Tuesday, February 15, 2011

2010 Report Card and Muriels Fanfare


Tomorrow, the honorable Steve Carlson and Paul Clark begin unveiling, day by day, the Muriel Awards. I'm honored to be a voter again this year, my second. In preparation, I figured I'd go ahead and list, in descending order, the 2010 films I saw that were eligible for the awards this year. I'm leaving out the top twenty in order to discuss them further and maintain the proper amount of suspense with regards to my ballot.

Now I know nobody reads this so I'm effectively nattering on to myself, in the style of a three am subway passenger. However, I hope in the coming days to actually start writing here more often. Movies, of course, will be on the docket. I'd also like to start picking my way through my impressive CD collection and write on some of my choice albums. Most importantly, this Friday I'll inaugurate Freeday Friday, a carnival of words and wonders to delight the mind and tickle the fancies. So there's that to look forward to.

Without further ado, my 2010 Movie Report Card (asterisks indicate films I have full intention to explore in future posts):



ALL IS GRACE [100 - 90]
TBA



THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF [89 - 75]
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LIGHT FANTASTICS [74 - 65]

THE DISAPPERANCE OF ALICE CREED (74)*
WILD GRASS (74)
ENTER THE VOID (73)*
SWEETGRASS (73)
A PROPHET (73)
THE KILLER INSIDE ME (71)*
INCEPTION (70)
FROZEN (70)
RABBIT HOLE (69)
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOT (68)
HADEWIJCH (68)*
THE BOOK OF ELI (68)
COOL IT (68)
PLEASE GIVE (68)
ANIMAL KINGDOM (67)
THE EXPLODING GIRL (66)*
BLACK SWAN (66)
GREENBERG (66)
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD (65)
THE SQUARE (65)

PANIS ET CIRCENSES [64 - 50]
CATFISH (64)
BIUTIFUL (63)*
WINNEBAGO MAN (63)
ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLOND-HAIRED GIRL (63)
NEVER LET ME GO (62)*
TALES FROM THE SCRIPT (61)
127 HOURS (60)*
BLUE VALENTINE (60)
HOW DO YOU KNOW (60)*
FOUR LIONS (60)*
THE AMERICAN (59)
THE TOWN (58)
SALT (56)
SPLICE (56)
HOWL (55)*
THE WOLFMAN (55)
IRON MAN 2 (54)
VALHALLA RISING (53)*
DOGTOOTH (53)*
BURIED (52)
CYRUS (51)
DAYBREAKERS (50)
BROOKLYN'S FINEST (50)

PHANTOM MENACES [49- 35]
EDGE OF DARKNESS (48)
RED RIDING: THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1974 (47)*
CHLOE (44)
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (43)
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST (37)
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (37)
HARRY BROWN (35)*
EAT PRAY LOVE (35)

FAILURES TO COMMUNICATE [34 - 21]
DATE NIGHT (33)
KNIGHT AND DAY (30)
RED RIDING: THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1980 (26)*
VALENTINE'S DAY (26)
CROPSEY (22)

SLIMY PIECES OF WORM-RIDDEN FILTH [20 - 0]
RED RIDING: THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1983 (17)*

Yikes! That bored even me!

Hopefully I'll get the hang of this blogging thing before long. Here's a palate cleaner, from Catherine Breillat's hypnotic BLUEBEARD:


Remember: tomorrow = Muriels!

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