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TOP 10 MOVIES OF 1999

RUNNER UP: “THREE KINGS”

Directed By: David O. Russell
Written By: David O. Russell

10. “THE SIXTH SENSE”

Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Written By: M. Night Shyamalan

9. “EYES WIDE SHUT”

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick
Written By: Stanley Kubrick & Frederic Raphael

8. “BEING JOHN MALKOVICH”

Directed By: Spike Jonze
Written By: Charlie Kaufman

7. “MAGNOLIA”

Directed By: Paul Thomas Anderson
Written By: Paul Thomas Anderson

6. “THE GREEN MILE”

Directed By: Frank Darabont
Written By: Frank Darabont

5. “THE INSIDER”

Directed By: Michael Mann
Written By: Eric Roth & Michael Mann

4. “THE MATRIX”

Directed By: The Wachowskis
Written By: The Wachowskis

3. “TOY STORY 2”

Directed By: John Lasseter
Written By: Andrew Stanton, Doug Chamberlin, Rita Hsiao & Chris Webb

2. “AMERICAN BEAUTY”

Directed By: Sam Mendes
Written By: Alan Ball

1. “FIGHT CLUB”

Directed By: David Fincher
Written By: Jim Uhls


MY TOP 5 WORST FILMS OF THE YEAR (In no particular order…they all sucked)
1. Grown Ups
2. Jonah Hex
3. The Last Airbender
4. Little Fockers
5. Alice In Wonderland

MY TOP 5 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE YEAR
1. Winters Bone
2. The Kids Are Alright
3. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
4. Iron Man 2
5. Tron: Legacy

MY TOP 5 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN FILM
1. The Ending to Toy Story 3
2. The Opening Scene in The Social Network
3. The Transformation in Black Swan
4. The Hallway Fight Scene in Inception
5. “The Scene” in 127 Hours

Best Performances By An Actor/Actress
James Franco in 127 Hours
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Best Performance By A Supporting Actor/Actress
Christian Bale in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit

Best Use of Music in a Film
The Social Network

Best Script
The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin

Guilty Pleasure of the Year
Hot Tub Time Machine

Top 5 Best Technical Achievements in Film
1. The editing of The Social Network
2. The time framing device for the van in Inception
3. The cinematography in Black Swan
4. The production design in Shutter Island
5. The editing on 127 Hours

The Top 10 Movies I Missed in 1999
1. Fish Tank
2. Barney’s Version
3. Buried
4. I Love Your Phillip Morris
5. Another Year

Film I’m Most Looking Forward To In 2000
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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