“Sideways” — This road trip movie combines two character arcs (Paul Giamatti is a romantic dunce, Thomas Hayden-Church is a little too good at landing the ladies) with a passion for wine (which could stand in for a love of anything; I’ve never drank wine, and I still find Giamatti’s rant about merlot hilarious). Great scene: An increasingly unstable Giamatti hits into the golfers in front of him, then chases after them in his cart.
— John Hansen, “John’s favorite movies of the Aughts,” Dec. 13, 2009