Puss in Boots – A special treat for those of us who thought Puss was the funniest character in Shrek. Salma Hayek maintains all of her hotness as Kitty Soft Paws and the whole event seems perfect, including the evil Humpty Dumpty. Just remember, I have a 10 year old daughter.

Real Steel – Why am I just now finding out about bot bouts? They could not be more exciting and the movie is also excellent, if slightly on the wholesome side.

Drive – Holy crap! Ryan Gosling has committed the most brutal stomping death in cinematic history. Even Albert Brooks is killing people, albeit apologetically.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark – Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce don't really make the sparks fly (She probably saves them for Tom) and the little girl looks terminally grumpy but just like a little Katie Holmes. Still, it is very well made and creatures are pretty fantastic: small and furry, looking like bi-ped rats and capable of speech and all that it entails. They are also evil little killers and there are lots of them.

Final Destination 5 – This is the movie that gives 3D its reason for existence.

Sweet Karma (2009) – The Canadian underground Russian sex world is torn asunder by beautiful, mute Karma who is seeking for vengeance for her missing sister. It’s gritty, brutal, well-acted and cheap with a fine, twisted ending.

Surveillance (2007) – Serial killers, suddenly, could not be more entertaining although it takes most of the movie to find out who they are but after that, the fun is unlimited. Julia Ormond is especially delightful.

Pulling John (2009) – If you are not into arm wrestling, and who is, you probably do not know John Brzenk is the greatest arm wrestler ever and this documentary is as heart pounding as a sports movie gets.

Bad Teacher (2011) – Cameron Diaz is everything you could possibly want in a bad teacher. How do you ditch a fiancé who threatens to "suck your dick like I was mad at it." It's really funny.

Catfish (2010) – Three guys from Brooklyn make a movie while tracking down the internet sensation Abby, an 8 year old with precocious talent who turns out to be a figment of her sociopathic mother’s imagination. A spectacular adventure of the digital reality kind. Look for Vince to give us closure and the movie’s title.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes – King Kong aside, the greatest ape movie ever made but it should have been much better. The story is terrific just not told too well. The acting is listless and opportunities are squandered but when the apes get the screen, and they get it a lot, it’s fantastic.

Hobo with a Shotgun – The Street Trash of the new millennium. Rutger Hauer gives it up as the hobo with a shotgun and the film has gone the distance to be as distasteful and offensive as possible. A monumental success!

Super 8 – It starts with the greatest (and longest) train derailment ever filmed and goes downhill from there but not too far and it's all very exciting, with aliens. It's Steven Spielberg and J. J. Abrams, for god's sake!

Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen’s time travel movie with Owen Wilson seems like a comedic masterstroke with the greatest ‘Hemingway’ to ever appear on film. “Anyone wanna fight?”

Hanna – She’s genetically enhanced and kills without remorse which is the way I like my teenagers, at least in the movies. Cate Blanchette also kills without remorse but she’s not genetically enhanced.

Queen to Play – The second best chess movie ever (Searching for Bobby Fisher being the first). Actually it’s a French, romantic chess comedy and my ten year old loved it and only had to avert her eyes on two occasions. The subtitles are slightly challenging.

Limitless – A drug movie with a happy ending. This is new territory. Ralph Fiennes takes a pill, gets super smart, makes tons of money, kills a couple of people, gets very sick, but recovers, and, along with his girlfriend, successfully manages his new drug habit and apparently lives happily ever after.

Adjustment Bureau – Once you accept the ridiculous premise that there is an army of immortal beings rushing around fixing stuff, it’s a fun filled, action adventure of the existential sort with the lovely Emily Blunt offering up a contorted dance segment and Matt Damon again demonstrating his determined manliness against all odds.

Unknown – Everybody’s favorite action hero is back. Liam Neeson is…actually he doesn’t know who he is because he’s got amnesia and, still, he manages to kick some ass. And wait until you see what happens to January Jones. Unfortunately, if you see the TV trailer, Frank Langella’s character gives the entire premise away, something we were told about after enjoying the movie.

True Grit – John Wayne won an Oscar for his portrayal of the mean, fat, drunk and one-eyed Rooster Cogburn and while Jeff Bridges is every bit the Rooster that Wayne was, he probably won’t win the Oscar. Neither will anyone else but they were all terrific. The Coen brothers make it very exciting.

Unstoppable – It's a train movie and perhaps the most exciting train movie ever made and they are all exciting. Think about it. Every train movie ever made since The Train with Burt Lancaster. And it's Denzel Washington's second train movie in as many years.

Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane (2007) – It is cheap and poorly written but it delivers some spectacular zombie action and performances. It is also conceptually irresistible. You have to see what happens and, yes, at one point Zombies will fall from the skies.

Triangle (2009) – It's from Australia and it's a really creepy caught-in-a-time-loop kind of horror.

Mongolian Death Worm (2010) – It's important to know this movie exists. I've watched it so you don't have to.

Hard Revenge Milly (2008) – This movie is Japanese and only 43 minutes long and we don’t know why because it’s a really good 43 minutes with some classic Asian splatter (a lot of human blood geysers) and Millie, who clearly should be dead but has been technologically transformed into something and deadly. (Netflix)

Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle (2009) – It’s longer than the original (73 minutes) and bloodier and Millie gets her arm cut off but it barely slows her down. (Netflix)

Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (TV - 2009) – Let's dwell on the long distance kill shot. In Iraq, the snipers have a motto: be polite, be professional and be prepared to kill everyone you meet. This documentary shows you how they do it. It also shows you the mile and a half longest kill shot ever. It's movie about hunting humans.

Case 39 (2009) – Best Renee Zelwigger movie ever, although Nurse Betty isn't bad. See live hornets crawl out of Bradley Cooper's eye, and his nose. A topnotch scary little kid movie.

Inception (2010) – Leonardo DeCaprio is one of the dream police and he’s undercover and, just like Shutter, his wife is dead and his kids aren’t doing too well either. It’s conceptually slippery but everything seems to work in a spectacular way which is becoming routine for director Christopher Nolan.

Frozen (2010) – We started to watch this but Shawn Ashmore was so irritating that we went to the last 20 minutes to see how it ended. It was dark, cold and stunning and Shawn Ashmore gets eaten by wolves so we’re recommending it.

The Horseman (2010) – It's Austrailian and it's on cable and it's some showstopping vengeance from down under starting off with a bereaved father inflicting some ungodly pain and suffering on someone vaguely connected to his daughter's death after making a porn film. And that's pretty much the way it is for the next hour and a half.

The Killer Inside Me (2010) – Another version of the Jim Thompson book about a homicidal maniac cleverly disguised as the local Deputy Sheriff. Casey Affleck, as the killer Lou Ford, gives a chilling low-keyed performance and spends about two minutes trying to beat Jessica Alba to death in a scene as brutal as we've ever watched.

Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin’ with the Godmother (2008) – It’s a documentary and we don’t know how it holds up as a sequel because we didn’t see the first Cocaine Cowboys, but for some inside story telling this can’t be beat. Oakland street dealer Charles Cosby hooks up with the Columbia Godmother of cocaine and 45 days later he’s a millionaire on his way to becoming a billionaire. That was in the 80’s and Charles Cosby walked away at the top of his game still lives in the hood, a legend and a rich one. But he still worries about being murdered by the Godmother.

Surrogates (2010) – It’s a fraudulent world where you never have to leave your house yet the thrills of a lifetime are there for your vicarious pleasure. You can see where it would be irresistible and it’s a lot of fun watching the surrogate Bruce Willis zipping around like a super hero. It’s also fun to watch the plug get pulled.

The Children (2009) – A couple of friendly families getting together over the Christmas holidays are suddenly being murdered by their own children. There is something going around and it’s catching. Seriously disturbed children are very scary in the movies as well as out.

The Other Guys – We can’t say for sure that this movie is any good, we just couldn’t stop laughing and it’s a team effort. Ferrel and Wahlberg. They appear to be made for each other. Jackson and Johnson weren’t bad either.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – The final installment of the Swedish trilogy. Lisbeth spends almost all her time in custody but before it’s over she will personally dispatch of her personal nemesis, and half brother, Nederman. She uses a nail gun but it’s only a holding action. Hollywood will be remaking these movies and it seems like they’re so good, they can’t be fucked up.

The Town – This is a hardcore look at some armed robbers in Boston where armed robbery is a lifestyle. It is directed by Ben Affleck who also gets a writing credit and it comes very close to redeeming him from being Ben Affleck but not quite. He can’t help himself and the end features a huge Ben Affleck moment that is very disappointing. Matt Damon seems so much tougher. Jennifer Garner seems tougher.

Let Me In – Because it’s got more vampire action, it seems better than the Swedish original despite being a copy because it copies the original so perfectly. And, conveniently, it’s in English. Although I did miss the scene where she floats down to the ground. I’m just sayin’.

Devil – M. Night Shyamalan wrote the story about a stuck elevator full of people who come to realize they are stuck with the Devil and he’s going to make it Hell for everyone, except the audience. It’s also very short and that’s nice.

Machete – Based on the trailer of the same name, it's got Steven Seagal, Jeff Fahey, Robert DeNiro, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson and Lindsay Lohan, to mention a few. Other than that, it's all Danny Trejo who already has the sequel, Machete Kills and the sequel after that, Machete Kills Again, in the can. It's the greatest.

Piranha 3D – It's exactly what you would expect which is a delightful surprise because these things are so often disappointing. It's also got Elizabeth Shue as the local sheriff desperately trying to get keep people from being eaten by large, prehistoric piranha that have invaded her lake. Her success is mixed.

Get Low – Robert Duval wants a funeral and Bill Murray wants to give him one. Both of them could wind up with Oscars.

Salt – It’s now official. Angelina Jolie can kick the ass of any other Hollywood action star on film and probably off.. And she can take a hellacious beating. This movie is non-stop thrills and Angelina sells every moment. She was last seen handcuffed, jumping out of a helicopter into the Potomac river and going on the run, hopefully, straight for the sequel.

Winter's Bone – This is an Ozark Outlaw crime family movie, a genre no one has really ever seen before and it turns out just being there is scary as shit. Nothing quite like rednecks on crack. It also seems like John Hawkes has become a truly great American actor.

Despicable Me – It doesn’t hurt to have Steve Carell doing the voice for Gru, arguably the greatest living villain operating today and the man who steals the moon. He also goes out of his way to be mean to kids until he adopts some and they, of course, steal his heart but even that’s funny.

The Human Centipede – We here at Drive-in Reviews have not yet seen it but Roger has and you can't tell for sure but it seems he liked it, sort of: "Dr Heiter is a mad scientist... plans to surgically join his victims by sewing together their mouths and anuses, all in a row, so food goes in one end and out the other... depraved and disgusting enough to satisfy the most demanding midnight movie fan." Can't wait.

Splice – Happy scientist couple create a new life form with a tail and optional wings who joins the family. But, when things become dysfunctional, Mom starts performing experimental surgery and Dad has sex with her, right before she turns into a guy with a really bad disposition. It’s fun in a disconcerting sort of way.

Farmhouse (2008) – Chad and Scarlet are leaving their old life in search of a fresh start. Instead they go to hell where they are tortured by Steven Weber and his dead wife. Turns out they deserve it.

Mega Piranha (2010) – This Sci-Fi original movie is terrible but it has giant Piranha that really need to be seen. They start off normal but double in size every 36 hours. You do the math. They wind up about as big as your house and a lot faster. Sure it’s stupid but as big as your house!

Sick Girl (2009) – Izzy is clearly insane and we catch her at her worst as she begins a killing spree on her school bus that will include a nun and her fellow students, some of whom will be held captive and sexually molested to death, but not before she tortures and kills three pre-teens who had the poor judgment to bully her brother. There is a certain integrity to the dementia of this movie that makes it not only disgusting, reprehensible and morally unacceptable but very entertaining.