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This year has been really great for movies. Some of the better ones are even made available for the commercial audience and not just limited to special features or festivals. Below are our choices for this year’s five greatest movies:

INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS – The film delivered artistic value and intellectual relevance all at the same time. It’s also so much entertaining to watch. It was a very ambitious undertaking for Quentin Tarantino, but it was one that he pulled off really well. Story-telling was tight and well-written and the action scenes were killer scenes, as expected. The acting ensemble was also commendable.

UP – This animation touched the heart of many movie-goers. For sure, no one will be forgetting the film’s first 15 minutes any time sooner. The characterization was truly special and resonant, while the graphic details, of course, remained superior.

500 DAYS OF SUMMER – It was quite unconventional how this film was presented. It had a very fitting leading lady who charmed her way into our hearts. But the surprise of the movie is actually in its male lead, who showed his range, depth and versatility.

JULIE/JULIA – Meryl Streep nailed her character really well playing the iconic Julia Child. Amy Adams on the other hand, delivered yet another natural, critically acclaimed performance. The film delivers such a cute story of two people whose lives are actually so much in parallel of each other.

DISTRICT 9 – While everyone was watching Transformers Revenge of The Fallen, they should have actually been watching this film instead. The action scenes may be no match to the Michael Bay flick, but the story line is of a higher standard.

Here’s to more great movies in 2010!

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Actor David Carradine, part of the legendary Carradine acting dynasty, was found dead in his hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand, early this morning.  Carradine was in Thailand filming a movie, and did not show up for dinner with the crew yeasterday evening.  Nobody was alarmed at the time, but then a chambermaid found his body still in his hotel room this morning.  The coroner said he had been dead for about 12 hours at that time.

Sources say that Carradine was found hanged with the hotel room’s curtain cords and is believed to have committed suicide.  There is no indication of foul play.  However, this isn’t confirmed, and his agent is insisting that David died of natural causes. 

Carradine made over a hundred films, working with some of the best directors in Hollywood.  Most recently his work in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill series won him critical and popular acclaim.  But for most people of a certain age, he will always be affectionately remembered for the 70’s series Kung Fu, where he played traveling Old West Shaolin priest Kwai Chang Caine (famously called “Grasshopper” by his spiritual master).

Carradine was known to be somewhat eccentric, but I’d never heard that he was unstable or suffering from this kind of pain or depression.  I am sorry for his death, and I hope that wherever he is now,  he’s found the peace he was looking for.

Rest in peace, Grasshopper.

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