Forests are a goldmine for a variety of institutions, and the wars between them are heated. Loggers depend on them for employment and preservationists actively protest to keep them lush and untouched. Then there are private corporations who insist on obtaining something deep inside them. The Hunter portrays a mercenary's attempt to find an capture an elusive and supposedly extinct Tasmania Tiger and his struggle to navigate through a variety of external party interest, as well as the vicious forest.

Roger Corman is responsible for the careers for dozens upon dozens of filmmakers, actors, and producers, and his influence on horror and exploitation films have set trends through five decades. The 2011 documentary Corman's World chronicles Corman's career from stars that he formed, the lives he touched, and the hundreds of films that have been produced under his control.

Genetics pass both the flaws and talent down from parent to child. Being Flynn reunites an estranged father and son who learn that they still share many similarities that hinder their progress in their lives. This 2012 independent film chronicles the disruption in a son's life when the father that left him shows up unexpectedly.

As one of the most anticipated films of the year, The Avengers does not disappoint. Using the momentum built up from Thor, the two Iron Man films, The Hulk films, and Captain America, the ensemble super-hero film exceeds them all. Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers is a relentless epic that has cultural context existing beneath the dominate action structure.

Using tropes of classic horror films, and even taking a few cues from The Shining, The Innkeepers is a incredibly familiar story with only a handful original twists and turns.

Originally shot in 2006, Margaret is a beast of a film that walks the thin line between masterpiece and utter failure. The film is filled with literary allusions that coincide with the political and cultural strife in post-9/11 Manhattan. Finally released in a form that is well over 150 minutes, the film is a tough journey for a young woman who attempts to gain control her hormones, her guilt, and her education.

Romantic comedies are a dime-a-dozen and Judd Apatow films are starting to follow suit. Yet, Apatow does employ filmmakers who can merge his gross-out comedies with their own specific style, and none have done better job than the team of Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller.

The 2010 Late Night Conflict on NBC created a stir that was too similar to the Leno/Letterman kerfuffle from the early 1990s to be real. The original conflict was chronicled in The Late Shift written by Bill Carter then adapted into a film of the same name by HBO. Carter returns to chronicle the 2010 conflict all over again, but this time, there are far more figures in the game than before.

Sleeping Beauty obviously refers to the fairy tale, and of course the 1959 Disney animated feature where the Prince awakened the main character with a kiss. In this 2011 film, Sleeping Beauty perverts the animated classic to explore the tragic life the main character has chosen for herself. It is a character study that portrays the balance between the beauty of a sleeping woman and the events that transpire during her slumber.

There are only a few documentaries that have truly changed the landscape of the subject they capture and explore. Hopefully, Bully will do for children in the schools what An Inconvenient Truth did for our environment. Using a mostly objective, fly-on-the-wall approach, Bully captures the horrors of the state of bullying in the United States and its affect on victims, their families, and their communities.