This year has been a great time for movies. From the energetic and crazy to the solemn and reserved, we've seen a great movie for every kind of viewing taste. Here are the best of the best: the top ten films of 2011.

Gargoyle Editor Will Erickson reviews the new action thriller from renowned director Nicolas Winding Refn. Will was completely surprised by how this film turned out. Was it a modern film classic, or has this movie crashed and burned?

"Sanctum" is a bit too predictable, but the suspense makes up for it.

"The Green Hornet" was finally released after a long development. The only problem is that Seth Rogen doesn't mesh with the film's style.

Do we have a new hero among us, or is this series pure evil? Read Will Erickson's review of the new NBC superhero series "The Cape", to learn whether this hero should hang up his tights.

Erin Hayes has witnessed some impressive concerts in her day, but for her, nothing can compare to Andrew Bird’s Pygmalion Music Festival appearance last Friday. Read on as she explains how the multi-instrumentalist blew her mind: "Andrew Bird put on a show unlike anything I had ever seen before. It seemed that his reason for being on stage was not to perform for an audience, but rather to create art for his own fulfillment, which the audience was lucky to see."