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Although it’s only half the amount of films from the previous two years, I resolve to watch 60 new movies in 2010. I may have given up wanting to pursue a filmmaking career, but that doesn’t mean I should give up on watching some quality movies.

Breaks down evenly to 5 films per month. As usual, films in bold are ones I particularly enjoyed.

Here’s the list for 2010:

• JANUARY (5)
  1. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009), Edward James Olmos
  2. Queen Millennia (1982), Masayuki Akehi
  3. Hellboy: Sword of Storms (2006), Phil Weinstein and Tad Stones
  4. Red Peony Gambler (1968), Kousaku Yamashita
  5. District 9 (2009), Neill Blomkamp

• FEBRUARY (5)
  6. Hellboy: Blood and Iron (2007), Victor Cook and Tad Stones
  7. (500) Days of Summer (2009), Marc Webb
  8. The Box (2009), Richard Kelly
  9. The Last Days of Disco (1998), Whit Stillman
  10. Gummo (1997), Harmony Korine

• MARCH (3)
  11. The Perfect Score (2004), Brian Robbins
  12. He Ran All The Way (1951), John Berry
  13. Battle Royale II: Requiem (2003), Kinji Fukasaku and Kenta Fukasaku

• APRIL (4)
  14. Dave Chappelle: For What It’s Worth (2004), Stan Lathan
  15. Ginger Snaps (2000), John Fawcett
  16. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), Corey Yuen
  17. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Wes Anderson

• MAY (6)
  18. Death Note: The Last Name (2006), Shusuke Kaneko
  19. Away We Go (2009), Sam Mendes
  20. Iron Man 2 (2010), Jon Favreau
  21. He’s Just Not That Into You (2009), Ken Kwapis
  22. Zathura (2005), Jon Favreau
  23. Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter (1970), Yasuharu Hasebe

• JUNE (8)
  24. Best Worst Movie (2009), Michael Paul Stephenson
  25. The Incredible Hulk (2008), Louis Leterrier
  26. Beijing Bubbles (2005), Susanne Messmer and George Lindt
  27. Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009), Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, and Kazuya Tsurumaki
  28. Mystery in Mexico (1948), Robert Wise
  29. 28 Weeks Later (2007), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
  30. Toy Story 3 (2010), Lee Unkrich
  31. Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008), Frank H. Woodward

• JULY (6)
  32. Margot at the Wedding (2007), Noah Baumbach
  33. Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008), Ed Neumeier
  34. Lady Snowblood (1973), Toshiya Fujita
  35. Inception (2010), Christopher Nolan
  36. Evan Almighty (2007), Tom Shadyac
  37. Cool Runnings (1993), Jon Turteltaub

• AUGUST (3)
  38. The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Wes Anderson
  39. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Edgar Wright
  40. The Wrestler (2008), Darren Aronofsky

• SEPTEMBER (4)
  41. Kick-Ass (2010), Matthew Vaughn
  42. Ju-On (2000), Takashi Shimezu
  43. Fire in the Sky (1993), Robert Lieberman
  44. Twin Dragons (1992), Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark

• OCTOBER (2)
  45. Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), Terry Jones
  46. In Our Time (1982), Te-Chen Tao, Edward Yang, I-Chen Ko, and Yi Chang

• NOVEMBER (2)
  47. Project A-ko (1986), Katsuhiko Nishijima
  48. Due Date (2010), Todd Phillips

• DECEMBER (7)
  49. The Number 23 (2007), Joel Schumacher
  50. Project A-ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group (1987), Yuji Moriyama
  51. I Love You, Man (2009), John Hamburg
  52. Remember the Night (1940), Mitchell Leisen
  53. Mr. Soft Touch (1949), Gordon Douglas and Henry Levin
  54. Tony Takitani (2004), Jun Ichikawa
  55. Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance (1974), Toshiya Fujita
  56. Conan the Barbarian (1982), John Milius

GOAL NOT MET

• JANUARY (2)
  57. Tron: Legacy (2010), Joseph Kosinski
  58. Black Swan (2010), Darren Aronofsky

• FEBRUARY (2)
  59. Initial D: Third Stage (2001), Noboru Mitsusawa
  60. Shadow of the Vampire (2000), E. Elias Merhige

I’m making this a resolution for 2010. I resolve to get a better job, because, frankly, I want one.

It’s not that I dislike my current job – working part-time as a barista for Peet’s Coffee & Tea. In fact, I love coffee and making espresso drinks, but my location is one of the busiest in San Francisco, and is incredibly stressful. More than the $9.95/hour is worth, in my opinion. I’d like something a little more relaxed – like an office job, which I have four years of experience in – for that kind of pay, but ideally I’d like a career job that involves my interests.

Personally, I’d love to make money through my writing, and my girlfriend brought up the idea of trying to make it as a professional blogger or a web editor for some site or online magazine; journalism is a field I wouldn’t mind getting involved in. Of course, to land those kinds of jobs I’d need to start producing more content on my own, but if it means a better job then I’ll go for it.

Here’s hoping I’ll get lucky next year and find something.

One of my 2010 resolutions. I resolve to complete (at least) five video games from my collection this year.

My vast collection isn’t getting any smaller, and as much as I want to reduce the amount of “consumption” resolutions this year I think this is one that I should keep. Especially since I have a ton of RPGs in my backlog, I need the motivation to finish them all.

Like last year, games I’ve already started still count, and I count the games as they’re finished, not necessarily 100% completed (no thank you, FFXII sidequests!).

• COMPLETED:
  1. Katamari Forever (PS3, 2009)
  2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3, 2009)
  3. Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One (PSN, 2008)
  4. Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two (PSN, 2008)
  5. BioShock 2 (PS3, 2010)
  6. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP, 2007)
  7. Goof Troop (SNES, 1993)
  8. Star Ocean: First Departure (PSP, 2008)
  9. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3: FES (PS2, 2008)
  10. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (PC, 2005)
  11. Suikoden IV (PS2, 2005)
  12. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (PSN, 2010)

GOAL COMPLETED ON MAY 3, 2010!