RUNNER UP: "SCHOOL OF ROCK"

Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Mike White


10. "HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG"

Directed By: Vadim Perelman
Written By: Vadim Perelman & Shawn Lawrence Otto


9. "21 GRAMS"

Directed By: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Written By: Guillermo Arriaga


8. "MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD"

Directed By: Peter Weir
Written By: Peter Weir & John Collee


7. "LOST IN TRANSLATION"

Directed By: Sofia Coppola
Written By: Sofia Coppola


6. "THE LAST SAMURAI"

Directed By: Edward Zwick
Written By: Edward Zwick, John Logan & Marshall Herskovitz


5. "KILL BILL VOL. 1"

Directed By: Quentin Tarantino
Written By: Quentin Tarantino


4. "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL"

Directed By: Gore Verbinski
Written By: Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio


3. "FINDING NEMO"

Directed By: Andrew Stanton
Written By: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson & David Reynolds


2. "MYSTIC RIVER"

Directed By: Clint Eastwood
Written By: Brian Helgeland


1. "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING"

Directed By: Peter Jackson
Written By: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens


MY TOP 5 WORST FILMS OF THE YEAR (In no particular order...they all sucked)
1. Grown Ups
2. Jonah Hex
3. The Last Airbender
4. Little Fockers
5. Alice In Wonderland

MY TOP 5 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE YEAR
1. Winters Bone
2. The Kids Are Alright
3. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1
4. Iron Man 2
5. Tron: Legacy

MY TOP 5 MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN FILM
1. The Ending to Toy Story 3
2. The Opening Scene in The Social Network
3. The Transformation in Black Swan
4. The Hallway Fight Scene in Inception
5. “The Scene” in 127 Hours

Best Performances By An Actor/Actress
James Franco in 127 Hours
Natalie Portman in Black Swan

Best Performance By A Supporting Actor/Actress
Christian Bale in The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit

Best Use of Music in a Film
The Social Network

Best Script
The Social Network by Aaron Sorkin

Guilty Pleasure of the Year
Hot Tub Time Machine

Top 5 Best Technical Achievements in Film
1. The editing of The Social Network
2. The time framing device for the van in Inception
3. The cinematography in Black Swan
4. The production design in Shutter Island
5. The editing on 127 Hours

The Top 10 Movies I Missed in 2003
1. Fish Tank
2. Barney’s Version
3. Buried
4. I Love Your Phillip Morris
5. Another Year

Film I'm Most Looking Forward To In 2004
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2