Year in Review 2010: Halftime (Film & Music) 7/26/10 A quickie double feature to contribute to the requisite “halftime” trend of presenting totally tentative lists of the best the year’s had on offer, so far. While neither may reflect how we feel at year’s end—when the staff is properly polled—we nonetheless give you two such lists, along with excerpts from our initial reviews of the films and albums featured on both. InRO Staff

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Inception / Christopher Nolan 7/23/10 “Inception” is a thrilling genre piece masking a dynamic character study. It successfully merges spectacle with feeling, creating a lasting vision of a man living on the razor's edge of his own reality. And DiCaprio brilliantly personifies this type of ravaging human dilemma. Glenn Heath, Jr.

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1.   The Last Airbender Steve Carlson 7/30/10
   

2.   Predators Matt Lynch 7/30/10
   

3.   [Rec] 2 Mike Maguire 7/30/10
   

4.   Toy Story 3 Steve Carlson 7/23/10
   

5.   Winter’s Bone Matt Noller 7/19/10
   

6.   Sorcerer’s Appren Ranylt Richildis 7/19/10
   

7.   Splice Vincenzo Natali 7/19/10
   

8.   I Am Love Glenn Heath, Jr. 7/19/10
   

9.   Wild Grass Glenn Heath, Jr. 7/19/10
   

10.   Dogtooth A.A. Dowd 7/9/10
    

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1.   #26: Gimme the Awesome 7/23/10
   

2.   #25b: Year in Review 2010 (Part 2) 6/24/10
   

3.   #25a: Year in Review 2010 (Part 1) 6/15/10
   

4.   #24: Ten Seconds of Forever 6/4/10
   

5.   #23: The Circle is Unbroken 5/14/10
   

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The Books: The Way Out 7/28/10 After 2005's satisfying if not exactly revelatory Lost and Safe, this long period of artistic gestation is further stoked by the opening sample of The Way Out, which declares, “Welcome to a new beginning…that’s right, a new beginning.” It’s enough to send my Books-loving heart racing at the possibilities. Jordan Cronk

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1.   PackFM Chris Colao 7/28/10
   

2.   Gaslight Anthem Chris Nowling 7/28/10
   

3.   Macy Gray Guy Lodge 7/21/10
   

4.   Björk/Dirty Projectors Jordan Cronk 7/21/10
   

5.   Wolf Parade Kyle Fowle 7/21/10
   

6.   Sarah McLachlan Mitchell Kissack 7/21/10
   

7.   Kelis Sam C. Mac 7/14/10
   

8.   Christina Aguilera Mitchell Kissack 7/14/10
   

9.   Oneohtrix Point N Jordan Cronk 7/14/10
   

10.   Tame Impala Kyle Fowle 7/14/10
    

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1.   Jordan: Updated Music Yearbook 7/4/10
   

2.   Jordan: Updated Film Yearbook 7/4/10
   

3.   Jordan: Updated Film Yearbook 6/1/10
   

4.   Jordan: Updated Music Yearbook 6/1/10
   

5.   Jordan: Updated Music Yearbook 5/1/10
   

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