Normally, I do this at the end of the year. But, Why not talk about the first 5 months and see what we come up with? Here are the top 5 movies of 2008…so far. For the record, I have NOT yet seen candidates Iron Man, Prince Caspian, Charlie Bartlett, Cassandra’s Dream. Films that made their debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival count towards the list.

1. Snow Angels

From David Gordon Green, soon-to-be-famous as the director of Pineapple Express. Amazing performances from the cast, interesting ensemble lead by the great Sam Rockwell.

2. Just Another Love Story

I saw this neo-noir at Sundance and at some points I forgot that they weren’t speaking English. That’s never happened to me before.

3. Cloverfield

Great thrill ride in theaters, probably not that interesting on the small screen. Made many want to throw up.

4. Choke

Also saw this at Sundance, also starring Sam Rockwell, great adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel. Set for theatrical release in August.

5. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls

This shows how poor the selection has been so far this year. Entertaining from start to almost finish. See a few entries below.

So far this year there honestly haven’t been that many great movies. Out of the top 5 i only want to buy snow angels and possibly Indiana Jones just because i have the others. As i said, there were many films that looked good which i haven’t seen yet. We’ll see if the last 7 months of the year will be better…but I had 20 solid films last year.

Who knows