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Top Ten Films of 2011: Melancholy with a slice of hope

No Comments 06 February 2012

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all—150 seen is this year’s number—the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … If anyone tells you 2011 was a bad year for cinema, stop in your tracks, turn around [...]

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Top Ten Films of 2010: Dark Fantasy Cinema

2 Comments 09 February 2011

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all—141 seen is this year’s number—the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … I remember thinking around April that there hadn’t been a truly great film released yet. After summer [...]

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The Most Anticipated Films of 2011

1 Comment 22 November 2010

While Jon Favreau may say that 2011 looks to have a bloodbath summer on its hands with blockbusters galore taking 3D screens from each other, I’ll say right now that those aren’t the movies most intriguing me. Next year sees a return for Jack Sparrow, Lightning McQueen, Holmes and Watson, the Witwickys, Ethan Hunt, and, [...]

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Top Ten Films of 2009: Foreign Films Reign Supreme

No Comments 17 January 2010

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all, the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … Another year gone, another 100+ releases down. 2009 was one that included a lot of good directors and some great ensemble [...]

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The Most Anticipated Films of 2010

2 Comments 07 January 2010

2010 looks to be a very intriguing year for the film world. A lot of big name directors are coming in with new work, hopefully continuing on their winning ways, while others are returning to perhaps erase some recent blunders and get back on track. There are two true sequels on the list, four depending [...]

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Top 50 Films of the Decade (2000–2009)

6 Comments 24 December 2009

As always, I have not seen every film made in the decade, so this list is only complete as of posting. There are those diamonds in the rough I’ve yet to witness that could render this entire list obsolete. The ‘Naughts’, I believe an appropriate term being used for the decade spanning from 2000–2009, the [...]

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Top Ten Films of 2008: The Year of World War II

No Comments 24 January 2009

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all, the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … I don’t know what precipitated 2008 being the year of the World War II movie, but of the 100+ releases I [...]

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Top Ten Films of 2007: The Year of the Adaptation

No Comments 04 January 2008

It was a year of many genres. We had some musicals, a few dramas, comedies galore, a little sci-fi, and a couple bio-pics sprinkled in to satiate the kiddies and Oscar voters. If anything, I guess one trend seemed to rise above, that being the adaptation, whether from plays (Sweeney Todd), novels (Zodiac), or comics [...]

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Top Ten Films of 2006

No Comments 11 January 2007

The day has come where all that movie watching during the year, all that money given to Hollywood players who need none of it, and all those buttered popcorn induced coronaries boil down to one person’s ego-trip of compiling a list of the best of the best. I now join the list of film-snobs everywhere [...]

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