Peter A. Balaskas.....The Top Ten Films of the 2000s

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Peter A. Balaskas (Born 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author of speculative fiction. Balaskas received his BS in Chemistry (minor in English) and his MA in English with a double emphasis in Creative Writing and Literature from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Before focusing on professional writing, Balaskas worked as an environmental chemist, a theatre actor, a page for NBC Studios, a camera technician for the soap opera Passions, and a copy editor. His fiction and poetry have been published in The Aroostook Review, Del Sol Review, Neon Beam Magazine, Pale Skies, Sage of Consciousness, Bewildering Stories, and his critical essay on Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" was published in Criterion.He cites Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King as some of his early influences.

"However, it is now 2010. And a number of reviews have arrived which list their top ten films of the past decade. After much thought, what was horribly lacking in 2009 was very much alive and well throughout the previous nine years, and I’m talking about films that somehow stay with you as time goes on, films that show strength, integrity, complexity, perseverance, and a simple sense of morality, courtesy of three ingredients: excellent writing, phenomenal acting and superb direction. If you are interested in knowing what the Top Ten Films from 2000-2009 were, come and enjoy the cinematic ride. Your fellow travelers will include a martial arts master, a dark knight, a killer clown, a cute French girl, a cute Swedish vampire, a spunky American boxer, a spunky Italian photographer, people who are obsessed about a ring…and let us not forget the pagan god, Pan, as well as a certain Messiah who has generated the most controversy in cinematic history."