50. Somehow forgot to list this earlier in the year: Synecdoche, NY. Eerie, melancholy, claustrophobic, striking, probably brilliant.

51. Where the Wild Things Are. Definitely brilliant.

52. Gran Torino. Study, satisfying.

53. Avatar. Ravishing, empty.

Rewatches:

M. The Matrix. Still great.

N. The Muppet Christmas Carol. Still great.

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101) Drag Me To Hell - Dire "horror" "comedy" in which Sam Raimi pretends it is the Eighties.

102) Prince Caspian - Far more handsomely made than The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe but ends up as nothing more than a Lord Of The Rings knock off.

103) Sherlock Holmes - Not much like Sherlock Holmes but enjoyable entertainment (Watson is revised ( Read more... )

98) Synecdoche, New York - A masterpiece.

99) District 13 - Good fun French action flick which does enough to distract you from the holes.

100) Where The Wild Things Are - Spike Jonze chose to direct this over Synecdoche, New York and I'm glad because Charlie Kaufman really needed to make that film himself. This films strikes me as the best full- ( Read more... )

95) Robots - Indifferent children's film. Some nice design, Robin Williams chews the scenery, not much to say.

96) A Serious Man - Wow. It continues the path started by Burn After Reading but takes it to the next level. Simultaneously the Coens' most personal and opaque film, I am still trying to come to grips with it. I haven't felt this way ( Read more... )

39 - Hancock - Superhero "blockbuster" that starts off as if it's actually got something interesting to say, then takes a right turn into batshit insanity country and ends up being very silly indeed.

40 - Babylon AD - Terrible film set in a dystopian near future where hard-man and courier Vin Diesel is contracted to escort a cloistered young girl ( Read more... )

One that went astray a couple of months ago:

45. The Hurt Locker. Really good for most of its length, then gets unnecessarily explicative in the last ten minutes.

And November films:

46. The Orphanage. Can't really make my mind up about this one; I like the dark-Peter-Pan stuff, but I think the ending may be a bit too sentimental.

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92) Jar City - Decent enough thriller but it gets most of its edge from the fact Icelanders appear slightly alien to English eyes.

93) Fantastic Mr Fox - When I first heard about this I thought it was a brilliant idea. Then I went off it and then I saw the trailer which ( Read more... )

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89) Hunger - Beautifully composed film about Bobby Sands and the hunger strikes. McQueen makes a very impressive transition from visual artist to director.

90) Step Brothers - I was hoping Ferrell and Reilly would be repeating their genius partnership from Talladega Nights. It isn't quite at that level but it is extremely funny in parts.

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43. American Gangster. Competent but very long film about Frank Lucas.

44. The Spy Who Loved Me. I had never seen an entire Roger Moore Bond film before. This was rubbish, but enjoyable.

Rewatch:

L. Up. Still lovely, and I think the use of 3D is actually pretty good.

It's going to be a close-run thing whether I make 52 this year, it seems.