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Essential Films of 2008
Favorites
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Honorable mention
21
Australia
Burn After Reading
Quantum of Solace (Daniel Craig’s 2nd go-round as 007)
The Wrestler
All ages
WALL-E
Guilty pleasures
Role Models
Seven Pounds
Holiday
this
Want to see
A Christmas Tale (Deneuve)
The Class (teacher and underprivileged youth)
Doubt
The Escapist (Brit prison escape thriller)
Happy-Go-Lucky
The Hurt Locker
In Bruges
Let the Right One In (Swedish vampire fable)
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Sunshine Cleaning
Snow Angels (David Gordon Green)
Swing Vote (Kevin Costner)
The Wackness (Ben Kingsley)
Waltz with Bashir (animated documentary)
Wolf Creek (Australian backpacking thriller)
Underwhelming or disappointing
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Essential music of 2008
Albums
Albert Hammond, Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
The Killers - Day & Age
Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
Honorable mention
coming soon
The greatest songs of 2008
A Dustland Fairytale - the Killers
Close to Me by Why?
Closer - Kings of Leon
Cold Desert by Kings of Leon
Feed Me Jack - Albert Hammond, Jr.
Human - the Killers
I Can’t Stay - the Killers
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Ice Cream Van - Glasvegas
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Lovers In Japan / Reign Of Love by Coldplay
Pork and Beans - Weezer
The Re-Arranger - Mates of State
Rocket - Albert Hammond, Jr.
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
Stay Positive - the Hold Steady
This Is Your Life - the Killers
Torn Blue Foam Couch by Grand Archives
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
2008 Playlists by Month
January
Close to Me - Why?
Ice Cream Van - Glasvegas
This Is Your Life - the Killers
Cold Desert - Kings of Leon
American Dirt - Matthew Ryan
February
Coming soon
March
Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere - James Hunter
April
I Can’t Stay - the Killers
May
I’m Yours - Jason Mraz
Human - the Killers
June
Pork and Beans - Weezer
Crawl - Kings of Leon
July
Stay Positive - the Hold Steady
Rocket - Albert Hammond, Jr.
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
August
The Re-Arranger - Mates of State
L.E.S. Artistes - Santigold
September
Torn Blue Foam Couch - Grand Archives
Love Story - Taylor Swift
October
Neon Tiger - the Killers
Feed Me Jack - Albert Hammond, Jr.
Spaceman - the Killers
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Closer - Kings of Leon
November
A Dustland Fairytale - the Killers
Lovers In Japan / Reign Of Love by Coldplay
Losing Touch - the Killers
December
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