Not your usual ‘Best of’ list

2 comments January 2nd, 2009

Over at his blog, The Cooler, Jason Bellamy shares his picks for the best in cinema of 2008. This isn’t some by-the-numbers list of movie titles or performances, though — Bellamy is more imaginative (and funnier) than that. Here are a few samples…

Best Reason To Never, Ever Let M Night Shyamalan Write So Much As A Christmas Card: THE HAPPENING

Best Totally Pointless Jump Over A Metal Barrel: Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) in TROPIC THUNDER

Best Covert Operation In A Documentary: Philippe Petit’s World Trade Center tightrope walk in MAN ON WIRE (shown above)

Best Covert Operation In A Comedy: The basement project of Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney) in BURN AFTER READING

Any others?

Friday Afternoon Videos: Looking back at 2008

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Here’s a recap of the year in film by Matt Shapiro of neoavant.com…

Nice to see BE KIND REWIND included, but what’s with GET SMART and YES MAN?