My Top Ten Films of 2013

These aren't necessarily the best, but rather the ones I've personally enjoyed and appreciated most. In no particular order:

• Cloud Atlas - I'm keen to see the 8 hour director's cut
• Side Effects - Steven Soderbergh's last film? Surely not.
• Oblivion - despite Tom Cruise
• Gravity - plenty of gravity plus a little Clooney levity
• American Hustle - this one will take most of the Oscars
• How I Live Now - how Saoirse Ronan lives now
• The Great Gatsby - the best film set in West Egg
• The Way Way Back - thanks to Sam Rockwell
• Anna Karenina - due to budget constraints, the director was forced to stage the whole film in a theatre.
• What's in a Name (Le Prénom) - a French dinner party farce in which one of the family pretends to name their new child Hitler, and another brother might be having an affair with their mother

And special mentions go to: Wolverine, Pacific Rim, Pictures of Superheroes, World War Z, The Host, I Give it a Year, and Beautiful Creatures.