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Top 5 best and worst movies of 2010

Rooney Mara and Jesse Eisenberg star in “The Social Network.”

DENVER, Colo. — It was the best of movies, it was the worst of movies, and Movies in Toto is here to tally both lists for your consideration. The good news is three of the following five films are already available on Blu-ray and DVD. But so are all five of the clunkers listed below.

Toto lists the best as:

  • The Social Network
  • The Town
  • The Kids are alright
  • The Fighter
  • Toy Story 3

The worst:

  • The Last Airbender
  • Cop Out
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • I'm Still Here
  • Survival of the Dead

I've seen only one of the top 5 and none of the worst. How about you?

Voyaging to Narnia

Will Poulter, right, and Reepicheep the warrior mouse  in a scene from “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”

I'm a big C.S. Lewis fan and am looking forward to seeing this movie tonight with my family. If you've already seen it and hate it, don't tell me! Movies can never really capture the essense of a book, just like books can never have the sensory appeal of movies.

What's your favorite movie that was based on a book?

High Noon: 10 movies you’ll force your kids to see

Let’s face it – when you have kids, they’re not going to want to watch the movies that you’ll want to watch. When they’re old enough to develop their own tastes, they’re going to automatically assume that anything that’s older than they are is crappy. Well, too bad for them. You’re the adult, so you get to decide what they watch. The following selections are ten films that you’ll one day force your kids to watch that you’ll love and they’ll love – whether they want to admit it or not! Full list.

Among those included: E.T., The Nightmare Before Christmas, Princess Mononoke and Gremlins.

What movies would you add to this list?

Movies, Popcorn and Financial advice from the Fed

“Talk about a buzzkill: next time you go to the movies, it’s likely that the U.S. government will lecture you about how to handle your credit cards. I’m not kidding. The Federal Reserve announced it is sponsoring 45-second advertisements in movie theaters with tips to help shoppers avoid unnecessary credit card charges and fees.” Full story.

Am I the only one who finds this ironic?

The 10 Worst Unexpected Sequels of All Time

10) The Odd Couple II

9) The Sting I2

8) The Rage: Carrie 2

7) Pyscho II

6) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (what the heck?)

5) Caddyshack II

4) Basic Instinct I2

3) Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (really?)

2) Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (didn’t the ship sink?)

1) Highlander II:The Quickening

Read more here: http://www.movieretriever.com/blog/495/they-made-a-part-two-to-what—the-ten-worst-unexpected-sequels-of-all-time

Got anything you’d like to see on the list?

 

Terminate This

I’m a big fan of the original Terminator movie, the others not so much. Do we really need a fourth? How many of you are planning to see it?

‘Slumdog’ Rules the Oscars

Item: ‘Slumdog millionaire rules the Oscars with 8 prizes/AP

More Info: “Slumdog Millionaire” took the best-picture Academy Award and seven other Oscars on Sunday, including director for Danny Boyle, whose ghetto-to-glory story paralleled the film’s unlikely rise to Hollywood’s summit. The other top winners: Kate Winslet, best actress for the Holocaust-themed drama “The Reader”; Sean Penn, best actor for the title role of “Milk”; Heath Ledger, supporting actor for “The Dark Knight”; and Penelope Cruz, supporting actress for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” A story of hope amid squalor in Mumbai, India, “Slumdog Millionaire” came in with 10 nominations, its eight wins including adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing and both music Oscars (score and song).

Question: Have you seen “Slumdog Millionaire”? If so, do you think it was worthy of the Oscar for 2008 best motion picture?

‘Bride Wars’ Has One Good Line

This cliched comedy “Bride Wars” tosses out stereotypes about female materialism and cattiness with all the giddy gusto of a newly married woman flinging the bouquet at her single girlfriends. It’s amazing that two of the film’s three writers are women: Casey Wilson of “Saturday Night Live” and June Diane Raphael (the third, Greg DePaul, also gets a story-by credit). But what’s just as baffling is the way in which director Gary Winick – who brought the radiant best out of Jennifer Garner in the 2004 charmer “13 Going on 30” – manages to squander the appealing screen presence of Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway/AP. More here.

Question: What’s the last “chick flick” that you’ve seen?

Wilson: ‘Prom Night’ 08’s Worst

If you take away the Slumdogs and Benjamin Buttons of December, movies in 2008 were satisfactory at best. The predictably dreary early months (“Jumper,” “Untraceable”) gave way to a rocky summer (“Dark Knight” yes, “Hancock” no), and even the big fall blockbusters disappointed (“Twilight,” “Quantum of Solace”). Although I managed to avoid many of this year’s easy targets (“Meet the Spartans,” “Meet Dave”), the following list represents the dark side of Hollywood — the place where dreams die and moviegoers are pelted repeatedly between the legs/Tyler Wilson, CDA Press. More here.

Question: Which movie do you consider to be the worst of 2008?

Not All Brides Are @ War

 In this image released by Twentieth Century Fox, Kate Hudson, left, and Anne Hathaway are shown in a scene from “Bride Wars.” (AP Photo/Twentieth Century Fox, Claire Folger)

Question (for women): Do you still have your wedding dress? Why? Why not?

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.

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