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There is the old adage that time waits for no one - how true this is with our modern film industry.  With hundreds of films released every year by major studios and independent shops, it's impossible to see every film that hits your local theater.  Still others suffer from the fate of a poorly-envisioned marketing campaign, or worse are granted no campaign at all.  Call them what you will, but these 'overlooked' titles still have value and probably deserve a second glance. Even though we were lucky to be invited to 65 films this year, it was clear by December that we hadn't seen everything of value.  But with home releases now available in almost any format, catching up on some of the most overlooked titles is fairly easy.   Here now are the top 5 most overlooked films of 2012 .  Our titles are mostly first-run films filled with A-List actors, but you'll find some real independent gems in here as well.  This list is purposely presented out of order.

With every  Top 15 movie list , there is the inevitable Worst Movie List - like an unwanted by-product of a good thing, it's almost a guarantee that for every winner in Hollywood, there's a loser.  2012 was one of the best years for films in recent memory, with mega-hits that also met with critical acclaim.  Films like  The Avengers ,  The Dark Knight Rises , Looper ,  and  Skyfall  proved that sometimes Hollywood actually knows what it's doing.  But 2012 also brought us some of the worst films of all time, many of which disappeared quietly after a big media march and others that dug their own holes by creating such negative reaction to its content.   Here is our Top 15 Films Of 2012- To be clear, we determined our list based on our own personal standards for taste or interest.  We also looked at major Hollywood releases, not those which were shot by independent companies.  If A-listers made and distributed it, we considered it.  Click on the movie title above eac

We've talked about a lot of high-profile flops this year, some that made us sad and some that just made us laugh. But none of them came close to the spectacularly low box-office numbers of this horror flick, which earned less than $300 ( no, that's not a typo ) in its box-office run. Playback is a small horror flick (with a budget estimated at only about $7.5 million) about an evil force that's able to possess its victims through video playback (sound familiar, Ring fans?) and threatens to reveal dark secrets in a Michigan town. It starred Christian Slater and co-starred the likes of Caprica's Alessandra Torresani . Despite a couple of semi-big names, the film grossed only $264 theatrically . Yes, you're still reading that right. No zeroes after that. Just three figures. So why'd the flick tank so badly? Well, some of it has to do with a very limited box-office run. The film was only available in a single U.S. theater, for one week, and after earning $2

Jeremy Renner trades in arrows for a shotgun in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters , where the Avengers actor and former Bond girl Gemma Arterton star as the famous title characters. They appear in a new trailer, which proves this isn't your grandma's version of the fairy tale. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a graphic adaptation that takes place 15 years after the siblings' kidnapping. After fighting off their evil captor, they developed "a taste for witch blood." They want to rid the world of the creatures, one kill at a time. The duo lend their expertise to a village, which becomes ravaged by the supernatural. Among them is the witch (played by X-Men's Famke Janssen ) that tried to kill them years ago. But Hansel and Gretel have revenge on the brain. They're sure to leave blood and guts in their wake as they try to defeat her once and for all. Please Leave A Comment-  Source- Blastr

In a year that saw some of the worst films ever, 2012 also brought us some of the most memorable. But how do you reduce a list from 65 to just 10 - you add five more ! Yes, SJF brought you an amazing 65 reviews in 2012 - how do I still have eyes after seeing that many? In short, there were so many good films that a top 10 just felt too small. I know that some of you might not agree with what you're about to see, but that's the great thing about 'best-of' lists: they should generate discussion and thoughtful consideration, while ultimately encouraging you to either catch a hidden gem for the first time, or to relive the moment when one became a favorite. We've been building this list all year, with some films receiving a last-minute bump or demotion based on their release date or a recent revisiting. To be clear, we include films that probably won't even be nominated for an Oscar, either because of their subject matter or their poor performance at thea

Thanks to Fandango we have the first 4 minutes for the upcoming film Warm Bodies . Warm Bodies , directed by 50/50’s Jonathan Levine, finds zombie R ( Nicholas Hoult ) un-living in a world where the undead outnumber the living. He and his rotting contemporaries regularly raid the fugitive pockets of human survivors, lured by their warm, fleshy delights and focused on eating their brains. But on one of the scouting missions, R meets and engages with Julie ( Teresa Palmer ) and something unusual happens: R starts to feel something. Could it be that his lingering humanity is starting to return as he tentatively tries to woo this woman? And what will the rest of his zombie brethren think, including best friend M ( Rob Corddry )? Please Leave A Comment-

Since they worked together on the original version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo , star Noomi Rapace has seen her career spark in Hollywood, while director Niels Arden Oplev has mostly worked on TV projects and developing other movies. Now they’ve reunited – and pulled in Colin Farrell and Terrence Howard – for revenge thriller Dead Man Down, which has just put its first trailer online. Farrell plays Victor, the right hand man to an underground New York crime lord ( Howard ). When he’s spotted killing on the job by Rapace’s damaged Beatrice, she reaches out to him. See, she’s been the victim of one of Howard’s actions and she’s burning with vengeance. So she blackmails Victor (who has his own reasons to be angry with Howard) and has him start to take down his boss’s operations. Which naturally leads to more trouble than either of them expect… The trailer, which also gives us a glimpse of co-star Dominic Cooper in a action, runs a little long and gives a lot away, b

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for NOT FADE AWAY ! The screening is on Wednesday, January 2nd @ 7:00PM at Century Greenback In Sacramento. NOT FADE AWAY , the widely anticipated feature film debut from The Sopranos creator David Chase is an ode to the transformative power of rock ‘n’ roll. In 1964, the Rolling Stones appear on television and three best friends from the suburbs of New Jersey decide to form a rock band. The film stars John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald and James Gandolfini . The film’s forthcoming soundtrack on ABKCO Records chronicles the sounds that inspired a generation to pursue dreams of rock stardom and glory. The soundtrack, set for digital release on December 18th, will be available at iTunes and all other digital download stores. Not Fade Away, a Paramount Vantage film, opens in select theaters on December 21st, 2012. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY  Make sure to LIKE SandwichJohn

With his latest, slave-turned-bounty hunter vengeance quest Django Unchained , in American cinemas over Christmas, Quentin Tarantino has naturally been busy on the promotional trail. Talking about the film, he’s revealed that his previous release, Inglourious Basterds , may spawn what could become the third part of a trilogy featuring some unused script material. Tarantino has talked in the past about having lots of material leftover when he converted the long-gestating passion project between a briefly planned miniseries version into the cinematic incarnation that finally reached cinemas. Now he says he’s considering a third revisionist history film to stand alongside Django and the Basterds , this time spotlighting characters originally intended to feature in stories running alongside those of Brad Pitt’s Lt. Aldo Raines and his squad. "My original idea for Inglourious Basterds way back when was that this would be a huge story that included the smaller story that you s

This year – perhaps more than any other in film history – has given us some of the best and most disappointing/terrible films of all time. Perhaps it's the media machine that seems to make every movie look like the second coming of Jesus, or Moses, or William Shatner. Those lofty expectations certainly held up with The Avengers; but there were also a healthy share of films that left us unfulfilled, like my oft-used prom queen analogy, who fails to put out after a night of courting and outright begging for something magical to occur. Maybe you liked Prometheus even after a preview that looked so amazing. That's fair. No matter where you stand, here's SJF's most disappointing releases – because we love to rub Hollywood's screw ups in their faces. Just so we're clear, the word ' disappointing ' refers to: Films that were highly anticipated, either for their casting/director or because the previews suggested a much better film than we actually got