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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number One

February 23, 2011October 8, 2020 Dan Seeger

Ree Dolly is a teenage girl living in the Missouri Ozarks. Her family has a modest shack, a smattering of belongings and a distinct lack of money. Her father is completely absent, and her mother exists in a haze of … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number One

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Two

February 22, 2011February 12, 2018 Dan Seeger

Twenty years ago, I thought of the Coen brothers as cheeky titans of upending genres. They started their mutual career with a crime film, a broad comedy and a gangster picture, each of them adhering to the tropes of their … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Two

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Three

February 21, 2011May 14, 2024 Dan Seeger

Beginning with a novel by Dennis Lehane that was adapted into a screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis, director Martin Scorsese built an intentional lurid psychological melodrama filled with existential trick shots and mental trap doors. After a decade of intensely focused … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Three

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Four

February 17, 2011August 24, 2020 Dan Seeger

It can be reasonably argued that the most fragile points of a relationship occur at the beginning and the end. Of course, the end is obvious: whatever rifts and strains existed have reached the point of devastating rupture, and every … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Four

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Five

February 15, 2011April 11, 2024 Dan Seeger

I’m not sure if there was ever a time when the general rule of thumb with sequels didn’t mandate adjusting expectations downward in rough accordance with the increasing number of installments. Even so, as the franchise mentality has almost entirely … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Five

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Six

February 14, 2011January 18, 2020 Dan Seeger

An endlessly spinning top makes for about as fine a metaphor as could be cooked up for Christopher Nolan’s wildly imaginative, audaciously entertaining film about transforming the human subconscious into a playground for all manner of skulduggery. Inception is a … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Six

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Seven

February 12, 2011April 30, 2019 Dan Seeger

When writing about the most impressive movies, it’s always tempting to to ascribe levels of nobility and import that may not actually be present. The impact of a movie is shaped by the feelings it stirs up, after all, and … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Seven

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Eight

February 10, 2011June 23, 2020 Dan Seeger

One of the things I like about The Fighter is the plainness of its title. The lack of adornment is nicely representative of the straightforwardness of its storytelling, the directness of its performances and the confident ease of the directing. … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Eight

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Nine

February 7, 2011January 8, 2024 Dan Seeger

Despite the mad rush to anoint the film a staggering excavation of a generation transformed and defined by a different type of interconnectivity than any that’s come before–a charge seemingly led by film critics and others with only the most … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Nine

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Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Ten

February 2, 2011April 27, 2024 Dan Seeger

In adapting Bryan Lee O’Malley’s series of graphic novels following the romantic exploits of Toronto layabout Scott Pilgrim, director Edgar Wright presumably had at least six different titles to choose from. Settling on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is perfectly … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2010 — Number Ten

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