The task of making a list of favorite movies is always a thankless one; it is a common enough question and fixture, but such list is generally dynamic as one re-watches and re-evaluates films. Some years in particular, it becomes very hard as there are just too many films that must be mentioned. 2013 is one of those years. Thankfully, no matter how traditional it is, the number 10 is just an arbitrary, round quantity, so I feel perfectly comfortable picking […]

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Below is the list of the top movies I watched, roughly, in the past year. It’s coming this late because I wanted to see a few titles before closing the list. Looking back to 2012, I veered very seldomly off the beaten path, sadly.         Without further ado: 1) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Delicate story. As usual, sci-fi movies (yes, this is one) allow the storyteller to create a window to look […]

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Without further ado, my “Top 10” list for 2010: 1) Toy Story 3 2) 127 Hours 3) I Am Love 4) Ajami, A Prophet & The Secret in Their Eyes 5) The Social Network 6) The Fighter, The Town & True Grit 7) Inception 8) Black Swan 9) Somewhere 10) Four Lions Almost there: Fair Game, The Illusionist, The King’s Speech, Winter’s Bone Worst movie of the year: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Posted elsewhere on January 10th, 2011)

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