New Year’s Eve Double-Feature Decided!
We gave our Smackdown readers the chance to vote on a selection of ten top New Year's Eve movies and, given that it's getting to that time, we're ready to cough up the results. The […]
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Best New Year’s Eve Movie Smackdown!
New Year’s Eve is just days away now. We know it’s an important night so we want to help you be prepared. Let’s play a “what if?” Â What if your plans to take a Lear […]
Happy 2010 from the Smack: Diner (1982) -vs- The Apartment (1960)
Celebrate the Auld Classics! The Smackdown. There are a surprising number of worthwhile New Year’s Eve-themed films to consider watching should other more social-type plans fail to materialize for you. I’m no drinker, no party […]
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) -vs- When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Smackdown I can’t criticize anyone who’s not struck by the party mood as 2009 lurches to a merciful end. Recession, foreclosures, unemployment. Really, what’s to celebrate, so let’s see how a pair of seasonal movies rise above […]
Beau’s Ten Best Films of the Past Ten Years
The criteria I used is pretty simple: which films are not just good but really impacted the world of film? It’s relatively easy to make a film that entertains. And, in some ways, it’s even easier to make a film that does something “different” and “new.” But to make a film that both entertains and moves you, while advancing the art of filmmaking…that’s pretty hard. So let’s get this ball rolling as we reflect on a most eclectic period of film…
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Bryce’s Ten Best Films of the Past Ten Years
Everybody seems to be out with their Top Ten. This year it’s a two-fer. You can go with “Top Ten of 2009” or “Top Ten of the Decade.” I say go for the Top Ten […]
Help Us Crown a Christmas Smackdown Winner!
Two years ago, we asked ten of our SmackRefs to each recommend a Christmas film that they have a special fondness for, something that can stand the test of repeat viewing. That poll turned out to be a squeaker with an unexpected winner when the nostalgia-rama “A Christmas Story” edged out traditional favorite “It’s A Wonderful Life” with a strong third place by the relatively new “Love Actually.”
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Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) -vs- When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Smackdown I can’t criticize anyone who’s not struck by the party mood as 2008 lurches to a merciful end. Recession, foreclosures, unemployment. Really, what’s to celebrate, so let’s see how a pair of seasonal movies rise above […]
The Best Christmas Movie Is…
…would you believe? … “It’s A Wonderful Christmas Story Actually.” It’s a three-way run-off! With Christmas only a few days away now, Americans are doing their part to jump-start the national economy by buying things […]
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) -vs- Four Christmases (2008)
The Smackdown Let’s give thanks this Christmas season for a small miracle. Â Between the two holiday films getting Smacked around here, there isn’t a guy who’s becoming Santa, or Santa’s brother, or even an overgrown […]