Zagat's Top 20 forever Movies

Sure, you know that Zagat is known for rating and reviewing fine cuisine. But did you know it also offers insight on movies? Here's the countdown of the Top 20. Some critics may disagree. Will you?

'Dr. Strangelove'

Zagat's ranking: No. 20

Year released: 1964

Genre: Comedy

Premise: A general who has gone mad orders a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union.

'Finding Nemo'
Zagat's ranking: No. 19

Year released: 2003

Premise: A cute little fish goes missing, and his father goes on an underwater adventure to find him.

Genre: Family

'The Third Man'
Zagat's ranking: No. 18 

Year released: 1949

Premise: A man arrives in Vienna only to find out that the friend who invited him has died.

Genre: Mystery

'The African Queen'
Zagat's ranking: No. 17

Year released: 1951

Premise: A missionary persuades a riverboat owner to use his boat for warfare.

Genre: Adventure

'The Pianist'
Zagat's ranking: No. 16

Year released: 2002

Premise: A Jewish musician's plight in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II.

Genre: Drama

'All About Eve'
Zagat's ranking: No. 15 

Year released: 1950

Premise: An aspiring actress weaves her way into a Broadway star's life.

Genre: Drama

'The Shawshank Redemption'
Zagat's ranking: No. 14 

Year released: 1994

Premise: Two prisoners find friendship and deliverance.

Genre: Drama

'Citizen Kane'
Zagat's ranking: No. 13  

Year released: 1941

Premise: A group of reporters tries to get the scoop on the last words of a tycoon.

Genre: Drama

' It Happened One Night'
Zagat's ranking: No. 12   

Year released: 1934

Premise: A spoiled heiress runs away from home and finds romance.

Genre: Comedy

'Rear Window'
Zagat's ranking: No. 11  

Year released: 1954

Premise: A disabled photographer sees too much from his apartment window.

Genre: Thriller

'Singin' in the Rain'
Zagat's ranking: No. 10   

Year released: 1952

Premise: A silent film company makes a noisy transition to sound.

Genre: Musical

'The Lady Eve'
Zagat's ranking: No. 9    

Year released: 1941

Premise: Two wacky singles fall in love on a luxury liner.

Genre: Comedy

'The Wizard of Oz'
Zagat's ranking: No. 8    

Year released: 1939

Premise: A Kansas girl finds herself far, far away from home.

Genre: Musical

'Star Wars'
Zagat's ranking: No. 7     

Year released: 1977

Premise: Luke Skywalker tries to save Princess Leia from an evil force.

Genre: Sci-fi

'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Zagat's ranking: No. 6     

Year released: 1962

Premise: A lawyer defends a black man accused of rape in the Depression-era South.

Genre: Crime drama

'Lawrence of Arabia'
Zagat's ranking: No. 5      

Year released: 1962

Premise: The tale of a controversial British officer.

Genre: Adventure

'Schindler's List'
Zagat's ranking: No. 4     

Year released: 1993

Premise: A German businessman comes to the rescue of Jews in Nazi Germany.

Genre: Drama

'Casablanca'
Zagat's ranking: No. 3

Year released: 1942

Premise: Old lovers reunite during World War II.

Genre: Drama

'The Godfather Part II'
Zagat's ranking: No. 2
 

Year released: 1974

Premise: The saga of the Corleone crime family continues.

Genre: Crime drama

'The Godfather'
Zagat's ranking: No. 1

Year released: 1972

Premise: A look into the life of crime boss Vito Corleone.

Genre: Crime Drama

Oscar Best Actress Winner 2010 Sandra Bullock Oscar Best Actress

Oscar Best Actress Winner 2010 Sandra Bullock Oscar Best Actress

Do you know who the Oscar Best Actress Winner 2010 is? Well, to tell you straight, Sandra Bullock is the Oscar Best Actress for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. This Best Actress award is the first for Sandra Bullock from the movie The Blind Side. Sandra Bullock has been in the industry for more than 20 years, and now she has finally been awarded as the Best Actress for playing the role of a white Southern woman who adopted a black child. She was fighting the popularity with Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”), but stillSandra Bullock made it as the Oscar Best Actress 2010. 

Sandra Bullock didn’t just win the Oscar Best Actress award. She also won at the Razzies Awards on Saturday for “All About Steve”, which was a romantic comedy for the year 2009. This movie came in between some of her movies like “The Proposal” and “The Blind Side.” Some of the other nominees for the Best Actress category on the Oscars are Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”), Gabourey Sidibe (“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”), Carey Mulligan (“An Education”) and Helen Mirren in “The Last Station.”. More updates and details will be posted right below on theOscar Best Actress Winner 2010 check it out. 


LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- The Best Actress winner for the Oscars 2010 is Sandra Bullock, who got nominated for her role in The Blind Side, directed by John Lee Hancock, and starring Tim McGraw and Quinton Aaron, besides Sandra Bullock. The plot of the film revolves around the relationship between the three protagonists. Sandra Bullock became the winner of the Best Actress Award for the Oscars 2010 for her brilliant portrayal of the character of Leigh Anne Tuohy. This is not the first award that she has won for her portrayal of the character, however. She had also won the Golden Globe award for best actress, and also the Screen Actors Guild Award, in the same category.

Ironically, however, just before the night of the Oscars, in which she was chosen the best actress winner 2010, Sandra Bullock went to pick up personally the Golden Raspberry Award, in which she was given the trophy for being the worst actress, for her role in the critical and commercial failure “All About Steve.” Winning the Oscar makes her the only woman actor to have won both the Oscar and theGolden Raspberry Award in the same year.

Sandra Bullock got to be the best actress winner of 2010 by beating stiff competition from Meryl Streep, who had been nominated for “Julie and Julia,” Helen Mirren, for her role in “The Last Station,” Carey Mulligan for “An Education” and Gabourey Sidibe, who had been nominated in thebest actress category for the film “Precious.” As she went up on the stage to receive the honor for best actress winner 2010, she thanked her mother, and dedicated the award to all the mothers in the world, drawing reference from her character in the film.