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Mid-Year Intermission picks

posted 15 years ago by mvpx7
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"At the Movies" hosts Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott recently did an episode about their best and worst movies for the first half of 2010. Here is what they selected:

Action
Best: "Green Zone" (Scott)
Best: "The Book of Eli" (Phillips)
Worst: "Cop Out" (Scott)
Worst: "Kick-Ass" (Phillips)

Comedy
Best: "Greenberg" (Phillips)
Best: "Hot Tub Time Machine" (Scott)
Worst: "Our Family Wedding" (Phillips)
Worst: "She's Out of My League" (Scott)

Romantic Comedy
Best: "Just Wright" (Scott)
Best: "Letters to Juliet" (Phillips)
Worst: "The Bounty Hunter" (Phillips)
Worst: "When in Rome" (Scott)

Biopic
Best: "The Runaways" (Phillips)
Best: HBO's "Temple Grandin" (Scott)

Drama
Best: "A Prophet" (Scott)
Best: "The Secret in Their Eyes" (Phillips)
Worst: "The Last Song" (Scott)
Worst: "Harry Brown" (Phillips)

Thriller/Horror
Best: "The Crazies" (Phillips)
Best" The Ghost Writer" (Scott)
Worst: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (Phillips)
Worst: "The Wolfman" (Scott)
Most Controversial: "Shutter Island" (Scott, Phillips)

Documentary
Best: "Casino Jack and the United States of Money" (Scott)
Best: "Exit Through the Gift Shop" (Phillips)

Kids
Best: "How to Train Your Dragon" (Phillips)
Best: "Alice in Wonderland" (Scott)
Worst: "Tooth Fairy" (Phillips)
Worst: "The Spy Next Door" (Scott)

Movies to look forward to in the second half:
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" (Scott)
"Inception" (Phillips)

[–] stevenackerman69 15 years ago

Well, it is too bad they aren't going to continue after this season to see exactly where these films will stand in their Year End Countdowns. Well, the show was never good once Roger and Richard left.

[–] joseph_sobora 15 years ago

They should have put "Remember Me" as the worst instead of "Harry Brown" (which was a much better film than this turkey). I remember at how much they hated it and A.O. Scott said that Robert Patterson's acting really sucks! So true! But I totally disagree with him and Phillips about Twilight (and New Moon). They are 10 times worse!

And Kick-Ass shouldn't even be on that list! It's bad enough Michael Phillips put "Watchmen" on his worst list. I like him but sometimes, he does have bad taste in movies.

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