Think rural women are all farmers' wives? You need to meet my netball team.

A Woody Allen romantic's tale where you need to throw out all expectations of realism and go along with the fantasy.

An Oscar-worthy, gripping yet harrowing film that had me tense throughout and drained at the end. Phew!

The romantic supernatural saga tips over into pure melodrama in its fourth installment, but surprisingly it's a better film than its predecessors.

Beware The Ides of March? Not unless you want to miss a cracking new Clooney film!

Director Garry Marshall and a host of famous faces throw out some bland and predictable confetti to usher in the new year.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.

Could 2011's most touching love story be between a young man and his horse? Steven Spielberg delivers a cinematic tour de force that pay homage to good storytelling and classic cinema.

It's Holmes versus Moriarty in this lacklustre sequel that fails to add much to the detective-action franchise.

The Kid with a Bike is a spare film, with only two main characters and runs for only 88 minutes, but by the end we are so tense from watching the title character, Cyril (Thomas Doret), and his near disastrous progress through the film that when my mother and I have a minor drama in the car park that we become almost hysterical with laughter, so tightly wound has the story made us.

The Swedish bestseller makes its English-language film debut in a stylish and impressive work from David Fincher.

A sweethearted romantic Hollywood tale told with the affectation of being black and white and silent.

An Aussie RomCom from the Working Dog team, Any Questions For Ben? unfortunately isn't very funny and only slightly romantic.

It may be war, but there's just not enough spark in this action rom-com to make it satisfying.

Don't forget your tissues for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - the tale of an odd and hurting 10 year old boy searching for meaning and connection after the death of his father on September 11

Michelle Williams is touching as the broken doll of a woman and Eddie Redmayne quintessentially boyish as Colin. But it all just doesn't ring true. So the myth remains intact.

A Norwegian film based on the book by crime writer Jo Nesbo about a recruitment specialist with a chip on his shoulder and a sideline as an art thief.

Not just for Seniors - a fun film for all!

Is The Hunger Games the new Twilight? All the kids are talking about this new teen dystopian future adventure.

A look at the birth of psychoanalysis and dark sexual desires which is unfortunately less spicy than required - hard to believe it's directed by David Cronenberg!

A big, bombastic, alien invasion film at sea by toy manufacturers Hasbro, Battleship is based on the board game Battleship.

What perfect timing! A biopic about Aung San Suu Kyi's personal struggle for Burma's political freedom.

So many Aussies run amok in South East Asia - this movie is a wake-up call for young Aussie travellers.

Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Jackie Weaver

Wish You Were Here is slowly unwrapped like a Chinese puzzle, all jump cuts, and flashbacks, the colour palette rich, the camera angles skewed, the performances naturalistic and all too believable.

Johnny Depp makes a good vampire, but there really is no life in this lavish laugh-fest from Tim Burton.

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham-Carter

Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, John C Reilly, Anna Faris

Robert Pattinson Kristin Scott Thomas Uma Thurman Christina Ricci Colm Meaney

If you like your French movies hyper-sweet, archetypal and a clear invitation to join a tour group at once, this is for you!

The popular pregnancy advice book becomes an all-star movie, but unfortunately with too many characters and situations, the stretch marks are visible.

Mel Gibson's Hollywood glory days are reflected in Get The Gringo where Mel plays a tough guy, ready for action with a sarcastic wit and all the right moves, just a little older.

Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox

The Duel is delicately directed and elegantly shot as if in a fever dream.

Lars Von Trier is the writer and producer behind this look at the Danish court in the late 18th century during the time of enlightenment, the insane monarch Christian VII and political manoeuvrings and social change.

Anna Paquin, J.Smith-Cameron, Jeannie Berlin, Mark Ruffalo, Jean Reno, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Allison Janney

The comic routines set against the mindlessly violent men with their rages, competing religions and guns, offer no solutions, just a haunting sense of the inevitability of the tragedy that hangs over the region.

A darkly comic Australian film that hits the right note.

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman

Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaghey