Sunday, February 22, 2015

2014 Film Breakdown

Best Picture - Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Directing - Boyhood

Best Cinematography - Inherent Vice

Best Original Screenplay - Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Adapted Screenplay - Inherent Vice

Best Editing - Boyhood

Best Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal [Nightcrawler]

Best Actress - Rosamund Pike [Gone Girl]

Best Supporting Actor - JK Simmons [Whiplash]

Best Supporting Actress - Emma Stone [Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)]

Best Visual Effects - Interstellar

Best Sound Editing - Whiplash

Best Sound Mixing - Interstellar

Best Score - Interstellar

Best Production Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Makeup - Foxcatcher

Best Costume Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel


Most Original Film - Coherence

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Best Movies of 2014

THE GOOD

1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
2. Inherent Vice
3. Whiplash
4. Nightcrawler
5. Gone Girl
6. The Raid 2
7. Boyhood
8. The LEGO Movie
9. Fury
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
11. Interstellar: IMAX
12. Guardians of the Galaxy: IMAX 3D
13. The Imitation Game
14. Dumb and Dumber To
15. Edge of Tomorrow
16. Neighbors
17. The Interview
18. They Came Together
19. What We Do in the Shadows
20. Men, Women and Children
21. Chef
22. Grand Piano
23. American Sniper
24. Open Windows
25. The One I Love

THE BAD

26. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3D
27. Horns
28. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 3D
29. The Theory of Everything
30. Predestination
31. Listen Up Phillip
32. The Skeleton Twins
33. Foxcatcher
34. Enemy
35. Mistaken for Strangers
36. Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued
37. Begin Again
38. Coherence

THE UGLY

39. V/H/S: Viral
40. 22 Jump Street
41. Tusk
42. Magic in the Moonlight
43. John Wick: IMAX
44. The Book of Life
45. The Amazing Spider-man 2
46. Into the Storm

UNWATCHABLE

47. St. Vincent
48. Wish I Were Here
49. This is Where I Leave You

LEFT TO WATCH


'71
The Babadook
Big Eyes
The Boxtrolls
The Double
Filth
Force Majeure
The Gambler
The Giver
Godzilla
Goodbye to Language
The Homesman
Honeymoon
Horrible Bosses 2
Jauja
Joe
Kill the Messenger
Leviathan
A Most Violent Year
A Most Wanted Man
Mr Turner
The November Man
Nymphomaniac Vol. I & II Director's Cut
Obvious Child
Only Lovers Left Alive
Rosewater
Sabotage
Snowpiercer
Stage Fright
To Write Love on Her Arms
A Walk Among the Tombstones
We Are the Best
What If

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014 in Music - Top 10 Albums


10. Electric Wurms - Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk

9. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

8. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

7. Panda Bear - Mr. Noah [EP]

6. Tame Impala - Live Versions

5. D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah

4. Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks - Enter the Slasher House

3. Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

2. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

1. Jack White - Lazaretto

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Best Movies of 2013

THE GOOD

1. The World's End

2. Gravity: IMAX 3D

3. Evil Dead

4. The Wolf of Wall Street

5. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

6. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

7. This is the End

8. Spring Breakers

9. Pacific Rim: IMAX 3D

10. Upstream Color

11. Trance

12. Iron Man Three 3D

13. The Place Beyond the Pines

14. Side Effects

15. Pain and Gain

16. Only God Forgives

17. The Family

18. Don Jon

19. The Great Gatsby 3D

20. Frances Ha (2012)

21. Bad Grandpa

22. Monsters University

23. Fruitvale Station


THE BAD

24. V/H/S 2

25. Man of Steel

26. Antiviral (2012)

27. Crystal Fairy

28. After Earth

29. Oblivion

30. Machete Kills


THE UGLY

31. Oz the Great and Powerful

32. Now You See Me

33. Lords of Salem

34. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

35. The Bling Ring

36. The Lone Ranger

37. Fast & Furious 6

38. Reincarnated

39. The To Do List

40. Warm Bodies

41. A Good Day to Die Hard

42. The Iceman

43. Much Ado About Nothing

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Best Music of 2013


43. Sleigh Bells - Bitter Rivals

42. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mosquito

41. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2

40. Deltron 3030 - Event II

39. Dam Funk & Snoopzilla - 7 Days of Funk

38. Kavinsky - OutRun

37. Earl Sweatshirt - Doris

36. Lil Wayne - I am Not a Human Being II

35. David Bowie - The Next Day

34. Elvis Costello and the Roots - Wise Up Ghost and Other Songs

33. She & Him - Volume 3

32. The Stepkids - Troubadour

31. Tyler, the Creator - Wolf

30. Jay Z - Magna Carta.. Holy Grail

29. Franz Ferdinand - Right Throughs, Right Words, Right Action

28. Smith Westerns - Soft Will

27. MGMT - MGMT

26. The Flaming Lips & Tame Impala - Peace and Paranoia EP

25. HAIM - Days are Gone

24. Drake - Nothing Was the Same

23. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience

22. Paul McCartney - New

21. Best Coast - Fade Away EP

20. Death Grips - Government Plates

19. The Strokes - Comedown Machine

18. Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork

17. John Mayer - Paradise Valley

16. The Flaming Lips - Peace Sword EP

15. M.I.A. - Matangi

14. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels

13. Major Lazer - Free the Universe

12. Of Montreal - Lousy with Sylvianbriar

11. KiD CuDi - Indicud

10. Arctic Monkeys - AM

9. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2

8. Kanye West - Yeezus

7. Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks

6. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor

4. Atoms for Peace - AMOK

3. My Bloody Valentine - m b v

2. The Flaming Lips - The Terror

1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City



Monday, February 11, 2013

Green Day - ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡TrĂ©!


The recent trilogy of albums re-imagined as a sole double album, minus the filler. Plays extremely well.

1. Nuclear Family
2. Stop When the Red Lights Flash
3. Carpe Diem
4. Let Yourself Go
5. Makeout Party

6. Kill the DJ
7. Nightlife
8. Troublemaker
9. Lady Cobra
10. Rusty James

11. Amy
12. X-Kid
13. Fell for You
14. Loss of Control
15. Drama Queen

16. Fuck Time
17. Stray Heart
18. Sweet 16
19. Oh Love

20. Walk Away
21. 99 Revolutions
22. Wow! That's Loud
23. Dirty Rotten Bastards
24. The Forgotten

Friday, January 11, 2013

2012 in Music

40. Animal Collective - Transverse Temporal Gyrus

39. Various Artists - Project X Soundtrack

38. A$AP Rocky - LiveLoveA$AP

37. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Cobra Juicy

36. Chiddy Bang - Breakfast

35. Major Lazer - Get Free [Single]

34. The Ting Tings - Sounds from Nowheresville

33. The Hives - Lex Hives

32. The xx - Coexist

31. Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

30. St. Vincent - KROKODIL [Single]

29. Green Day - ¡Dos!

28. Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine? [Single]

27. G.O.O.D. Music - Cruel Summer

26. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music

25. Santigold - Master of my Make-Believe

24. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania

23. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls

22. Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror

21. Andrew Bird - Break it Yourself

20. Green Day - ¡Tre!

19. Passion Pit - Gossamer

18. Green Day - ¡Uno!

17. Daniel Rossen - Silent Hour/Golden Mile [EP]

16. The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends

15. David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant

14. Hot Chip - In Our Heads

13. Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day

12. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

11. Yeasayer - Fragrant World

10. Best Coast - The Only Place

9. Gorillaz, Andre 3000 & James Murphy - DoYaThing [Single]

8. Flying Lotus - Until the Quiet Comes

7. Tenacious D - Rize of the Fenix

6. Tame Impala - Lonerism

5. Grizzly Bear - Shields

4. Beach House - Bloom

3. Dan Deacon - America

2. Jack White - Blunderbuss

1. Animal Collective - Centipede Hz