Movie list 2012

Best blockbusters 2012 (quality Hollywood remakes, sequels, new franchises, reboots/prequels)

1. The Dark Knight Rises
2. Skyfall
3. The Avengers
4. Prometheus
5. Dark Shadows 
6. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 
7. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 
8. Total Recall
9. Dredd 
10. Jack Reacher

Left field awards (in no particular order)

- Beasts of the Southern Wild 
- Ruby Sparks
- Killer Joe
- The Secret (The Tall Man)
- Carnage
- The Angel's Share 
- Cosmopolis
- The Artist
- Take Shelter 
- Twixt 
- Coriolanus 
- The Raid (guilty pleasure) 
- Chronicle 
- A l'aveugle 
- Moonrise Kingdom 

Nothing new on the Western front / go with the flow (but OK)

- The Bourne Legacy
- Taken 2 
- The Raven
- Brave 
- Men In Black III
- John Carter from Mars 
- Anonymous 
- Midnight in Paris
- Immortals 
- Wrath of the Titans

Not seen / missed

- To Rome with Love
- Robot and Frank
- Les Seigneurs
- Mains Armées
- Polisse
- Savages
- Best Marigold Hotel 
- Astérix et Obélix au service de as Majesté
- La traversée
- L'homme qui rit

Best comedies

- Ted
- The Dictator
- The Muppets
- The Campaign
- Ice Age 4
- A Fantastic Fear of Everything 
- Paranorman 
- Frankenwheenie

Stinkers

- The Hunger Games
- Twilight 4b
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
- War Horse
- Snow White and the Huntsman 
- The Amazing Spiderman (most unnecessary reboot) 
- Battleship
- The Expendables 2 (still, a guilty pleasure) 
- The Three Musketeers

Best TV

- Sherlock Season 2
- Boardwalk Empire Seasons 2-3
- Dexter Seasons 5-6
- True Blood Seasons 3-4
- The Walking Dead Seasons 2-3
- Wallander (BBC) Season 3
- Game of Thrones Seasons 2-3
- Fringe Seasons 3-4
- The Borgias Season 4
- Revolution Season 1 
- Person of Interest Seasons 1-2
- Sons of Anarchy Seasons 3-4 

Best Horror / Supernatural

- The Woman in Black
- Cabin in the Woods
- Sinister
- The Thing
- The Raven 
- The Secret 
- Silent Hill: Revelation

Most anticipated 2013

- Hellriders
- World War Z 
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Django Unchained 
- A Good Day to Die Hard 
- Les Misérables
- Lincoln 
- The Wolverine 
- Hitchcock
- Cloud Atlas
- After Earth
- Oblivion
- Elysium
- The Lone Ranger
- Pacific Rim
- The Great Gatsby 
- Bullet to the Head 
- Kick-Ass 2