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TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2008

1) The Dark Knight - An obvious choice but with good reason - 96/100

2) The Fall - A beautiful, nearly perfect independent film that nobody saw - 92/100

3) Pineapple Express - A surprisingly heartwarming comedy with non-stop laughs - 88/100

4) Iron Man - Perhaps unfairly eclipsed by Batman.  Both cerebral and action packed - 88/100

5) Wall-E - One of Pixar's best.  These robots have more humanity in them than most actors - 88/100

6) City of Ember - Poorly advertised, but an extremely accomplished adaptation - 85/100

7) Australia - A little too long, but a scorching epic from an amazing director - 83/100

8) Baby Mama - For some reason, I loved this movie - 80/100

9) Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Yep, another comedy, we had some great ones in '08 - 80/100

10) Bolt - Disney is back!  Bolt holds his own against even his Pixar cousins - 80/100

THE 5 WORST MOVIES OF 2008

Jumper - Come on!  Who keeps giving Anakin acting gigs? - 20/100

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - Three dimensions of terrible - 18/100

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Cardboard, that's all I have to say about this film - 15/100

Twilight - The book was bad, the film was worse, and the fangirls keep drooling for more - 30/100

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - This one should have stayed in the tomb - 15/100

TOP 5 ALBUMS OF 2008

1) Pretty. Odd. (Panic At The Disco) - Haters be silenced, Panic is here to stay.  I'm not the only one who thinks this, read the reviews people - 95/100

2) Day & Age (The Killers) - Although not quite what it should have been, The Killers prove once again how catchy their songs can be - 90/100

3) Razia's Shadow (Forgive Durden) - This epic musical comes from out of nowhere to be the surprise entry on my playlist - 82/100

4) Folie a Duex (Fall Out Boy) - Although Pete Wentz continues to make my list of most irritating people of they year, the skill of this record cannot be denied - 80/100

5) One of the Boys (Katy Perry) - Miss Perry is no one hit wonder.  This album is sugar coated hit after sugar coated hit - 80/100

BEST SONGS OF 2008

1) Human - The Killers

2) Nine In The Afternoon - Panic At The Disco

3) I Can't Stay - The Killers

4) What A Catch, Donnie - Fall Out Boy

5) The Exit - Forgive Durden

6) Love Lockdown - Kanye West

7) If You Can Afford Me - Katy Perry

8) Spiralling - Keane

9) Paper Planes - MIA

10) No Vacancy - Breathe Carolina

WORST SONGS OF 2008

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon

Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis

Love In This Club - Usher

Shake It - Metro Station

Bye bye 08

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