More wood for the high definition media format war fire. One of my weekly websites is High-Def Digest so I can see what new discs to buy. Check out the offerings for next week.

I’m still not saying that Blu-Ray is winning, but I think JT may attract more buyers than Zimbabwe. I’m even tempted to buy JT at MSG…that would be a fun dance-party disc.

I saw 82 movies in theaters last year. Which means that I know every single Fandango commercial by heart, I can pick the Regal Arbor employees out of a lineup blindfolded, and I somehow feel that I already saw (and loathed) the interminably-previewed “Vantage Point.” That also means that I feel just as entitled as any Owen, Roger or Manohla to carefully curate my own year-end film recap – and apparently force it onto an unsuspecting public (or blogosphere, at least)…

Top 10 of the Year
1) Once
2) There Will Be Blood
3) Juno
4) No Country for Old Men
5) Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
6) The Savages
7) Michael Clayton
8) Waitress
9) The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
10) In the Valley of Elah

Honorable Mentions:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Knocked Up
Shotgun Stories

Biggest Disappointments:
The Ex
The Wendell Baker Story
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Most Cringe-Inducing Scene Involving a Snake:
Rescue Dawn