2012: MY WIFE PICKS 'EM

Here's where my better half stands.  She doesn't want to rank them 1-10, so here are her 10 favorites, with some runner's up:

Anna Karenina
The Impossible
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Silver Linings Playbook
Les Miserables
Zero Dark Thirty
Take This Waltz
Life of Pi
Two Days in New York
Argo

Runner's up:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Flight
Chronicle
Ted
End of Watch
The Master
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Your Sister’s Sister
Friends with Kids
The Deep Blue Sea
Perfect Sense
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Brave
The Hunger Games

2012: THE FILMS THAT GOT AWAY

Here are the notable titles from 2012 that I need to catch up with at home:

Promised Land
Amour
On the Road
Men In Black 3
Sinister
Jack Reacher
The Man with the Iron Fists
Hit and RunThe Intouchables
The Sessions
Robot & Frank
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Damsels in Distress
Cosmopolis
Being Flynn
Holy Motors
Rust and Bone
Little White Lies
Dark Horse

BEST OF 2012

I'm cheating with my best of the year list from 2012...reviews will be coming up for each, but here's my final BEST OF 2012. I've never done this, but this year, my top 10 is really a top 13. Sue me.

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Cloud Atlas
3. Killing them Softly
4. The Grey
5. The Dark Knight Rises/Skyfall/Prometheus (aka Hollywood Does Big Budget Right)
6. Silver Linings Playbook
7. Django Unchained
8. Anna Karenina
9. The Impossible
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild

Runners Up: Argo, Lincoln, Flight, Lawless, Les Miserables, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Chronicle, Bernie, Looper, God Bless America, The Raid, Magic Mike, The Avengers, Ted, Haywire, The Bourne Legacy, Take this Waltz, The Master, End of Watch, Savages, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Cabin in the Woods, and Moonrise Kingdom.

WANT TO SEE NOW

BIG BLU TUESDAY

MOVIES FOR THE WEEKEND

I'd like to see Frankenweenie but not sure when I'll have the chance.  I wish Perks of Being a Wallflower had opened near me this weekend -- maybe next Friday it'll show up...

From Netflix is the indie suspense drama Red Lights, from the director of the excellent thriller Buried.

BEST OF 2012 SO FAR

The Dark Knight Rises
Prometheus
The Grey
Lawless
Looper
End of Watch
Bernie
The Raid
God Bless America
Cabin in the Woods
The Master
The Bourne Legacy
Take this Waltz
Your Sister’s Sister
Savages
Magic Mike
Chronicle
Haywire
Ted
The Avengers
Moonrise Kingdom
Dredd
Perfect Sense
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Snow White & the Huntsman
ParaNorman
Goon
Two Days in New York
The Deep Blue Sea
The Amazing Spider-Man
Project X
21 Jump Street
Safe House
Friends with Kids
Extraterrestrial
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
The Dictator
American Wedding
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope
Bachelorette
The Vow
The Hunger Games
360
Contraband
Act of Valor
Battleship
John Carter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Wanderlust