I must have missed the post about year end lists. Anyone have the rules?

62. Unidentified Man: Your Basement
63. The Unopened Bottle
64. Fossilized Regret
65. Dirtiest Dwelling
66. Hug Me or Die
67. Studious Exchange Student
68. The Return of the Package (To Your Front Door)
69. You Have Three Choices
70. Inspection & Observation
71. Retaliation of the Ghosts
72. Your Basement: Dark

From the escape to them reuniting is just an incredibly powerful sequence. I love Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay.

I nominate the dance scene from Ex Machina and "Take her to the moon for me" from Inside Out.

The way I'd describe The Big Short is essentially a lecture thrown in a blender with a comedy. The movie loves to just straight up explain stuff to you, and it does so in a very particular comedic manner that is largely successful (it does bring diminishing returns, but it's enjoyable). The filmmaking choices can get…

The Big Short is an angry movie, one that directs its rage at the system as it attempts to both educate and entertain you. It’s a very different approach to the topic than the ones taken by films like Margin Call or this year’s 99 Homes, but it’s without a doubt a very interesting one. McKay and cinematographer Barry…

ANOMALISA

ANOMALISA
The Fregoli delusion is the belief that everyone else is the same person, just in disguise or in a state of constant appearance shifting. This delusion befalls the main character of Anomalisa: Michael Stone, a customer service author on a business trip who happens to be staying at (surprise!) Hotel Fregoli.…

Yeah, I did not expect to like The Danish Girl, and I did not.

CAROL
One look speaks volumes. We can feel the desire emanating from the screen, the magnetic pull bringing Therese Belivet and Carol Aird together from across a crowded room. That type of moment plays out through the entire movie, each time growing heavier and lovelier as the two share fleeting touches and lingering…

CAROL
A fantastic movie with an amazing romance at the center. Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara gave two wonderful performances here, and their characters' relationship was mysterious, sensual, lovely, and really damn compelling. It was a great exploration of pure attraction and desire, and there was a magnetism you felt…

The Night Before is being released in theaters about a month before Christmas, presumably to avoid polluting the holidays with its insipid humor and its irritating characters. The movie is half people partying and half Seth Rogen drunkenly stumbling his way through New York City, and what results is something I…

In no particular order:

SPOTLIGHT
The shuffle of papers drives Spotlight. Notes are furiously scribbled on pads, documents are constantly pored over, and the full, horrifying extent of the central story is revealed in the newspapers. It’s an important movie that doesn’t feel important (something Truth unfortunately succumbed to). It may not…

SPOTLIGHT (B+/A-): Really liked this one. Unlike Truth, it did a good job of feeling important without feeling important, and there was a nice intimacy to it all alongside the wide-reaching subject matter. The script was well done, Mark Ruffalo was outstanding (that cast was just awesome), and the story was…

PSA: I highly recommend seeing "Room", which opened wide today.
SPECTRE
Spectre has everything going for it: a talented cast, a great cinematographer, the same team that wrote and produced Skyfall. It also has a promising opening sequence, an extremely entertaining Day of the Dead chase scene that ends with helicopter…

TRUTH
“We’re the gold standard,” Cate Blanchett’s Mary Mapes insists midway through Truth, a detail-oriented look at the 60 Minutes Killian documents controversy in 2004. It’s nowhere near as polished or compelling as James Vanderbilt’s script for Zodiac–not much is–but it’s driven by some solid performances and an…

Also, they beat the Cardinals. This season was a million times better because of that.

Cubs :(

ROOM (A-): This movie is really really great. It's not flawless, but it has an emotional impact that's simply on another level. A lot of that is due to Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay, both of whom give stellar performances that I guarantee will wreck you. The former's is now at the top of my list this year. Also, the…