Film 45: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Directed by: Joe Johnston.

Starring: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Hugo Weaving, Dominic Cooper, Stanley Tucci. 

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 44: Iron Man 2 (2010)

Directed by: Jon Favreau.

Starring: Robert Downey Jr. , Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 43: The Incredible Hulk (2008)

Directed by: Louis Leterrier.

Starring: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 42: Iron Man (2008)

Directed by: Jon Favreau.

Starring: Robert Downey Jr. , Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 41: Failure to Launch (2006)

Directed by: Tom Dey.

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew McConaughey, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Kathy Bates.

My Rating: Thumbs down!

An apt title for yet another clichéd romantic comedy. Yawn. Zooey Deschanel is the only redeeming feature in this film.

Film 40: Archipelago (2010)

Directed by: Joanna Hogg.

Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Kate Fahy, Lydia Leonard, Amy Lloyd, Christopher Baker.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

I personally prefer Hogg's first film 'Unrelated' to this one, nonetheless, this is still a brilliant film. The quiet subtly of it means you might require a lot of imagination to connect with it, but that's why it's so great. Key scenes for me include the restaurant scene (I was squirming as it reminded me of being in a similar situation) and the last interaction between Edward and Rose in the kitchen.

Film 39: Unrelated (2007)

Directed by: Joanna Hogg.

Starring: Kathryn Worth, Tom Hiddleston, Mary Roscoe.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

"Don't you just want to run away sometimes?" asks the main character, Anna, in this atypical British gem of a film.

Film 38: Bad Teacher (2011)

Directed by: Jake Kasdan.

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Jason Segel.

My Rating: So/so.

Film 37: Salt (2010)

Directed by: Phillip Noyce.

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor.

My Rating: So/so.

Film 36: Midnight in Paris (2011)

Directed by: Woody Allen.

Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller, Mimi Kennedy, Michael Sheen, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hiddleston, Alison Pill, Adrien Brody.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

I didn't want this film to end.

Film 35: The General's Daughter (1999)

Directed by: Simon West.

Starring: John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Cromwell, Timothy Hutton.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 34: Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) (2009)

Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev.

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 33: Thor (2011)

Directed by: Sir Kenneth Branagh.


Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat Dennings, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg.


My Rating: Thumbs up!


Chris Hemsworth makes for a worthy Thor. Great casting there, but the film is just stolen by Tom Hiddleston's Loki. There's something intriguing about his character, and his portrayal that keeps your attention firmly focused on him.

Film 32: The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Directed by: Randall Wallace.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne. 

My Rating: So/so.

Film 31: Total Eclipse (1995)

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer.

My Rating: Thumbs up!

Film 30: Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

Directed by: Steve Miner.

Starring: Betsy Palmer, Amy Steel, John Furey.

My Rating: So/so.

I felt nothing but complete indifference to this film. Probably the worst feeling you can have about anything.

Film 29: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Directed by: Marcus Nispel.

Starring: Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Andrew Bryniarski.

My Rating: Thumbs down!

This version of the original does not even begin to touch the brilliance of the original version. More gore, more bore. It can't replicate the greatness of the original anyway because of the social and cultural significance the film had to the time and place of its setting. 

Film 28: The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) (2006)

Directed by: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck.

My Rating: Thumbs up!