Deep Focus Review’s list of the Top 10 Films of 2014 was a challenge to compile, more so than previous years’ Top 10 lists. In part, this is because 2014 was not a banner year for new cinema. There we...

This is Deep Focus Review’s Top 10 Films of 2013 and year-end review. 2013 started off slow. Just a few titles stuck with me from early in the year (Side Effects, Disconnect, Stoker, and The Place Bey...

In addition to not bringing the end of the world, 2012 did not bring a lot of great films; although, it brought a lot of good ones. And so, making this list of the Top 10 Films of 2012 was not much of...

Back in late November 2011, I thought to myself that this wasn’t a very good year for movies. At that time, I had given out only a few four-star ratings and the notion of compiling an end-of-year “bes...

Filled with seemingly endless middle-ground fare, 2010 proved to be an easy year to make a “Top 10” list, if only because the selection was limited. Since most of the major releases throughout the yea...

It was an incredible year at the cinema, particularly in the last quarter, so compiling this list of the Top 10 Films of 2009 has been grueling. Omitting some of the films I have (such as District 9, ...

By no means a stellar year for movies, 2008 brought a few choice selections audiences can cherish. Filled with blockbusters ranging from critically appreciated superhero films to highbrow animated won...

With early 2008 initiating and doing little to impress, I don’t see how the coming year can live up to the incomparable invigoration of quality cinema brought to us in 2007. Perhaps I gave out f...