My year in film... best and worst
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- DirectorLee UnkrichStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan CusackThe toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.Without a doubt my film of the year. Sweet, affecting and beautifully done. Toy Story 3 should be the first animated film to win the best picture oscar. *****
- DirectorMatt ReevesStarsKodi Smit-McPheeChloë Grace MoretzRichard JenkinsA bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian.Beautifully shot and a very intesting take on the vampire genre. ****
- DirectorDaniel BarberStarsMichael CaineEmily MortimerDavid BradleyAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.Really very good. Hard hitting. Micheal Caine proves that he is a national treasure. A stunning piece of work. ****
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsAngelina JolieLiev SchreiberChiwetel EjioforA CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.Pleasantly suprised by this action caper. Completely unbelieveable storyline aside, this relentless action caper is 1 of my films of the year. ****
- DirectorWill GluckStarsEmma StoneAmanda BynesPenn BadgleyWhen Olive lies to her best friend about losing her virginity to one of the college boys, a girl overhears their conversation. Soon, her story spreads across the entire school like wildfire.Brilliant casting, great script and funny as hell. This film has made me huge fan of Emma Stone. I believe she could play Buffy Summers in the upcoming reboot. ****
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintAs Harry, Ron and Hermione race against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, they uncover the existence of the three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows.Another suprise. After what I believed to be a miss step for the franchise in Halfblood prince. The penultimate film so faithful and really captures what was wonderful about the books. ****
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsRobert Downey Jr.Zach GalifianakisMichelle MonaghanHigh-strung father-to-be Peter Highman is forced to hitch a ride with aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay on a road trip in order to make it to his child's birth on time.Really great fun. Very funny in places and very much worth the money of a cinema visit. ***
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsJackie Earle HaleyRooney MaraKyle GallnerThe spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.As far as horror movie remakes go. This is one of the better ones. Still not a patch on the original, but is it ever? ***
- DirectorMike MitchellStarsMike MyersCameron DiazEddie MurphyRumpelstiltskin tricks a mid-life crisis burdened Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast in a dark alternate timeline where Rumpelstiltskin rules supreme.Better than 3, but just can't get to the heights of 1 and 2. But it rounds off the story nicely. ***
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsKristen BellOdette AnnableSigourney WeaverWhen a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.Absolutely nothing special, but a generally fun comedy, with Kristen Chenoworth making a great little cameo. ***
- DirectorMichael Patrick KingStarsSarah Jessica ParkerKim CattrallKristin DavisWhile wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), where Samantha's ex is filming a new movie.It was kind of boring. They might as well just take Samantha and do a film about her. It would have been a damn site funnier than this. **
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsMia WasikowskaJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterNineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.Technical brilliance doesn't hide the fact that this was Narnia. Bad story a miss cast of Johnny Depp (lets just put him in any character). Tim Burtons work is starting to look tired. I hope he'll bounce back. **
- DirectorMike NewellStarsJake GyllenhaalGemma ArtertonBen KingsleyA young fugitive prince and princess must stop a villain who unknowingly threatens to destroy the world with a special dagger that enables the magic sand inside to reverse time.Jake Gyllenhaal is gorgeous, but his chest didn't save the day. And I swear that no one is persian in it? **
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichAli LarterWentworth MillerWhile still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by the infected who also want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.I love the franchise and I still really enjoyed this. But to call it a good film would be stupid, because it wasn't. **
- DirectorSteve AntinStarsCherChristina AguileraAlan CummingA small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.Really bad story and acting. Though with some nice dance routines, still not anywhere near as good as the Cabaret it impersonates. **
- DirectorTom SixStarsDieter LaserWinter WilliamsAshlynn YennieA mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.Oh my lord this was gross, but strangly engaging. Interesting idea. **
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsKristen StewartRobert PattinsonTaylor LautnerAs a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle, Bella, whose high school graduation is fast approaching, is forced to choose between her love for vampire Edward and her friendship with werewolf Jacob.Badly scripted, acted, unengaging characters and bad CGI. Eclipse ranks as one of my worst films of year. **
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsNoah RingerNicola Peltz BeckhamJackson RathboneAang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, must master all four elements and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water Tribes and the Earth Kingdom.This was just awful. Its only redeeming feature being its pretty effects. A shame, because the cartoon is great. *