Preview: Top 10 Films of 2013 - place your bets!

It’s coming up to that time again when I reveal my Top 10 Films of 2013.

But before we get to that I want to lay the ground rules. This list is based entirely on my opinion so don't be mad if your favourite isn’t on there or if you strongly disagree with anything - but feel free to leave a comment!

The Top 10 is based on films that had a theatrical release in the UK this year. Because of that I’ve had to leave out some films (which I will probably metion after the official 10) that I watched this year (and were really good) but were released before 2013.

This doesn't matter so much for other categories - but I will be strict on that for the Top 10.

If you want to check out 2011 and 2012’sTop 10 films just click on the date and it will send you there.

I’ve always loved watching films and writing about them here, but as I’ve started to write film reviews for various online blogs/magazines this year, I’ve watched a fair few more than usual. Below is a list of almost all the films I watched this year, arranged in alphabetical order. There are 158 in case you’re wondering – and this doesn't include any films I watched that I have seen before or only partially watched…

Any film I have written about at some point will have the relevant link(s) attached to the title so that you can have a look-see. I usually write about EVERY new film I see, but as you can imagine the amount of films this year have made it very hard to keep up with.

Anyway, have a look below and see if you can guess what will be in my top 10! It should be up in the next few days. Following that will be other categories such as 5 Most Disappointing Films, 5 Films That Were A Lot Better Than I Thought, 3 Most WTF!? Films, Worst Ending and other random things.

30 Minutes or Less

47 Ronin

The ABCs of Death

Absentia

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

The Amazing Spider-Man

Apartment 1303

Arthur

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

Battle of the Year: Dream Team

Berberian Sound Studio

Blackfish

The Bourne Legacy

Brainscan

Broken City

Bullet to the Head

Buried

The Call

The Campaign

Captain Phillips

Carrie (2013) (extra link)

Casa de mi Padre

Cassadaga

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Cloud Atlas

Compliance

The Conjuring (extra link)

Curse of Chucky

Darkman

Dark Shadows

Deadfall

Death Sentence

Django Unchained

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

The Descendants

Elysium (extra link)

End of Watch

Evil Dead (2013)

Excision

The Expendables 2

The Fall

Fast & The Furious 5 (AKA Fast Five)

A Field in England

Flight

Gangster Squad

GI Joe Retaliation

Girl Model

A Good Day To Die Hard

Gone

Grabbers

Grave Encounters

Gravity (extra link) (extra link)

The Great Gatsby

GYO - Tokyo Fish Attack

The Hangover Part 3

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Headhunters

The Heat

Hitchcock

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extra link)

Holy Motors

House at the End of the Street

How I Spent My Summer Vacation (AKA Get the Gringo)

I Am Street Fighter – 25th Anniversary Documentary

The Imposter

Indie Game: The Movie

The Innkeepers

Insidious: Chapter 2 (extra link)

In Time

Iron Man 3
Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

Jack Reacher

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jason X

John Dies at the End

Kick-Ass 2 (extra link)

Killer Joe

King of Thorn

The Last Stand

Lawless

The Life of Pi

Livid

The Look of Love

The Lords of Salem

Lovely Molly

Machete Kills

Mama

Maniac (2013)

Man of Steel (extra link)

Man of Tai Chi

The Man with the Iron Fists

The Master

Men In Black 3

Monsters University

Moonrise Kingdom

Movie 43

Night of the Demon

No One Lives

Nosferatu (1922)

Now You See Me

Oblivion (extra link)

Olympus Has Fallen

Oz the Great and Powerful

Pacific Rim (extra link)

ParaNorman

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

A Place Beyond the Pines

The Possession

Premium Rush

Prisoners (extra link)

The Purge

Pusher

Riddick

RIPD

Rise of the Guardians

Resident Evil Retribution

Red 2

Red Riding Hood

Rewind This

Room 237

Ruby Sparks

Samsara

Savages

Seven Psychopaths

Sharknado

Sightseers

Silent Hill: Revelations

Sinister

Skyfall

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap

Spring Breakers

Stake Land

Star Trek: Into Darkness

Stoker (extra link)

Superman Unbound

The Sweeney

Thor: The Dark World

Texas Chainsaw (2013)

This is 40

This is the End

Total Recall (2012)

TPB – AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard

UWantMe2KillHim?

V/H/S 2

Warm Bodies

The Wedding Video

Welcome To The Punch

We're the Millers

We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks

When the Lights Went Out

The Wolverine (extra link)

The World’s End (extra link)

World War Z (extra link)

Wreck-It Ralph

The Yellow Sea

Your Highness

Zero Dark Thirty


So what do you think will end up being in my top 10? Make sure you check back soon to find out!

19th Dec 2013

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Track of The Week - Kaleida - Tropea

This week’s track comes from the Kaleida with the track Tropea. 

Have a listen below.

Hows that for an awesome intro? Firstly the bass dropping, then the ethereal vocals coming in - sounding like a cross between Annie Lennox and Florence Welch. Best listened to on a speakers with good bass output. Love the production on this!

Not much is known about Kaleida. They are described as an ‘electronic duo’ based in London, consisting of two young women by the names of Christina Wood and Cicely Goulder.

They only have one other track out on Soundcloud called Think, which there is also a video of - you can see it by clicking HERE. I didn't like it as much as Tropea at first, but the more I listen to it the more it grows on me.

For more info about them check their Facebook page HERE.

21st Dec 2013

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Double Dose of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

This week on Double Dose we have the second part of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy: The Desolation of Smaug.

 

You out the written review on Pillowmagazine.comby clicking HERE.

We also have Episode 12 of The Padcast, which you can listen to below:

You can also download an .mp3 of the episode HERE.

If you’ve enjoyed it please show your support: LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!

19th Dec 2013

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Double Dose of Carrie

 

Welcome to another edition of Double Dose – this week we went to watch the remake of Carrie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore.

Check out my written review on Pillowmagazine.comby clicking HERE.

We also have Episode 11 of The Padcast, which you can listen to below:

Alternatively you can download an .mp3 of the episode HERE.

If you’ve enjoyed it please show your support: LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!

3rd Dec 2013

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Track of The Week - Chromeo - Sexy Socialite

 

      This week’s track comes from the Chromeo with the track Sexy Socialite from their forthcoming album White Women. You can listen to it below.

        When I first heard Sexy Socialite I was surprised as it was a bit of a departure from their usual electro sound. However, it literally only took about 30 seconds of those bouncy beats, catchy vocals and the uplifting get-up-and-dance vibe to make it this week’s most listened to track.

        On the face of it, it is a departure from the usual Chromeosound - and props to them for taking on new influences and branching out in different directions rather than just repeating the sounds of their hit 2010 album Business Casual.

       Having said that, on closer inspection the ingredients that make up Chromeo are still there: the funky baselines, lyrics about girls and relationships, the vocoder backing vocals, the amazing synths… Oh, and did I mention the bass? Listen to this on a something with good speakers. This is the very the definition of a funky baseline!

        I’ve been a fan of Chromeo for many years and eagerly await each new release or remix (either by them or of one of their tracks). I even made a mixtape in my Electro Fighter Vs… series that celebrates much of their back catalogue with various remixes and rare tracks all mixed together. It's actually the most listened to of all my mixtapes! You can check it out HERE.

        So it’s been a three-year wait, but they've finally announced a new album, entitled White Women. Although there is no official release date as of yet, I would take a guess and say it would probably be out early next year.

        In the meantime though, you can check out another forthcoming track Over Your Shoulder by clicking HERE. This one is a bit more of a classic Chromeo sound, but still great nonetheless. I'm very much looking forward to the new album now!

17th November 2013

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Double Dose of Gravity

Welcome to another edition of Double Dose – or should I say... Triple Dose! 

This week we have the awesome Gravity from Alfonso Cuaron, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. 

Check out my written review on Pillowmagazine.com by clicking HERE.

I also ran wrote a quick feature for Knowwhattowatch.comentitled 5 Reasons Why You Have to Watch Gravity. Click the link to have a read of that too if you are interested.

After a break of a few weeks, we also came back for Episode 10 of The Padcast, which you can listen to below:

  You can download an .mp3 of the episode from HERE.

If you’ve enjoyed it please show your support: LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!

12th Nov 2013

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