2010- what a year. Movies struggled at first after Avatar and Sherlock Holmes outstayed their welcome nearly a whole month in, but once the spring was done we got into true classics like Toy Story 3, Inception and The A-Team, and comedy took a turn for the better with The Other Guys, Grown-Ups and Pirahna (okay, so maybe that wasn't a comedy, but come on, the trailers made it look like one). Even Avatar got another chance to rule the box office (though it failed), and horrors found yet new life in Buried and Paranormal Activity 2. The year culminated with a couple of sensational releases, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part One and Tron: Legacy, before giving way to the tepid comedies that are just there for the hell of it being Christmas (Meet the Parents 3, I'm looking at you). British television on the other hand was a mixed bag in that although Doctor Who made a valiant return with Matt Smith in the lead and Sky One's An Idiot Abroad got a lot of laughs, the line-up was pretty similar to every year before it so there wasn't much to be excited about- the FIFA World Cup certainly did little to sate our appetites either as England performed, well, less impressively than expected. Gaming, however, had a great twelve months thanks to returns of key franchises like Mass Effect, Super Mario, Assassin's Creed, Need for Speed, Battlefield, Fable, Star Wars and Halo, plus a host of new faces like Epic Mickey and Red Dead Redemption. Admittedly, there were a few disappointments: Call of Duty and Medal of Honour's annual updates stank of lacking innovation with little to no noticeable changes in game-play, but these weren't disheartening enough to derail what overall has been an excellent year for entertainment!
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