Vince Mancini: 7 Best Films of 2012 (extracted from a full 12-ish published by Film Drunk, which also includes four unnumbered “total copouts” that fall into a nether region between the top seven and a phalanx of honorable mentions)
Death and Taxes: 25 Best Albums of 2012 (in no particular order)
Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012, as published by Time Out Chicago
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