136. Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Quality popcorn munching fare that is as impossible to dislike as it is to get totally excited about. A script full of snappy and crackling one liners but still ends up as the usual city destroying punch up. 

Not as good as the first instalment so a 'good but not great' although a weighty +1 for the lovely Veronica.

75. Iron Man 3

The third instalment of the man in a can is very entertaining for the most part. It's script sparkles, it has some pretty nasty stuff for a 12 certificate movie and it conjures up some quite sinister goings on.

This all adds up to misleading and somewhat unsatisfying conclusion that just confirms that Iron Man needs better villians if the series is to roll on to a 4th film. So not just another 'bunch of CGI dudes' flying about.

72. Zodiac

 

A grizzly, earnest 'whodunnit' that turns into an overlong 'weneverfoundhim'. 

Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, Jake Gyllenhaal is somewhat unconvincing as Robert Graysmith and Mark Ruffalo holds it all together as a cop who is twenty years older than he actually is.

Overall I was left feeling slightly short changed at the final destination, although I did enjoy journey.