Top Five in Movies: 2011

Five Movies I Must See ASAP

Exit through the Gift Shop: Upon the recommendation of LRL.

Another Year: It’s gotten great reviews, and I didn’t mind the director’s previous film “Happy-Go-Lucky.”  It shows a year in the life of a happily married middle-aged couple, and the less well-adjusted people who gather around them.

Rabbit Hole: Nicole Kidman has been getting a lot of praise for her performance in the film, which was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play.

Animal Kingdom: A film about the Melbourne underworld, and an armed robber in hiding, on the run from a gang of renegade detectives who want him dead.  Jackie Weaver is getting rave reviews for her supporting role as the overbearing grandmother. 

The Way Back: About the escape of a small group of multi-national prisoners from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and their epic journey over thousands of miles across five hostile countries.

Five Movies to look forward to in 2011

Jane Eyre: I love Jane Austen, but I think Charlotte Bronte’s work is underrated.

Sucker Punch: Directed by Zach Snyder, who also did “Sin City” and “300”.  Fun to watch.

Hangover Part 2: I adore Zach Galifianakis.  Plus there hasn’t been a summer comedy as good as the first “Hangover”.

Tree of Life: The preview looks pretty amazing, plus it’s being released in early summer so I’ll be starved for a movie that’s not absolute garbage.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2: IT’S THE LAST HARRY POTTER MOVIE!