#6 - 17
The best action/adventures
Kung-fu Hustle
Starring, directed, and written by Stephen Chow - R
Stephen Chow�s insane live-action cartoon is, truly, all out of bubble gum.
Oldboy (2003)
Directed by Chanwook Park - R
Two hours of Koreans messing each other up with hammers. What, do you need me to draw you a diagram?
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Directed & written by George Lucas � PG13
Everything a �Star Wars� movie should be: beautiful, emotional, and as campy as the great outdoors.
2046
Directed & written by Wong Kar-Wai � R
Fooled you! �2046�s� tale of a lonely Hong Kong man enjoying how sorry he feels for himself couldn�t be farther from an action movie. I just put it here to be funny.
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Capote
Directed by Bennett Miller - R
You try talking like Truman Capote for a weekend.
Pride & Prejudice
Directed by Joe Wright - PG
The second-best chick flick of the year.
The Constant Gardener
Directed by Fernando Meirelles - R
Naughty multinational corporation! You leave those black people alone! Naughty naughty!
Good Night, and Good Luck
Directed & co-written by George Clooney - PG
Congratulations, TV, for bringing down an evil demagogue�oops, now you�re just a tool for the powerful.
Syriana
Directed & written by Stephen Gaghan - R
Drive a hybrid.
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Millions
Directed by Danny Boyle � G
Yes, children can have morals, too.
Tim Burton�s Corpse Bride
Co-directed & co-written by Tim Burton - PG
Hot live-on-dead action.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Directed & co-written by Peter Lord and Nick Box - G
The best-reviewed movie of the year (according to www.RottenTomatoes.com) and certainly the most entertaining. And the only one to feature characters incapable of running.
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#7 � Wallace & Gromit (placed with �Family Favorites� for a convenient arrangement of ideas)
#6 � Syriana (placed with �Hooray for Liberal Guilt� for blah blah blah)
#5 � Saraband
Directed & written by Ingmar Bergman - R
Old man wang�and I�m not talking about a gray-haired kung-fu master.
#4 � Sin City
Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, and Quentin Tarantino - R
A movie so potent it made we want to throw up.
#3 � Munich
Directed by Steven Spielberg - R
Schindler�s Revenge.
#2 � Match Point
Directed & written by Woody Allen - R
The best, most likeable villain of the year.
#1 � The New World
Directed & written by Terence Malick - PG13
Terry Malick�s glorified art-house chick-flick is a towering achievement and, after seeing it three times, I can call it, yes, one of the best movies I�ve ever seen. And the best use of Wagner since �Apocalypse Now.�
If someone put a gun to my head and demanded that I fill spots 8-10 and make an actual Top Ten, I might have to go, I dunno, �Capote,� �2046,� �Good Night,� and/or �Oldboy� or �Star Wars III,� depending on whether I�d rather mess a honky up with a hammer or a light saber that day.