55. Moonrise Kingdom

Upon seeing the trailer for Moonrise Kingdom I thought 'standard Wes Anderson', which is great, although not unexpected.

What you actually get it is the best children's movie of the year (of 2012) that isn't really made for them, which doesn't really matter as none of them will see it. I can imagine some of the excellent young cast (Jared Gilman & Kara Hayward are particularly spectacular) of the film actually watching this thinking 'what the hell is this all about?'

Its a wonderful tale of youthful discovery with a bit of the great escape thrown in for good measure. I loved every minute of it.

43. The Expendables 2

After not thinking much of the first Expendables I was approaching this with little optimism. To be honest it's not much better but it does just about enough to be entertaining. Arnie and Brucie weigh in with more screentime this time around and generally there is a lot of fun to be had with the half-witted, knuckle headed banter.

The less said about the Stallone's 'script' the better - the film is at it's worst when it tries to be earnest or in anyway 'emotional' - stick to the wise cracks and explosions and we'll all be having a better time!

Chuck Norris is pretty good, Jet Li buggers off after about ten minutes (as one of our more able bodied heroes I was hoping he'd stick around after his energetic turn during the intro) but overall Van Damme come out of it best of all. He's suitably mean as the villain 'Villian' (RE: the script) and proves he can still perform a mean roundhouse kick to the face!

13. Die Hard

Christmas isn't Christmas without a dead European terrorist in a lift.

I fucking love Die Hard!

Everything about the film is just RIGHT! Bruce Willis is excellent as the wise cracking John McClane, Alan Rickman launches himself into film baddie typecasting as the slick Hans Gruber and John McTiernan directs another Joel Sliver 80's action cracker!

Not only is it the best Christmas movie ever (okay, with the possible exception of this) but it also has the teacher from the Breakfast Club in it and Endo from Lethal Weapon, who appears as a baddie is every action flick ever!

What's not to love?!