Our staff top 10s, along with several less-conventional lists we’ve come up with, will be rolling out all this week. Find out our picks for couples, guilty-pleasure songs, albums, hot messes, arrests and much more. Enjoy, and share your own top 10s in You Tell Us!
1. Common (“Smokin’ Aces,” “American Gangster”)
The stocky, soulful rapper made quite an impression in 2007, bringing heart to two underwritten action roles. Keep an eye on this chart-topper: With two more flicks in 2008, he’s just getting started.
2. Glen Hansard (“Once”)
You don’t know the name, and you’ve likely never heard of his band the Frames, but if you see Hansard’s leading-man debut in this film, you won’t be able to forget him.
3. Tom Waits (“Wristcutters: A Love Story”)
Not only does the eccentric singer provide the theme song for Patrick Fugit’s suicide, but he shows up later in the film as the enigmatic Kneller, acting as the sage of a bleached-out world that feels much like … well … a Tom Waits song.
4. Chris Brown (“This Christmas,” “Stomp the Yard”)
Sure, it was a bummer when “Stomp the Yard” cost you $10 and he wasn’t in it for even 10 minutes. But Brown made up for it in “Christmas,” a heartfelt flick carried entirely on his young shoulders.
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