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A defining moment in the franchise’s fifty year history! Sam Mendes directs one of the most stand-out, kinetic and character based Bond films ever! I cannot fault it; characters are well written, the action is tight and streamlined, soundtrack is solid, and it honors its traditions with delicacy! They said it could not be done, that comic\u00a0continuity and bizarro-combinations could not make the transition to the big screen. Yet director Joss Whedon finally gets the recognition he deserves as a writer and director! Marvel Studios (and Disney!) combine several years’ development and films together into a fun action romp! I didn’t know how I would feel about Drive, after everyone raved about it, but at the end of the day I cannot shake the mood and tone of the film from my mind. Ryan Gosling plays it cool as a heist driver, while a retro soundtrack fills your ears and glossy, dark and neon visuals sweep over you. A great thriller. It is hard to rate a documentary beside films like Drive <\/i>and Skyfall<\/i>, but in terms of capturing a sport such as Formula 1, you cannot go wrong with Senna. The social and political dramas that ensue are shown using entirely stock footage from the sport, overlaid with voice-overs. It is a compelling and emotionally charged piece of storytelling. In a time of such over-saturation of comicbook superheroes and stories in the film industry, it is nice to see an independently made film become so successful! Chronicle from the outside may appear generic (American High School, you say?) but the payoff and where the film takes its characters is unbelievably intense! Looking at The Hobbit<\/i>‘s sixth place honestly you can see this as a terrible loss. Following the jaw-dropping Lord of the Rings<\/i> films with the same film-makers, The Hobbit should be at the very top! But while it is an extraordinary show of film making (and it should be seen!) and a visual feast, this first installment has split the crowd! Like Chronicle<\/i>, it is nice to see unique and non-franchise based science fiction getting some attention, and Looper<\/i> is suitably up my alley in terms of themes, atmosphere and visuals! It uses time-travel in ways previously unexplored, and while it can never be perfect, I found it very convincing. Good to see old Bruce Willis can still pick his films well! A visual treat! Stunningly bloody, gory and oh-so violent, yet as it is often the case with these things, Dredd <\/i>does not come off as cheap or phony; it becomes a piece of art. Much like the comics that it is based off, the film reeks of the 1990s grunge era, and it is so encased that you cannot help but admire its blood splattered, drug-abusing spectacle! At last, a traditional horror\/chiller movie that works. Daniel Radcliffe bounces easily away from the Potter franchise in this bump-in-the-night Haunted House movie by Hammer Studios. While some of the scares might be typical jump-scares, I was immersed, and I was also glad the film managed to shut up restless 12A teens in the audience! My tenth place was extremely hard fought for. You could place any of the next four or five here, but… I don’t know, I enjoyed Pixar’s Brave <\/i>a great deal. Yes, it is packed with Scottish stereotypes, but it has such a beautiful look<\/i>; the atmosphere is thick with mysticism and… and damnit that hair! Just look at it!<\/p>\n The Artist Described as a comedy, yet lacking completely in humour, Johnny Depp’s return to Hunter S. Thompson’s material proves to be directionless and totally disengaging. A non-threatening antagonist, choppy editing and perhaps made more “tasteful” for general audiences unlike Fear and Loathing<\/i>. This rum has no kick. Three of my favourite actors in one place, a great setup for an intense thriller, and yet… so… so tedious. Red Lights suffers from an\u00a0asinine\u00a0script, moving from blatant exposition drawl to simply missing any and all good sense; the film has no identity, what genre does it want to be a part of?? Dialogue that is heavy on jargon does not help either. Hello, Pixar. I’ve not seen you down here<\/i> before. I liked Cars<\/i>, I think I am one of the few who did, but no I didn’t think it needed a sequel. Here is the evidence! Cars 2 is an obnoxious waste of time. It is noisy, abrasive, frustrating and unintelligent, for some reason focusing on the character of Mater! Four words not associated with Pixar at all!! Ugh. In light of recent events, could the Clone Wars <\/i>movie actually be George Lucas’ film swansong of franchise ownership? If it is… I cannot think of anything more suitable. An uninspiring kiddie-friendly romp through the Star Wars universe, sticking safely and soundly with familiar faces and settings with mediocre to poor CGI animation. With the potential combo of Ron Perlman and Nicolas Cage, the film somehow squanders its opportunity by becoming a predictable bore. Somehow the fun is sucked out of it. Watch Sorcerer’s Apprentice<\/i> or Black Death<\/i> instead! Uninspired and defused of excitement. Early in the year I went looking for a bad film, where better to look than the ludicrous Species<\/i> series? While it is better than Species 3…. (that… isn’t saying much) Awakening still has none of the get-up-and-go silly hilarity of the first film, none of the 1990s lovable nonsense. Ultimately, it is (obviously) poor and irrelevant. Something of a cult favourite, and it put The Asylum studios on the map, this film has to be this far down simply because… well… its really really <\/i>bad. It is deliberately bad to the point it is funny, and if you haven’t seen Mega Shark attack an airborne plane yet I suggest you find it now <\/i>on Youtube! Do it. Ugh… So, Insidious <\/i>was stupid. Very stupid, to the point where it is laughable. I don’t think I once found this sideshow attraction the least bit scary! Predictable and with some of the worst secondary characters I have seen in a horror film that is trying to take itself seriously. I wish it wasn’t, but they are definitely playing this one straight! A bit like Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus<\/i>, The Machine Girl<\/i> is a deliberate gore-fest involving a Japanese school girl with a machine gun for an arm. Now, I did watch this, and I expected more. It is just an hour of people with red paint squirting out of fake arm stumps. I was hoping for some decent gore, not student-level budget (even that is doing a disservice to student films…)
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\n2. Avengers Assemble (2D)<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n3. Drive<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n4. Senna<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n5. Chronicle<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n6. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (HFR 3D)<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n7. Looper<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n8. Dredd (3D)<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n9. The Woman in Black<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n10. Brave (2D)<\/b><\/div>\n
\nBunraku
\nThe Raid
\nArgo
\nSnow White & The Huntsman
\nThe Dark Knight Rises
\nPrometheus (3D)
\nThe Cabin in the Woods
\nRise of the Guardians (2D)
\nTyrannosaur
\nArrietty
\nInto the Wild
\nInvictus
\nWar Horse
\nLawless
\nJohn Carter
\nSuper 8
\nReal Steel
\nCaptain America: The First Avenger
\nMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
\nTed
\nThe Muppets
\nThe Conversation
\nTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
\nMen in Black 3 (3D)
\nPuss in Boots (2D)
\nIce Age 4: Continental Drift (2D)
\nIron Sky
\nFahrenheit 451
\nThe Grey
\nThe Expendables 2
\nThe Amazing Spider-Man (2D)
\nSinister
\nCatfish
\nThe Guard
\nEnd of Watch
\nIn Time
\nAnother Earth
\nTHX 1138 (2004 Director’s Cut)
\nAttack the Block
\nWin Win
\nArthur Christmas
\nAdventureland
\nFright Night
\nBorat
\nHaywire
\nWarrior
\nPirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
\nEverything Must Go
\nThe Great Debaters
\nLimitless
\nTetsuo: The Iron Man
\n50\/50
\nChico & Rita
\nThe Thing (2011)
\nTrick ‘r Treat
\nThe Bourne Legacy
\nAbraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter (3D)
\nTotal Recall (2012)
\nWrath of the Titans (3D)
\nUnknown
\nSuper
\nBroken Embraces
\nMirror Mirror
\nConan the Barbarian (2011)
\nCatch-22
\nAnonymous
\nIce Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2D)
\nPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
\nA Christmas Carol 2D (2011)
\nThe Hunger Games
\nSubmarine
\nThe Town
\nHostel
\nI Am Number Four
\nSubway
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\n10. The Rum Diary<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n9. Red Lights<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n8. Cars 2<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n7. Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n6. Season of the Witch<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n5. Species 4 – Awakening<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n4. Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus<\/b><\/div>\n
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\n3. Insidious<\/b><\/div>\n
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