Best Films Of 2013

Here again I present my favourite films of the year. As usual it's important to remember that this isn't the BEST films of the year, rather the movies that I've found the most entertaining; not necessarily the best crafted, most awards worthy, or most powerful dramatically, as a professional film critic might see them. Personally I'm looking for a re-watchablity factor in all these films (do I want to purchase it on Bluray for future multiple viewings?) There's a longevity factor to consider as well; I might love the film now but will I still love it in a year from now, or ten years time? Finally there's that highly subjective personal factor that means a film might have a look, or theme, or a story, or characters that talk to my tastes as an individual, more than it might to others who have viewed these films.

20/ Django Unchained

19/ Zero Dark Thirty

18/ Silver Linings Playbook

17/ Les Miserables

16/ Warm Bodies

15/ World War Z

14/ Saving Mr Banks

13/ Man Of Steel

12/ Odd Thomas

11/ Thor – The Dark World

10/ Iron Man 3

9/ Star Trek Into Darkness

8/ The Hunger Games – Catching Fire

7/ Rush

6/ The Wolverine

5/ Sightseers

4/ The World’s End

3/ Oblivion

2/ Pacific Rim

1/ Gravity

Bubbling under:-
Elysium, Jack Reacher, Ender’s Game, Sound City, Journey To The West, The Hobbit – The Desolation Of Smaug

Worst Movies Of 2013

15/ The Mortal Instruments – City Of Bones

14/ The Internship

13/ Snitch

12/ Getaway

11/ R.I.P.D.

10/ The Smurfs 2

9/ Texas Chainsaw 3D

8/ The Staving Games

7/ A Haunted House

6/ Scary Movie 5

5/ The Host

4/ Twilight – Breaking Dawn Part 2

3/ Sharknado

2/ The Hangover Part III

1/ A Good Day To Die Hard

Best TV Of 2013

15/ Agents Of SHIELD

14/ Almost Human

13/ Family Guy

12/ The Crazy Ones

11/ The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

10/ Real Time with Bill Maher

9/ Community

8/ Black Mirror

7/ American Horror Story Coven

6/ The Newsroom

5/ The Returned

4/ House Of Cards

3/ The Walking Dead

2/ Doctor Who

1/ Game Of Thrones

Top 15 Albums Of 2013

Movies might not have had their best year in a while, but that didn’t stop the music industry (yeah rock music, we’re looking at you) from having it’s most amazing 12 months in eons.

15/ Airbourne - Black Dog Barking

14/ Transplants - In A Warzone

13/ '77 - Maximum Rock N Roll

12/ Ghost - Infestissumam

11/ Rob Zombie - Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor

10/ Newsted - Heavy Metal Music

9/ Ed Kowalsaki - The Flood & The Mercy

8/ Kvelertak - Kvelertak

7/ Monster Magnet - Last Patrol

6/ Sound City - Real to Reel OST

5/ Tim Timebomb & Friends - Tim Timbomb's Rock N Roll Theater

4/ Black Sabbath - 13

3/ Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King

2/ Alice In Chains - The Devil Put The Dinosaurs There

1/ Clutch - Earth Rocker

2013 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

With the 2013 Oscar telecast a little over 12 hours away, here are my predictions for the winners in this years Academy Awards race.

BEST PICTURE “Argo”

BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

BEST ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”

BEST DIRECTOR Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Django Unchained”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY “Argo”

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “Brave”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM “Amour”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY “Skyfall”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN “Anna Karenina”

BEST FILM EDITING “Zero Dark Thirty”

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING “Les Miserables”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE “Life of Pi”

BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Skyfall” from "Skyfall"

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN “Les Miserables”

BEST ANIMATED SHORT “Paperman”

BEST SOUND EDITING “Zero Dark Thirty”

BEST SOUND MIXING “Les Miserables"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS “Life of Pi”


Please note, I've elected not to post predictions for the Documentary or Short Film categorys due to lack of knowledge of the competing films.