2011: The Year in Film

If there was a prevailing theme at the cinema in 2011—aside from the box office decline, which was vastly overstated, anyway—it was thematic dreariness. That’s not to say that the movies weren’t good (they were), but rather that there hasn’t ever before been a year of so many depressing releases, at least in my lifetime. 2011’s big ticket awards contenders include George Clooney coping with a comatose wife who cheated on him, Michael Fassbender… [Read on for Danny's Top 10 of 2011]

Young Adult – 3 1/2 Buckets

The comic antihero is among the most difficult cinematic archetypes to pull off, because it requires that the character be likable precisely because they are unredeemable. In other words, not only must the character be flawed, but the… [Read more]