An endearingly ridiculous festive treat from Scandinavia that’s certainly more Brothers Grimm than Miracle on 34th Street. It’s a refreshingly unsentimental movie that mercifully lets you keep your Christmas dinner down.
Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
A dawdling story, acting that won’t blow you away and a runtime that far outstays its welcome still don’t detract enough from HP7’s good points to make it fun for all the family (except Dads, Uncles, Grandads etc.)
The Last Airbender
The worst part of this overdone snooze fest is that its all a set-up for another movie.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Bella and Edward fans will love it, and the Team Jacob members get lots of shirtless wolf guy, but its all a little too sparkly.
Toy Story 3
Its redundant at this point to continue to praise these Pixar films, but they did it again, and its funny and heartbreaking and a little scary and one of the best films of the year.
Black Death
Okay but not great, Black Death is deftly moody and unsentimentally brutal in parts but never really hits its stride when it should.