The Silver Screen
The best movies of 2010
From a dreamy masterpiece to the career Lindsay Lohan should've had, Stephen Silver gives a rundown of the year's best movies.
1. Inception Christopher Nolan's mind-blowing masterpiece is the best movie of the year because it combines stunning visuals with a level of narrative virtuosity I don't know if I've ever seen before. The plot is going on at four different levels of reality all at once, and not only does it make sense, but it's fascinating, too. If Nolan keeps alternating a "Batman" masterpiece with a non-"Batman" masterpiece, he'll be the best working director in Hollywood by the time the decade is out. 2. The Social Network The Facebook creation story does an amazing thing- it makes compelling things that should be boring. The Internet, software coding, legal minutie involving intellectual property ... Aaron Sorkin's crackling script enthralls us with …
Ann Cornell
9:06 am on Saturday, January 8, 2011
Good choices! "Toy Story 3" is on the very short list of movies that made me cry. more ›