The Favorite Films Of My Lifetime: 2012

The world may not have ended in 2012, but this is where my Liftetime series comes to its end.  This may not have been my most popular series judging by numbers, but it was the most fun and interactive one I think I've ever had.  I wanna thank so much, those of you who have participated in sharing your own lists whether it be in the comments, FB or Twitter.  And thanks for your input in other places as well.  I hope you were able to discern that I was doing Favorite and not "Best" here and encouraging you to throw up your own Favorites as well.  The purpose of this wasn't to be "my word is law", I was hoping for a more communal offering with this.

The Favorite Films Of My Lifetime: 2004

Ten years ago, damn, we had a really good year.  My list of films to edit down for 2004 was quite sizeable and very difficult.  But, I pulled through.  Once again it came down to factors of owning the movie, how much I've watched and what's actually been revisited over what may or may not have been better.  I'm interested to see some of your picks as I think they could differ greatly from mine.  The Oscar race for this particular year looks kind of weak in comparison to how good this year turned out.  Solid movies were released from start to finish this year.  The past few years had taken until summer for something truly notable to show up.

The Favorite Films Of My Lifetime: 1998

1998's Oscar race isn't nearly as exciting or interesting as 1997.  I remember the ceremony being the Roberto Benigni night.  Perusing through the movies released this year, I noticed it appeared to be a really grand year for me and comedy movies.  Not all of them made the list mind you, but there were plenty of ones I really enjoyed.  Also, my favorite Gwenyth Paltrow film of 1998 wasn't Shakespeare In Love, it was a little unseen film by the name of Sliding Doors.  It didn't make the list, but I figured I'd say something about it right here, as I do like the film quite a bit.  What knocked it out was 6 films I just frankly watch a lot more than it.

My 2013: My 2014 - 10 Films I'm Looking Forward To

So tomorrow 2013 will be over and we will be ringing in 2014.  While 2015 looks to be THE year to go to the movies (well, if you're a franchise person), 2014 will be no slouch.  There's already plenty of notable projects and I'm sure more will pop up as the year goes and we get some more trailers and extra buzz from screenings.  While 2015 has all the hype in the world, it also could be setting up for a big disappointment.  2014 on the other hand has the sort of "well, let's just get through this year so we can get to 2015" type feel with the movies, meaning its probably going to surprise and turn out to be pretty damn good in its own right.  Remember or summer 2011 was only the preface to summer 2012...and then 2011 wound up being the much better summer?  I'm not saying that will happen, I'm just saying let's not discount 2014 before its even begun.

Below are 10 films that are currently on my radar (there's more than 10 actually, but I have ten digits and its a nice clean cut off) going into 2014.