The cinema summer season is al­ready over, and the films expected to bust blocks delivered action, drama and comedy in spades, both in terms of quality and attendance.

If horror is your thing, look out for Love Bite, Silent Hill: Revelation and Paranormal Activity 4- Paula Fleri-Soler

There is more quality fare over the next three months, and KRS Film Distributors whetted our appetite for what the autumn has in store with a preview of the films that will be filling our cinema complexes until Boxing Day.

I’ll start off with my top10 picks: these are not necessarily the ones I will like the most – it would help if I see them first – but those I suspect will hold most appeal for audiences.

The list includes three of the most highly anticipated films of the year.

The end of October sees Daniel Craig return for the third time as James Bond in Skyfall. Expectations for this, the 23rd Bond film, are high; not only because this year we celebrate 50 years since the first Bond – Dr No – was released, but also because acclaimed director Sam Mendes is behind it.

December will herald the first epi-sode in the new epic J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy courtesy of director Peter Jackson. Star-on-the-rise Martin Freeman took time out of his John Watson duties to lead the cast of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

In between Bond and Bilbo Baggins, we will be treated to the fifth and final instalment of The Twilight Saga, with Breaking Dawn: Part 2, in which the birth of Renesmee pits Bella, Edward and the entire Cullen clan against the Volturi. Will Bella and Edward live eternally ever after? Are Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison really back together?

Anyway, more titles that are sure to generate interest – and awards – are current release Anna Karenina, director Joe Wright’s breathtaking adaptation of Tolstoy’s seminal novel; Ben Affleck’s based-on-a-true-story Argo, in which the actor/director excels behind and in front of the camera as a CIA agent who heads a daring rescue mission; and Looper, a time-travelling, co­nun­drum-causing thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as the same character.

In the action stakes, Tom Cruise fans can look forward to him taking on another potentially iconic role à la Ethan Hunt when he takes on the mantle of Jack Reacher.

The final three of my top10 are a bit of a mixed bag in terms of genre. Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones star as a couple who attend counselling to inject some life into their 30-year marriage. Steve Carell co-stars as the counsellor. With two acting greats and a comedy favourite in the mix, warmth, humour, romance and love lessons will result.

Another film that will find a strong audience is director Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi, in which a 16-year-old boy, the only person to survive the sinking of a freighter, finds himself on a lifeboat with an orang utan, hyena, a wounded zebra and a Bengal tiger. This will win awards, mark my words.

Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo and Melman the Giraffe are back for more ridiculous adventures in Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted. Shenanigans will surely ensue.

These are my 10... but that is not all. In the comedy stakes, Robert de Niro and Diane Keaton star in The Big Wedding; while Colin Firth, Alan Rickman and Cameron Diaz star in Gambit, what looks like a slice of eccentricity courtesy of a screenplay written by the Coen Brothers.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, the weepy Now is Good, an adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s seminal novel On the Road, and the IRA-era set Shadow Dan­cer offer much in the way of dramatic entertainment.

Action/thriller fans will not be disappointed. Liam Neeson re­turns as CIA operative Bryan Mills in Taken 2; End of Watch stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as two young police officers who get more than they bargain for in a routine traffic stop; Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf star in 1920s-based gangster film Lawless; maverick director Oliver Stone tackles the drug trade in Savages, while Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu star in oriental martial arts spectacle The Man with the Iron Fists.

If horror is your thing, look out for Love Bite, Silent Hill: Revelation and Paranormal Activity 4. And horror seeps into the animation genre too; with ParaNorman, Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie and Hotel Transylvania set to scare and delight youn­ger audiences in equal measure; while Rise of the Guardians brings Jack Frost, Santa and the Easter Bunny together to fight evil.

Happy autumn viewing!

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