A Movie Fan's Thanksgiving: What We're Thankful For In 2012

Twilight is over.

De Niro acting again in Being Flynn and Silver Linings Playbook.

Goon.

Tom Hardy showing how badass a man in a cardigan can be.



New Tarantino in time for Christmas.

Knocked Up's sort of sequel This is 40.

Joe Wright and Keira Knightley’s creative partnership.

The airplane-crash sequence in Flight.

The shipwreck scene in Life of Pi. (See it in 3D!)

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) perfecting his agility in a Queens warehouse in The Amazing Spider-Man.

Rob Riggle’s head turning into a soft-serve ice cream in 21 Jump Street. Actually, all of 21 Jump Street, but really, that scene kills.

The one-legged Marine punching out an alien’s tooth in Battleship.

Jason Schwartzman in Moonrise Kingdom. Dude just knows how to deliver Wes Anderson’s dialogue.



The Perks of Being a Wallflower soundtrack.

Richard Gere in Arbitrage.

Patton Oswalt in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.

Jake Johnson’s self-obsessed turn in Safety Not Guaranteed. And Mark Duplass’s ego-free turn in the same movie.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

The fact that something called Oogieloves In The BIG Balloon Adventure made more than $1 million at the box office.

The fact that The Paperboy, with Nicole Kidman, did not.