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AFI's Top 10 Movies of 2008 - Honoring a Year of Excellence
FirstShowing.net — ... The American Film Institute has announced its "official selections" as part of the AFI Awards 2008, an "almanac that records the year's most outstanding achievements in film and television, as well as significant moments in the world of the moving image." The reason why these may seem to be just a bit off, or sometimes a bit pretentious, are because the selections are made by AFI's 13-person jury that is made up of scholars, film artists, critics and AFI trustees. The good news - at least two superhero movies made it onto the list this year, as did a number of ...

The NYFCO and Other Millionaires
Film Experience Blog — ... Finally the AFI made their top ten announcement and I have to say the results are kind of a snore: Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Gran Torino, Iron Man, Milk, WALL•E, Wendy & Lucy and The Wrestler. The only truly interesting move is putting Wendy & Lucy in there. It's annoying that it's 50% December releases but what can you do. Nobody who doesn't obsess on movies and keep excel spreadsheets all year long can remember a damn thing about what happened prior to ...

Effin' Iron Man?
Hollywood Elsewhere — Effin' Iron Man ? It's appalling that American Film Institute's 10 Best Films of '08 included Iron Man -- a first-rate comic book action CG flick that is nonetheless a generic wish-fulfillment power-dreams movie aimed at adolescent males of all ages. A movie, in other words, with absolutely no river running through it whatsoever other than....okay, a certain aura of coolness exuded by star Robert Downey, Jr. , a vibe of wowness because the film was very profitable, and the respectable career-bump panache enjoyed by director Jon Favreau . I guarantee that one of the ...

Year-End Roundup: AFI, Boston Critics…and Stephen King?
The Screengrab — ... derby. The American Film Institute has released its annual top ten list – I’m not sure I knew the AFI had an annual top ten list, but apparently they’ve been doing this since at least 2000 – and most of the titles are familiar from other such lists. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk and Frost/Nixon are among the predictable entries, but superhero enthusiasts will be pleased to see both The Dark Knight and Iron Man represented. The full list is here, along with the AFI’s top ten television shows, which include The ...

AFI Names Its Top 10 Movies of 2008
Film School Rejects — ... The American Film Institute (AFI) responsible for those “100 Years, 100 _____” lists that get people riled up every year have come out with their list of 2008’s top films. Mirroring their recent Golden Globe nominations, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, and Wall-E were included in the list of Top 10 of the year. Though, the story here is the movies that were left off the list altogether. ...

American Film Institute picks 2008 winners
The Screening Log — ... The American Film Institute picked its top 10 movies of 2008. David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was the first one on the list, with "The Dark Knight" and "Frost/Nixon" following second and third, respectively. ...