Film
Wall-E hands down gets my favourite film of the year. Such an achievement from Pixar, who aren’t slouches in the achievement area.
The Dark Knight – it becomes more flawed with every viewing, but fucking hell, a major studio made something this dark! That has to count for something. Heath’s joker, as Seamus brilliantly remarked, will stand along Nicholson in The Shining as one of the greatest evil bastards in cinema.
Iron Man – This years Spiderman 2. Escapist Hollywood junk done to perfection, just like Speilberg and Lucas did when we were kids.
W – Surprisingly balanced, sympathetic, and down right entertaining look at the Worst President In History.
Frost/Nixon – Surprisingly balanced, sympathetic, and down right entertaining look at one of the Worst Presidents In History, with flares and muttonchops.
Slumdog Millionaire – This just snuck in, havent had time to properly dwell on it, but it was awesome none the less. We’ll discuss it on the first podcast of 2009.
Zack and Miri Make A Porno – Poor old Kev made his best film and nobody saw it.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall – A rom-com done right, and a highlight of my movie year.
TV
Dexter – Everyone’s favourite serial killer just keeps on keeping on. Michael C Hall could not be any better.
True Blood – Just the right mix of tackiness, horror and sincerity. The most entertaining new show of the year.
Mad Men – Light a cigarette, pour yourself a scotch, and settle in for the most polished look at advertising in the sixties. Genius.
The Office (US) – It took me til this year to finally give the US version a chance, and turns out its pretty bloody good. Just ignore season one.
30 Rock – Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin steal jokes from Arrested Development and the Simpsons, but its Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin!
Weeds – Ok, again I’m late to this party, but the end of Season 2 and the start of Season 3 is some of the smartest tv writing I’ve seen.
This Little Slice of The Internet
The excuse to talk film regularly with the lovely Justin Gibson.
The lovely Dave Coombs joining us on the podcast.
The lovely Chris Bright joining us on the site.
The Australia Bingo card that turned out to be a hit.
The lovely feedback we get in the comments and via the Contact form.
The lovely people at Paramount for giving us freebies.
Worst Movie Of The Year.
Stand up and be proud Australia.
Things to look forward to in 2009
Star Trek – Awesome.
Battlestar Galactica – The conclusion to one of the best Sci-fi’s ever. I hope they pull it off.
Hmm, I should have more, but my intertrons are shaped. What are you looking forward to?
FTC has introduced me to so much excellent new TV this year. I want to thank Pete, Justin, Chris, Dave and Wan Chin for all their efforts this past year.
My highlights? Discovering 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Simon Pegg, The Daily Show and Mad Men. I’ve sucked the torrents dry and blown heaps of $$$ on DVD box sets because of FTC, thanks guys!