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the last movie i watched in 2007 was 12 angry men. i watched that black and white masterpiece online. the first movie i watched this spankin new year of 2008 was lord alfred hitchcock's rear window on dvd. i had seen the remake starring christopher reeve on hbo once, my utmost respects to mr. superman, but it pales in comparison with the original. halfway through the dvd, my player haywired on me and wouldn't read discs anymore. it was late at night so i bought a new one the very next day just to finish that amazing film. the fucking thing even played the discs that wouldn't play before. good buy. weird that it has a usb port in front which according to the manual (and the bored sales clerk dude) allows one to convert audio cd tracks to mp3s and save them on a flash drive. i'd say neato if i had a flash drive.

anyways, just like last year, here's a quick list of my must-watch movies this year. and just like always, entries 1-12 are in random and 13 takes the top spot.

1. no country for old men
shown in america last year, has yet to grace philippine silverscreens. it's been getting the highest of praises all around so it's got to be good. based on a cormac mccarthy book? you betcha.

2. cloverfield
i'm itching to find out what exactly decapitated the statue of liberty. is it a giant lion? godzilla? cthulhu?! i'll find out soon enough in this blair witch project-flavored disaster movie.

3. iron man
as i've said once, the iron man trailer reached badass levels that the whole superman returns movie didn't. and i think it's safe to assume that jon favreau dared not to do a bryan singer.

4. choke
haven't read the book but i just know it's great. yet, i could only hope that this film adaptation is as good as or better than fight club. go chuck!

5. zack and miri make a porno
make that, seth rogen and elizabeth banks make a porno, to be made by kevin smith. sure is gonna be something.

6. the dark knight
na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na, joker! thank you christopher nolan for putting the man back in batman. can he put the ok in joker with one of the brokeback mountain guys? we'll see.

7. wall-e
pixar. nuff said.

8. juno
after seeing ellen page (kitty pride!) in hard candy and michael cera in superbad, i'd have to believe the positive reviews this teenage pregnancy movie's been receiving. hmmm.

9. be kind, rewind
michel gondry. nuff said.

10. synecdoche, new york
i was gonna say charlie kaufman nuff said but i you'd probably think i've dumbed out and can\t construct more descriptive sentences. so i didn't.

11. rambo
since there seems to be a shortage of horror this year, i'd settle for violence, to be delivered by none other than red bandana-wearing, lower lip-curling john rambo!

12. jumper
i wrote a script once that had a character named jumper in it. anyways, this movie is about teleportation though, which is awesome. double if they play the 3rd eye blind song somewhere.


and the movie that i am definitely not gonna miss watching in the theaters this year and would by the tickets now if i could is...


13. indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
hands down deep into the soil, this movie is my most anticipated of the year. can't wait to see dr. jones don the hat and crack that whip again and find out what this crystal skull business is all about. heck i'm whistling the theme right now. folks, adventure has a name and it is indiana jones. here's the teaser poster:


that's it for today, true believers. see you at the movies!

p.s. of course, this is my mainstream list. i'll keep the obscure movies that define me to myself. unless you wanna watch with me.
p.p.s. see you soon, nina. and your tattoo.