2011 Saturn Awards Nominations Announced

Eclipse, Tron, Alice in Wonderland and other movies involving the Twilight Cast got nominations.
Saving some of the best for (almost) last, nominations for the 37th Annual Saturn Awards have just been announced by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. Founded by film historian Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, the Academy primarily recognizes genre films. Television programs, home video releases, and stage productions are also honored in addition to motion pictures. 

Christopher Nolan's Inception tops the list with nine nominations. Let Me In and Tron: Legacy each picked up seven, while Clint Eastwood's Hereafter got six nominations. Alice in Wonderland, Black Swan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Never Met Me Go, and Shutter Island nabbed five nominations each. 

The awards presentation will take place in Burbank, California in June. 
Best Fantasy Film

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Studios)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (20th Century Fox)
Clash of the Titans (Warner Bros.)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Warner Bros.)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Universal)
Twilight: Eclipse (Summit Entertainment)
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BAFTA Winners

Congrats to Alexandre Desplat, Harry Potter and Alice in Wonderland.

OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA

THE HARRY POTTER FILMS

ORIGINAL MUSIC

THE KING’S SPEECH - Alexandre Desplat

COSTUME DESIGN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Colleen Atwood

MAKE UP & HAIR

ALICE IN WONDERLAND - Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch

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5 Best Movie Death Scenes 2010

The 5 best movie death scenes 2010 include heroes and villains alike. You may have expected some of these deaths, while you others may have caught you off guard. Either way, prepare some final words for each fictional individual on the list.

1. Lucas Lee's Death – "Scott Pilgrim Versus the World." In “Scott Pilgrim Versus the World,” Scott Pilgrim convinces Lucas Lee, a narcissistic nemesis, to show the crowd a “grindy thingy” on a skateboard. Lucas takes the bait and grinds down a lengthy trail of railing. In a hilarious death scene, the skateboarder picks up too much speed and goes up in flames. Scott earns 2,000 points for his clever tactics.
2. Tyler's Death – "Remember Me." In “Remember Me,” Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a troubled young adult. Despite much foreshadowing, it is easy to be caught off guard by Tyler’s death scene at the end of the movie. A zooming camera reveals Tyler standing inside one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on September 11^th.
3. Jenny's Death – "The Human Centipede." The Human Centipede” takes a lot of heat from critics for its overly grotesque plot. For example, Jenny, played by Ashlynn Yennie, finds herself in a more-than-unfortunate situation that involves her digesting the waste of two other human beings. Jenny dies of blood poisoning. In a way, the entire movie was a slow death scene for this character.
4. Jill's Death – "Saw 3D." You will not be surprised to discover that someone dies in “Saw 3D.” As was the case with its predecessors, the movie features torture and heavy gore. In one specific death scene, one of Jigsaw’s apprentices kills Jigsaw’s ex-wife by placing her head in the Reverse Bear Trap. After a series of flashbacks designed to raise the audience’s anticipation level, the device snaps back and rips her face open. Make sure you keep those 3-D glasses on for this death scene.
5. Jabberwocky's Death – "Alice in Wonderland." Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” is a treat for viewers of all ages. However, it is not without a climatic death scene. At the end of the movie, a courageous Alice slices the head off the Jabberwocky, a terrifying beast. Its head rolls down a series of stairs.

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Virgin Media Movie Awards Nominations

Not all of the nominations are good.
Guy of the Year: Robert Pattinson
Girl of the Year: Kristen Stewart
Most Overrated Movie: Alice in Wonderland, Tron Legacy, Eclipse
Worst Movie: of the Year Burlesque, Tron Legacy, The Last Airbender
Worst Actor of the Year: Robert Pattinson
Worst Actress of the Year: Kristen Stewart
Best Action Movie of the Year: Scott Pilgrim
Best Comedy of the Year: Easy A
Coolest Fight of the Year: Tron Disc Battle, Ramona vs Roxy – Scott Pilgrim, Scott vs Matthew – Scott Pilgrim
Nastiest Villain Of The Year: Victoria – The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Clu 2.0 – Tron Legacy, Freddy – A Nightmare On Elm Street, Gideon Graves – Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, The Red Queen – Alice In Wonderland
Crappiest Couple Of The Year: R-Patz & Kristen – Twilight
Most Wanted 2011: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, X-Men: First Class
Most Awesome Movie Of The Year: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
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10 Best Movies Released On DVD 2010

Great movies are released every year and we await the arrival of their release on DVD, but which movies are the best movies released on DVD in 2010? If a little refresher is needed on this particular year, below is a list of the ten best movies released on DVD in 2010.
2. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” In the third installment of “The Twilight Saga,” Victoria is still after Bella and is building an army of newborn vampires to strike against the Cullen’s. For the first time the wolves and vampires unite to fight against a common enemy. Because of the enormous popularity of “The Twilight Saga”, “Eclipse” is one of the best DVDs released in 2010.
4. “Alice in Wonderland” Director Tim Burton has done it again with “Alice in Wonderland.” This movie puts a darker twist on the classic version. Alice falls down the hole and finds herself in Underland, where the Red Queen is taking over. The legendary scroll shows Alice slaying the jabberwocky, the task that must be done by a champion to save Underland.
10. "The Runaways” “The Runaways” is the story of the short lived, all-girl band from the 1970s. Revolving around Joan Jet (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Curry (Dakota Fanning), this movie does a quick rundown of the ups and downs the teen girls went through before the band split. A must-see DVD released in 2010, especially for classic rock music lovers.
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Look Back on 2010 Box Office

Box Office: Grit, Fockers and a Look Back at 2010

The New Year's films starring Nicolas Cage and Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar winners from another millennium, could not derail the top Christmas holdovers. True Grit ($15 million) finally overtook Little Fockers ($13.8 million) for the No. 1 position this weekend at the North American box office, according to early studio reports. Cage's medieval mishmash, Season of the Witch, landed in third place, with $10.8 million, while Country Strong, Paltrow's sex-change version of Crazy Heart, was sixth with $7.3 million. Crazy Heart star Jeff Bridges showed double power with moviegoers this weekend, starring in True Grit as well TRON: Legacy, which finished fourth with $9.8 million.(See Richard Corliss's review of True Grit.)

Many slots in the weekend's list were filled with pictures hoping to contend for this year's Academy Awards. Black Swan, the ballet freak-show starring Best Actress sure-shot Natalie Portman, continued its en-pointe march toward Oscar Night, grossing $8.35 million at a mid-level 1,584 theaters for a six-week total of $61.5 million — quite a haul for a film that cost only $13 million to make. That royal talk-show The King's Speech, with Best-Actor Oscar favorite Colin Firth as the stammering King George VI, did even better, screen for screen, amassing $6.8 million at just 758 theaters; the Weinstein Company inspirational had a production budget of just $15 million and has taken in $33.3 million so far. Another of Weinstein's Oscar hopefuls, the domestic drama Blue Valentine, collected $719,000 at a mere 40 theaters, for the weekend's highest per-screen average.(See Mary Pols' review of Blue Valentine.)

On a sleepy weekend, with total revenue down 17% from the same frame last year, Hollywood's money-counters prefer to look back to the satisfying stats of the previous year. We'll get to them in a moment. But first, here are the Sunday estimates of this weekend's top-grossing pictures in North American theaters, as reported by Box Office Mojo:

1. True Grit, $15 million; $110.4 million, third week
2. Little Fockers, $13.8 million; $124 million, third week
3. Season of the Witch, $10.7 million, first week
4. TRON: Legacy, $9.8 million; $147.9 million, fourth week
5. Black Swan, $8.35 million; $61.4 million, sixth week
6. Country Strong, $7.3 million; $7.4 million, third week
7. The Fighter, $7 million; $57.8 million, fifth week
8. The King's Speech, $6.81 million; $33.3 million, seventh week
9. Yogi Bear, $6.81 million; $75.6 million, fourth week
10. Tangled, $4.75 million; $175.9 million, seventh week

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Last year's domestic box office stayed in a profitable lull: according to Paul Dergarabedian at Hollywood.com, the total take in domestic theaters was $10.57 billion, just off the record $10.6 billion in 2009. Attendance was another, sadder story, dropping 5.24% from 1.421 billion tickets sold to 1.346 billion; that's the second lowest total in 14 years — only the 2008 tally was worse. The revenue for the summer of 2010 was the lowest in five years; and for the Nov.–Dec. holiday season, attendance was down 18% from last year.(See the should-have-been summer blockbusters that weren't.)

Fortunately for the U.S. film industry, people watch movies abroad too — our movies. Dergarabedian notes that foreign grosses rose by $2 billion, to $17.6 billion, accounting for 62% of the worldwide total. And there was virtually no difference between the top-grossing movies in North American theaters and those abroad. What's popular here is popular there. No film from Europe or Asia could match the appeal of the big-studio product. Hollywood rules the world.

Let's look at the list of top-grossing films released last year in North American theaters, again per Box Office Mojo, with each movie's MPAA rating:

1. Toy Story 3, rated G, $415 million
2. Alice in Wonderland, PG, $334.2 million
3. Iron Man 2, PG-13, $312.4 million
4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, PG-13, $300.5 million
5. Inception, PG-13, $292.6 million
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I, PG-13, $287.7 million (still in theaters)
7. Despicable Me, PG, $251.4 million (still in theaters)
8. Shrek Forever After, PG, $238.8 million
9. How to Train Your Dragon, PG, $217.6 million
10. The Karate Kid, PG, $176.6 million

Since the books still aren't closed on the 2010 releases that are still in theaters, and since the Disney animated feature Tangled is currently less than a million dollars below The Karate Kid's total, it will likely push the Jaden Smith–Jackie Chan vehicle out of the top 10 by mid-week. But Tangled may itself be evicted from the 10-spot if TRON: Legacy or Little Fockers or True Grit shows sustained muscle. The films in the one-to-nine slots should hold.

Ten lessons from 2010:

• Most of the films that made a lot cost a lot; only Despicable Me ($69 million) had a budget under $100 million. In 2009, three mid-budget movies made the top 10.

• Why bother trying something new? Sequels and remakes again dominated, with Inception the only original live-action film in the top 10. And Toy Story 3's first-place finish means that, for eight of the last nine years, a sequel has been the top-grossing film. The one exception: Avatar.(See the top 10 movie sequels better than the originals.)

• Oh, Avatar, Hollywood misses you so. If you were to divide the revenue of the all-time top-grossing movie into the money earned in the two weeks after its release in December 2009 ($283.6 million) and then its play-out in all of 2010 ($466.1 million), James Cameron's eco-epic would be the fourth-best earner of 2009 and the absolute winner of 2010.

• There are no more movie stars. Yes, Johnny Depp helped sell Alice In Wonderland, but he and Angelina Jolie together couldn't make a hit of The Tourist (though it has earned $100 million abroad). Leonard Di Caprio was the front man for Inception, and his Shutter Island collaboration with Martin Scorsese was a midsize success, but those were the actor's first $100-million domestic grossers since 2006. Hollywood is deep into its first-ever post-star era.(See the top 10 movie performances of 2010.)

• A megahit movie is bigger than ever. In the 100 years of feature films, only seven pictures have topped the $1 billion mark worldwide. Three did so last year: Avatar, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3.

• The 3-D fad may have abated as 2010 wore on — with some films made in (or converted to) the process flopping, and directors and the more observant moviegoers increasingly resistant to the distorting and darkening of the screen image — but 3-D had wide appeal, especially abroad. So you can expect to wear goggles at big films for another while yet.

• It was a year of movies for kids. Toy Story 3 is the first G-rated film to be the year's top-grosser since 1995's — wait for it — Toy Story. And for the first time in a quarter-century, six of the top 10 films (whether the last place is taken by The Karate Kid or the PG Tangled) were rated G or PG, replacing the previously favored PG-13.(See the history of the American movie ratings system.)

• Cartoons forever! If Tangled nabs the No. 10 slot, 2010 will be the first year with five animated features in the top 10.

• All these PG hits meant that no guy comedy made the top 10; Adam Sandler (Grown Ups), Will Ferrell (The Other Guys), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass 3D) and the bromance Due Date all finished out of the money.

• Grownup women lost out too. The only top-10 films with female leads were Alice in Wonderland, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Tangled, where the three heroines were teenagers. No Blind Side this year.(See the saddest kids' movies.)

So what does the recent past teach us about the future? Essentially, that nothing will change. Movies will be jack-in-the-box pop-out toys for kids; adults will be their children's in-theater babysitters, because there's nothing for them to see; and virtually all the big films will be remakes or sequels of stuff we've already seen.

Happy moviegoing, everyone!

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Carrie

Ka-ching! The Top 10 Blockbusters of 2010

So the first decade of the new millennium is retreating into the distance and from X-Men to green ogres, teenage wizards, brooding vampires, webbed superheroes, blue aliens and a modern caped crusader, dozens of movies have made their mark at the box office.

This year was ruled by dreams within dreams thanks to Christopher Nolan, the second-to-last Harry Potter movie, a bombastic sequel, a threequel, a remake, and, of course, the Twilight creatures. But just which big, big movie took in the most money when all of the dollars and cents were tallied?

Dig into our list of the Top 10 Blockbusters of 2010 to find out!

#4 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Studio: eOne/Summit

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Box office haul: $(US) 300M

Why it made big bucks: Besting last year's New Moon, which ended up at the fifth spot, the grittier follow-up saw Bella having to choose between her vampire love Edward and her BFF Jacob, a werewolf, all the while preparing to graduate. Being a teenager is TOUGH. 

#2 Alice in Wonderland

Studio: Disney

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Box office haul: $(US) 334

Why it made big bucks: Tim Burton found a star in his Alice - Mia Wasikowska - and added his trippy, bizarre touch to the whimsical visuals, including Johnny Depp's VERY Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter's big-headed Red Queen and the adorably daft Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

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The Best Dressed Movies Of 2010

The Best Dressed Movies Of 2010
The most fashionable films of the year, as seen by the experts 

Here at Empire we pride ourselves on our dress sense - with very few exceptions, we always remember to do it - but while the odd covetous glance gets thrown at, say, Joseph Gordon-Levitt's waistcoated elegance in Inception or Colin Firth's immaculation suits in A Single Man, we dress a lot more like Scott Pilgrim. We really couldn't tell a pince-nez from a pizza, so we've enrolled Stephanie Wood, Assistant Editor ofStylist.co.uk, to catwalk us though 2010's big-screen couture highlights. If Milan is out of range, here's where to go for the hottest looks of the year.

Alice In Wonderland

The film that sparked a plethora of fashion and beauty capsule collections, including a jewellery line from Tom Binns for Disney Couture, a selection of nail polish colours from OPI and a range of clothing from Uniqlo. Academy Award winning costume designer Colleen Atwood headed up the wardrobe department, bringing Tim Burton’s vision to life with clothing.

The Runaways

A tale of teenage rebellion, The Runaways saw Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning portraying Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, members of the legendary '70s girl band of the same name. Paying homage to the era, the film has two distinct looks – the leather-clad, heavily-eyelinered rock chick glam of Stewart’s Jett and the glamorous Californian cool of Fanning’s Currie.

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Pop Culture Movie Moments of 2010

A few times a year, movies are able to transcend their basic purpose as escapist entertainment by making their mark on pop culture, from fashion and hairstyle statements to quotable dialogue, controversial themes and memorable performances, capturing the zeitgeist, or spirit of the times.

Here's alook back at 2010 and the movies that got people talking:

'Valentine's Day' (February 12) – Director Garry Marshall's ensemble romantic comedy may have fizzled at the box office like a bad date, but all eyes -- and tabloids -- were on cute couple Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner, who dated briefly as a result of working together.

'Alice in Wonderland' (March 5) – Director Tim Burton and Johnny Depp scored another big hit with their sixth collaboration, prompting a deluge of 'Alice in Wonderland'-themed tie-ins, another set of surefire Halloween costumes (the most popular being Alice and the Mad Hatter), and an excuse for Hollywood to justify the box-office up-charge for their 3D craze.

'Remember Me' (March 12) – Coming off the strength of his first two 'Twilight' hits, Robert Pattinson's serious turn in this romantic drama got more press than box office for the film's somewhat controversial 9/11 twist ending and the fact that most Twi-hards kept their distance.

'The Runaways' (March 19) - Coming off the strength off her first two 'Twilight' hits, expectations were high for Kristen Stewart's turn as Joan Jett in this rock 'n' roll biopic of the all-girl '70s band. Again, most Twi-hards kept their distance. On the plus side, former child star Dakota Fanning finally came into her own with her adult role as rocker Cherie Currie.

'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' (June 30) – Twi-hards continued to line up in droves, beginning with midnight screenings, to drink in the third chapter of the Stephenie Meyervamps vs. werewolves saga this summer. The world got plenty of shirtless shots of Taylor Lautner, not to mention the big-screen 'Twilight' parody 'Vampires Suck.'

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Check It: The Ten Highest Grossing Movies of 2010 - Which is Your Favorite?

As everyone slowly digs out from under their mountain of Christmas gifts (and for you folks on the East Coast, a mountain of snow), it's time to give old 2010 a pat on the back and send her on her way as 2011 makes its way in. But before 2010 finds its comfy little spot in the history books, let's take a look back at the year that was in movies.

First up are the ten highest grossing films of 2010. Most interesting about this list (to me, at least) is that in all likelihood not one of these films will win the Best Picture Oscar (except for Toy Story 3, which is still a long shot), and only two of them will probably end up with a Best Picture nomination. Does that mean the Academy is nominating the wrong films, or is just that quantity (in this case, box office dollars) does not always equal quality?

 

Check out the top ten below and let us know whether these films even deserved to be on a list like this. Also, which one of the top ten highest grossing films of 2010 is your favorite?

 

1.)     Toy Story 3 ($415M)

2.)     Alice in Wonderland ($334.2M)

3.)     Iron Man 2 ($312.1M)

4.)     Eclipse ($300.5M)

5.)     Inception ($292.5M)

6.)     Deathly Hallows Part 1 ($259.2M)

7.)     Despicable Me ($250.3.7M)

8.)     Shrek Forever After ($238.4M)

9.)     How to Train Your Dragon ($217.6M)

10.)  The Karate Kid ($176.6M)

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Top 10 Trailers of 2010

Number 10 through 6 of the Top Trailers of 2010 list, according to video streaming numbers, featured Norse gods, entitled fashionistas, and sentient toys. Number 5 through 1 has even some even bigger hits. The top trailer nabbed over 15 million views. That's bigger than the population of Belgium. Check them out below:
5) Alice In Wonderland

1) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

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Box Office Champs of 2010

With a total box office bonanza of $10 billion in U.S. ticket sales, it's pretty clear Americans wholeheartedly went to the movies in 2010. The big studio winner was Warner Bros., with $1.8 billion in proceeds from films like "Inception" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I."

Here's the rest of the box office hits of 2010...counting down from 25 to No. 1.

20. 'Valentine's Day' (Warner Bros.)

Total gross: $110,485,654

Best quote: “My closest relationship is with my Blackberry. Thank god it vibrates!” — Kara Monahan (Jessica Biel)

15. 'The Last Airbender' (Paramount)

Total gross: $131,601,062

Best quote: “It was not by chance that for generations people have been searching for him, and now you have found him. Your destinies are tied, Zuko.” — Uncle Iroh (Shaun Toub)

4. 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' (Summit Ent.)

Total gross: $300,531,751

Best quote: “This wasn’t a choice between you and Jacob. It was between who I should be and who I am. I’ve always felt out of step. Like literally stumbling through my life. I’ve never felt normal, because I’m not normal, and I don’t wanna be. I’ve had to face death and loss and pain in your world, but I’ve also never felt stronger, like more real, more myself, because it’s my world too. It’s where I belong.” — Bella (Kristen Stewart)

2. 'Alice in Wonderland' (Disney)

Total gross: $334,191,110

Best quote: “There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which luckily I am!” — the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp)

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Carrie

50 Best Movies of 2010

Much has been debated about the quality of the top movies released this year, but that we were able to pull together a list of the 50 best movies of 2010 means it couldn't have been so bad after all.

After the jump, we count down our favorite movies of the year, from the mind-bending 'Inception' to the movie that may have defined our generation, 'The Social Network.'

Think you can figure out which movie topped our list? There's only one way to find out.
50. 'Alice in Wonderland'
What's with the hate, critics? Granted, Tim Burton's refashioning of Lewis Carroll's tale lacked some narrative focus, and it probably didn't need to be in 3-D. But the film is visually striking, Helena Bonham Carter's Red Queen and her gigantic head (not to mention those frog servants) had us in stitches, and Mia Wasikowska is lovely as an Alice who only wants to live her own life. Just please don't make us watch Johnny Depp break-dance again. -- Patricia J. Chui
49. 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
We know what you're thinking: 'Twilight'? Really?! But before you judge, hear us out: While it didn't exactly reinvent 'Citizen Kane,' at the end of the day, 'Eclipse' was a pretty fun time at the movies. Sure, it had its fair share of 'Twilight' trappings, and we still think Bella would have been better off with Jacob, not Edward. But as an action-thriller, 'Eclipse' totally worked. (The scene in which Bryce Dallas Howard gets her head smashed? Awesome.) If ever there was a time to embrace 'The Twilight Saga,' it would be 2010. -- Andy Scott
46. 'TRON: Legacy'
Disney took a major gamble by throwing an estimated $170 million at a sequel to a cult 1982 movie that few people have ever seen. Whether it earns back that massive investment remains to be seen, but the overall result is a genuinely exciting, eye-popping, 3-D action flick about a human (Garrett Hedlund) who gets sucked into a sentient computer program while searching for his long-lost father (Jeff Bridges). You can bet that if it does turn a profit, the next installment in the 'TRON' franchise won't take 28 years to come to the screen. --John Sellers
42. 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money'
Kevin Spacey made a game try of embodying disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff (in a fiction feature simply called 'Casino Jack,') but in Alex Gibney's documentary, the real thing is even funnier and more outrageous. Gibney untangles the double-dealing schemes that made Abramoff Washington's most powerful influence peddler, the scandals that took him down (and some national politicians with him), and the system of Congressional payola he perfected, which continues humming smoothly and fleecing taxpayers in his absence. -- GS
35. 'Easy A'
In a year that lacked strong comedies, 'Easy A' was a breath of fresh air and a return to the beloved high school laffers that seemed to die with 'Mean Girls.' The film -- a loose take on 'The Scarlet Letter,' in which a high school student's (Emma Stone) reputation goes sour when she pretends to hook up with boys at her school -- made audiences laugh and smile, and solidified its place as one of the best feel-good comedies of the year. Even better: It finally gave Stone the chance to shine as a charming and -- more importantly -- funny leading lady. (Just watch her sing 'Pocketful of Sunshine' if you don't believe us.) -- Gaby Dunn
13. 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Old fogeys who couldn't wrap their heads around the 8-bit aesthetic will point to 'SP''s box office as proof that it didn't work. But 'Scott Pilgrim' represents the greatest generational divide on the list; this is the first movie to use the narrative language of video games (and comic books and indie rock, too!) to tell a simple story about young love. No movie took a bigger risk at re-writing the movie narrative, or packed each scene with as much color, sound, clever writing and great acting. It's funny, exciting, engrossing and hypnotic -- and not just for "short-attention-spans." It's the future of movies, and that's a good thing. -- EL
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