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January 01, 2005

Best of 2004

Every year, I like to keep a tally of how many new releases I've seen (it helps when December rolls around and I have to remember the best and worst films of the year). At last count, I'd somehow managed to squeeze in 185 in 2004. At that rate, it's amazing that I haven't started collecting moss. That's roughly two full weeks in the dark, or more than a movie every other day. And that doesn't even count DVDs, repertory screenings and TV, which all just goes to show: I desperately need to find some new hobbies.

Top 10 of 2004

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jim Carrey shines in a performance that couldn't be more different from his Lemony Snicket shenanigans. His world literally falls apart as he tries to erase ex Kate Winslet from his memory, which just goes to show that you can't take the good without the bad. People seem so lazy in love these days, and Charlie Kaufman's latest self-deprecating screenplay drills every bit as deep as Adaptation to advise: "love the one you're with."

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Worst of 2004

Bottom 5 of 2004

1. A Hole in My Heart
The very definition of torture: A sadistic enterprise designed to be so offensive that it will jar audiences into taking stock of what’s wrong with the world. Trust me, there is no prize for watching till the end... and describing what happens will only make you want to try. Don’t.

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