HeSaid SheSaid Movie Reviews

Top 10 Jesus Films

 

Jesus stories have been pious, burly, sometimes musical, occasionally comic. TIME.com scanned a century of Messiah films and picked 10 to bring inspiration (or impudence) to this Holy Week

The Best and Worst 3D Movies

In honor of Monsters vs. Aliens, Branden Barker compiled his list of the Best and Worst 3D movies.

And a few more 3D movie lists for you...

• The Illustrated 3D Movie List
• Wikipedia's List of 3D Films
• The Real 3D List of Stereoscopic Movies

We're baaaaaaack!

Contrary to popular belief, neither the Eskimo nor I were abducted by aliens. I was jut gone on a business trip, and the Eskimo obviously decided to be the cold and silent type. (Spring has sprung, after all. What's an Eskimo to do?)

To celebrate our (my) blogging return, here's a collection of lists of must-see alien movies!

• The 7 Must-See Monsters and Aliens Movies from the 1950s
• List of films featuring extraterrestrials
• Alien Movies Resource
• The Top 10 Alien Movies
• The 10 Most Hideous Aliens on Film
• The Best Alien Movies

Credit where credits are due

  

There’s an Oscar for pretty much every aspect of filmmaking, except one: the title sequences. But Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler of the New York Times have come up with a short list of should-be winners in this shunned Oscar category.

The Worst Valentine's Movies

Mark Jordan Legan exposes the gritty underbelly of Valentine's Day by highlighting films about murder, obsession, and killer love letters.

Top 30 Romantic Movies for Valentine's Day

BHG.com editorial staff compared their favorite romantic movies and came up with a list of 30 - all guaranteed worthy of watching in honor of Valentine's Day or buying for your sweetie. (AND they offer complementary recipes chosen by their food editor too. Valentine's Day dinner and a movie done easy!)

An Unconventional Romance: The Movie List

February is the month we celebrate love. But we love quirky! And we're looking for your favorite unconventionally romantic movies (even the ones that others laugh because you consider them romantic). Send submissions via email and we'll post them on the blog.

Don't know where to start? Here's a list to get your romantic mayhem mo-jo working:

• Lars and The Real Girl
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Casablanca
• The Neighbor
• You Kill Me
• Oscar and Lucinda
• True Romance
• Angel Eyes
• Benny & Joon
• Edward Scissorhands
• The Crying Game
• Pumpkin

Global Swarming: The Movie List

A swarming of eco-disaster flicks, from yesterday to today:

- Them!
- Godzilla
- The Day After Tomorrow
- The Swarm
- Piranha
- Frogs
- The Happening
- Hellboy II
- Quantum of Solace
- The Thaw
- Strays
- 2012
- Creature from the Black Lagoon
- The Day The Earth Stood Still

[ via Scott Brown, WIRED magazine, Dec. 2008 ]

The Best of 2008 Movie Lists

Ah, the end of December. A time when the listmakers fancy turns to what they do best - make lists. And everyone's favorite seems to be the movie list. So here's a roundup of 2008 movie lists for you. (Add a link in the comments if you have a favorite I missed.)

• National Board of Review's Best of 2008 list
• Los Angeles Film Critics list
• The Times 100 Best Movies of 2008
• Roger Ebert's Best Films of 2008
• The Best & Worst Films of 2008
• NY Daily News' Best & Worst Films of 2008
• IFC's Best Films of 2008
• NewsDay's Best Movies of 2008
• The Star's Best Movies of 2008
• Best Movies of 2008: Critics' Picks and Awards
• VideoHound's Best Movies of 2008
• Stephen King's 10 Best Movies of 2008
• ArtForum's Best Films of 2008
• Best 2008 Movies You Probably Missed
• The Observer's Best of 2008 Movies
• Time magazine's Top 10 Movies of 2008 
• Amazon.com's Best of 2008 in DVDs and Blu-Ray

5 Movie Firsts

OK. It's your turn.

To celebrate the first of the year, we're looking for your 5 Movie Firsts. It could be a first that was important just to you (like the first movie you took a date to, the first movie you walked out of) or everyone (like the first movie in color). It could be movies with "First" in the title. The first film of your favorite actor, actress, director or screenwriter. Anything goes. Your pick!

Email your list to theysaidmoviereviews@gmail.com and we will publish them here.

To get us started...

Shawn's 5 Movie Firsts

• First movie that terrified me: Jaws
• First movie I saw so many times I memorized the lines: Muppets Take Manhattan (My mother was a legal secretary. The lawyer she worked for owned a movie theatre. It was my summertime babysitter. Yes, it would get me arrested today if I tried it.)
• First movie soundtrack I fell in love with: Grease
• First song from a movie soundtrack that a boyfriend declared "our song": "Cry Little Sister" from The Lost Boys
• First movie I left the theatre wishing I had written: Pulp Fiction