Another year, another batch of Top-Films-of-the-Year lists will be coming your way soon. Below is mine - films are listed in no particular order. Enjoy.

THE KINGS OF SUMMER - Reviewed for Twitch

THE WAY, WAY BACK - Reviewed for Twitch

THE SPECTACULAR NOW - Reviewed for Twitch

SHORT TERM 12

CALL ME KUCHU

WILD BILL

UPSTREAM COLOR - Reviewed for We Got This Covered

MAN OF STEEL - Reviewed for ChaseWhale.com

PRINCE AVALANCHE - Reviewed for We Got This Covered

FAST & FURIOUS 6

THIS IS MARTIN BONNER

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

GRAVITY

SUN DON’T SHINE - Reviewed for Twitch

NEW WORLD

Honorable Mentions:

AFTERNOON DELIGHT - Reviewed for Twitch

MR. NOBODY

C.O.G. - Reviewed for Twitch

Films I missed lots of folks are heehawing about:

DALLAS BUYER’S CLUB

12 YEARS A SLAVE

BLUE JASMINE

ENOUGH SAID (RIP MR. GANDOLFINI - Return if Possible)

NEBRASKA (Update: This is my favorite film of the year.)

Films I watched and liked just OK lots of folks are heehawing about:

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR

MUD

FRANCES HA

Anticipated films not released at the time of this post:

INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Update: didn’t care for this one)

AMERICAN HUSTLE (Update: I liked this one)

HER (UPDATE: Warner Bros. sent me a For Your Consideration screener of HER. It’s a solid film but not a favorite of the year.)