Tomorrow is the big day!  The final day of ‘08, and the day we count down all the hits of the year, from #107 all the way to #1.  The Top 107 of 2008 will begin at 12 noon, so be listening to hear all your favorites from the year, and how they stacked up!  To finish off our look back, here are the Top Tens from the last two years.

The End’s Top 10 of 2007
#1 The Way I Are TIMBALAND f/KERI HILSON
#2 Say It Right NELLY FURTADO
#3 Cupid’s Chokehold GYM CLASS HEROES f/PATRICK STUMP
#4 Big Girls Don’t Cry FERGIE
#5 It’s Not Over DAUGHTRY
#6 Umbrella RIHANNA f/JAY-Z
#7 Irreplaceable BEYONCE
#8 Hey There Delilah PLAIN WHITE T’s
#9 What Goes Around… JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
#10 The Sweet Escape GWEN STEFANI

The End’s Top 10 of 2006
#1 Promiscuous NELLY FURTADO f/TIMBALAND
#2 Sexyback JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
#3 Far Away NICKELBACK
#4 Unwritten NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
#5 SOS RIHANNA
#6 I Write Sins Not Tragedies PANIC! AT THE DISCO
#7 Buttons THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
#8 Where’d You Go FORT MINOR f/HOLLY BROOK
#9 Check On It BEYONCE
#10 Dance, Dance FALL OUT BOY

Click here to see why Janet is pissed. Later in the interview, Tina Knowles also manages to offend homeless people, although I guess being homeless and a member of the Jackson family is kind of the same thing these days

Valkyrie (Rated PG-13)
Gavin Grade: B
Bryan Singer was the director behind one of my favorite movies, “The Usual Suspects.”  But he hasn’t gone back to those roots in a long time.  I enjoyed the first two “X-Men” movies, but I longed for the spy/thriller feel again.  I was hoping this would’ve been it, but it only kind of was.  I feel like this was a movie that thought it was a lot more important than it really was.  This isn’t a spoiler alert to anyone with half-a-brain, but the plot to kill Hitler (which is the basis of the movie) didn’t work.  So in that respect, this true story really isn’t as interesting as you’d hope.  You can’t get attached to the characters too much since you know they’re not gonna pull it off.  But what is neat about this movie is to watch it and find out where their plan went sour.  Another thing that’s cool is to play the “How Many Actors from the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies are in this.”  I got up to 3, although you may not recognize Bill Nighy (he was Davey Jones)!  I guess they were having a sale on slightly recognizable British actors.  Which brings us to Tom Cruise.  Why he’s in this is beyond me.  It’s not that he was bad, but he wasn’t great either.  That’s the story of his life.  He’s the guy you call when you just want to get the job done.  He sticks out like a sore thumb in this as the ONLY non-British person in it.  But overall, he’s still fine at what he does and that’s kind of par for the movie too.  It’s fine for what it does.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Rated PG-13)
Gavin Grade: C+
Oscar Watch!  This film is based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story that I read somewhere in my high school years.  I remember the book being short, easy to read and actually…funny.  The movie is far from that.  It’s long and not very funny at all.  At a running time of almost 3 hours, it’s hard to say if there’s anything that could be cut; probably not.  But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t feel long.  It’s weird too while watching it because it’s a mix of “Forrest Gump” and “Big Fish” but it failed to capture the magic that both had.  I was actually hoping that it would be that “great” movie that Brad Pitt gets remembered for, just like Tom Hanks will forever be remembered for Forrest Gump.  Sadly, I don’t think this will be it.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m a HUGE Brad Pitt fan.  But sadly, I was let down by his performance in this.  I thought that he tried so hard in being a complacent, mild-mannered character that his mild-manneredness got in the way him portraying any sort of drama.  Maybe I had too high of hopes for this movie.  David Fincher is one of my favorite directors.  I think he’s guided Pitt to amazing performances in “Se7en” and “Fight Club.”  But him trying to guide him in a drama, just didn’t translate; or maybe it was just this drama.  Cate Blanchet gives a stunning performance, as usual.  But watching her age in the movie is almost just as facinating as watching him.  Not because of special effects or make up, but because of her nuances and detail to character.  It sounds like I’m beating up on this movie, but don’t let that give you the wrong impression.  After seeing this movie, I told my family that I thought it was “good, not great.”  “GOOD, not great.”  It’s still a GOOD movie…just not as good as it could’ve been.

Yep— it’s true. Click here to find out more

Some stores are changing their policies to screw you.  See who made the naughty and nice list here

How about a pooping Obama???

Really?  Who comes up with this stuff?

Guinea Pigs– The Other White Meat

And eat like the Peruvians…. this is just nasty

This was the highlight of my online adventuring last night