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Date of most recent update: 22-Feb-2011
Period of coverage: 10-April-10 to 20-February-11
Reviews of recent full-length features: After an even longer hiatus than previously, the reviews of many 2010 releases are linked below. It's curious what form the distraction has taken -- although it seems logical to blame it on an increased work load, in fact I blame it on getting an MP3 player and becoming re-addicted to exploring new classical music.
In addition to these completed reviews, I have a significant backlog of both 2010 and 2011 films whose reviews are still pending. So inserted here are my ratings for these backlog films, even if there are no links on the titles. This may be helpful, even in the absence of a written review, if you're sorting through which new DVDs to add to your NetFlix queue.
If you're interested in any longer, more detailed reviews, check out Agora, and Inception, and Vision. If you're interested in the worst of the worst from this batch, check out Splice.
In keeping with previous years, I've assembled a list of my picks for the Best and Worst of 2010. Enjoy!
| Movie | Date Viewed | Rating |
| Inception | 7/22 | ++ |
| Black Swan | 1/2/11 | +1/2 |
| The King's Speech | 12/26 | +1/2 |
| Secretariat | 10/23 | +1/2 |
| Toy Story 3 | 6/23 | +1/2 |
| True Grit (2010) | 12/29 | +1/2 |
| Eat, Pray, Love | 8/26 | + |
| Fair Game | 11/21 | + |
| Get Low | 8/28 | + |
| Killers | 6/9 | + |
| Knight and Day | 7/3 | + |
| Morning Glory | 11/17 | + |
| Red | 11/6 | + |
| Salt | 7/31 | + |
| The Social Network | 1/5/11 | + |
| The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 7/20 | + |
| Tamara Drewe | 10/22 | + |
| The Town | 10/16 | + |
| Unknown | 2/19/11 | + |
| Unstoppable | 11/28 | + |
| The Girl (2) Who Played with Fire | 7/11 | 3/4 |
| Hereafter | 10/24 | 3/4 |
| The Tourist | 1/3/11 | 3/4 |
| The A-Team | 6/20 | 1/2 |
| Agora | 7/30 | 1/2 |
| Country Strong | 1/16/11 | 1/2 |
| Date Night | 4/10 | 1/2 |
| Despicable Me | 7/10 | 1/2 |
| The Eagle | 2/16/11 | 1/2 |
| The Girl (3) Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | 11/14 | 1/2 |
| Harry Potter (7) and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) | 11/25 | 1/2 |
| Iron Man 2 | 5/12 | 1/2 |
| It's Kind of a Funny Story | 10/30 | 1/2 |
| The Kids Are All Right | 8/17 | 1/2 |
| Letters to Juliet | 5/26 | 1/2 |
| Solitary Man | 7/12 | 1/2 |
| Tangled | 12/25 | 1/2 |
| Vision | 11/12 | 1/2 |
| Waiting for "Superman" | 10/17 | 1/2 |
| The Company Men | 1/29/11 | 1/4 |
| The Karate Kid (2010) | 6/18 | 1/4 |
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole (3D) | 9/26 | 1/4 |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | 6/1 | 1/4 |
| Tron: Legacy | 1/8/11 | 1/4 |
| The Chronicles of Narnia (3): Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 12/27 | 1/4 |
| Elf | Video | 0 |
| The Expendables | 9/6 | 0 |
| The Fighter | 1/20/11 | 0 |
| I Am Number Four | 2/20/11 | 0 |
| The Illusionist | 2/18/11 | 0 |
| Megamind | 11/20 | 0 |
| The Losers | 4/25 | -1/2 |
| Season of the Witch | 1/9/11 | -1/2 |
| Splice | 6/6 | -- |
Things to come: I have a few years' worth of short films to write up -- from Oscar-nominations, and from Sundance or local Irish festivals. These incomplete reviews are hovering in limbo, so watch this space!
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