2012 Oscar Checklist – Part 1: The Links

Just like last year, I’ve decided to drive myself insane. The Oscar nominations have been released and I will once again be attempting to not just see everything nominated, but to provide you good people with reviews of the films as well. This year is going to be rough. Not only do I now have a silly and wonderful third child (who doesn’t like to sleep), but I will be on vacation for a week during prime catch-up time. Why do I attempt something so foolhardy? Because I’m an idiot of course… I mean, shut-up! That’s why!

Men Who Hate Women Who Text During Movies – “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” and Other Thoughts

[Editor's note: This is more rant than review, but I was amused and hope you will be too.]

It is almost 2 A.M. I have a full-time job to wake-up to in the morning. My 9-month-old baby has been sick. Last night I did not sleep well. Tonight I will not sleep well. Theoretically, I can sleep until 7:30 AM and have time to get ready and out the door, but none of my 3 children will let me sleep that long. Knowing this, I still cannot sleep, for my blood is still boiling, my adrenaline is still up, and I must share my experience at the movies.

Top 10 Trailers – 2011

Last week I shortlisted the year’s best posters, now it’s time for the trailers. For those who don’t know, creating trailers is literally my day job; so this is actually one of the more informed opinions on the internet (Kermit: Yayyyyyyy!). I’m a sucker for a good music cue, sharp editing, and anything that makes you want to see the damn picture. This list only covers movies released in 2011, so no The Dark Knight Rises here. This year, number one is so ridiculously obvious, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Top 20 Posters – 2011

[Editor's note: #1 might not be safe for work.]
Let the list making begin! As you might remember from my inaugural list, we here at Shooting the Script do not receive screeners or invites to advanced screenings. Therefore, our top 10 films of the year list doesn’t usually hit until March, once we’ve caught up with everything.

So, here are my favorite movie posters of the year instead. Once again, these are for films released in 2011 so The Dark Knight Rises will have to wait until next year. Quality of film matters not… just design. Here…we…go.

Fall Preview: 25 Films I Can’t Wait to See #5-1

And so we reach the end. Here are the final five, with trailers.