Here is my list of the best movies of 2011. And by “best” I mean “I saw and liked”.

Top Five (not in order)

Warrior: It’s like two Rocky movies in one. The last hour of this movie has more good fight scenes (sporting event fight scenes—not necessarily action movie fight scenes) than you see in an entire year of movies. Continue Reading

Saw this on Devour. Awesome for two reasons:
01) I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing Pulp Fiction mashed up with other movies.
02) If the video looks unfamiliar, it’s from a deleted scene on the new Star Wars Blu-rays. For the first time I kind of want the new Star Wars Blu-rays.

Let me know when this gets removed for copyright violation. I’m assuming any second now, even though it makes me want to watch both Star Wars and Pulp Fiction.  Continue Reading

The premise of Attack the Block is pretty simple: aliens invade a sketchy inner-city London neighborhood and come up against a group of teenage hoods. The adverts are quick to point out Edgar Wright’s involvement (he exec-produced), and they’re clever to do so. This movie definitely lives up to Wright’s standards of clever references and well-shot action. What it lacks is his constant humor.
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Well, this guy wins at life.

Thanks Giz.

Saw these (prototype? mock up? real?) Harry Potter Nike Dunks via my Twitter bud Cecy (website, twitter):

BTDubs, I’m def Gryffindor. (via geekpr0n, via HydeAndGeek)

Update. I did some Googling. Jay Angeles designed these (his tumblr). He also has a nice Zelda (Link) design. AND, another Deviantart user (kaycunana) has some really similar HP kicks that I like.