63. Wreck It Ralph

Wreck It Ralph a great slice of crispy Pixar fun. It has all the genre trappings you expect and is essentially Monsters Inc. for video games, which is no bad thing.

All the main players deliver, especially John C. Reilly as Ralph, and the animation is right on the button with some great references to old coin-op style anims. Lovely stuff.

62. Berberian Sound Studio

Hmm... Berberian Sound Studio is full of this, a bit of this and some of this.It all passed me by to be honest. My wife was a little more forthright with her opinion:

'That was shit.'

61. Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook is not so much about mental illness and more about the two protagonists finding each other. It's a straight up rom-com for me and I have to say that Jennifer Lawrence is staggeringly good in it!!!

Not only does she look taller than I thought (or is Bradley Cooper a short arse?) she is sexy, vulnerable, enigmatic, smart and spunky as the 'life has dealt me a pretty shitty hand'- Tiffany.

It's a really top notch cast with all the leads getting their acting glands a thorough work out. De Niro is utterly brilliant as the grouchy sport obsessed dad (Pat Snr.) and Cooper is also great as the lead (Pat Jnr.). Not quite Oscar worthy for me but their something about Cooper that is always appealling (I thinks it's his accent?) and I always enjoy his presence and performance.

Well, apart from in THIS anyway.

60. Ted

While Ted is good fun; it is as Riggs and Murtaugh (circa Lethal Weapon) would say, 'pretty fucking thin.'

At times it feels like an extended episode of Family Guy, which is no bad thing, and while 'the fight scene' is a highlight and there are many amusing Flash Gordon inspired moments, as a whole it's just not as great as it could have been.

Overall then, a 'plenty of laughs' out of 'could have been awful'.

59. The Dark Knights Returns Part 1

After Batman: Year One I wasn't holding out much hope for this 'DC Universe Animated Original Movie'. I can happily report it's actually very good! I think this is more to do with the source materail than what the animators have done here but I cannot deny, it's a rollicking good ride!

As far as the animation is concerned, it's a step up from Year One and the all action narrative really suits the medium. For everyone that has read the book, there is enough here to recommend you check it out.

Quality!

58. Killer Joe

Matthew Maccaroni is really, really good in Killer Joe. In fact he is pretty freaking amazing considering he is the acting equivalent of rehydrated gristle (usually).  However the best thing in the movie (which jam packed with top peformances) is the bottom feeding, slack jawed Ansel (a crumbly faced Thomas Haden Church).

Overall, it's a grim and grotty affair but not without a certain psychotic charm and you'll certainly never look at KFC in the same way after seeing it.