predictions for my predictions? I'm going full Charlie Kaufman on this, just cramming everything up its own ass until it's all too confusing for most people to understand, but that's what makes it so much fun.

The categories I will cover here are as follows:

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Director

Best Picture

10s of 2020 (pt. 2)

My 20 Favorite Oscar-less performances of the 2010s

Everyone knows the Oscars are a huge joke, with pretty much everyone who loves movies collectively mocking them every year and complaining about the boring and generic picks they make over and over again. Most of the time the movies they award don't hold up at all (Green Book, for example), and a good dose of the movies they nominate were terrible to begin with (nearly 10 years have passed and I still get unreasonably irritated at Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close somehow getting a Best Picture nomination). That being said, I still spend months every year predicting nominees and getting excited for this stupid show, just because it's one of the few widely televised and recognized celebrations of movies that we've got, and when they get things right (like Parasite), it makes me feel like there's still hope that people might not be actually getting dumber on a daily basis. 

This is all just to lead into a couple lists I wanted to make to highlight some of my favorite performances that I feel got overlooked by the Academy. I'm splitting this into two top 10s, one for the men and one for the women. I do this just to keep my list from being too much of a sausage-fest, as probably 15 of my top 20 would have been from the men's list. I'm being inclusive, everyone, look at how #woke I am.

First up, I'm gonna go over the list of my top 10 favorite female performances I felt should have been nominated for the Oscar (many of which I believe should also have won), and I will even include which category I would have put it in, and provide a nominee from said category I would have removed to make room. This is a very thorough list. Oh, except for the fact that I threw this list together in about 10 minutes and didn't bother to really dig through all the stuff I've seen to make it. So odds are I missed out on quite a few great ones, but also keep in mind this is just my opinion. Not meant to be taken seriously. 

200 Items Or Less: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (2005)

A few thoughts: In spite of having seen this movie a good half-dozen times, it wasn't until this most recent viewing that I came to appreciate both how imaginative and memorable it is. Full of visual craziness and bizarre characters, this adaptation draws enough inspiration from the source material to satisfy fans and has enough new to offer to maintain a certain amount of freshness without alienating the audiences. While I usually find Zooey Deschanel to be insufferable, she's tolerable here, but the real highlights are Sam Rockwell's goofball southern rock star-esque President of the Galaxy, and the droll voice-only performance by Alan Rickman as a robot with a depressed personality. There are so many wonderful little moments and off-the-wall jokes to be found here, but it never comes across as too hyperactive and attention deficit to keep it from telling an actual story. The effects hold up really well, and the Hitchhiker's Guide itself being narrated by Stephen Fry was a wonderful choice. Very entertaining.

200 Items Or Less: Sky High (2005)

A few thoughts: My fiance was talking with someone and they insisted this was the best superhero movie they've ever seen, so we decided to say "screw it" and check it out. I'd already seen it and knew it was dumb, but that was over a decade ago...not much has changed. This is a dorky, predictable, formulaic, and obvious product of its time. It felt like some executive at Disney said "hey, those superhero movies are popular right now and so is that Harry Potter guy, let's smash the two together", which is exactly what you get here. It's bright, colorful, and will undoubtedly hold a certain appeal to kids, but I can't see it being something I would ever seek out again. Kurt Russell is fun, but he seems to be one of the only people in this who actually put out effort -- Mary Elizabeth Winstead, for example, is shockingly bad. Also, it misused Bruce Campbell, which is a horrible crime to commit. In the end, every move the plot takes was ripped from the pages of Screenwriting For Dummies, and it didn't have enough humor or excitement for me to forgive it of that.

All 5 Neil Breen films ranked

A highly opinionated list by a fan of a very odd filmmaker.

Neil Breen. The mere mention of his name can evoke unforgettable images and quotes. When I first heard of him back in 2014 on a Paste magazine list of the 100 greatest B-movies of all-time (a list I highly recommend looking into if you're in the mood for some oddball, off-the-beaten-path entertainment), I was instantly intrigued. When I later found his movies had become somewhat notorious on YouTube thanks to RedLetterMedia (and later YourMovieSucks, FanboyFlicks, and the like), I couldn't say I was terribly surprised. He's an interesting filmmaker whose ineptitude, sincerity, and almost scary Messiah-like view of himself has generated some of the most genuinely baffling movies of the 21st century. Usually modern filmmakers who accrue dedicated cult followings gain a sort of self-awareness that steals the genuine charm away from their future efforts, but with 5 features to his name, Breen still seems to be delusional enough to think what he's making is legitimate art. He is no Tommy Wiseau, who has leaned into his infamy to an obnoxious degree, but a completely new breed of crazy that is difficult to explain.

As previously mentioned, I have been aware of this odd fellow for several years now, but I still had only seen one or two of his movies fully until very recently. This was quite an adventure as a big fan of B-movies, and while I had probably already seen over half of the laugh-out-loud moments from his films before this, watching through them all start to finish was definitely something I needed to do. But now that I've seen them, what do I do with that information? Do I write inane meme reviews where I say crap like "omg what did I just see? I literally can't even, I got Breened lawl 10/10"? I don't think so. I'll leave that for the asshats on Letterboxd who think that's funny or has any sort of value. No, instead I'm going to do the thing that the title of this post says. Maybe this way anyone who happens upon this post can maybe have a better idea where to start when it comes to Breen as a whole. Some of his movies are definitely funnier than others, and some are a lot more boring than others. One in particular can pretty much be skipped entirely, in my humble opinion. So let's talk about that one now.

Five Favorite performances: Bill Hader

Since he first came onto the scene as one of the strongest additions to Saturday Night Live of his generation, Bill Hader has been an omnipresent comedic force like few others. With writing (and even a couple directing) credits, Hader has shown skill both in front of and behind the screen, recently co-creating one of the most awarded shows currently airing on HBO, Barry.

Although he is almost exclusively a comedic actor, his range found in some of the darker shows and movies he appears in not only work dramatically, but even show his ability to generate tension and fear with his bizarre and manic mannerisms and line delivery. While he still doesn't have the filmography built up to put him in the high end of a favorite actors list, I still feel he belongs in the conversation when attempting a personal top 100.

What follows are a handful of my favorite performances of his, which I suppose I will condense down to a clean five.

200 Items Or Less: The Skeleton Key (2005)

A few thoughts: Voodoo and the like is a very intriguing and often overlooked subject in the history of film, so it's always pretty exciting to me to run into a movie focused on it. That being said, these movies usually feature strong visuals, a cool atmosphere, or intriguing plots. Sadly this movie only has one of these three, and that one (the plot) is told in a pretty straight-forward and sterilized sort of way. In spite of being interesting, the plot of this movie often feels pretty empty. Visually, this isn't a terribly creative sort of movie, with the practically genre-less sort of approach essentially cutting itself off at the ankles. If they had pushed the film into a more horror, fantasy, or even dramatic direction, I think it would have resonated throughout the entire movie, but instead it all feels beige and uninspired. But even with all of my negativity, I did enjoy the movie enough. It had good performances, a cool story, and it all culminates in an effective finale. Not terribly engrossing, but interesting enough.

10s of 2020 (pt. 1)

2020, as might be expected, has been a pretty slow year for movies. Not much has come out of interest in the first 5 months, and I doubt much more will be showing up over the next 7. That being said, I still have watched 10, so why not briefly keep track of them and order them as the year goes on? Sure, it will make my eventual year-end countdown less of a mystery, but I'm gonna break them up into isolated groups of 10, so this won't necessarily prove to be too much of a 10-months-from-now spoiler.

Alright, let's get into this.

A few words on The Vast Of Night (2020)

The Vast Of Night, d. Andrew Patterson

A few words on Come To Daddy (2020)

Come To Daddy, d. Ant Timpson

A few words on The Invisible Man (2020)

The Invisible Man, d. Leigh Whannell

A few words on The Gentlemen (2020)

The Gentlemen, d. Guy Ritchie

A few words on Sonic The Hedgehog (2020)

Sonic The Hedgehog, d. Jeff Fowler

Jeff's Top 15 Most Hated Movies of the 2010s

There were so many genuinely awful movies that came out this last decade, and a lot that I skipped out on just because I knew beforehand that there was nothing I could get out of them. So right off the bat, there are going to be some issues people will have with this list. There are quite a few popular movies here, and I'm sure most people will look at what I have and go "BLEH SNORT YOU HAVE [blank] BUT NOT [blank]?!? WHAT, WERE YOU DROPPED ON YOUR HEAD!?!?" or whatever dumbass crap people say when they can't accept someone else's opinion, so I'm going to put in bold and gigantic font a FEW SENTIMENTS that I think needs to be read and accepted before going forward.


1. I HAVEN'T SEEN EVERY BAD MOVIE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.

2. THIS IS AN OPINION-BASED LIST.

3. THIS ISN'T A "WORST MOVIES" LIST, IT'S A LIST OF MOVIES I HATED FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

Now that I'm done condescending to you, this is the list I have prepared for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the vitriol.


15-

A few words on Underwater (2020)

Underwater, d. William Eubank

A few words on Fantasy Island (2020)

Fantasy Island, d. Jeff Wadlow

A few words on Gretel & Hansel (2020)

Gretel & Hansel, d. Oz Perkins

A few words on The Lodge (2020)

The Lodge, d. Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala

Jeff's 50 Favorite Movies of the 2010s

I wanted to wait a few months to let the hype die down from movies of the last year before making this list, so here we are nearing the end of May before I finally sit down and comb through the 1500~ movies I saw from the 2010s to determine my 50 favorites -- or, in the very least, the 50 movies that have stuck with me the most for a variety of reasons. I'm not some kind of professional critic, so my opinions aren't part of the sphere of criticism where timely themes and things of that ilk are essential to my viewing experience, so take this list as it should be taken: as my opinion based on my own personal preference.

So now that I've gotten that out of the way (translation: now that I've written that part everyone skips over to get to the parts with bold text and big pictures, where afterwards they can tell me how wrong I am for thinking something they don't think), let's do the list part. You know, the part with bold text and big pictures. The fun stuff.

BUT FIRST!

Here are a handful of honorable mentions. Movies I wanted to fit into my top 50, but there just wasn't enough room. I'm not including all the stuff I wanted to have make it, as that would take another 30-40 spaces to do so, so I'm just going to highlight a few that I really enjoyed, have stuck with me, or I feel are noteworthy.


HONORABLE MENTION-

12 of my Favorite Guitarists (and what they've taught me)

I've been playing guitar off and on for about a decade and a half now, and I'm what you might call pretty decent at it. I mostly just improvise bluesy guitar solos to myself without any accompaniment, and if you slapped in front of an audience and gave me a band, there is an 80% chance I wouldn't be capable of playing anything worthwhile to those poor people. Regardless, I have recorded a decent number of oddball tracks and like to consider myself at least alright at guitar. But that doesn't mean I don't love and appreciate the instrument and find myself trying to improve in very specific ways when I pick one of mine up.

What follows isn't so much a standard "greatest guitarists of all-time" list, nor are these necessarily my 12 favorites ever. But in recent weeks I've picked my guitar back up and spent a good deal of time listening to guitar music again (because I actually have the time to do that for now), and I have noticed certain trends in my listening and come away with certain mental notes that I am going to share with anyone who cares to read any further. Every guitarist has their own set of skills, styles, and lessons that can be taken away from watching/listening to them play, so here's a few specific things I've picked up from watching each of these guys.

Also worth noting these "lessons" aren't specific to these guitarists, per se. They're just ones I in particular associate with the thoughts I've attached to them, and I will try to explain my reasoning a little more as I go.

Star Trek: TNG - season one episodes, ranked

Ranking every episode of the entire series (or franchise) is far too difficult a task, and to be totally honest I think I would find it virtually impossible, considering how many episodes there really are in Star Trek that are absolutely forgettable. So instead I will just do mini-countdowns like this, where I rank every episode from within its own season, and maybe I can expand on this a little further with a more updated favorites list; and perhaps even a few worst-of lists as well.

So let's start from the beginning, with the first season of TNG. I'm skipping TOS not because I don't like it, but because I'm currently watching through TNG, so it's still fresh on my mind as I'm writing this.

Oh, and as for two-part episodes, I am counting both parts separately only if they were released in different seasons. For example, Gambit from season 7 will only count as one single episode, but I'm splitting Best Of Both Worlds up, as it served as the season 3 finale and season 4 premiere. Now to the actual list, which will be much less wordy than this introduction.

Top 10 Robert Englund performances

One of the last true horror legends, Robert Englund sits alongside the likes of Karloff, Lugosi, Price, Lee, and Cushing as a bonafide icon of the genre. But much like many of the aforementioned, Englund has a lot more to offer than simple thrills, as he's actually a quite a talented actor who just never seemed to find the right opportunities to show how great he was.

Here, I will be naming my personal favorite performances of Englund's career, and hopefully a few of my mentions here will inspire people to dig a little deeper into his filmography. I won't be reinventing the wheel with this list, but I hope at least a few of these wind up standing out and possibly surprising a few people who are fans of his. If not, sorry to disappoint you. Let's begin.

200 Items Or Less: McBain (1991)

A few thoughts: Oh man, this movie is dripping with political commentary. But not the good kind that works itself into a narrative without feeling like you're being preached at. No no no, this is the kind of movie that wants to ram commentary down your throat and force you to swallow. The result is, predictably, a movie that thinks it's a lot more poignant than it actually is. But even more than ham-fisted social statements, this movie is guilty of an even greater sin -- a misuse of not only one, but TWO great actors: Michael Ironside and Christopher Walken. Granted, they both tend to thrive in even the worst of the worst movies, but the direction they're given here seems to come from a place of genuine misunderstanding. And that's something pervasive throughout the whole movie -- misunderstanding of what the movie is and should be. It's a dumb action movie that thinks it's a smart action movie, it has a great main cast that it doesn't understand how to use, it fills the plot with characters and scenarios no one is interested in, and it does all of this while having the pieces to a perfectly enjoyable puzzle sitting right under their noses. "Frustrating" doesn't quite cover it.

Jeff's 25 Favorite Movies of 2019

I was very unimpressed by 2018 as a year for movies, but the world of film redeemed itself in 2019, ending the decade with a bang. The top 4 movies on this list would land higher than anything else that's come out in the past couple years, and that's not even to mention how many things I felt belonged in the top 10 but couldn't quite land there. It was an amazing year for movies, and I'm hoping 2020 picks up where 2019 left off and gives us even more great things to watch.

Additionally, I feel it's worth stating as I usually would in this situation that this is not my attempt as an objective list of the best movies of the year. These are just my favorites. And there are going to be several big ones that won't appear here that most people would include. I haven't seen every movie, and I don't love every movie I see, so keep that in mind when going through this list. That being said, I have seen nearly 100 films from 2019, and there aren't many others that I really felt like watching.

To start out, I'm going to list 8 honorable mentions. These aren't necessarily the next 8 best movies of the year, but more ones that have stuck with me somehow and I feel like mentioning for whatever reason.

Color Out Of Space (2020) - A very conflicted review (and movie)

Color Out Of Space (2020)
Directed by Richard Stanley

What a bizarre and irritating movie this was. There isn't a single aspect of it that fully works, and tons that don't work at all, but there's just enough going for it to keep me entertained and hoping for a little more.

Top 10 Michael Shannon performances

I highly doubt I'll be keeping these posts up with this level of frequency, but for now I'm quite enjoying writing these up. So here's another list made upon suggestion, and hopefully it draws a little more attention to some fantastic performances.

Over the past decade, there have been few actors to amass such an impressive resume as Michael Shannon. With his distinctive looks and loads of dramatic range, Shannon has appeared in dozens of movies and shows, often giving some of the best performances of the projects he's involved in. Although he has earned 2 Oscar nominations and appeared in mainstream blockbuster movies in major roles, Michael Shannon still doesn't seem to get quite as much attention as he deserves. So that's where I come in. Because, you know, I have such huge influence and popularity.

200 Items Or Less: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

A few thoughts: Where the first two Moore movies in the series stumbled a bit, this third entry finally found its footing and offered up one of the more entertaining entries in the franchise. Starting off with a bang (the whole opening ski/parachuting sequence is just wonderful), this movie grabbed ahold of me and kept changing things up often enough that it never wore out its welcome. Even if the ending does drag on for a little too long (unceremoniously killing off the main villain with 15-20 minutes left in the film), the changes in setting and dynamic between James and the Bond girl give the whole movie an air of freshness that's not often seen in the franchise. Another highlight is in Richard Kiel as the famous henchman Jaws, whose imposing 7+ foot tall figure and heavy metal mouthpiece offer up the kind of unstoppable physical threat that is rarely seen in the series. He's so unstoppable, in fact, he bites a shark to death and shows up in the very next Bond movie to pick up where he left off. Name another henchman who's that determined and relentless. All-in-all this is a cheesy and incredibly fun movie that worked in all the right ways.

Top 10 Kurt Russell performances

Nearly 6 months ago, I graced the world with a wonderful and in-depth look at my favorite Jeffrey Combs performances, which can be found HERE. And now, upon the suggestion of my lovely wife, I will be doing a top 10 on another wonderful and underrated actor: Kurt Russell.

200 Items Or Less: Stepfather II (1989)

A few thoughts: The first Stepfather movie was pretty great and cut through a lot of the fat that would have bogged it down in order to focus on the main point of the story. This sequel, as passable as it may be, is proof of why the choices made in the first one were indeed the right ones. Terry O'Quinn is back, with the movie taking place very shortly after the events of the previous one, and chronicles his escape from the mental institution he was being held in, his relocation to a new town, and the speedy but meticulous trap he lays into place to ensnare an eligible new bride. Thee are moments in this movie where you might forget your watching a deranged killer, and thanks to the performance by O'Quinn, you really are able to see just why he's capable of tricking lonely women into falling for him. Much less disturbing and intense than the last time around, O'Quinn still dials up the crazy when needed, even though the script doesn't give him many opportunities to go fully unhinged. It's a decent movie that's paced well, has a strong lead, and works as an adequate sequel to the original.

200 Items Or Less: Event Horizon (1997)

A few thoughts: I've watched this probably 3 or 4 times over the years, but it wasn't until this most recent viewing that I could finally say I really dig this movie. With incredible set design, mostly impressive visual effects, a very dark screenplay full of terrifying concepts that blend deep space with spiritual themes, and a handful of strong performances, this Paul W.S. Anderson sci-fi/horror can be a tad corny at times but does a great job at blending these genres to create an unsettling and moody atmosphere. There's some truly impressive set design and use of lighting in this movie, so even when things get a little confusing and convoluted, the look of the movie alone should be enough to keep you sucked in. Visually and narratively, this movie feels like a sort of midway point between Alien and Hellraiser, which can be seen as nothing less than a compliment coming from me. I don't know why it took me this long to come around on this movie, but now I can say I'm a fan and look forward to seeing how much more I'll like it the next time around.

200 Items Or Less - Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer (2006)

A few thoughts: A curious sort of failure, this drama/thriller does enough things right to keep it from being bad, but drags so much and becomes too bizarre to really stand out in any sort of good way. Conceptually this is a difficult sort of story to try to tell in any medium, as the primary sense it tries to convey is scent. A tricky thing to work into a visual and auditory art form, but they somehow manage. The performances are also (mostly) pretty great, with Ben Whishaw convincingly playing the titular murderer and Alan Rickman of course doing a great job in his supporting role as one of the people hunting him down. The biggest surprise, though, is Dustin Hoffman. He's awful in this movie. As I mentioned before, the running time becomes a serious problem, as by 90 minutes in I was ready for the movie to start winding down. But there was almost an entire hour left. All in all, I can't help but to call the movie a failure, even though I kind of liked it. It was a curious movie with cool visuals, a few good performances, and an interesting concept, but it more than wore out its welcome and ended on a ridiculously confusing note.

200 Items Or Less: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)

A few thoughts: I wasn't a huge fan of Roger Moore's first outing as James Bond, but with that movie there was a distinct tone and atmosphere that felt totally separate from the Connery films. But with this one, in spite of some trippy visuals, we're back to the basics but slightly cornier and slightly worse. There is one distinct up-side with this movie, however, in Christopher Lee as the titular man with the golden gun, Francisco Scaramanga. An ultra-wealthy assassin brought in to kill Bond, Scaramanga has a different sort of motivation from the usual Bond villain bent on some form of world domination, as he pretty much just wants to do his job -- but with a little flair. There's some genuine creativity to the set design in the funhouse action sequences, and pretty much everything involving Christopher Lee is top notch, with the island setting offering up the exact thing any Bond fan could hope for and expect. But the rest is mostly pretty mediocre.

200 Items Or Less: Live And Let Die (1973)

A few thoughts: I've always been more of a Connery fan when it comes to Bond movies, but that's probably because I was raised on those. But had I been raised on Moore, this would have still probably not been one of my favorites. While I enjoy the villains here in particular (Kananga, Baron Samedi, and that guy with the hook make for a pretty awesome trio of bad guys), the rest of the movie is somewhat lacking. Between the meh humor, absence of Q, overlong running time, and frankly bizarre story, this movie definitely has a unique feel that's totally independent from the Connery films, but I'm not sure if that's a very good thing. But at least they realized how important it was to define Moore in his own way. Moore is a pretty solid Bond, and he definitely has his own set of charms that work for the character, but he isn't given a ton to work with here -- the setting and supporting cast are the highlight. It's an odd movie with some cool aspects, but it's not one of my favorites.

Top 10 Movies of 2012

Definitely not as strong of a year as the previous two, but here are my favorite movies of 2012 anyway. A decent variety of stuff here, so hopefully anyone reading this might find something new and/or interesting to watch here. List time.



Honorable mentions (A - Z):

Top 10 UGH Movies of 2019

Wow, I totally forgot to release my annual UGH movies of the year list last year. And the previous year, for that matter... Starting a new job and being constantly tired and being as whiny and lazy as I am definitely contributed, but I don't seem to remember there being too many terribly obnoxious movies that I saw over that period of time, but I'll have to go back and see what I can find to fill that up and make my list. Because I do love taking hot steamy dumps all over bad movies. But that's not the focus of this post, because I'm going straight into movies of 2019, as that seems a lot more relevant, and these movies are all a lot fresher in my mind.

Now, to anyone unfamiliar with my UGH lists, there are a few things to keep in mind. One, I don't go out of my way to watch too many bad movies each year, because I don't get paid to do this, so it's a waste of my time and money to watch things I know I'll hate. Two, these lists aren't just my least favorite movies I've seen all year, because most of the movies I would include that way would just be boring and bland, which means I really wouldn't have much to talk about at all. And third, I can even include movies that I enjoyed on this list, as I weigh the overall value I feel the movie has to offer (subjectively, of course) against my hopes and expectations going in, so if I genuinely expected a 8-9/10 and wound up with a 6, I call that a pretty huge disappointment, and it will probably find its way onto this list. Is that fair? Probably not, but I don't care. If you want fair and balanced movie coverage, I'm sure you'll enjoy pouring through hundreds of totally unbiased amateur critics on Letterboxd (lol good luck), or hack professionals like Peter Travers who have zero personality whatsoever but feel like inserting horrible puns into their reviews makes them seem noteworthy. Still here? Good, let's move on.

Oscar Predictions 2020: Best Actress

Not as full of a category as Best Actor, but there's still some strong competition here. Let's go down the list and see how wrong I'll be.

Oscar Predictions 2020: Best Actor

Wow, Best Actor is a stacked category this year. I normally wouldn't see there being a possibility of this many different nominees, but here we are. So let's go down the list and see how wrong I'm going to be.

Oscar Predictions 2020: Best Picture

A recently released somewhat unofficial shortlist has named these 42 movies the ones currently fighting for the coveted Best Picture Oscar. So I'm gonna go down the list, from A to Z and try to determine which of these are the most likely to be in the 5-10 total movies that will be up for the award here in the next couple weeks.

So I'm going to put each of the 42 movies into one of 5 categories of likelihood:

1. Practically guaranteed
2. Fairly likely
3. Possible, not probable
4. Highly unlikely
5. Not a chance

Best Picture Contenders: A - Z

Top 10 Movies of 2011

The second list I'm making in preparation for the end of the decade. You can view my Top 10 Movies of 2010 countdown by clicking on one of the words I just typed. 2011 was a great year for movies, and I had to make several cuts (even to adhere to my 5-10 honorable mentions rule), so don't be surprised if some really good movies didn't make the cut here. Now to the list.



Honorable mentions (A - Z):