For my final post of the year, I give you my A to Z of the year:
A: Amy – documentary of the year
B: Back to the Future – we celebrated Back to the Future day
C: Cate Blanchett, my performance of the year
D: Denis Villeneuve – my director of the year
E: Eastwood – Clint returns to form behind the camera and Scott finds his feet in front of it.
F: Fast & Furious 7 – unexpectedly took $1.5billion
G: Garland – Alex Garland debut director of the year
H: Hardy – a worthy adaptation
I: Imperator Furiosa – character of the year
J: J.J. Abrams – The man who awoke the force
K: Kingsman: The Secret Service – surprise of the year
L: Love -BFI’s love season include cinema screenings of True Romance and Doctor Zhivago
M: Mad Max – my movie of the year
N: Naomi Watts – putting Dianna behind her with a string of strong performances
O: Oscar Isaac – actor of the year with three very different movies
P: Pixar – the first animation to make my top ten of the year
Q: Q – Bond has gadgets again!
R: Roger Deakins – my cinematographer of the year
S: Spies – the year of the spy; Bond, Kingsman, UNCLE, SPY, Mission impossible, Bridge of Spies
T: Terminator – Genisys was rubbish but The Terminator got a cinematic rerelease
U: Underperformers aka flops
V: Vikander – Alicia Vikander, breakout star of the year
W: Walking – Three movies about putting one foot in-front of the other 
X: X + Y – a film that deserves to find a wider audience
Y: YA 
Z: Zoë Kravitz – continues to impress in supporting roles
I love the movie x+y!
It’s a shame more people haven’t seen it.
Nice post
Thanks
Great post! Definitely agree with Vikander, Mad Max and Pixar! Inside Out was amazing, not my usual film but very funny and very clever
I am not normally one for animation, but as you say it is so very clever.
This is such a tremendous post! I stand by your best actress nod to Cate Blanchett. I wasn’t a fan of Carol, but Cate the Great can never deliver a bad performance. I think her performance trumps Brie Larson’s by far.
We don’t get The Room until later this month. I a looking forward to it but it will take a lot to top Blanchett.
no love for “youth”, still a solid review of the year.
have a wonderfull 2016!
Youth isn’t released here until the end of this month. Looks interesting, I am looking forward to it.