Jon's Top 10 Movies of 2010

2010 was certainly a big year for movies. While I didn't come close to seeing everything that hit the big screens, there was more than enough at my fingertips to compose a very strong list of films. All of these might not appeal to you, but many of these capture a very significant slice of our culture in a way that seems unique to this year.

Movie Review: The Town

If you asked me five years ago whether or not Ben Affleck might be the next director to look out for, I would have called you an idiot. For good reason, I might add, considering the fact that actor/directors that manage to crank out any more than a single solid film are difficult to come by. With Affleck's second film, The Town, he manages to bring some fresh blood to the heist thriller subgenre.

It's obvious from the very first robbery that Affleck knows what he's dealing with. While many of the biggest action scenes could easily be compared to scenes in Heat or Ronin, there's a tangible feeling of originality despite the genre's tropes. This may be due to the fact that each theft is artfully executed in ways mirroring some of the scenes in Ocean's Eleven, yet these thieves don't come off as arrogant wizards in the process.