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and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 movies of 2014 for this
list we're choosing movies released in
2014 based on a mix of their popularity
critical acclaim box office results
acting content ability to entertain and
more we met on the beach we meet on the
beach tomorrow I have what you had
number 10
edge of tomorrow
all right let's go again with virtually
every big-budget movie in theatres being
either a sequel or a remake something
this original doesn't come by every day
or even every year director Doug Liman
is perfectly paced action sci-fi flick
takes tropes like alien invasion
time-travel and mechanized soldiers and
cleverly and innovatively employs them
in edge of tomorrow 10 minutes okay
none I'm killing me the result is kind
of like Groundhog Day if you replaced
Bill Murray with a mech suit wearing Tom
Cruise and the groundhog with giant
squid like aliens live die repeat indeed
okay do it number 9
gone girl so your wife has no friends
here is she kind of standoffish Ivy
League rubs people the wrong way she's
from New York
she's complicated very high standards
based on the best-selling Gillian Flynn
novel this whodunit is crafted into one
of the most taut and arresting thrillers
to come along in years by seasoned
director David Fincher I hope you don't
mind me coming by I got your address
from this letter that you wrote my wife
Amy and I believe in the lost art of
letter ray in this penetrating leaf
precise critique of American media
culture a speller Ben Affleck explores
the complexity of a character grieving
the loss of his wife while
simultaneously being suspected in her
disappearance and forced into a role as
a public figure probably the most hated
man in America right now did you kill
your wife Nick the film is a biting look
at a brave new world where more
importance is often placed on perception
rather than truth who are you
I'm the guy to save you all this
awesomeness number eight dawn of the
Planet of the Apes
while this certainly isn't the first
installment of this franchise it might
just be the best
this is in large part due to the leap in
development of the titular apes
fantastic acting coupled with advances
in CGI allowed audiences to relate to
the non-human characters on an entirely
new level the resulting interplay
between lead ape Caesar played by the
incomparable Andy Serkis and the
extremely disturbed Koba forms one of
the strongest and most complex dynamics
between characters in any movie ape or
non ape related human walk number seven
interstellar we used to look up in the
sky and wonder that our place in the
stars I just look down and worry about
our place in dirt perhaps one of the
most ambitious films of its generation
Christopher Nolan's sprawling space epic
took audiences from a future Dust Bowl
earth through wormholes to distant
planets and ultimately to places only
theoretically possible you're going to
save the world
helmed by Matthew McConaughey's Cooper a
brilliant astronaut interstellar boasts
an all universe cast and succeeds as a
compelling character study as Cooper
must constantly grapple with the fact
that he may never see his family again
I've got kids professor how long would I
be going oh and he's also got to save
the human race we've got this far rather
than any human in history oh not far
enough number 6
whiplash stage right in order now winner
of both the dramatic audience and grand
jury prizes at the Sundance Film
Festival this drama captivated audiences
with its Frank and sometimes frightening
depiction of a talented young drummer
and his manic but brilliant instructor
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did I ask you to start playing again
this is how you stopped playing and your
version of an answer was to turn into a
wind-up monkey so I show me your
rudiments the film is anchored by
performances from young up-and-comer
miles teller as the student Andrew and
the usually cuddly JK Simmons as the
intense and unpredictable instructor
Terrence Fletcher if I ever find one of
these lying around again I swear to God
I will stop being so polite get them out
of my sight before I demolish you both
inspiring and unsettling whiplash will
leave you breathless
so that's your idea of success huh I
think being the greatest musician of the
20th century is anybody's idea of
success number five
guardians of the galaxy star-lord who
star-lord man legendary outlaw guys
probably the most convincing son yet
that there will be Marvel superhero
movies as long as there are movie
theaters this James Gunn directed entry
was an unexpected box-office smash
yeah you said that don't let the
gun-toting raccoon fool you
what's rec what's a raccoon it's what
you are stupid this movie does have some
dark moments but all in all it's a space
romp in addition to the foul-mouthed
Bradley Cooper voice raccoon Chris Pratt
Zoe Saldana Vin Diesel and Dave Bautista
form a ragtag alliance of mercenary
badasses that any galactic supervillain
would be wise to fear
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number four Birdman or the unexpected
virtue of ignorance we had it all you
were a movie star remember who was this
guy used to be Birdman although it was a
strong year for superhero franchises
2014 will also be remembered as the year
the art house struck back wanted to get
your wings in your bird suit Birdman is
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu s
surrealistic look at a former superhero
actors attempt to prove his artistic
integrity in the form of a Broadway play
as soon as we announced he was taking
over the advance doubled that took less
than a day we can't afford to lose the
preview we can't afford to lose any more
money we can't afford to lose Mike
dissipating about this about being
respected and validated remember that
did you told me the film is a scathing
indictment not only of superhero films
but also of actors critics and
ungrateful good-for-nothing kids does
she talk and speak she does yeah roll
over yet despite its crotchety tone the
black comedy crackles with energy
dynamite performances and the constant
feeling that anything can and will
happen dad you are not doing this for
the sake of art you are doing this
because you want to feel relevant again
well guess what there is an entire world
out there where people fight to be
relevant every single day and you act
like it doesn't exist why do you want to
be a lobby boy number three the grand
Budapest hotel
who wouldn't at the grand Budapest sir
it's an institution
very good a story wrapped in a book
wrapped in a movie this Wes Anderson
production follows the misadventures of
one monsieur gustave h concierge of the
decadent candy-colored titular hotel and
played by an elegantly profane ray finds
there are still faint glimmers of
civilization left in this barbaric
slaughterhouse that was once known as
humanity indeed that's what we provide
in our own modest humble insignificant
when his former mistress drops dead
leaving him a very expensive painting
which Madame DS family accuses him of
stealing how is that supposed to make me
feel Gustave must evade the police
nazi-like military personnel and a cast
of other Pink Panther like villains to
prove his innocence always at his side
is his favorite lobby boy played by the
outstanding young Tony Revell Laurie
what happened my dear zero is I beat the
living [ __ ] out of a sniveling little
runt called pinky band insky who had the
gall to question my virility because if
there's one thing we've learned from
penny dreadfuls it's that when you find
yourself in a place like this you must
never be a candy-ass number two
Nightcrawler you might feel an operator
I don't think so I'm Lou bloom I have
some footage for sale
a stunning directorial debut from Dan
Gilroy this neo-noir crime thriller
presents its audience with the bloody
side of nighttime Los Angeles and those
who seek to document it for profit
now when I say that I want these things
I mean that I want them and I don't want
to have to ask again Jake Gyllenhaal is
mesmerizing as a precocious but
unfeeling freelance videographer or
Nightcrawler who stops at absolutely
nothing to get his shot how did you get
inside the house the door was open they
allowed you well I heard somebody yell
to come in and when nobody was inside I
left and the only shot of the couple is
through a window
the police were shutting it down as
frightening as he is the scariest thing
might be that his demeanor is no less
cold than the average TV viewer who
watches the same images from the safety
of his or her home
newscaster screaming woman running down
the street with her throat you will be
seeing me again before we reveal our top
pick here are a few honorable mentions
greatest encryption device in history
the Germans use it for all major
communications over 159 million million
million possible settings
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what do you hope to achieve mark want to
be the best in the world
and I go to world's one gold heart man
wake up that how did you find the piece
of resistance piece of what a piece of
resistance
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number one boyhood well it's time to
finish it just a minute
you know let's do Apple quit a cinematic
experience like almost no other veteran
indie director Richard Linklater's
coming-of-age drama tracks child actor
Ellar Coltrane over the course of almost
12 years so what's the point
Oh what in an era where unconvincing CGI
is expected to stand in for aging we
watch Coltrane's Mason his parents as
played by Patricia Arquette and Ethan
Hawke and his sister as played by
Linklaters own daughter Lorelai
naturally age as their characters evolve
on-screen any married having kids
getting divorced with practically
universal acclaim and multiple awards
and nominations boyhood is an
unparalleled look into someone else's
life and it may very well end up
changing your own
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secrets from
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