My 2010 Review Winners

Drum-roll please…


Film

Nominations : Ponyo, Toy Story 3, Where The Wild Things Are… See full list

..and the winner is :

Buffalo 66

First VHS I’ve watched in a very long time. Liam lent this to me, for the second time I think. This is one very funny/quirky film about a man just out of jail, who then kidnaps Christina Ricci, to have her pretend to be his girlfriend, as he visits his parents. Fantastic performances and a nice little soundtrack to boot.


Television Series

Nominations : The Office, South Park, The Pacific, Formula 1.

..and the winner is :

Formula 1

Fantastic season… I found my love for formula 1 again, over the last couple of seasons. Happy to see Vettel secure the championship at the last race, despite being seemingly out of it with 2 races left. Helped along of course by Ferrari shooting them selves in the foot.


Album

Nominations : Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks… See full list

..and the winner is :

These Four Walls
by We Were Promised Jetpacks

Most played according to my itunes play count, so I’ll go along with that. I would predict big things for these boys.. but I imagine they’d instantly split up as a result.


Song

Nominations : We Were Promised Jetpacks – Ships with holes… See full list

..and the winner is :

Sprawl II (Mountains beyond mountains) by Arcade Fire

Actually if i was going by itunes again for this one it would be Ships with holes will sink by WWPJ, but since this is my list and I make the rules. It’s this delightful ditty from those merchants of cheer.. Arcade Fire. Was really good live too.


Live Music

Nominations : The Pixies, Arcade Fire… See full list

..and the winner is :

Iggy Pop

A fantastic weekend at Sonisphere in August was capped with a memorable performance by Detroit’s finest.. even if he does make averts for car insurance.


Game

Nominations : Rock Band 3, F1 2010… See full list

..and the winner is :

F1 2010

Codemasters do it again. A 13 year itch for a good Formula 1 game is finally scratched. Built off the Dirt 2 game engine, it no surprise that it looks amazing. It plays great too,  just a nice balance of rock hard simulation and fun-times throw around. Bring on 2011!

My 2010 Review Nominations

Nominations for the best media I’ve consumed over the last year, not really sure of the point of this, but golly, I do enjoy making lists!

Film

  • Ponyo
  • Toy Story 3
  • Where The Wild Things Are
  • Moon
  • Kikujiro
  • The Wrestler
  • Watchmen
  • The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
  • Four Lions
  • District 9
  • Kick-Ass
  • Rashomon
  • Away We Go
  • Buffalo 66

Television Series

  • The Office
  • South Park
  • The Pacific
  • Formula 1

Album

  • Frightened Rabbit – The Winter of Mixed Drinks
  • Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (I know… I know)
  • We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
  • Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
  • Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
  • Interpol – Interpol
  • UNKLE – Where did the night fall
  • Sparklehorse/Dangermouse – Dark night of the soul
  • Mogwai – Young Team
  • Karen O and the Kids – WTWTA Soundtrack
  • The Twilight Sad – The Twilight Sad Killed My Parents and Hit the Road

Song

  • We Were Promised Jetpacks – Ships with holes will sink
  • We Were Promised Jetpacks – Roll up your sleeves
  • Joe Strummer (unconfirmed) – Eve of Destruction
  • Beirut – Nantes
  • Beirut – Postcards from Italy
  • The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime around midnight
  • Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (mountains beyond mountains)
  • Broken Bells – The Mall & Misery
  • Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore – something, somewhere, sometime
  • Beach House – Norway
  • Handsome Furs – Radio Kalininbrad
  • Karen O and the kids – Worried Shoes
  • Karen O and the kids – Building all is love
  • Frightened Rabbit – Fun Stuff

Live Music

  • The Pixies
  • Arcade Fire
  • Wolf Parade
  • Sonisphere – Iggy Pop
  • RATM
  • DJ Shadow
  • Interpol
  • Frightened Rabbit

Game

  • Rock Band 3
  • F1 2010
  • Call Of Duty – Black Ops
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Gran Turismo 5
  • Modnation Racers
  • FIFA 2010/2011
  • Pixel Junk Shooter