2012 was an enigmatic year for film. There were an unusual amount of really good films but few great ones. In any case, I present my –purely subjective– top ten list of 2012 films. But first, the runners up. It was exceedingly difficult to make a list of just ten but it would be cheating...
Ultimately, Tom Hooper's experimental Les Misérables is a jigsaw of performances with no central momentum that is both exhaustive and exhausting.
All the performers involved are hitting their mark with pitch perfect bravado and Tarantino once again proves that he's the king of cinema.
The end product is a loose hodgepodge of scenes, many of which could have been left for the blu-ray extended editions. Had Jackson focused more on storytelling and thoughtful character…
While some may tire of superhero origin tales, Captain America's origin makes for a perfect first act; setting up the pathos of the character and his strong motivations. It's endearing…
Ultimately, we can thank Branagh for adding layers of complexity to a character that just seems downright difficult to translate into film, as Thor really had massive potential to simply…