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Trent's Fearless 2010 Oscar Predictions: Best Picture PDF Print E-mail
Written by Trent Daniel   
Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:54
Hopefully, not many people will remember that I did not do all that well last year picking the Oscars.

However, I plan to rebound successfully this year and will brazenly predict all winners at the 82nd Academy Awards. Feel free to disagree and send me your predictions.

The movies up for Best Picture:

AVATAR

THE BLIND SIDE

DISTRICT 9

AN EDUCATION

THE HURT LOCKER


INGLOURIOUS
BASTERDS

PRECIOUS

A SERIOUS MAN

UP

UP IN THE AIR

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Top 10 Movie Villians PDF Print E-mail
Written by Trent Daniel   
Monday, 15 February 2010 12:35
While fun, narrowing down the top movie villains in history was quite difficult as well (I was surprised not one Bond villain made my list). Feel free to disagree and send me your own list.

The Wicked Witch of the West-The Wizard of Oz 1938




Maybe this is an obvious choice, but no list of great movie villains would be complete without her. Margaret Hamilton is simply unforgettable as the sadistic witch in both dream world Oz and real world Kansas. Her transformation from the bicycle riding Elmira Gulch to the broom riding witch is still an eye-covering scare. From ìFire Scarecrow?î to ìIíll get you my pretty! And your little dog, too!î there is nothing subtle about her ìbeautiful wickedness.î
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Top 10 Movie Fight Scenes PDF Print E-mail
Written by Trent Daniel   
Thursday, 21 January 2010 10:49
Oftentimes, the best way for a film (be it an action movie or not) to make its mark is to deliver a memorable fight scene. Trying to narrow down a Top 10 greatest movie fight scenes was much tougher than I thought. This list is wide-ranging, featuring hands (sometimes unattached), weapons and often uneven odds. However, all are amazing and memorable in their own unique way. Iím sure I left off some favorites, so please tell me what I missed. 



10. Rocky Balboa vs. Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (Stallone, 1985)

Sure, this movie is shameless propaganda and its image of Iron Curtain Russia has dated badly. Ivan (ìIf he dies, he diesî) Drago is the quintessential evil Soviet athlete, a soulless machine made superhuman through the use of performance enhancing drugs (good thing American athletes would NEVER do something like that!). Still, the moment when American hero Rocky starts pummeling Drago is thrilling. I will never forget the packed theatre I saw this film in absolutely exploding during this fight.


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Top 5 Sports (spork) Movies PDF Print E-mail
Written by Trent Daniel   
Thursday, 07 January 2010 12:33
While searching for a new Top 5 topic, I stumbled upon an ingenious term coined by ESPN writer Bill Simmons: namely, the ìsporkî flick, which he defines as a term ìto cover any chick flick that disguises itself as a sports movie, except enough is in there to make male AND female viewers happy.î To follow my list of the Top 5 spork flicks of all time. Feel free to offer me any I might have missed.

Rocky (1976)

A surprise? Not really, if you watch it again. What made the original Rocky great (and where the sequels went off the tracks, in my opinion) is that the original is just as much about Adrian ([Talia Shire]) as it is Rocky ([Sylvester Stallone]). While it is remembered for its still powerful training sequences and the final fight, it is a very sweet and moving romance at its core. Just as Rocky is trying to prove to the world and to himself that he is not a loser, so is she. She slowly emerges from her shyness and from under the thumb of her brother Paulie ([Burt Young]) in order to find a new life with Rocky. The shameless but wonderful ending, in which he yells her name as she runs to the ring, is still guaranteed to get the tear ducts flowing. In the final shot, you realize they both have won.


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Top 10 films of the decade PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009 17:15
In making my list of the Top 10 films of the decade, I must admit that I have not yet seen certain films that have garnered much praise and attention (films such as 21 Grams, The Hurt Locker, Up, Waltz with Bashir and The White Ribbon). I will also not even pretend my list is the definitive Top 10 for the decade. Still, if I can get at least one reader to consider viewing each of these outstanding films, my attempt has served its purpose.

1) Mulholland Drive-Lynch, 2001

I selected Lynchís erotic masterpiece as the best film of the decade simply because it continues to amaze and confound me with every viewing. Save for perhaps Lynchís own Eraserhead and the masterworks of Bunuel, no film has come as close to capturing the actual tone and texture of a dream. Each viewing presents a new clue, a different way to view the mystery that was not noticed before. It features great acting, with Naomi Watts giving one of the great acting performances of the decade. Equal parts erotic, funny and scary as hell, itís about all I could want out of a movie.


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Top 5 Sexy Scenes of 2009 PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 13:32
When one of the most memorable nude scenes of the year involves a middle aged, balding, overweight flasher (Observe and Report), you can easily surmise that 2009 was a year lacking in sizzle at the box office. Furthermore, of what I consider the most memorable sexy scenes in 2009, only one involved a major studio project. Whatever the reason (political or otherwise), 2009 was a weak year for sex in the cinema.

The top 5:


Watchmen


Hands down (at least to me) the best movie sex scene in 2009 was the lovemaking session between Silk Spectre II and Nite Owl on board the Nite Owlís ship. Malin Ackerman is stunningly beautiful in or out of her costume. The love scene is also given a surprising sadness and poignancy as it is accompanied by Leonard Cohenís ìHallelujahî on the soundtrack.



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