Brent's Top Ten Films Of 2013

I wasn’t initially going to do a top ten list this year. It seems like indulgent ego stroking, a lot of work for very little gain, and, to be honest, not only am I super busy, I’m also a lazy sack of crap. Besides, while there may be one or two movies on my countdown that you won’t find on 90% of critic’s lists, there aren’t many earth-shattering surprises. But I’m bored at work, and I have to arrange my favorite movies into some semblance of order to vote on them later anyway, so what the hell, I might as well write about them, too, while I’m at it.

'Sightseers' Movie Review

After turning out a seedy, brutal, genre bender of a horror film like “Kill List,” the obvious next move is to make a romantic road trip comedy, right? It is if you’re British director Ben Wheatley. That guy is a straight up lunatic. I’m never sure what he’s going to turn out next, but I always want to see it. And given his established sensibilities, this isn’t your standard take on the matter at hand. All the comedy in his latest offering, “Sightseers,” is dark, pitch fucking black to be precise. The film is a violent, hallucinatory Bonnie and Clyde story, tracing two youngish lovers on a gory rampage across the countryside. This film just proves once again, that, not only is Wheatley someone to keep an eye on, but that he has zero regard for convention.