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Had a good double bill this evening, probably my last cinema visit of the year. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I've seen the original a couple of times, read the book, and listened to the audiobook, so am familiar with the story. This film was well made and everything but I'm not sure it did...

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows I liked this, it was more of the same so if you liked the first you should like this, but it doesn't feel as fresh or as new as the first.

No I didn't. I simply predicted it would be released in the uk 13/01/12.

December I can’t believe I forgot this. It's the last month of the year and I’ve put so much effort into these. I’m so angry with myself. With only half the month to preview this is a smaller post. Oscar Favourite The Artist (2011) - IMDb is out after Christmas, it is a mostly silent movie...

Twilight: Breaking Dawn pt1 Best comedy of the year. Wait, it's not meant to be funny? Oh, scratch that. It was rather comical in places (watch Edward pack when they finish their honeymoon!) The acting isn't any better than in previous instalments, the story is equally as absent, the characters...

In Time In the future, people stop ageing when they turn 25, and instead of money they trade time, which indicates how long they can live. Rich people have years, decades and centuries, poor people have just enough to live day to day. The allegory to money was not particularly subtle. The film...

November Tower Heist (2011) - IMDb sees Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller and Casey Affleck in a story about the victims of a Ponzi scheme, who seek revenge on the wealthy businessman who conned them. (trailer) Gerard Butler, the gorgeous Michelle Monaghan, and Michael ‘soon to be Zod’ Shannon star in...

We Need to Talk About Kevin I mostly enjoyed this, but had the climactic moments of the film ruined due in part to the ridiculously tight schedule at the marina (the film finished at 4, and the next film to show on that screen, johnny english, was to start at 4.10), and the ushers directing...

Drive An odd beast, in that I really enjoyed it, but I have no desire to watch it again. Not in an avoid it kind of way, but usually when I enjoy a film I look forward to watching it again, either on dvd rental or buying it, or even when it comes on TV, but I don't have that with this film. I am...

Red State Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I quite liked this and thought Michael Parks gave an excellent performance, he gave his character depth through performance rather than a monologue or flashback of his life, you don't really get given a detailed history of who he is and so on...

October This month starts with a 3D re-release of the Disney classic The Lion King (1994) - IMDb (trailer) Woody Allen directs a typically ensemble cast in his latest romantic comedy Midnight in Paris (2011) - IMDb (trailer) Bailee Madison stars as a young girl sent to live with her father...

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Very good, intelligent, measured film with great performances all round. Though, I agree with cordiregisteredfriend, it wasn't as complex as I was expecting from previous comments.

The Guard is directed by Martin's brother, John Michael McDonagh.

It's in the style of a mock documentary. Kind of like Blair Witch, but better.

I saw Trollhunter ths evening. I was expecting it to be a bit more whimsical than it was, but it was good.

Fright Night 3D This is only available in 3D at the marina. The 3D adds nothing to it. The film itself is just ok, Colin Farell and David Tennant look like they're having fun. Rise of the Planet of the Apes Very good. Great effects, touching relationships, well told story.

I saw Kill List this afternoon and I have to say I walked out quite underwhelmed, thinking it was very much like another film that it would be a spoiler to mention on here. However it is the sort of film that has me still thinking about it after viewing, and has more substance and is more...

Only a couple of days late (I've had no internet at home for a couple of days) September Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, and David Tennant star in a 3D remake, Fright Night (2011) - IMDb (trailer) For the third or fourth time this is in the list, but as it finally has a schedule at the marina...

The Guard I loved this, thought it was really funny, with strong performances all round. I didn't realise Mark Strong was in it, but he was also good. Some strong accents to try to decipher, but it's manageble. The Skin I Live In This wasn't quite what I thought it would be. It was quite good...

Cowboys and Aliens I went in with quite low expectations, and this managed to exceed them. Not by a great deal, but enough that I enjoyed it. Despite the novel ideas of cowboys v aliens, the story itself seemed to follow well worn conventions, and presented the same old same old character arcs...