10. The Wackness

9. Gran Torino

8. Milk

7. In Bruges

6. Snow Angels

5. Rachel Getting Married

4. Let the Right One In

3. The Wrestler

2. Wall-E

1. The Dark Knight
These came in close:
-The Reader
-Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father
-Man on Wire
-Doubt
-Last Chance Harvey
-Changeling
And when people asked me to recommend a movie that they probably haven’t heard of […]

The worst of 2008:
I didn’t see either of the Friedberg/Seltzer films this year. In 2006 and 2007 they had my #1 spot, and their two releases in 2008 (Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie) would have been a natural for #1 and #2… where I’m sure they would have placed them had I seen them.
10. […]

Getting to hold that lion cub… it was incredibly soft. I can’t think of anything cooler - even though there were plenty of other cool things in 2008. These are the runner-ups:

Running. I did two races - a 10k and the NYC Half Marathon, which went through Central Park and Times Square. I wasn’t fast, […]