Song Of The Day 12/19/11

Little Talks

Of Monsters And Men

My Head Is An Animal (2011) 

Top 25 Movies Of 2011

25. Thor (Kenneth Branagh)

24. A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg)

23. Le Havre (Aki Kaurismäki)

22. The Muppets (James Bobin)

21. Super 8 (J.J. Abrams)

20. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird)

19. The Adventures Of Tintin (Steven Spielberg)

18. Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols)

17. Bridesmaids (Paul Feig)

16. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin)

15. War Horse (Steven Spielberg)

14. Young Adult (Jason Reitman)

13. Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)

12. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 (David Yates)

11. The Tree Of Life (Terrence Malick)

10. Shame (Steve McQueen)

9. Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn)

8. Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close (Stephen Daldry)

7. Moneyball (Bennett Miller)

6. The Help (Tate Taylor)

5. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)

4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson)

3. The Descendants (Alexander Payne)

2. Midnight In Paris (Woody Allen)

1. Hugo (Martin Scorsese)

Song Of The Day 12/15/11

Bangarang

Doomtree

No Kings (2011)

An interesting new rap group. Probably my favorite track from the album. I'm looking forward to seeing them progress.

Sweet Poster: Chronicle

This movie seems like a combination of Cloverfield and Static Shock. Some kids stumble on a mysterious object that gives them super powers. And the entire thing is captured on a personal camera. Cool idea, cool poster. I'll see this one in theaters.

Top Fifteen Albums As Of 12/15/11

15. Of Montreal - The Gay Parade (1999)

14. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons (2009)

13. Costello Music - The Fratellis (2006)

12. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991)

11. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002)

10. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (1998)

9. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)

8. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G. (1997)

7. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver (2008)

6. Midnight Organ Fight - Frightened Rabbit (2008)

5. Fate - Dr. Dog (2008)

4. Transfiguration Of Vincent - M. Ward (2003)

3. Pretty. Odd. - Panic At The Disco (2008)

2. The College Dropout - Kanye West (2004)

1. Aim And Ignite - fun. (2009)

Video: Filmography 2011

Again, the year isn't quite over. That didn't stop someone from cutting scenes from 230 films together that were released this year. I found it quite entertaining.

Top Ten Most Unnecessary Movie Sequels

Let me explain what I mean by this. By unnecessary, I mean these movies had no reason to be made at all. Sometimes, bad sequels were part of a story (Matrix, Star Wars, etc.) These are sequels of great movies that didn't need to be made, and made the originals seem a little worse.

10. Be Cool (F. Gary Gray, 2005)

Sequel Of: Get Shorty (Barry Sonnenfield, 1995)

9. Grease 2 (Patricia Birch, 1982)

Sequel Of: Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978)

8. Caddyshack II (Allan Arkush, 1988)

Sequel Of: Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980)

7. Jaws: The Revenge (Joseph Sargent, 1987)

Sequel Of: Jaws 3 (Joe Alves, 1983)

6. Blues Brothers 2000 (John Landis, 1998)

Sequel Of: The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980)

5. Ocean's 12 (Steven Soderbergh, 2004)

Sequel Of: Ocean's 11 (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)

4. S. Darko (Chris Fisher, 2009)

Sequel Of: Donnie Darko (Richard Kelly, 2001)

3. The Godfather: Part III (Francis Ford Coppola, 1990)

Sequel Of: The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

2. The Two Jakes (Jack Nicholson, 1990)

Sequel Of: Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)

1. The Sting II (Jeremy Kagan, 1983)

Sequel Of: The Sting (George Roy Hill, 1973)