My father was right. The older you get, the faster time goes. One minute, you’re sneaking into R-rated movies with your buddies, the next, you’re threatening the 13-year-old asshat behind you in the theater for kicking your seat. So much happened these past 12 months, good and bad, it’s hard to know where to begin. As a film critic, it was tough to see one of the most significant icons in my industry pass away this year. Whether or not I agreed with Roger Ebert (it was honestly a coin flip), the man was a spectacular writer and became the face of a profession I truly adore. So, here’s to 2013 (thus far) and to all the thumb ups and downs in every aspect of our lives. –Jimmy Martin

 

Top 5 Best Films:
1. Gravity
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Pacific Rim
4. Captain Phillips
5. The World’s End

 

Top 5 Worst Films:
1. Escape From Tomorrow
2. The Internship
3. 21 & Over
4. Spring Breakers
5. The Host

 

Top 5 Documentaries:
1. Blackfish
2. The Armstrong Lie
3. 20 Feet From Stardom
4. Sound City
5. Cutie And The Boxer

 

Top 5 Best Actors:
1. Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
3. Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
4. Robert Redford (All Is Lost)
5. Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)

 

Top 5 Best Actresses:
1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
2. Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
3. Judi Dench (Philomena)
4. Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Color)
5. Jennifer Garner (Dallas Buyers Club)

Top 5 Worst Actors:
1. Roy Abramsohn (Escape From Tomorrow)
2. Adam Sandler (Grown-Ups 2)
3. Jaden Smith (After Earth)
4. Ryan Reynolds (R.I.P.D.)
5. Hank Azaria (The Smurfs 2)

Top 5 Worst Actresses:
1. Jennifer Lopez (Parker)
2. Selena Gomez (Spring Breakers)
3. Selena Gomez (Getaway)
4. Paula Patton (Baggage Claim)
5. Cameron Diaz (The Counselor)

 

Top 5 Best Remakes/Sequels/Prequels/Reboots:
1. Iron Man 3
2. Man of Steel
3. Evil Dead
4. Star Trek Into Darkness
5. G. I. Joe: Retaliation

 

Top 5 Worst Remakes/Sequels/Prequels/Reboots:
1. Grown Ups 2
2. The Smurfs 2
3. Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters
4. A Good Day to Die Hard
5. The Great Gatsby