2. Top 10 Movies of 2013
Best
FROZEN
THE WOLVERINE
THE HOBBIT: THE
DESOLATION OF
SMAUG
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
IRON MAN 3
THOR: THE DARK
WORLD
EPIC
of
2013
THE HUNGER GAMES:
CATCHING FIRE
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3. ❶ FROZEN
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with
Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering
Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious
snowman named Olaf in a race to find
Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have
trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Frozen is a 2013 American 3D computeranimated musical fantasy film produced
by Walt Disney Animation Studios and
released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the
53rd animated feature in the Walt Disney
Animated Classics series. Loosely based
on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale
The Snow Queen, and featuring the
voices of Kristen Bell, Idina
Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, and
Santino Fontana.
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4. ❷ THE WOLVERINE
When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by
an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a
conflict that forces him to confront his own
demons.
The Wolverine is a 2013 American superhero
film featuring the Marvel Comics character
Wolverine. Hugh Jackman reprises his role
from previous films as the title
character, with James Mangold directing a
screenplay written by Scott Frank and Mark
Bomback, with uncredited parts by
Christopher McQuarrie, based on the 1982
limited series Wolverine by Chris Claremont
and Frank Miller. In the film, which follows
the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, Logan
travels to Japan, where he engages an old
acquaintance in a struggle that has lasting
consequences. Stripped of his
immortality, Wolverine must battle deadly
samurai as well as his inner demons.
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5. ❸ THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF
SMAUG
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins
and Gandalf the Grey, continue their
quest to reclaim Erebor, their
homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is
in possession of a mysterious and
magical ring.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is
a 2013 epic fantasy adventure film
directed by Peter Jackson. It is the
second installment of a three-part film
adaptation based on the 1937 novel The
Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was
preceded by An Unexpected Journey
(2012) and will conclude with There and
Back Again (2014), and together they
will act as a prequel to Jackson's The
Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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6. ❹ MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
A look at the relationship between Mike
and Sulley during their days at Monsters
University -- when they weren't
necessarily the best of friends.
Monsters University tells the story of
two monsters, Mike and Sulley, and
their time studying at college, where
they start off as rivals, but slowly
become best friends. Billy Crystal, John
Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Bob
Peterson, and John Ratzenberger
reprise their roles as Mike
Wazowski, James P. Sullivan, Randall
Boggs, Roz, and the Abominable
Snowman, respectively. Bonnie
Hunt, who played Ms. Flint in the first
film, voices Mike's grade school
teacher, Ms. Karen Graves. The music
for the film is composed by Randy
Newman, marking his seventh
collaboration with Pixar.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
7. ❺ IRON MAN 3
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a
formidable terrorist called the
Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of
rebuilding and retribution.
Iron Man 3 is a 2013 American superhero
film featuring the Marvel Comics character
Iron Man, produced by Kevin Feige of
Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt
Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the
sequel to 2008's Iron Man and 2010's Iron
Man 2, and the seventh installment in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe, being the first
major release in the franchise since the
crossover film The Avengers. Robert
Downey, Jr. reprises his role as the title
character, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Don
Cheadle reprising their roles as Pepper
Potts and James Rhodes, respectively.
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8. ❻ THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING
FIRE
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become
targets of the Capitol after their victory in the
74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the
Districts of Panem.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a 2013
American science fiction adventure film based on
Suzanne Collins' novel, Catching Fire, the second
installment in The Hunger Games trilogy. The film
is the sequel to The Hunger Games, and the
second installment in The Hunger Games film
series, produced and distributed by Lionsgate.
Francis Lawrence directed the film, with a
screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt.
Francis Lawrence took over from Gary Ross as
director. Adding to the existing cast, the
supporting cast was filled out with Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam
Claflin, Lynn Cohen, Jena Malone, Amanda
Plummer, Alan Ritchson, and Meta Golding.
Filming began September 10, 2012 in
Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Hawaii and
New Zealand.
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9. ❼ FAST AND FURIOUS 6
Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their
crew in order to take down a mastermind who
commands an organization of mercenary
drivers across 12 countries. Payment? Full
pardons for them all.
Fast & Furious 6 is a 2013 American action film
written by Chris Morgan and directed by Justin
Lin. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul
Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle
Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese
Gibson, Chris Bridges, Sung Kang, Luke
Evans, Gina Carano and John Ortiz. Fast &
Furious 6 follows a professional criminal gang
led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) who have
retired following their successful heist in Fast
Five (2011), but remain wanted fugitives. U.S.
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agent Luke
Hobbs (Johnson) offers to clear the group's
criminal records and allow them to return home
in exchange for helping him to take down a
skilled mercenary organization led by Owen
Shaw (Evans) and his second-incommand, Dominic's presumed-dead lover
Letty Ortiz (Rodriguez).
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10. ❽ DESPICABLE ME: 2
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain
League to help deal with a powerful
new super criminal.
Despicable Me 2 is a 2013 American
3D computer-animated comedy film
and the sequel to the 2010 animated
film Despicable Me. Produced by
Illumination Entertainment and
distributed by Universal Pictures, the
film is directed by Pierre Coffin and
Chris Renaud, and written by Cinco
Paul and Ken Daurio. This marks the
first time that Illumination
Entertainment made a sequel film.
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11. ❾ THOR: THE DARK WORLD
When Jane Foster is possessed by a great
power, Thor must protect her from a new
threat of old times: the Dark Elves.
Thor: The Dark World is a 2013 American
superhero film featuring the Marvel Comics
character Thor, produced by Marvel
Studios and distributed by Walt Disney
Studios Motion Pictures. The film was
directed by Alan Taylor, with a screenplay
by Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus
and Stephen McFeely, and features Chris
Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom
Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris
Elba, Kat Dennings, Ray
Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie
Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony
Hopkins reprising their roles from the
first, with newcomers Christopher
Eccleston, Adewale AkinnuoyeAgbaje, Zachary Levi and Clive Russell
joining the cast.
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12. ❿ EPIC
A teenager finds herself transported to a
deep forest setting where a battle
between the forces of good and the
forces of evil is taking place. She bands
together with a rag-tag group of
characters in order to save their world -and ours.
Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American
3D computer animated fantasy actionadventure film loosely based on William
Joyce's children's book The Leaf Men and
the Brave Good Bugs. It was produced by
Blue Sky Studios, and directed by Chris
Wedge, the director of Ice Age (2002) and
Robots (2005). It stars the voices of
Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Colin
Farrell, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris
O'Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, with
Steven Tyler and Beyoncé Knowles.
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