Every year Movie City News puts up a chart aggregating hundreds of critics’ top ten lists, and it’s usually pretty illuminating to see what stands out.
It’s still early (only 63 lists have been posted and the final number usually comes in around 300) but the current data is already displaying some interesting trends.
Brad Pitt is this season’s most valuable player, at least going in. He stars in my top two most anticipated films of the Fall.
Here’s a list of the ten Fall movie I’m most looking forward to, plus a few honorable mentions:
Well, it’s not even May yet, but in the movie world Summer is upon us. The Summer season — home of the blockbusters, sequels and an occasional original idea (and sometimes a combination of the three) — kicks off this Friday with Iron Man, Jon Favreau’s comic book flick with the wonderfully twisted Robert Downey Jr. in the starring role.
I’m really looking forward to that one — and 17 others. Follow me to the jump to see exactly which ones, in order. Disclaimer: These rankings are subject to change… titles will no doubt fall off this list, and dark horses I’ve left out might emerge.
It’s been a good year for music so far, with three great albums already released (see list on the right side of the page). As for the rest of the year… the current issue of Rolling Stone lists a bunch of releases due over the next few months. Most of them I have no interest in, but these stood out:
May 6:
Elvis Costello – Momofuku
June 10:
Jakob Dylan – Seeing Things
June 17:
Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
July 15:
John Mellencamp – Life, Death, Love and Freedom
August:
Ben Folds – Title TBA
The last one, obviously, has me the most excited. Folds has yet to let me down. I’m also very curious to see what the surprise Elvis Costello CD is all about. He’s done everything from punk to chamber music, big band to ballet… no telling what Momofuku promises.
Not much going on to blog about… it’s April 10 and I’ve yet to see a 2008 movie. That has to be some kind of record. And it’s by choice, as nothing has opened that I’m really excited to see.
So, in the interest of new content, here is a list of all of R.E.M.’s full-length studio albums, in order of my preference:
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