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Because this is my blog and this is my spot. This is the first time ever my annual list moves to this blog. It is usually posted on my Facebook. But I think I've gone insecure since I enter university. Also, I guess living in Japan makes me do this (and insomnia too). Having to live in Japan for about 3 months now makes me wiser in prioritizing things (am I?), so this list may be shorter than the previous years. Cos y'know, I prioritize. (Apparently this list is long though)

As always titles in bold are must-watch films, although due to Japanese theaters that would be a one-sided negotiation. And also as usual, the small indie, award-season films are not listed here because they might not set their release dates in stone. The dates on this list are based on the US release dates so people in Japan, keep an eye out for new releases!

JANUARY 2013
- GANGSTER SQUAD 
(Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn. Dir: Ruben Fleischer)
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 
(Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton. Dir: Tommy Wirkola)
- The Last Stand (Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dir: Kim Jae Woon)
- Mama (Jessica Chastain, GoT's Kingslayer. Dir: Andres Muschetti)
- Parker (Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez. Dir: Taylor Hackford)






FEBRUARY 2013
- A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD 
(Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney. Dir: John Moore)
- Side Effects (Jude Law, Rooney Mara. Dir: Steven Soderbergh)
- Beautiful Creatures
(Emmy Rossum, Alice Englert. Dir: Richard LaGravenese)
- Warm Bodies
(Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer. Dir: Jonathan Levine)
- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
(Charlie Sheen, Aubrey Plaza. Dir: Roman Coppola)



MARCH 2013
- OZ: THE GREAT & POWERFUL
(James Franco, Mila Kunis. Dir: Sam Raimi)
- G.I. JOE: RETALIATION
(Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis. Dir: John Chu)
- Jack the Giant Slayer 
(Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor. Dir: Bryan Singer)
- Trance
(James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel. Dir: Danny Boyle)
- Stoker 
(Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman. Dir: Park Chan Wook)
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
(Jim Carrey, Steve Carrell. Dir: Don Scardino)
- Welcome to the Punch
(James McAvoy, Mark Strong. Dir: Eran Creevey)
-The Place Beyond the Pines
(Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper. Dir: Derek Cianfrance)
- Olympus Has Fallen
(Gerald Butler, Morgan Freeman. Dir: Antoine Fuqua)

APRIL 2013
- IRON MAN 3
(Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley. Dir: Shane Black)
- OBLIVION 
(Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman. Dir: Joseph Kosinski)


- Evil Dead
(Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez. Dir: Fede Alvarez)

MAY 2013

- STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS 
(Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch. Dir: J.J.Abrams)
- FAST & FURIOUS 6 
(Vin Diesel, Paul Walker. Dir: Justin Lin)
- THE HANGOVER PART III 
(Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. Dir: Todd Philips)
- The Great Gatsby 
(Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan. Dir: Baz Luhrmann)

JUNE 2013
- MAN OF STEEL 
(Henry Cavill, Russell Crowe. Dir: Zack Snyder)
- NOW YOU SEE ME 
(Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson. Dir: Louis Leterrier)
- AFTER EARTH 
(Will Smith, Jaden Smith. Dir: M.Night Shyamalan)
- MONSTER UNIVERSITY 
(John Goodman, Billy Crystal. Dir: Dan Scanlon)
- KICK ASS 2 
(Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Moretz. Dir: Jeff Waldlow)
- World War Z 
(Brad Pitt & Zombies. Dir: Marc Forster)
- White House Down
(Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx. Dir: Roland Emmerich)

JULY 2013
- THE LONE RANGER 
(Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. Dir: Gore Verbinski)
- PACIFIC RIM 
(Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba. Dir: Guillermo Del Toro)
- THE WOLVERINE 
(Hugh Jackman, Hiroyuki Sanada. Dir: James Mangold)
- R.I.P.D.
(Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges. Dir: Robert Schwenke)
- Despicable Me 2
(Steve Carell, Al Pacino)

AUGUST 2013
- ELYSIUM
(Matt Damon, Jodie Foster. Dir: Neill Blomkamp)
- 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
(Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro. Dir: Noam Murro)
- INSIDIOUS CHAPTER TWO
(Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne. Dir: James Wan)
- Red 2
(Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren. Dir: Dean Parisot)
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
(Logan Lerman, Sean Bean. Dir: Thor Freudenthal)
- Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
(Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower. Dir: Harald Zwart)

SEPTEMBER 2013
- I, Frankenstein
(Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy. Dir: Stuart Beattie)
- Prisoners
(Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman.Dir: Denis Villeneuve)
- Rush
(Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde. Dir: Ron Howard)

OCTOBER 2013
- SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 
(JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT. Dir: Robert Rodriguez)
- OLDBOY 
(Josh Brolin. Dir: Spike Lee)
- THE WORLD'S END
(Simon Pegg, Nick Frost. Dir: Edgar Wright)
- Paranormal Activity 5
- Paranoia
(Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman. Dir: Robert Luketic)
- Malavita
(Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer. Dir: Luc Besson)
- Captain Phillips
(Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener. Dir: Paul Greengrass)

- Carrie 

(Chloe Moretz, Julianne Moore. Dir: Kimberly Pierce)

- The Seventh Son
(Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes. Dir: Sergei Bodrov)

NOVEMBER 2013
- THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
(Jennifer Lawrence, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Dir: Francis Lawrence)
- THOR: THE DARK WORLD
(Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Eccleston. Dir: Alan Taylor)
- Ender's Game
(Asa Butterfeld, Harrison Ford. Dir: Gavin Hood)





DECEMBER 2013
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
(Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen. Dir: Peter Jackson)
- Jack Ryan
(Chris Pine, Keira Knightley. Dir: Kenneth Branagh)
- 47 Ronin
(Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada. Dir: Carl Rinsch)
- Saving Mr Banks
(Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti. Dir: John Lee Hancock)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig. Dir: Ben Stiller)