TIME’s Top Ten (I don’t know if there are two lists of these, one for Schickel and the other for Corliss – this is just one):
1. Wall-E
2. Synecodoche
3. My Winnipeg
4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
5. Milk
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. Slumdog Millionaire
8. Iron Man
9. Speed Racer
10. Encounters at the End of the World
Top Ten Performances by Richard Corliss (I don’t know where Schickel’s are)
1. Kate Winslet, The Reader
2. Viola Davis, Doubt
3. Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees
4. Kimberly Rivers Roberts as herself in Trouble the Water (I agree)
5. Angelina Jolie is Wanted
Maybe these are Schickel’s:
1. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
2. Jean-Claude Van Damme as himself (give me a break)
3. Vlad Ivanov in 4 Months
4. Brandon Walters in Australia
5. Ben Burtt as Wall-E