2012 Movie Preview

Here are the top 13 films I can't wait to see this year, time will tell if they make my top ten films of 2012.

1. The Dark Knight Rises - the Nolan Trilogy comes to end, a can't miss.
Out July 20th
2. Safe House - Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in South Africa, boom!Out Feb 10th
3. Prometheus - Alien prequel from the master Ridley Scott, yes please.
Out June 8th
4. The Hunger Games - Battle Royale - redux?Out Mar 23rd
5. The Hobbit - who hasn't missed the LoTR world, been waiting for 9 years for this.
Out Dec 14th
6. The Avengers - Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow need I go on!Out May 4th
7. Snow White and the Huntsman - Chris Helmsworth again this time in a dark version of the famous childrens story with Charlize Theron as the evil queen - looks pretty epic.
Out June 1st
8. Brave - a Pixar original, nuff said.
Out June 22nd
9. The Bourne Legacy - No Matt Damon or Paul Greengrass but we do get Jeremy Renner! Out Aug 3rd
10. Argo - Ben Affleck's 3rd film as director, loved everything he's done so far, great cast too.
Out Sep 14th
11. Skyfall - James Bond #23 with Daniel Craig returning as 007.
Out Nov 9th
12. This is 40 - Judd Apatow's latest about being 40 year old parents should be hilarious.
Out Dec 21st
13. The Pirates! Band of Misfits! - Aardman Animation go back to stop motion, brilliant! Out Apr 27th

What are you looking forward to?

My Fave Films of 2011

Here are my 10 favourite movies of 2011:

1. Win Win
2. Super 8
3. 50/50
4. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (aka MI:4)
5. Warrior
6. Crazy Stupid Love
7. *The Intouchables
8. Bridesmaids
9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II
10. Moneyball

* denotes I have now seen that film since I first wrote this.

Runner's Up:
Drive, *Headhunters, *Hugo, *The Help, *Kung Fu Panda 2, X-Men: First Class, The Beaver, Arthur Christmas, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Attack the Block, Thor, Everything Must Go, Senna, A Better Life, Water for Elephants, The Adventures of TinTin, Winnie the Pooh and Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil.

So So Movies, some good parts some bad bits or just average:
*Ironclad, *Machine Gun Preacher, *Animal Kingdom, *Source Code, *The Ides of March, *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, We Bought a Zoo, The Guard, Our Idiot Brother, Paul, The Sitter, Scream 4, The Muppets, 30 Minutes or Less, Troll Hunter, Cowboys Vs. Aliens, Hanna, Cars 2, Transformers 3, Take Me Home Tonight, The Adjustment Bureau, Limitless and The Lincoln Lawyer.

The Worst Movies of 2011:
*The Descendants, *Captain America: The First Avenger, Fast Five, Cedar Rapids, The Rite, The Hangover II and Soul Surfer.

Films from 2011 that I haven't seen yet but really want to see:
Beats, Rhymes and Life: A Tribe Called Quest.

What were your fave films of 2011?