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Best Films of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. \u00a0<\/span>Lincoln \u2013 Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner took a big, complicated story from history and crafted a riveting political procedural out of it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Argo \u2013 Ben Affleck successfully transported us to the late 1970s in this fictionalized but thrilling retelling of a long-classified true story.<\/li>\n
  3. Silver Linings Playbook \u2013 David O. Russell reboots the movie romance with this tale of damaged people trying to work through their baggage and make a connection.<\/li>\n
  4. Django Unchained \u2013 In his best movie since Jackie Brown, Quentin Tarantino fearlessly takes on slavery, using the tropes of the spaghetti western and blaxploitation films.<\/li>\n
  5. Cloud Atlas \u2013 This dizzyingly ambitious film adaptation of David Mitchell\u2019s novel sweeps us along through six interconnected stories about freedom, slavery, justice and human progress.<\/li>\n
  6. Life of Pi —\u00a0 Ang Lee took a tricky book and made an absolutely beautiful movie of it.\u00a0 Go see it.<\/li>\n
  7. Moonrise Kingdom \u2013 It\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve even liked a Wes Anderson movie, and I LOVED this one.\u00a0 It\u2019s quirky, dear and features production design to die for.<\/li>\n
  8. Compliance \u2013 One of the most disturbing movies I\u2019ve ever seen, particularly because it\u2019s based on actual incidents.\u00a0 Watch the movie, then go to the internet and read about it.<\/li>\n
  9. Safety Not Guaranteed \u2013 Perhaps the first film inspired by a Craig\u2019s List ad, and for a time traveler, yet.<\/li>\n
  10. Sound of My Voice \u2013 An eerie, ultra-low-budget psychological time-travel thriller starring and written by the beautiful and talented Brit Marling.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    HONORABLE MENTION:\u00a0 Robot and Frank, Chronicle, The Impossible, End of Watch, Arbitrage, Not Fade Away, Les Miserables, The Hobbit:\u00a0 An Unexpected Journey, Stand Up Guys, 21 Jump Street<\/p>\n

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    Lead Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook<\/p>\n

    Emanuelle Riva, Amour<\/p>\n

    Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty<\/p>\n

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    Lead Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln<\/p>\n

    Jack Black, Bernie<\/p>\n

    John Hawkes, The Sessions<\/p>\n

    Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook<\/p>\n

    Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour<\/p>\n

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    HONORABLE MENTION: \u00a0Denzel Washington, Flight; \u00a0Frank Langella in Robot and Frank; Richard Gere in Arbitrage; Tom Holland, The Impossible<\/p>\n

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    Compliance's Ann Dowd<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Supporting Actress<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Susan Sarandon, Jeff Who Lives At Home<\/p>\n

    *Ann Dowd, Compliance<\/p>\n

    Helen Hunt, The Sessions<\/p>\n

    Melissa McCarthy, This is 40<\/p>\n

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    Supporting Actor<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Javier Bardem, Skyfall<\/p>\n

    Robert DeNiro, Silver Lining\u2019s Playbook<\/p>\n

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    The glorious Samuel L. Jackson in Django Unchained<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln<\/p>\n

    Christoph Walz, Django Unchained<\/p>\n

    *Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained<\/p>\n

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    Honorable Mention:\u00a0 Jake Johnson, Safety Not Guaranteed; Ezra Miller, The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Francois Cluzet, Little White Lies; Domhnall Gleeson, Anna Karenina<\/p>\n

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    Director<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Steven Spielberg, Lincoln<\/p>\n

    *Ben Affleck, Argo<\/p>\n

    Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom<\/p>\n

    Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, Cloud Atlas<\/p>\n

    David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook<\/p>\n

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    Adapted Screenplay \u2013 it\u2019s a TIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell)<\/p>\n

    *Lincoln (Tony Kushner)<\/p>\n

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    Original Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n

    *Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino)<\/p>\n

    Safety Not Guaranteed (Derek Connolly)<\/p>\n

    Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola)<\/p>\n

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    Moonrise Kingdom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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    Foreign Language Film<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Intouchables\u00a0 (France)<\/p>\n

    *Amour (Austria)<\/p>\n

    Snabba Cash (Sweden)<\/p>\n

    Generation P (Russia)<\/p>\n

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    Documentary Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Queen of Versailles<\/p>\n

    The Imposter<\/p>\n

    *How to Survive a Plague<\/p>\n

    The Central Park Five<\/p>\n

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    Production Design<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Moonrise Kingdom<\/p>\n

    *Anna Karenina<\/p>\n

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    Anna Karenina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Life of Pi<\/p>\n

    Lincoln<\/p>\n

    Cloud Atlas<\/p>\n

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    Underrated!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Haywire<\/p>\n

    Hysteria (the vibrator movie!)<\/p>\n

    Seeking a Friend for the End of the World<\/p>\n

    Ruby Sparks<\/p>\n

    Liberal Arts<\/p>\n

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    Best Action Thriller<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Premium Rush<\/p>\n

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    Funniest Movie of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

    21 Jump Street\"21<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Okay This Has to the VERY LAST Documentary about the West Memphis Three<\/strong><\/p>\n

    West of Memphis<\/p>\n

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    I Know It Wasn\u2019t Exactly GOOD, But That Director Tarsem Singh Can Sure Bring the Pretty<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mirror, Mirror<\/p>\n

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    Most Misnamed Movie<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Bully:\u00a0 A documentary about bullying in which almost no bullies appear.<\/p>\n

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    What a Great Career He\u2019s Having<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Mark Duplass, who\u2019s directing films (Jeff Who Lives At Home) and acting in them (Zero Dark Thirty, Safety Not Guaranteed).\u00a0 Go Mr. D.!<\/p>\n

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    What a Great Career SHE\u2019S Having<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Not only does Jennifer Lawrence have a huge big-budget franchise going, but she\u2019s got TWO Best Actress Academy Award nominations.\u00a0 At age twenty-two.<\/p>\n

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    Show Me Something, Spurlock<\/strong><\/p>\n

    While Morgan Spurlock is still appealing and handsome, his film Mansome was shallow and inconsequential.\u00a0 He still hasn\u2019t put out a feature that fulfills the promise of his superb debut Super Size Me.<\/p>\n

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    Ray And Tayler \u201cGet In Shape For Your Movie\u201d Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Colin Farrell, Total Recall<\/p>\n

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    Please Can We See More Of<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Snabba Cash\u2019s Joel Kinnamon<\/p>\n

    Safety Not Guaranteed\u2019s Aubrey Plaza<\/p>\n

    Compliance\u2019s Ann Dowd<\/p>\n

    Stand Up Guys\u2019 Lucy Punch<\/p>\n

    Generation P\u2019s\u00a0Vladimir Epifantsev<\/a><\/p>\n

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    Vladimir Epifantsev<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Anna Karenina\u2019s Domhnall Gleeson<\/p>\n

    The Impossible\u2019s Tom Holland<\/p>\n

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    Not Totally Sure He Can Actually Act, But He Can Sure Heat Up the Screen<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Garrett Hedlund<\/p>\n

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    Everyone Loved It But Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Avengers.\u00a0 I\u2019m so tired of comic book superhero movies.\u00a0 They simply devolve into CGI showcases.\u00a0 Yawn.<\/p>\n

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    Special \u201cThree Strikes, You\u2019re Out\u201d Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

    To the hilariously named Taylor Kitsch, who brought his great looks and charisma-free presence to THREE expensive bombs in one year:\u00a0 John Carter, Battleship, and Savages.\u00a0 Hope you have a Plan B, handsome!<\/p>\n

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    Further Proof that Pixar\u2019s Best Days are Behind Them<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Brave<\/p>\n

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    Worst Theatrical Trailer for a Good Movie<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Amour.\u00a0 The trailer gave you no inkling of what the damn movie was about.\u00a0 Except that it was about old people.<\/p>\n

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    By a Large Margin, The Most OVERRATED Film of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Beasts of the Southern Wild<\/p>\n

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    Worst Movies I Saw This Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    John Carter<\/p>\n

    Seven Psychopaths<\/p>\n

    Keep the Light On<\/p>\n

    Rise of the Guardians<\/p>\n

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    Absolutely Positively the Worst Film of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Prometheus.\u00a0 It was shockingly, swinishly bad.\u00a0 It was stupid and virtually incoherent.\u00a0 I did not enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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    Boo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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    Trends That Need to Be Over<\/strong><\/p>\n

    No title card at the beginning of a movie (it\u2019s pretentious)<\/p>\n

    Unnecessarily jerky handheld camera work (also pretentious)<\/p>\n

    Too much frantic energy on the screen (I\u2019m looking at you, Hobbit and Rise of the Guardians)<\/p>\n

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    In Memoriam!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Davy Jones (66)<\/p>\n

    Marvin Hamlisch (68)<\/p>\n

    Hal David (91)<\/p>\n

    Andy Williams (84)<\/p>\n

    Dave Brubeck (91)<\/p>\n

    Ben Gazarra (81)<\/p>\n

    Kathryn Joosten (72)<\/p>\n

    Richard Dawson (79)<\/p>\n

    Ann Rutherford (94)<\/p>\n

    Ernest Borgnine (95)<\/p>\n

    Celeste Holm (95)<\/p>\n

    Sherman Hemsley (74)<\/p>\n

    Tony Martin (98)<\/p>\n

    Phyllis Diller (95)<\/p>\n

    Michael Clarke Duncan (54)<\/p>\n

    Herbert Lom (95)<\/p>\n

    Larry Hagman (81)<\/p>\n

    Jack Klugman (90)<\/p>\n

    Charles Durning (89)<\/p>\n

    Robert B. Sherman (86)<\/p>\n

    Nora Ephron (71)<\/p>\n

    Richard Zanuck (77)<\/p>\n

    Whitney Houston (48)<\/p>\n

    Tony Scott (68)<\/p>\n

    Dick Clark (582)<\/p>\n

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    Comments?\u00a0 Complaints?\u00a0 Fawning compliments?\u00a0 Leave a comment!!<\/p>\n

    Average Rating: 4.9<\/span> out of 5<\/span> based on 184<\/span> user reviews.<\/span><\/div><\/p>

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