Top Ten Movie Lists

2011 was a terrible year for movies. Sure, there were some good ones, but there were very few great ones. 2012 has the potential to make up for it, as long as the world doesn’t end before the summer. Here are 25 upcoming movies that you should pay attention to in 2012.

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Frankly, 2011 was not a great year for movies. There were a lot of good movies, but few great movies. Spielberg released two movies, but neither were among his best. Scorsese made a kid’s movie, which, despite popular opinion, is not an Oscar-caliber film. The comic book adaptations were entertaining but not mind blowing. The various sequels lived up to their predecessors, but nothing more.

Still, there were a few that stood out from the rest. Few if any on this list were amazing, but they are the best that 2011 had to offer.

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If you survived Black Friday – meaning you avoided the pepper spraying, fighting, shootings and stabbings (what the hell is wrong with people these days?) – then you’re probably in full-on holiday buying mode. A lot of great movies were released this year – and a lot of bad ones, too – so for the average buyer, it’s tough to cut through the crap. Here is a list of ten movies to buy this holiday season that will make any movie lover happy:

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It’s that special time of year. The air is getting colder. The weather is getting crappier. Families are coming together. Families are fighting. Families are eating big feasts. People are buying presents. Santa is packing the sled. Oh, and a good percentage of the year’s best movies are all being released into theaters over the next month and a half.

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Johnny Depp is one of the highest paid actors working today and has received three Oscar nominations among a variety of other accolades. Even though he’s starred in more bad movies in the last decade than he has good ones, his star has only grown brighter, aided by the hundreds of millions of dollars he’s earned from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Depp is a talented actor, one who is willing – or even determined – to take on strange characters in strange movies. With Johnny Depp’s latest [strange] movie The Rum Diary opening in theaters this week, it’s the perfect time to look back on his 10 best movies to determine why he’s as popular as he is.

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It’s raining in Los Angeles.  This is rare enough that every time it happens all my friends change their Facebook status and everyone forgets how to drive.  Which is annoying.  But you know what isn’t annoying?  Curling up on the couch and watching the perfect rainy day movie.  So, in the spirit of autumn weather reaching LA (however brief it may be) here are my top five rainy day girly films.

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For some reason, Colin Farrell has developed a love-him-or-hate-him reputation with audiences and critics. I for one find him to be one of the most talented actors working today, and have felt that way since he debuted in Tigerland over a decade ago. Farrell has proven to be a versatile actor who can and is willing to take on just about any juicy role, whether it’s playing a sleazy boss in Horrible Bosses or a love-smitten hit man in In Bruges.

Farrell is receiving strong reviews for his portrayal as an evil vampire in the horror-comedy remake Fright Night, so I figured it was about time to look back on the actor’s career.

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The X-Men return with a fury today, promising some great retro mutant action (I love me some retro mutant action). After two bad movies (X-Men 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine), X-Men: First Class is receiving rave reviews. X-Men: First Class currently has a 95% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s being called “a welcome return to form for the franchise.”

With several more superhero movies being released over the coming months – and countless more beyond that – we felt it was only right to review the best superhero movies of the 21st century. Needless to say, Elektra didn’t make the list.

Our criteria was simple – the movie has to feature a superhero, but doesn’t have to be based on a comic book. Vice versa, movies based on comic books but that don’t feature superheroes (like Ghost Town), don’t qualify. So, what the hell are you waiting for? Read on…

No. 11. Spider-Man (2002) Following the success of X-Men two years earlier, Sony and Marvel unleashed hell upon the box office with the well-reviewed Sam Raimi movie Spider-Man. The movie is a bit dated – especially the graphics – and it’s a little too cheery for this day and age, but Spider-Man is still one of the best superhero movies of the 21st century.

No. 10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) Michael Cera is uberfied in the visual orgasm Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a criminally overlooked action-comedy that is one of the most entertaining movies on this list. Some may argue he’s not a superhero, but he’s got super powers, defeats a super villain and gets a girl way out of his league. What’s not super about that?

Johnny Depp is often praised as one of the best actors working today. And he is. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t make a few stinkers here and there. In fact, as his popularity has risen the quality of his movies have decreased dramatically, primarily thanks to his unholy union with Tim Burton.

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Fast Five races into theaters this Friday, promising more mindless, over-the-top action from the franchise that unfortunately keeps on giving.

Believe it or not, it’s been ten years since the Fast and Furious franchise launched Vin Diesel into stardom – and it’s the perfect time to talk a look back at the throaty bald actor. Despite being best known for doing action movies, many of his best films are in other genres.

Without further ado, here are the best movies of Vin Diesel’s career…

May is almost upon us, which means the summer movie season is almost upon us. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent driving audiences into the latest and biggest movie, whether it be Thor, X-Men, Transformers or Harry Potter. Most moviegoers will follow mindlessly, driven by their studio overlords, but that doesn’t have to be you.

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The 83rd Academy Awards are this weekend, which means by the end of Sunday four actors will have been chosen to be the best among the tens of thousands of players who performed in movies in 2010. But while a spattering of people here and there see the Oscars as the ultimate award show, we know better… there is no higher privilege than being selected by FilmJabber.

We might not have fancy awards shows or alcohol-and-drug-fueled after parties (I’m just saying that to steer the police off course!) or beautiful women in sexy dresses or Jack Nicholson, but FilmJabber’s list is just the best. Take our word for it.

Without further ado, here are the top 20 performances of 2010…