Favorite Films of 2013

Another year, another batch of Top-Films-of-the-Year lists will be coming your way soon. Below is mine - films are listed in no particular order. Enjoy. 

THE KINGS OF SUMMER - Reviewed for Twitch

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THE WAY, WAY BACK - Reviewed for Twitch

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THE SPECTACULAR NOW -  Reviewed for Twitch

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SHORT TERM 12

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CALL ME KUCHU

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WILD BILL

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UPSTREAM COLOR - Reviewed for We Got This Covered

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MAN OF STEEL - Reviewed for ChaseWhale.com

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PRINCE AVALANCHE  - Reviewed for We Got This Covered

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FAST & FURIOUS 6

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THIS IS MARTIN BONNER

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THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

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GRAVITY

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SUN DON’T SHINE - Reviewed for Twitch

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NEW WORLD

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Honorable Mentions: 

AFTERNOON DELIGHT - Reviewed for Twitch

MR. NOBODY

C.O.G. - Reviewed for Twitch

Films I missed lots of folks are heehawing about:

DALLAS BUYER’S CLUB

12 YEARS A SLAVE

BLUE JASMINE

ENOUGH SAID (RIP MR. GANDOLFINI - Return if Possible)

NEBRASKA (Update: This is my favorite film of the year.)

Films I watched and liked just OK lots of folks are heehawing about:

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

MUD

FRANCES HA

Anticipated films not released at the time of this post:

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Update: didn’t care for this one)

AMERICAN HUSTLE (Update: I liked this one)

HER (UPDATE: Warner Bros. sent me a For Your Consideration screener of HER. It’s a solid film but not a favorite of the year.)

THE KINGS OF SUMMER Teaser (With A Pull-Quote From My Sundance Review)

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THE KINGS OF SUMMER (formerly TOY’S HOUSE) just released a teaser, and you must watch it. It’s one of the best (and funniest) films to come out of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Also, that top quote is mine - if you squint really hard, you can see my name and TwitchFilm.com. #Neat

Watch the teaser here: http://youtu.be/rTJTKM04BoA