Show : l I ' 86 — The Herald Jqumal Logan Utah Saturday December 27 2003 'J 1 'i r V’: SHERMANS LAGOON SO : toosft Dns VOW) MNT TO poMRnurr MTV? MOV FOR By The Associated Press The top 10 films of 2003 according 'to AP Movie Writer David Germain: CATHY "': — — -- u LET TW HOUWN FANTASIES : LAO! WHOLE J HE - j “Tile Barbarian Invasions” — Sentiment and cynicism in perfect blend Writer- - v director Denys Arcand crafts a sly sketch of intellectuals who’ve grown emotionally jaun- diced by trying times yet still throw a whale of a pdrty in this case for a dying pal (Remy Girard) His reconciliation with an estranged ” sonfStephane Rousseau )and final farewell to (0UU fuDOK! MAKE A ftlNfrEMAEAD VILtAbE MITTEN Wft TAMT rTJZ auERtiAAfsmuNfis! ML NEAR- LAST - SIT IXMIN WITH MA6AZJNE r”wrtH REINDEER U LOLUPOP SBEETUMITSf CtmONBALL AN6ELT)! I LEANER f 0 SANTAS Ptf -- MOTHER ANO A CRAFT w l 1 6 COULD CROCHET NEAR jTHE TANW CANEV NOW WE START ' ME LRU loved ones is heartbreaking while Marie-Jose-e Croze brings a sublime damaged-good- s grace as a junkie who scores heroin to ease the dying ' man’s pain 2 “The Station Agent” — Peter Dinklage delivers the male performance of the year as an dwarf in an unlikely friendship with a grieving artist (Patricia Clarkson) and a gabby food vendor (Bobby Cannavale) Writer- director Tom McCarthy has crafted something AP Photo wondrous out of the most intimate of situa-lioand the actors' camaraderie is utterly Paul Giamatti portrays straggling Writer and carauthentic and stripped of histrionic pretension'1 toonist Harvey 'Pekar in the movie "American 3 “In America” — Filmmaker Jim SheriSplendor1 one of the top films of the year 2003 dan presents an exquisite happy-sa- d of ' portrait 7 “Cold Mmiptain” — Director Anthony family and new beginnings Samantha Morton Minghella assembles the year's finest acting sisters Sarah and ' ensemble led Paddy Considine and real-lif- e by Nicole Kidman Jude Law Emma Bolger radiate warmth as a grieving and Renee Zellweger in an adaptation of the Irish clan uprooted to New York City while Civil War novel that updates Odysseus’ journey ' Djimdn Hounsou manifests tragic nobility as a to the crumbling Confederacy This is a gor-- V standoffish dying neighbor whose last days are geous production all aroundmusic cine- ' softened by this tender little family unit matography and rousing battles and skirmishes 4 “American Splendor” — Paul Giamatti - combining for a grand historical spectacle is king of the curmudgeons as cult comic-boo- k : 8“I Capture the Castle” — “Simon has to : writer and grouch Harvey Pekar propose to me nciw befqre he meets somebody whose pessimistic outlook makes for a surpris- -' else or gets to kpow me better’’ So laments ingly hopefuj film biography Hope Davis pro- one of the penniless sisters in director Tim ' vidcs great support as Pekar 's wife' while : Fywell’s enchanting romantic drama about the filmmakers Shari Springer Berman and Robert fallen novelist v" a of (Bill Nighy) livingfamily Pulcini cleverly inftise documentary elements in a dixaying castle in 1930s Britain This pas-- ! ' sionate little gem is a loving look at sibling including sparkling segments with the real stretched but not quite broken amid the Pekar and his associates' 5 “Mystic River” -r- Director Clint East- first flush of romancewood produces his best work since “Uiiforgiv- - v 9 “Monster” — Charlize Theron is an ' eh" buoyed by tremendous performances from unholy terror as serial killer Aileeh Wuornos peiin Perm Jim Robbins Kevin Bacon Marcia ' executed in 2002 Writerdirector Patty Jenkins ' L Gay Harden'and Laura LinncyThe story of deftly allows viewers to empathize with ' childhood friends drawn together again by Wuonuis even as they recoil in horror at her' deeds Theron unrecognizable behind iiriflat-- '' ' tragedy asadultsis a profound study of com-ple- x : ' characters laced with a moral ambiguity tcring makeup and 30 extra pounds brilliantly v embodies the' desperation of a woman tumbling rarely seeh today in Holly wood films " into resignation as her last chance at life and' 6 “The Triplets of Belleville” — The rineV flick that couldgive “Finding Nemo” a run for : love slips away Loid of theV:'- the animation Academy Award Wriler-directo- r' IOWhale RMer” ' the only goix! thing coming out of Sylvain Cjjpmet spins a madcap tale about a :: Rings”isn'l Zealand’s vibrant filipcommunityKeisha sweet old granny tracking her mupey grandson ' a Tour de France Castle-Hughe- 's makes a remarkable' film debut cyclist abducted by the French mafia ini a nefarious gambling opera- - V in director Niki Caro's modem fairy tale about : a Maori girl who challenges tradition to seek lion Chomct’s twisted animation is a Visual : kins-'- 1 S and found-objeof tribe her her shepherd film’s arid the music is as leadership delight ' memorable as the men out of their spiritual doldrums ' 'V images r" NEK S WE HATS FOR AU KITCHEN APPUANas! ‘ V1 : anti-soci- BEETLE BAILEY al ns nd HAGAR- THE HORRIBLE VFX VWTfte CA& raxWHAT yoUmu we $pLv ’ - ! : -- PEANUTS 1 cOmui tfa&ndma ' V fJianJi ou-- UJHATI?I06RANPMA ' 6IVE ME FOR : " CHRISTMAS? v : ct : Shoshone Trail novel by David J Hawkes A 'I '' Sarah ' know I'll be abje to travel" ‘Fair enough5 Moroni replied “You and hey wm do just fine the appaloosa we can pack the jjam ' answered as Slim and Moroni crawled into the " 1M1 alk" Inal ' shelter I'm sure di? what about: nol (o just sa beih i r pul ' ' sdmethirig to wear ' : ' “No huts! 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