Film 2012 - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Episode 1
In the first show of the new year Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review Steven Spielberg's hugely anticipated new film, War Horse. Will it be the big awards contender this year? Plus, a look at Steve McQueen's new film Shame, and Richard Curtis talks about the films he has loved and loathed in the Film 2012 questionnaire.
Episode 2
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review Coriolanus, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes; Clint Eastwood's bio-pic J Edgar, starring Leonardo DiCaprio; and the much-anticipated W.E. from Madonna. Plus Catherine Bray celebrates the 25th anniversary of Fatal Attraction.
Episode 3
George Clooney plays dad in The Descendants, things go bump in the night for Clive Owen in Intruders, and love goes transatlantic in Like Crazy. Plus Danny talks to maverick director David Cronenberg.
Episode 4
Jodie Foster and Kate Winslet face-off in Carnage; things are out of this world in Chronicle; Charlize Theron needs to grow up in Young Adult; and Elizabeth Olsen stars in psychological thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene.
Episode 5
David Cronenberg gets inside our minds in A Dangerous Method, Kermit and Miss Piggy reunite for The Muppets, Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum fall in love in The Vow, and Daniel Radcliffe is seeing dead people in The Woman In Black.
Episode 6
Together for the first time, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; and Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds are on the run in thriller Safe House.
Episode 7
Antonio Banderas and Mark Strong star in Black Gold; Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith check into the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel; and Woody Harrelson stars as a renegade cop in Rampart. Plus a preview of the Oscars ahead of the ceremony on February 26.
Episode 8
In this episode: the house party to end all house parties in Project X; Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd drop out of the rat race in comedy Wanderlust; and Tom Hardy and Chris Pine fight for the love of Reese Witherspoon in This Means War.
Episode 9
Disney goes to Mars in the science fiction feature John Carter; director Michael Winterbottom adapts Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles for the big screen; John Cusack stars as Edgar Allen Poe in the thriller The Raven; and Robert Pattinson plays a social climbing ladies' man in Bel Ami.
Episode 10
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are undercover cops who go back to school in 21 Jump Street; Matt Damon plays a young widower in We Bought a Zoo; and Mark Wahlberg is forced to do one last job in the action film Contraband. Plus reporter Chris Hewitt takes a look at the perennial appeal of the comic book movie.
Episode 11
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh sit on the sofa for the final time this series reviewing new releases including The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and new Aardman animation The Pirates. Plus, a look ahead to the summer blockbusters that are expected in 2012.
Episode 12
Film 2012 returns with Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh as they review the much-anticipated final instalment of the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2. They also take a look at Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winning film Amour. Plus Colin Firth in crime caper Gambit, and Toni Collette gives Mary Poppins a run for her money as a rather unorthodox nanny in the comedy Mental.
Episode 13
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including crime drama End of Watch starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and British comedy Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! starring David Tennant. Plus Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence hope for a happy ending in the comedy drama Silver Linings Playbook.
Episode 14
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including the latest big screen adaptation of Great Expectations. Plus Ben Wheatley's follow up to Kill List, the darkly comic Sightseers, and Clint Eastwood stars as a baseball scout in Trouble with the Curve.
Episode 15
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including romantic comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever, and dark thriller I, Anna, starring Charlotte Rampling and Gabriel Byrne. Plus Colin Farrell and In Bruges director Martin McDonagh team up again for Seven Psychopaths.
Episode 16
Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh review films including the much anticipated first instalment of The Hobbit from Peter Jackson, noir thriller Love Crime starring Kristin Scott Thomas and documentary West of Memphis. Danny also talks to Ang Lee about his career.
Episode 17
Films reviewed include the big screen adaptations of Life of Pi and Midnight's Children, musical comedy Pitch Perfect and Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher. Plus the Film 2012 family join Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh to pick their films of the year.
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