But before that, here are some of the film festivals I attended this year.
16th French Film Festival
08-19 June 2011
7 Ans (7 Years) - Jean-Pascal Huttu
Joueuse (Queen To Play) - Caroline Bottaro
Le Dernier Des Fous (Demented) - Robert Guédiguian
Le Marquis - Dominique Farrugia
Les enfants De Timpelbach (Trouble At Timpetill) - Nicolas Bary
Mademoiselle - Philippe Lioret
Sans Toit Ni Loi (Vagabond) - Agnès Varda
Eiga Sai 2011: The Japanese Film Festival
01-10 July 2011
Climber’s High (Kuraimazu Hai) - Masato Harada
One Million Yen Girl (Hyakuman-en To Nigamushi Onna) - Yuki Tanada
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones (Tsurugidake: Ten No Ki) - Daisaku Kimura
Your Friend (Kimi No Tomodachi) - Ryuichi Hiroki
Cinemalaya 7
15-24 July 2011
Amok - Lawrence Fajardo
Bahay Bata (Baby Factory) - Eduardo W. Roy, Jr. & Jerome Zamora
Niño - Loy Arcenas
Teoriya (Father's Way) - Alistaire Christian E. Chan
Bisperas (Eve) - Jeffrey Jeturian
Busong (Palawan Fate) - Auraeus Solito
Isda (Fable Of The Fish) - Adolfo Alix Jr.
Every Other Time - Gino M. Santos
Niño Bonito - Rommel Tolentino
Samarito (Samaritan) - Rafael L. Santos
Un Diutay Mundo (One Small World) - Ana Carlyn V. Lim
Walang Katapusang Kwarto (An Endless Room) - Emerson Reyes
Cine Europa 14
09-18 September 2011
Une Execution Ordinaire (An Ordinary Execution) - Marc Dugain
Goethe! - Philipp Stölzl
Писмо до Америка (Letter To America) - Iglika Trifonova
Proti Fora Nonos (Little Greek Godfather) - Olga Malea
Verlengd Weekend (Long Weekend) - Hans Herbots
Prinsessa (Princess) - Arto Halonen
Flugten (The Escape) - Kathrine Windfeld
La Masseria Delle Allodole (The Lark Farm) - Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani
Wit Licht (The Silent Army) - Jean Van De Velde
2011 Taiwan Film Festival
21- 26 October 2011
Gangster Rock - Jen-Hao Chien
No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (Cannot Live Without You) - Leon Dai
Three Times - Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Zoom Hunting - Cho Li
Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival 2011
09-15 November 2011
Ka Oryang - Sari Dalena
Sa Ilalim Ng Tulay - Earl Bontuyan
Six Degrees Of Separation From Lilia Cuntapay - Antoinette H. Jadaone
37th Metro Manila Film Festival
25 December 2011
My Househusband, Ikaw Na!
Jose Javier Reyes
Enteng Ng Ina Mo
Tony Y. Reyes
Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story
Tikoy Aguiluz
Ang Panday 2
Mac Alejandre
Shake, Rattle & Roll 13
Richard Somes / Jerrold Tarog / Chris Martinez
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Jun Lana
Segunda Mano
Joyce Bernal
So now, let's proceed with my TOP MOVIES OF 2011. Yeah! I ranked them.
MONG'S TOP MOVIES OF 2011
82. Brod - Ray Gibraltar
81. The Lion King 3D - Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
80. Phobia 3 - Youngyooth Thongkonthun / Banjong Pisanthanakun / Parkpoom Wongpoom / Paween Purijitpanya
79. Scream 4 - Wes Craven
78. Tumbok - Topel Lee
77. The Roommate - Christian E. Christiansen
76. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules - David Bowers
75. Ligo Na U, Lapit Na Me - Erick Salud
74. Third World Happy - E.J. Salcedo
73. Little Fockers - Paul Weitz
72. The Rite - Mikael Håfström
71. Ladda Land - Sopon Sukdapisit
70. The Beaver - Jodie Foster
69. Amigo - John Sayles
68. Colombiana - Olivier Megaton
67. Arthur - Jason Winer
66. Bad Teacher - Jake Kasdan
65. Dolphin Tale - Charles Martin Smith
64. The Mechanic - Simon West
63. Faster - George Tillman, Jr.
62. Insidious - James Wan
61. Hall Pass - Bobby & Peter Farrelly
60. The Thing - Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
59. Bridesmaids - Paul Feig
58. The Three Musketeers - Paul W. S. Anderson
57. The Lincoln Lawyer - Brad Furman
56. Monte Carlo - Thomas Bezucha
55. Priest - Scott Stewart
54. Never Let Me Go - Mark Romanek
53. In Time - Andrew Niccol
52. Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank - Marlon Rivera
51. My Neighbor's Wife - Jun Lana
50. Limitless - Neil Burger
49. Gulliver's Travels - Rob Letterman
48. Rango - Gore Verbinski
47. Final Destination 5 - Steven Quale
46. Unknown - Jaume Collet-Serra
45. Horrible Bosses - Seth Gordon
44. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - Rupert Wyatt
43. The Tourist - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
42. Ang Sayaw Ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa - Alvin Yapan
41. Wedding Tayo, Wedding Hindi! - Jose Javier Reyes
40. Tower Heist - Brett Ratner
39. Warrior - Gavin O'Connor
38. No Other Woman - Ruel S. Bayani
37. In The Name Of Love - Olivia M. Lamasan
36. The Hangover Part II - Todd Phillips
35. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Bill Condon
34. The Tree Of Life - Terrence Malick
33. Senior Year - Jerrold Tarog
32. Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn
31. The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin - Wenn V. Deramas
30. Fright Night - Craig Gillespie
29. Source Code - Duncan Jones
28. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon - Michael Bay
27. Paranormal Activity 3 - Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman
26. Mars Needs Moms - Simon Wells
25. The Road - Yam Laranas
24. The Adjustment Bureau - George Nolfi
23. The Adventures Of Tintin - Steven Spielberg
22. Black Swan - Darren Aronofsky
21. 127 Hours - Danny Boyle
20. Temptation Island - Chris Martinez
19. Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - Rob Marshall
18. Forever And A Day - Cathy Garcia-Molina
17. Cars 2 - John Lasseter
16. Contagion - Steven Soderbergh
15. Bulong - Chito S. Roño
14. Fast Five - Justin Lin
13. Captain America: The First Avenger - Joe Johnston
12. Won't Last A Day Without You - Raz dela Torre
11. Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Tom Cruise / Jeremy Renner / Simon Pegg / Paula Patton
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 15 December 2011
Box Office: $1,404,994 (Phil) $293,692,759 (WW)
"Powered by Cruise's moxie, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol proves that in a Hollywood action-ride culture drenched in fake adrenaline, it's cathartic to encounter the real thing."
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
10. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Director: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa
Cast: Steve Carell / Ryan Gosling / Julianne Moore
Emma Stone / John Carroll Lynch / Marisa Tomei
Analeigh Tipton / Kevin Bacon
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Release Date: 17 August 2011
Box Office: $662,932 (Phil) $142,776,476 (WW)
"Crazy, Stupid, Love is one from the heart and one for the heart. This grand romantic gesture about grand romantic gestures conjures up the bittersweet magic of first loves, lasting loves, lost loves and all the loves in between. It may well restore your faith in the very possibility of love, to say nothing of romantic comedies."
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
9. X-Men: First Class
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: James McAvoy / Michael Fassbender / Rose Byrne
Oliver Platt / Kevin Bacon
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 02 June 2011
Box Office: $3,609,496 (Phil) $353,624,124 (WW)
"Audacious, confident and fueled by youthful energy, this is a surefire summer winner for a wide global audience."
Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter
8. Super 8
Director: J. J. Abrams
Cast: Elle Fanning / Joel Courtney / Kyle Chandler
Riley Griffiths / Ryan Lee / Amanda Michalka / Ron Eldard
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 10 June 2011
Box Office: $956,962 (Phil) $259,422,500 (WW)
"Super 8 is a wonderful film, nostalgia not for a time but for a style of filmmaking, when shell-shocked young audiences were told a story and not pounded over the head with aggressive action. Abrams treats early adolescence with tenderness and affection."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
7. Zombadings 1: Patayin Sa Shokot Si Remington!
Director: Jade Castro
Cast: Mart Escudero / Angelina Kanapi / Daniel Fernando
Eugene Domingo / Janice de Belen / John Regala
Kerbie Zamora / Lauren Young / Leandro Baldemor
Roderick Paulate
Distributor: Origin8media
Release Date: 31 August 2011
Box Office: $741,838 (Phil)
"It’s easy enough to say that a film is good, but Zombadings might be something more than that. I think it deserves to be called important, and it ought to be required viewing for any Filipino film lover."
Philbert Ortiz Dy, ClickTheCity.com
6. Rio
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg / Anne Hathaway / will.i.am / Jamie Foxx
George Lopez / Tracy Morgan / Jemaine Clement
Leslie Mann / Rodrigo Santoro / Jake T. Austin
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 07 April 2011
Box Office: $1,649,922 (Phil) $484,635,760 (WW)
"Actually, more things work than not in this sweetened sweet bird of youth. Maybe the G is for good fun or great music or a gentle good time."
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
5. Thor
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Chris Hemsworth / Natalie Portman / Tom Hiddleston
Anthony Hopkins / Stellan Skarsgård / Renee Russo
Kat Dennings / Idris Elba
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 29 April 2011
Box Office: $4,027,405 (Phil) $449,300,000 (WW)
"Thanks in large part to a charming, funny and winning performance from Australian actor Chris Hemsworth in the title role, the big-screen version of Thor is the most entertaining superhero debut since the original Spider-Man.”
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
4. Real Steel
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Hugh Jackman / Dakota Goyo / Evangeline Lilly
Anthony Mackie / Kevin Durand
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Release Date: 12 October 2011
Box Office: $2,502,151 (Phil) $276,437,282 (WW)
"Real Steel is a real movie. It has characters, it matters who they are, it makes sense of its action, it has a compelling plot. Sometimes you go into a movie with low expectations and are pleasantly surprised."
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
3. Kung Fu Panda 2
Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Cast: Jack Black / Angelina Jolie / Gary Oldman / Dustin Hoffman
Jackie Chan / Seth Rogen / Lucy Liu / David Cross
James Hong / Michelle Yeoh / Danny McBride
Dennis Haysbert / Jean-Claude Van Damme / Victor Garber
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 26 May 2011
Box Office: $4,597,619 (Phil) $665,692,281 (WW)
"The film works on both aesthetic and emotional levels, and is truly beautiful to behold — from the sight of warships slowly pushing along a canal to the open sea, to the enveloping, moss-covered cliffs that surround a valley of still water far below."
Frank Lovece, Film Journal International
2. Tangled
Director: Nathan Greno & Byron Howard
Cast: Mandy Moore / Zachary Levi / Donna Murphy
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: 02 February 2011
Box Office: $1,082,188 (Phil) $590,721,936 (WW)
"Tangled is the 50th animated feature from Disney, and its look and spirit convey a modified, updated but nonetheless sincere and unmistakable quality of old-fashioned Disneyness."
A. O. Scott, The New York Times
1. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe / Rupert Grint
Emma Watson / Ralph Fiennes
Michael Gambon / Alan Rickman
Tom Felton / John Hurt / Maggie Smith
Helena Bonham Carter / Jason Isaacs
Kelly Macdonald / Gary Oldman
Robbie Coltrane / Warwick Davis
David Thewlis / Julie Walters
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: 14 July 2011
Box Office: $6,955,628 (Phil)
$1,328,111,219 (WW)
"This is monumental cinema, awash with gorgeous tones, and carrying an ultimate message that will resonate with every viewer, young or old: there is darkness in all of us, but we can overcome it."
Philip Womack, The Daily Telegraph
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