TheRetroCritic

I take a look back at 10 of my favourite films of 2013 and some honourable mentions.

Well, Anime Month (and a half) finally draws to a close so here's a list of all the anime-related reviews we've had over the past month (and a half). A couple more will be written before Christmas, anime series will be reviewed over the next year (sorry I couldn't get around to those) and live-action anime Vlogs will become a regular thing and will be posted on our Youtube channel every so often so stay tuned! Thanks again for all your support ;) Spirited Away Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Howl's Moving Castle Millennium Actress Battle Royale My Neighbor Totoro Dr Slump Arale: Ncha! Bycha (Game Review) Tokyo Godfathers Origin: Spirits Of The Past Devilman City Hunter (Game Review) Golgo 13: The Professional Guyver: Dark Hero Porco Rosso Ponyo Casshern R.O.D: Read Or Die Sailor Moon (Game Review) Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind Speed Racer Psychic Wars Fist Of The North Star (Game R

Thanks for all your support during Vampire Month! I'll try and post a few more vampire reviews on weekends this month but it's time to let Anime Month do its thing and say goodbye to Vampire Month... for now. (and let's not forget that vampire anime does exist :P) Here are all of this month's reviews: Master Of Darkness (Game Review) Dracula In London (Game Review) Castlevania: Bloodlines (Game Review) Dracula III: Legacy Dracula II: Ascension From Dusk Till Dawn Fright Night (1985) Shadow Of The Vampire BloodRayne Kid Dracula (Game Review) Sucker The Vampire The Last Man On Earth Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula Escape From Vampire Island Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula (Video Review) Dracula: Dead And Loving It Blood (Game Review) Queen Of The Damned Thirst Scars Of Dracula   Rockabilly Vampire Bram Stoker's Dracula Dracula 2000

So that's the Oscars over and done with and, as ever, here we have a good bunch of winners and losers. Some deserved wins, some predictable, some undeserved... It's a mixed bag. Let's start off with the big ones: BEST PICTURE ARGO Yes, that Ben Affleck movie about a fake sci-fi movie saving a bunch of people from a not very good time. Good film, I enjoyed it, but in no way was it the most memorable film I saw last year. Let alone the best! Would have preferred to see Les Miserables win mostly because of the top performances and the unique, game-changing take it had on movie musicals. Or Django Unchained because... well, it's a good Tarantino flick. Or even Skyfall ! But that's just the 007 fan in me whining. I should be happy the film won Best Song and Best Sound Editing. Also surprised Argo won over Lincoln , which was an equally worthy flick I felt. Still, not the best choice but definitely not the worst. BEST DIRECTOR ANG LEE Gott

Love him or hate him, Tom Cruise chooses his movies carefully and, more often than not, he picks some damn good ones. And, more often than not, he's damn good in them! Which is why I've picked 10 of my personal favourites. Of course, I haven't seen every single one of his films but based on the many I've seen, this is the list I came up with. A few guilty pleasures just missed out on the Top 10 including Cocktail and Days Of Thunder , as did a good bunch of decent ones like  A Few Good Men or The Firm . Jerry Maguire , a film I do enjoy very much, would have made it if Renee Zellweger wasn't so darn irritating in it and Legend just fell short due to Cruise's pants just being, well... much too short. Oh and I'll tell you right now: Top Gun puts me to sleep. Planes are boring. You heard me. On that note, let's fly through these bad boys! One maverick at a time... 10 RISKY BUSINESS Yup, Risky Business . Was going to file that one under g

Well, it's that time again and you, yes YOU, my fellow viewers, get to vote for your picks for best and worst films of the year we'll be ending in just a couple of days. You'll see I've opened up a couple of polls on the top right and left of this Home page so go ahead and vote away! Polls will close in early January. The picks I've put up are a mix of films I've seen and wanted to include and films I didn't see but seemed to be particularly decent or terrible. Of course, I don't know everything so if your wanted pick isn't listed, fear not you can always pick "Other" and comment on this here post with your specific film. It will be included in the final results. Last year's best film, if you remember, was Captain America: The First Avenger and your worst was Battle: Los Angeles . So go ahead, if that final Twilight outing was just too much for you, if that Total Recall remake put you to sleep, vote! If Dark Knight Rises blew

Welcome to another of my Top 10s! This time I'm looking at Nicolas Cage movies and if you know me at all then you know that Mr Cage is something of an obsession with me... I'll be counting down the Top 10 Cage films that I personally enjoy watching the most. I'll be leaving out loads of good movies of course ( Lord Of War ), as well as movies I haven't seen in a long time and really need to re-watch ( Snake Eyes , 8MM , The Rock ) so I might revisit this list eventually. Some films that I actually quite like, I'm thinking Trapped In Paradise , Matchstick Men or Peggy Sue got Married just missed out on the list which includes genuinely good movies and movies which may not be particularly great (or simply so bad they're good) but are worth watching since The Cage is at his most entertaining. On that note, lets "Cage" that shit up: 10 DEADFALL/THE WICKER MAN In the so-bad-they're-good category, here we have two films, both clunky

Catwoman is a character we've seen being interpreted in very different ways over the years. Whether she's an anti-hero, a misunderstood crime-fighter or a straight-up villain, there's no denying she's one of the best Batman characters out there so through this little homage, lets take a look at some of the main Catwomen out there and see who truly nailed the part. JULIE NEWMAR Batman: The TV Series (1966) Easily my favourite Catwoman from the TV series, Julie Newmar had it all: sexy, beautiful, manipulative, ever-so-slightly crazy, adorable... perfect. Poor old Adam West, having to resist such devilish cat-charm every single time. Mostly, this Catwoman just wanted to toy with The Bat, Newmar was having fun with it and it shows. She made the character quirky and a lot of fun to watch, giving the show one of its best, less stupid, most entertaining villains. The coolest 60's cat out there. Meow Rating: 4/5 EARTHA KITT Batman: The TV Series (