Published at: Dec. 12, 2008, 7:27 p.m. CST by hercules
I am – Hercules!!
Author Stephen King, a man with roughly six trillion times as much credibility as the most respected buffet-scarfing cab driver or waiter voting for the Golden Globes, has just posted his top 10 movies list for Entertainment Weekly:
1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Funny Games
6. The Bank Job
7. Lakeview Terrace
8. The Ruins
9. Redbelt
10. Death Race
King explains why he found these 10 preferable to “Mamma Mia!” here.
As long as we’re here, here’s Time Magazine’s top 10:
1. WALL-E
2. Synecdoche, New York
3. My Winnipeg
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
5. Milk
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Iron Man
9. Speed Racer
10. Encounters At The End of the World
Find Richard Corliss’ justifications here.
Still here? Critics Choice Awards nominees:
"The Changeling"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Dark Knight"
"Doubt"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millioniare"
"WALL-E"
"The Wrestler"
Local critics' top picks:
"Milk": New York Film Critics
"WALL-E": Los Angeles Film Critics
"Slumdog Millionaire": D.C. Area Film Critics