Looking at Film from Every Angle

2010 Reviews

Best Film of the Year: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010 Year in Review

Best Actor: Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Best Actress: Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Best Supporting Actress: Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Best Director: Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Best Original Screenplay: Easy A
Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Best Score: Inception
Best Song: “Healing Incantation” – Tangled
Best Editing: 127 Hours
Best Cinematography: Black Swan
Best Production Design: Inception
Best Costume Design: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Best Makeup: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Best Sound: Inception
Best Sound Effects: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Best Visual Effects: Inception

Top Ten of 2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Black Swan
The Social Network
Easy A
Inception
Never Let Me Go
Buried
127 Hours
The Kids Are All Right
Rabbit Hole

Honorable Mentions: Shutter Island, The American, Blue Valentine, The Fighter, Four Lions, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, How to Train Your Dragon, The King’s Speech, Tangled, The Town, Toy Story 3, True Grit, Winter’s Bone

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127 Hours (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— A —

Alice in Wonderland (**) (Full Review)
The American (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Animal Kingdom (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The A-Team (* ½) (Full Review)

— B —

Black Swan (****) (Full Review)
Blue Valentine (*** ½) (Short Review)
The Book of Eli (***) (Full Review)
Buried (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— C —

Ca$h (*) (Full Review)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (* ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Clash of the Titans (* ½)

— D —

Day & Night (Short Film) (*** ½)
Daybreakers (*) (Full Review)
Despicable Me (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— E —

Easy A (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— F —

The Fighter (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Four Lions (*** ½) (Short Review)
Frozen (** ½) (Short Review)

— G —

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Swedish) (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— H —

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
How to Train Your Dragon (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— I —

Inception (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Iron Man 2 (** ½) (Full Review)

— K —

Kick-Ass (** ½)
The Kids Are All Right (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The King’s Speech (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— L —

The Last Airbender (½ *) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Let Me In (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Losers (***)
Love and Other Drugs (***)

— M —

Mother’s Day (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)

— N —

The Nature of Existence (***)
Never Let Me Go (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (*) (Full Review)

— P —

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (***) (Full Review)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (** ½) (Full Review)

— R —

Rabbit Hole (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
RED (***) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Red Hill (***) (Short Review)
Robin Hood (***) (Full Review)

— S —

Salt (** ½) (Short Review)
Saw VII (*) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Shrek Forever After (** ½) (Full Review)
Shutter Island (****) (Short Review)
The Social Network (****) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Somewhere (***)

— T —

Tangled (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
The Town (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)
Toy Story 3 (*** ½) (Full Review)
TRON Legacy (** ½) (Short Review)
True Grit (*** ½) (Full Review) (Short Review)