AFI Top 100 Movies

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Below is the American Film Institute (AFI) Top 100 Movies of All Time. The first of the AFI 100 Years… series of cinematic horrors and milestones, AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies is a list of the 100 best American movies, as determined by the American Film Institute from a poll of more than 1,500 artists and leaders in the film industry who chose from a list of 400 nominated movies The 100-best list was unveiled in 1998.

AFI Top 100

Films were judged according to the following criteria:

  1. Feature-length: Narrative format, at least 40 minutes long.
  2. American film: English language, with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.
  3. Critical Recognition: Formal commendation in print.
  4. Major Award Winner: Recognition from competitive events including awards from organizations in the film community and major film festivals.
  5. Popularity Over Time: Including figures for box office adjusted for inflation, television broadcasts and syndication, and home video sales and rentals.
  6. Historical Significance: A film’s mark on the history of the moving image through technical innovation, visionary narrative devices or other groundbreaking achievements.
  7. Cultural Impact: A film’s mark on American society in matters of style and substance.

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Top 10 Movies People Pretend to Have Seen

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Female First has put together a list of the the top 10 movies people pretend to have seen. They brought in the world’s top statisticians and, over the course of four years, their subjects completed a series of tests… blah, blah, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit.  Here’s the list of films you all haven’t seen, you fucktard liars:

1. The Godfather
2. Casablanca
3. Taxi Driver
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
5. Reservoir Dogs
6. This Is Spinal Tap
7. Apocalypse Now
8. Goodfellas
9. Blade Runner
10. The Great Escape

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Derek and the Dominos Box Set 40th Anniversary

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One of Eric Clapton’s Defining Albums Marks its 40th Anniversary in March With Deluxe Multi-format Edition Featuring New and Long-Unavailable Music, Never-Released Video and Never-Seen Photos.  Click here to order!

derek and the dominos box setLayla and Other Assorted Love Songs achieved gold-album status within months of its release in late 1970, was entered into the Grammy® Hall of Fame in 2000, and today remains a ubiquitous entry in various “Top 100” and “All-Time Greatest” polls, and “Must Hear” lists. To be released in March 2011, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: The 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is a multi-format collection offering an appropriately comprehensive salute to this iconic album and the band that created it. The set will feature the original double-disc album in both digital and vinyl formats, expanded to include newly remastered tracks, and a treasure trove of music and video performances.

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