Top 10 Movies of the Year

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Star Trek
3. Avatar
4. Moon
5. (500) Days of Summer
6. District 9
7. Watchmen: Director's Cut
8. The Hurt Locker
9. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
10. Terminator Salvation/The Hangover

Honorable Mention: The Road.

Note: I have not yet seen the following from this past year: Where the Wild Things Are, Away We Go, Zombieland, Paranormal Activity, Up, 9, Sherlock Holmes, Funny People, Drag Me To Hell, Up In The Air, A Single Man, Invictus, Brothers, Precious, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, An Education.  I'll update this list accordingly as I start to make my way through these films over winter break.

Top 10 Albums of the Year

1. AFI - Crash Love
2. Silversun Pickups - Swoon
3. Muse - The Resistance
4. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5. Them Crooked Vultures - s/t
6. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
7. Megadeth - Endgame
8. Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
9. Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Lining
10. The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate

Honorable Mentions to Owl City - Ocean Eyes and Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young


I'll do a top 10 movies of the year once the year is officially over.  I can tell you right now that if Avatar doesn't completely blow my brain wide open Inglourious Basterds is going to be #1.