DAM NATION Year End List: 10 Worst Movies of 2013

Now, it's time for the other side of the spectrum right? These films are some of the most unwanted, and most importantly unnecessary films of the year and it’s time to put them on notice.

And just like my "best" list, it’s not physically and financially possible for me to go and watch ALL films that were released this year, and somehow decided not to watch films with terrible reviews, so you'll probably not see The Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones, Grown Ups 2 or anything of that caliber - maybe one. But, you know what I mean. Haha.

On my sixth year now, I give to you the 10 Worst Movies of 2013.

DAM NATION Year End List: 20 Best Movies of 2013

For my obligatory year end count. 70 movies in 12 months. Yes, it's not as many as 2011, but it's a lot better than my record last year. Now, while there were a couple of good films this year, I found it hard to have a clear standout and incredibly memorable movies. But I digress.

Oh, and since I'm not particularly fond of independent films - just my personal preference. Sue me! - so better not bash me for not including most of them in this list. Also, it’s not physically and financially possible for me to go and watch ALL films that were released this year, so you may not find some of them here. Haha. This is just for fun.

So, without further ado, DAM NATION presents the 20 Best Movies of 2013..

DAM NATION Year End List: 25 Songs of 2013

In 2013, we didn't see that blurred line or even that nude wrecking ball coming, we lived for the applause, we roared and we demanded them to wake us up when it's all over. We all decided to be friends with a monster, which caused us a lot of trouble.. trouble.. trouble.. until everything's gone.. gone.. gone.. Ha! But yes, that's probably the best way to sum up another spectacular year for mainstream pop music, so let's have the songs do it for us instead.

Just like every year, these are my picks for the 25 Songs of 2013: odes to frugality, songs about living our fantasy, and even a tune that has something to do about chemicals. These are the songs that I've shared on this blog at some point over the past 12 months.

Of course, this is admittedly a subjective list based on my personal judgments and preferences, but this list should also be a great conversation starter and feel free to agree or disagree. Either way there is a lot of great mainstream music - again, take note, MAINSTREAM MUSIC - to be found here.

Enjoy!

X Factor 3 Wrap-Up: 20 Best Performances

And it finally happened! I didn't think it was possible, but Alex & Sierra completely owned the competition! Their performances proved why most of them will NEVER be the winner of X Factor USA: they were all week by week schooled by Alex & Sierra! Really. Nobody can touch them. They were so far ahead of the others, they weren't even visible in their rearview mirror. I've never seen something this lopsided to be honest.

But enough of that. So, other than Alex & Sierra, who else made the list?

The Voice 5 Wrap-Up: 20 Best Performances

3 months. 27 episodes. Countless live performances. Yes, The Voice Season 5 finally crowned Danielle Bradbery's successor, Tessanne Chin. And now that a new winner has emerged, it’s about time to recognize the best live performances this season.

It’s a pretty interesting batch with a lot of strong vocalists, which made this a rather unpredictable season of who will eventually win the competition. I wasn’t really expecting much from this season after a great Season 4, but I really thought they were able to deliver strong peformances. It was tough finalizing the list, but here we go..

Now, we pay tribute to the performances that made this season worth watching - and reviewing!

DAM NATION: December 2013 Playlist

Here's the last set of songs for 2013. It's a bit tough coming up with a playlist at this time of the year as most artists opt to wait until the the Christmas season is over to release new singles, but then again, there a couple of good songs out there. Anyway, here's a list of 15 songs that I (personally) fancy, that are already doing good on it's own and maybe some new singles from different artists that will probably - or maybe not - be hits in the next coming weeks in whatever format.

So, there! Enjoy!

1. Cannonball Lea Michele

2. Cried Candice Glover

3. Hold On Colbie Caillat

4. I See Fire Ed Sheeran

5. Pompeii Bastille

6. Natural Disaster Pentatonix

7. Hourglass Zedd (ft. Jessica Sanchez)

8. White Walls Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

9. Tumbling Down Tessanne Chin

10. Adore You Miley Cyrus

11. Marry Me Jason Derulo

12. Let It Go Demi Lovato

13. No Better Lorde

14. Gravity Alex & Sierra

15. Pretty Hurts Beyoncé

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Password:DAM NATION's prediction of who will win X Factor 5.

DAM NATION: 1 Million Hits!

Sometime today, DAM NATION crossed 1 million hits! Sure, compared to the other bigger blogs out there, this may not seem like a lot, but it's a personal achievement for me and it's really rewarding as a blogger to see the support DAM NATION gets from the readers - especially the regular visitors no matter what topic I post.

So despite me making a big deal out of it, let me make this post an excuse anyway to thank everyone! Thank you to those who visited the blog so religiously - and even to those who just dropped by the site once and never again. Haha. Thank you to those who took their time to post comments because that somehow made everything a little more dynamic than usual here. Thank you to the people who suggests things for the blog and even to people who contributed an article or two for DAM NATION. Thank you to those who kept on challenging my ideas and of course, to the people who defended me from trolls.

I came into this blogging world not knowing what I was doing, and that was actually quite refreshing. But whatever I did to deserve such a dedicated and supportive readers, I'm thankful! Hopefully, this blog will stay on for the next couple more years! Cheers.

Once again, thank you!