This list was compiled from the individual top ten lists of Daniel, Jack, Matt, Josh, Kyle, Scott, Jason, Tyler, and David. Honorable mentions: ATTACK THE BLOCK, TUCKER & DALE vs. EVIL, KILL LIST, DRIVE, HUGO
I love the movies and I love to love movies. But I’m one of those people who don’t think 2011 was anything close to a great year for movies. Not as good as 2004, 2007, or 2010. But, as in...
10. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil I missed a lot of 2011’s big ticket comedies, but this is definitely the funniest movie I saw this year. It’s a great twist on an old concept. A bunch of dumb, whiny kids...
2011 has been unusual because it’s my first year as a film critic thanks to Battleship Pretension, yet I’ve only seen one or two of this year’s big movies. The list of 2011 films I’ve missed includes glaring omissions like...
For further thoughts on these, some other films (including two that I’d happily include on this list), and the year in general, click here. 10. The Arbor This is a documentary about Andrea Dunbar, who became a renowned playwright at...
10. Rise of the Planet of the Apes While generally I hate titles that purport the rising of some entity or another, this one was actually justified. This film did an amazing job of making a group of CGI, Mo-Capped...
10. Everything Must Go Dan Rush’s sobriety dramedy Everything Must Go didn’t exactly set the world on fire when it came out earlier this year. Could be that moviegoers took one look at Will Ferrell’s sad-bastard “serious” face on the...