The 2009 Rank 'Em As You See 'Em Thread
 

Previous Years: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

Here you go... Rate your favorite movies from this year by whatever method or system you desire. If you keep up your rankings through the year, I'll catalog your picks and tally up the top movies January 2010.

Please don't put a "placeholder" post if you don't actually plan on keeping up your list. Your placeholder posts will disappear / be deleted. Don't believe me? Ask fellow member Joseph Molotov: "Damn you guys for deleting me off the front page last year for not updating my list enough!"

If you'd like to use the 5-star system (like DVD Talk) to rate your movies, you can use these smilies:

:<b></b>0star: for :0star:
:<b></b>1star: for :1star:
:<b></b>2star: for :2star:
etc.

Enjoy!

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My Picks: 2009 Theatrical Releases Only

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<li> <b>Up</b> ²
<li> <b>Up in the Air</b> ²
<li> <b>Inglourious Basterds</b>
<li> <b>Drag Me to Hell</b>
<li> <b>The Hurt Locker</b>
<li> <b>Star Trek</b> *
<li> <b>Gomorra</b> (2008 NYFF)<br>
<li> <b>박쥐</b> (<i>Thirst</i>)
<li> <b>Where the Wild Things Are</b>
<li> <b>Zombieland</b>
<li> <b>Sherlock Holmes</b>
<li> <b>The Box</b>
<li> <b>Fantastic Mr. Fox</b> ²
<li> <b>The Messenger</b>
<li> <b>Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire</b>
<li> <b>Avatar</b> *²
<li> <b>Rudo y Cursi</b>
<li> <b>(500) Days of Summer</b> (Cinefest09)
<li> <b>District 9</b>
<li> <b>The Informant!</b>
<li> <b>Whip It</b>
<li> <b>The Hangover</b>
<li> <b>Brüno</b>
<li> <b>Whatever Works</b>
<li> <b>崖の上のポニョ</b> (Ponyo)
<li> <b>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</b>
<li> <b>Observe and Report</b>
<li> <b>The Men Who Stare At Goats</b>
<li> <b>Invictus</b>
<li> <b>Public Enemies</b>
<li> <b>Paranormal Activity</b>
<li> <b>2012</b>
<li> <b>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</b></b></b> *<br>
<li> The Brothers Bloom
<li> Defiance
<li> The Blind Side
<li> Duplicity
<li> The Time Traveler's Wife
<li> Armored
<li> Terminator Salvation
<li> Coraline *
<li> Watchmen
<li> Medicine for Melancholy
<li> A Christmas Carol<br>
<li> Gentlemen Broncos (Tribeca)
<li> The Twilight Saga: New Moon
<li> X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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Recommendations (even mild ones) bolded. ²/³ Repeat viewing. * Special viewing: IMAX / 3D (Festival viewing)

Biggest Disappointment: Watchmen
Biggest Surprise: Drag Me to Hell

(For 2008's limited releases seen in 2009, refer to the 2008 thread)
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - C-
Taken - A
Friday the 13th - B-
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - B
Terminator: Salvation - C+
The Hangover A
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 B-
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen B+
Orphan B
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra B
District 9 B
Gamer B
Surrogates B-
Paranormal Activity B
The Men Who Stare at Goats C
Avatar A+

initial theatrical viewings

Day of Wrath 1943 | 2/27
Summer Hours 2008 | 6/18
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest 2006 | 1/7
Sita Sings the Blues 2008 | 5/5
entres les murs 2008 | 2/21
The Hurt Locker 2008 | 9/04
Gomorra 2008 | 3/25
Extract 2008 | 9/11
The Limits of Control 2008 | 5/15
Coraline 2008 | 2/28
Inglourious Basterds 9/12
Valentino: The Last Emperor 2008 | 8/27
Up 6/3
It Might Get Loud 9/6
Adventureland 2008 | 4/11
Sin Nombre 2008 | 4/8
Taken 2008 | 1/30
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 8/15
Partly Cloudy 6/3
Earth 2007 | 5/8
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 9/11

Upcoming movies to see in 2009 that I have atleast alittle interest in: (easy to just drag down to rank after viewing)



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Revolutionary Road (2008) (1.13.09)

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (1.1.09)
Doubt (2008) (1.4.09)

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Goodbye Solo (TIFF) (9.06.08)

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1st time Home Viewing, TV series in italics
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Forrest Gump (1994) (1.08.09)
The Hurt Locker (2009) (01.24.09)
Live Flesh (1998) (1.14.09)

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American Movie (1999) (1.07.09)
Bigger, Faster, Stronger (2008) (1.09.09)
Bolt (2008) (01.19.09)
Frozen River (2008) (1.09.09)
La Jetee (1962) (1.12.09)
THX-1138 (1971) (1.27.09)

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The Boy In Striped Pajamas (2008) (01.22.08)
Taken (2009) (10.11.08)

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Defiance (2008) (01.19.09)
Persona (1966) (1.26.09)

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The Reader (2008) (01.23.09)

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The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (01.24.09)
The Holiday (2006) (01.25.09)

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2009 theatrical release

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Inglourious Basterds - 3x
Toy Story Double Feature
Up

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Baader Meinhof Complex, The
Hurt Locker, The
It Might Get Loud
Observe & Report -2x
Paranormal Activity
Star Trek
Sugar
Watchmen - 2x

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Away We Go
Capitalism: A Love Story
District 9
Funny People
Hangover, The - 2X
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince
Informant!, The
Moon
Public Enemy
Simple Man, A
Sin Nombre
Tyson
Zombieland

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Adventureland
Brüno
Coraline
Crank: High Voltage
Drag Me to Hell
Humpday
I Love You, Man
In The Loop
Monsters vs. Aliens
State of Play
Taken
Taking Woodstock
Worlds Greatest Dad

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Angels & Demons
Boat That Rocked, The
Fast and Furious
Fired Up
Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard, The
Invention of Lying, The
Terminator: Salvation
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

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Taking of Pelham 123
The Fourth Kind
Transformers 2

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Friday the 13th
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

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Miss March

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop

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2009 Film List


2009: 21
2008: 29
Pre-2008: 31
Short films: 57
[Copyright dates noted / not year of release]

JANUARY
- Seven Pounds / 2008 / USA / Gabriele Muccino
- Video 3000 / 2006 / Germany / J. Edelmann + J. Großhans + J. Hausecker + M. Schleiss / 5min video
- Airplane II: The Sequel / 1982 / USA / Ken Finkleman HiDef-B
- Osaka Elegy / 1936 / Japan / Kenji Mizoguchi video
- Sisters of the Gion / 1936 / Japan / Kenji Mizoguchi video
- The Reader / 2008 / USA / Stephen Daldry
- Sonata for Hitler / 1989 / Russia / Aleksandr Sokurov / 10min video
- Quartet for the End of Time / 1982-83 / Mexico / Alfonso Cuarón / 17min video
- My Bloody Valentine (3D) / 2009 / USA / Patrick Lussier DLP
- Gran Torino / 2008 / USA / Clint Eastwood
- Defiance / 2008 / USA / Ed Zwick
- Vantage Point / 2007 / USA / Pete Travis HiDef-B
- Last Chance Harvey / 2008 / UK-USA / Joel Hopkins
- Be Kind Rewind / 2007 / USA / Michel Gondry HiDef-B
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans / 2009 / USA / Patrick Tatopoulos
- Disaster Movie / 2008 / Jason Friedberg + Aaron Seltzer / unrated video
- Inkheart / 2008 / USA / Iain Softley
- Citizen Kane / 1941 / USA / Orson Welles video
- The Battle over Citizen Kane / 1996 / USA / M. Epstein + T. Lennon video
- Taken / 2007 / France / Pierre Morel

FEBRUARY
- Frost/Nixon / 2008 / USA / Ron Howard
- Gulliver's Travels / 1939 / USA / Dave Fleischer video
- The Fall of the Roman Empire / 1964 / USA / Anthony Mann video
- The New World / 2005 / USA / Terrence Malick [172min version] video
- One Night of Love / 1934 / USA / Victor Schertzinger video
- A Little Princess / 1995 / USA / Alfonso Cuarón video
- A Boy and His Dog / 1946 / USA / LeRoy Prinz / 21min video
- Hamlet / 1996 / UK-USA / Kenneth Branagh HiDef-B
- Marines in the Making / 1942 / USA / Herbert Polesie / 9min video
- Service with the Colors / 1940 / USA / B. Reeves Eason / 21min video
- Army Champions / 1941 / USA / Paul Vogel / 11min video
- Jammin the Blues / 1944 / USA / Gjon Mili / 10min video
- You Can't Win / 1948 / USA / Dave O'Brien / 8min video
- Rugged Bear / 1953 / USA /Jack Hannah / 6min video
- Lavatory - Lovestory / 2006 / Russia / Konstantin Bronzit / 10min
- Oktapodi / 2007 / France / J. Bocabeille + F. Chanioux / 3min
- Le Maison en Petits Cubes / 2008 / Japan / Kunio Katô / 12min
- New Boy / 2007 / Ireland / Steph Green / 11min
- Auf Der Strecke (On the Line) / 2008 / Switzerland / Reto Caffi / 30min
- Spielzeugland (Toyland) / 2007 / Germany / Jochen Alexander Freydank / 13min
- Grisen (The Pig) / 2008 / Denmark / Dorthe Warnø Høgh / 23min
- Manon Sur Le Bitume (Manon on the Asphalt) / 2007 / France / E.Mare + O. Pont / 15min
- The Battle of Gettysburg / 1955 / USA / Herman Hoffman / 30min video
- Hitler Lives! / 1945 / USA / 17min video
- War Dance / 2006 / USA / Sean Fine + Andrea Nix video
- Hearts and Minds / 1974 / USA / Peter Davis video
- Woodstock / 1970 / USA / Michael Wadleigh video
- He's Just Not That Into You / 2008 / USA / Ken Kwapis
- So You Think You're Not Guilty / 1950 / USA / Richard L. Bare / 10min video
- Swing High / 1932 / USA / Jack Cummings / 10min video
- Calgary Stampede / 1948 / USA / Saul Elkins / 18min video
- Goodbye Miss Turlock / 1948 / USA / Edward L. Cahn / 11min video
- So You Want to Be in Pictures / 1947 / USA / Richard L. Bare / 11min video
- Romance of Radium / 1937 / USA / Jacques Tourneur / 10min video
- That Mothers Might Live / 1938 / USA / Fred Zinnemann / 10min video
- Mr. Blabbermouth! / 1942 / USA / Basil Wrangell / 19min video
- Coraline / 2008 / USA / Henry Selick 3D-DLP
- Friday the 13th / 2009 / USA / Marcus Nispel DLP
- The International / 2009 / USA+Germany / Tom Tykwer
- The Class (entres les murs) / 2008 / France / Laurent Cantet
- Departures (Okuribito) / 2008 / Japan / Yojiro Takita
- Menu / 1933 / USA / Nick Grinde / 10min video
- Penny Wisdom / 1937 / USA / David Miller / 10min video
- Seeing Hands / 1943 / USA / Gunther von Fritsch / 11min video
- Revanche / 2008 / Austria / Götz Spielmann video
- How To Sleep / 1935 / USA / Nick Grinde / 11min video
- Movie Pests / 1944 / USA / Will Jason / 11min video
- So you Want to Be on Radio? / 1948 / USA / Richard L. Bare / 10min video
- Story of a Dog / 1945 / USA / (no directed credited) / 10min video
- Drunk Driving / 1939 / USA / David Miller / 22min video
- Declaration of Independence / 1938 / USA / Crane Wilbur / 17min video
- Give us the Earth! / 1947 / USA / Gunther von Fritsch / 21min video
- Night at the Movies / 1937 / USA / Roy Rowland video
- Stop Look and Listen / 1967 / USA / Len Janson + Chuck Menville video
- Eyes of the Navy / 1940 / USA / (no director credited) / 20min video
- Calvacade of Dance / 1943 / USA / Jean Negulesco / 11min video
- Sons of Liberty / 1939 / USA / Michael Curtiz / 20min video
- Sure Cures / 1946 / USA / Dave O'Brien / 11min video
- The Gay Parisian / 1941 / USA / Jean Negulesco / 20min video
- La Cucaracha / 1934 / USA / Lloyd Corrigan / 20min video
- Water Trix / 1949 / USA / Charles T. Trego / 9min video
- Harlan County U.S.A / 1976 / USA / Barbara Kopple video
- Star in the Night / 1945 / USA / Don Siegel / 22min video
- Kings of the Turf / 1941 / USA / Del Frazier / 10min video
- Prophet without Honor / 1939 / USA / Felix E. Feist / 11min video
- Of Pups and Puzzles/ 1941 / USA / George Sidney / 10min video
- Quicker 'N A Wink / 1940 / USA / George Sidney / 10min video
- Teddy the Rough Rider / 1949 / USA / Ray Enright / 19min video
- Traffic with the Devil / 1946 / USA / Gunther von Fritsch / 19min video
- Le Plaises / 1952 / France / Max Ophüls video
- Cherry Blossoms (Kirschblüten - Hanami) / 2008 / Germany / Doris Dörrie Sony DP

MARCH
- Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience / 2009 / USA / Bruce Hendricks 3D-DLP
- Watchmen / 2009 / USA / Zack Synder IMAX-Digital
- 3 Monkeys (Üç maymun) / 2008 / Turkey / Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- Two Lovers / 2008 / USA / James Gray
- Race to Witch Mountain / 2009 / USA / Andy Fickman
- Gutterballs / 2008 / Canada / Ryan Nicholson video
- Van Gogh: Brush with Genius / 2008 / Peter Knapp / 37min IMAX
- Knowing / 2009 / Australia / Alex Proyas DLP
- Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep / 2007 / USA+UK / Jay Russell HiDef-B
- I Love You, Man / 2008 / USA / John Hamburg
- Chris & Don / 2007 / USA / T. Mascara + G. Santi video
- Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon / 2008 / USA / Jeffrey Schwarz video
- Monsters vs. Aliens (3D) / 2009 / USA / R. Letterman + C. Vernon IMAX-Digital

APRIL
- Hunger / 2008 / UK-Ireland / Steve McQueen
- Duplicity / 2009 / USA / Tony Gilroy
- Peter & Ben / 2007 / UK / Pinny Grylls / 10min video
- Observe and Report / 2009 / USA / Jody Hill
- Marcello, Marcello / 2008 / Switzerland-Germany / Denis Rabaglia (FilmFest DC)
- Earth / 2007 / UK-USA / Alastair Fothergill + Mark Linfield
- State of Play / 2009 / USA / Kevin Macdonald
- American Swing / 2007 / USA / Jon Hart + Matthew Kaufman video
- Small Crime (Mikro eglima) / 2008 / Greece / Christos Georgiou (FilmFest DC)
- The Soloist / 2008 / USA / Joe Wright
- Laid to Rest / 2009 / USA / Robert Hall video
- Martyrs / 2008 / France / Pascal Laugier video
- The Angelic Conversation / 1985 / UK / Derek Jarman video

MAY
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine / 2009 / USA /Gavin Hood
- Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past / 2009 / USA / Mark Waters
- Remembrance of Things to Come / 2001 / France / Yannick Bellon + Chris Marker video
- Shoeshine (Sciuscià) / 1946 / Italy / Vittorio De Sica video
- Angels & Demons / 2009 / USA / Ron Howard
- The Good, The Bad, The Weird / 2008 / Korea / 135min version video
- Tokyo Gore Police / 2008 / Japan video
- OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies / 2006 / France video
- Star Trek / 2009 / USA / J.J Abrams IMAX
- Easy Virtue / 2008 / UK / Stephen Elliot
- Summer Hours / 2008 / France / Olivier Assayas
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian / 2009 / USA / Shawn Levy IMAX
- Terminator: Salvation / 2009 / USA / McG
- The Rape of Europa / 2006 / USA / R. Berge + B. Cohen HiDef-B
- The Rapture / 1991 / USA / Michael Tolkin video
- Up / 2009 / USA / Pete Docter & Bob Peterson REAL-D 3D
- Partly Cloudy / 2009 / USA / Peter Sohn / 6min REAL-D 3D

JUNE
- Drag Me to Hell / 2009 / USA / Sam Raimi
- Anonymous / 2004 / USA / Todd Verow video
- The Song of Sparrows (Avaze gonjeshk-ha) / 2008 / Iran / Majid Majidi
- The Hangover / 2009 / USA / Todd Phillips
- Moscow, Belgium (Aanrijding in Moscou) / 2007 / Belgium / Christophe Van Rompaey
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- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 / 2009 / USA / Tony Scott
- Voices from El-Sayed / 2008 / Israel / Oded Adomi Leshem (Silverdocs) DLP
- Mugabe and the White African / 2009 / UK / Lucy Bailey + Andrew Thompson (Silverdocs) DLP
- October Country / 2009 / USA / Michael Palmieri + Donal Mosher (Silverdocs) DLP
- 12 Notes Down / 2008 / Denmark / Andreas Koefoed / 27min (Silverdocs) DLP
- The Philosopher Kings / 2009 / USA / Patrick Shen (Silverdocs) DLP
- Une histoire d'eau / 1961 / France / Jean-Luc Godard + François Truffaut / 18min video
- The Proposal / 2009 / USA / Anne Fletcher Sony DP
- The Country Teacher (Venkovský ucitel) / 2008 / Czech Republic / Bohdan Sláma
- Of Time and the City / 2008 / UK / Terence Davies video
- $9.99 / 2008 / Israel-Austraila / Tatia Rosenthal

JULY
- The Invisible Boy / 1957 / USA / Herman Hoffman video
- My Sister's Keeper 2009 / USA / Nick Cassavetes
- Public Enemies / 2009 / USA / Michael Mann
- The Blob / 1958 / USA / Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. video
- Forbidden Planet / 1956 / USA / Fred M. Wilcox video
- Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs / 2009 / USA / Carlos Saldanha + Mike Thurmeier Sony DP: 3D
- Nude on the Moon / 1961 / USA / Raymond Phelan + Doris Wishman video
- Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen / 2009 / USA / Michael Bay IMAX-Digital
- Quatermass II / 1957 / UK / Val Guest video
- The Quatermass Conclusion / 1979 / UK / Piers Haggard video
- Brüno / 2009 / USA / Larry Charles
- Moon / 2009 / UK / Duncan Jones
- The Mysterians video
- Tokyo Sonata
- Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- Pluto's Dream House video
- The Hurt Locker
- Space is the Place video
- The Hidden Dimension video
- (500) Days of Summer
- The Last Mimzy video
- In the Loop
- Mutant Aliens video
- 4D Man video
- Robinson Crusoe on Mars video
- Les Visiteurs video
- Martian in Georgia / 1962 / 6min
- Rocket-Bye Baby / 1956 / 7min
- Wild Wild World / 1960 / 6min
- Moon Strip / 6min
- Mickey's Mechanical Man / 1933
- Superman [episode: Electric Earthquake / The Underground World] / 1943 (each 8min)
- DoDo The Kid from Outer Space [episode: DoDo in Japan] / 1965 / 5min
- Lunar Luger
- The Hole / 1962 / 15min
- Duck and Cover / 1952 / 9min


AUGUST
- Julie & Julia / 2009 / USA / Nora Ephron
- Fox and His Friends / 1975 / Germany / Rainer Werner Fassbinder video
- Odd Shoe / 2008 / UK / Paul Cotter / 8min video
- Ponyo / 2008 / Japan / Hayao Miyazaki DLP
- The Time Travelers Wife / 2008 / USA / Robert Schwentke
- District 9 / 2009 / USA-New Zealand / Neill Blomkamp
- Thirst (Bakjwi) / 2009 / South Korea / Chan-wook Park
- The Cove / 2009 / USA / Louie Psihoyos
- Inglourious Basterds / 2009 / USA / Quentin Tarantino DLP
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers with Live Orchestra, Chorus, and Soloists: U.S. Premiere (Wolf Trap for the Performing Arts) HiDef DLP]
- Somers Town

SEPTEMBER
- Lorna's Silence
- The Final Destination (3D)
- A Woman is a Woman
- Taking Woodstock
- Extract
- Black Narcissus HiDef*
- Help!
- Switchblade Sisters
- The Beaches of Agnes
- I Am A Curious - Blue
- Captain Abu Raed
- Bergman Island HiDef*
- Great Expectations HiDef*
- Still Walking
- The Wages of Fear HiDef*
- Zulu HiDef*
- The 400 Blows HiDef*
- The Informant!


OCTOBER
- [Toy Story / Toy Story II (double feature) 'Disney 3D' Sony DP]
- The Invention of Lying
- Mum & Dad video
- Night Monster video
- The Shuttered Room video
- It! video
- Chamber of Horror video
- The Brides of Fu Manchu video
- Zombieland
- Resident Evil: Degeneration HiDef*
- Trick 'R Treat video
- The Children video
- Wild Ocean IMAX 3D
- Betty Blue (Integral)
- Redneck Zombies video
- The Faceless Monster video
- Satanik video
- The Red Headed Corpse video
- Don't Go in the House video
- Seeding of a Ghost video
- The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf video
- Mark of the Vampire video
- The Mask of Fu Manchu video
- Satan's Slave video
- Troll 2 video
- The Boys are Back
- Surrogates
- Terror video
- Man from Deep River video
- Ghoulies II video
- El Vampiro video
- Lord of Illusions [121 minute version] video
- The Damned United / 2009 / UK
- The Last House on the Left / 2008 / 113min video
- Carmen / US / Alexander Payne / 18min video
- Max / 1999 / C. Reygades / 6min video
- Beyond the Door
- Saw VI Sony DP
- Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals
- Paranormal Activity
- Grace
- Flavia The Heretic
- Where the Wild Things Are
- An Education

NOVEMBER
- Bright Star
- Poundcake / Virginia Film Festival
- Saint John of Las Vegas / Virginia Film Festival
- Tenure / Virginia Film Festival
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee / Virginia Film Festival
- The Joy of Singing / Virginia Film Festival
- Mother and Child / Virginia Film Festival
- Don McKay / Virginia Film Festival
- Wonderful World / Virginia Film Festival
- 2012
- The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnasus (AFI EU Film Festival)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo (AFI EU Film Festival)
- Saturday Night at the Baths
- Curious George

DECEMBER
- His Girl Friday
- The Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Planet 51
- Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf or Death
- The Girl on the Train
- Mary and Max
- 35 rhums
- Not Quite Hollywood
- Yatterman
- Invictus
- The Princess and the Frog
- Me and Orson Welles
- Avatar (3D)
- Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- Christmas in Connecticutt
- Dragon Hunters
- Up in the Air
- Miracle at Oxford

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The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center) 1-4 / West Side Story (National Theater) Pre-Broadway engagement 1-8 / How Theater Failed America (Woolly Mammoth) 1-9 / Les Miserables (Signature Theater) 1-13 / Avenue Q (Warner Theatre) 2-10 / The Seafarer (Studio Theatre) 2-15 / Urinetown (St. Andrews High School Production) 2-21 / A Chorus Line (National Theater) 3-12 / Jesus Christ Superstar (Warner Theater) 3-17 / Arcadia (Folger Shakespeare Library) 5-17 / Billy Elliot: The Musical (Imperial Theatre: NYC) 5-23 / Rent (The Broadway Tour) (Warner Theater) 5-26 / Rock and Roll (Studio) 5-29 / Design for Living (Folger Theatre) 6-13 / Hair (Hirschfeld Theatre, Broadway NYC) 7-3 / God of Carnage (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway NYC) 7-4 / It's Not Easy Being Geen (Journeymen Theatre) Capital Fringe Festival DC 7-22 / Love Letters (Keegan Theatre, Theatre on the Run) / Adding Machine: A Musical (Studio Theatre) / Reefer Madness: The Musical (University of Iowa Division of Performing Arts) 11-21 / August: Osage County (Kennedy Center) 12-3 / Jersey Boys (National Theater) 12-11 / Rent (Keegan Theatre / Church St. Theatre) / Little Women (Syracuse Stage: NY) / The Fantastiks (Arena Stage / Lincoln Theatre)

2008 Film List

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Watchmen

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Taken

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I Love You, Man

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1. Inglorious Basterds
2. Watchmen
3. Up
4. Up in the Air
5. The Hangover
6. District 9
7. Star Trek
8. Zombieland
9. Paranormal Activity
10. Where the Wild Things Are
11. Terminator Salvation
12. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
13. Angels & Demons
14. Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Late '08 movies seen in the theater:

1. Gran Torino
2. The Wrestler

Out of 4 stars:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: ***1/2
Frost/Nixon: ***1/2
Revolutionary Road: ***
Valkyrie: ***
Gran Torino: ***
The Hangover: ***
The Taking of Pelham 123: **
Public Enemies: ***
Inglourious Basterds: ***1/2

Inglourious Basterds (A)
Funny People (A)
Watchmen: Director's Cut (A)
Watchmen (A-)
Bruno (A-)
Public Enemies (B+)
Outlander (B+)
I Love You, Man (B+)
Zombieland (B+)
State of Play (B+)
The Hangover (B+)
Star Trek (B+)
District 9 (B+)
Terminator Salvation (B)
The Soloist (B)
Adventureland (B)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (B)
Shrink (B)
Antichrist (B)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (B)
G.I. JOE: The Rise Of Cobra (B)
Orphan (B)
Killshot (B)
Knowing (B)
Duplicity (B)
Harry Potter And the Half-Blood Prince (B)
Sunshine Cleaning (B)
Notorious (B)
Powder Blue (B)
He's Just Not That Into You (B)
Taken (B)
In The Electric Mist (B)
My Bloody Valentine (B)
Spring Breakdown (B-)
The Girlfriend Experience (B-)
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (B-)
Grace (B-)
Push (C+)
Fast And Furious (C)
Angels and Demons (C-)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (C-)
The Informers (D+)
Next Day Air (D)
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (D)
Friday the 13th (D)
The Proposal (F)

Extremely Enjoyed:
City of Ember (2008)

Benjamin Button 4 out of 5
Star Trek 3 and a half out of 5

so far the year has been pretty dismal. still waiting for a movie to blow me out of the water.

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Slumdog Millionaire

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Snow Angels [DVD]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Once

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X-Files: I Want to Believe [DVD]
Saw V [DVD]
The Last House in the Woods [DVD]
Still Waiting [DVD]

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Pineapple Express [DVD]
My Bloody Valentine 3-D (2009)
The Hitcher [DVR]
Dan in Real Life [DVR]

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**** - A really fantastic film
*** - A good film
** - A mediocre film
* - It really wasn't very good

THEATER:
I've Loved You So Long (Claudel, 2008) *** (1/1/2009)
The Reader (Daldry, 2008) *** (1/1/2009)
Australia (Luhrmann, 2008) *** (1/6/2009)
Milk (van Sant, 2008) ***+ (1/12/2009)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Fincher, 2008) ** (1/26/2009)
Defiance (Zwick, 2008) ***+ (1/27/2009)
Gran Torino (Eastwood, 2008) ***+ (1/28/2009)
Revolutionary Road (Mendes, 2008) ***+ (1/30/2009)
Frost/Nixon (Howard, 2008) ***+ (1/30/2009)
City of Ember (Kenan, 2008) *** (2/2/2009)
Taken (Morel, 2008) *** (2/6/2009)
The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008) **** (3/3/2009)
Waltz with Bashir (Folman, 2008) **** (3/3/2009)
Watchmen (Snyder, 2009) *** (3/7/2009)
The Class (Cantet, 2008) *** (3/14/2009)
Wendy and Lucy (Reichardt, 2008) **+ (3/14/2009)
Knowing (Proyas, 2009) **+ (3/20/2009)
Duplicity (Gilroy, 2009) *** (3/24/2009)
Gomorrah (Garrone, 2008) ***+ (4/13/2009)
Everlasting Moments (Troell, 2008) **+ (4/13/2009)
Star Trek (Abrams, 2009) *** (5/15/2009)
Sunshine Cleaning (Jeffs, 2008) ** (5/23/2009)
Sin Nombre (Fukunaga, 2008) ***+ (5/23/2009)
Angels and Demons (Howard, 2009) **+ (5/26/2009)
Up (Docter, 2009) **** (5/30/2009)
Terminator Salvation (McG, 2009) ** (6/30/2009)
Public Enemies (Mann, 2009) **+ (7/1/2009)
Away We Go (Mendes, 2009) *** (7/4/2009)
Bruno (Charles, 2009) ***+ (7/10/2009)
Moon (Jones, 2009) *** (7/10/2009)
Orphan (Collet-Serra, 2009) **+ (7/31/2009)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Yates, 2009) ***+ (8/6/2009)
O'Horten (Hamer, 2007) *** (8/13/2009)
The Cove (Psihoyos, 2009) NR (8/13/2009)
The Hurt Locker (Bigelow, 2008) *** (8/13/2009)
(500) Days of Summer (Webb, 2009) *** (8/14/2009)
In the Loop (Iannucci, 2009) **+ (8/25/2009)
Humpday (Shelton, 2009) **+ (8/25/2009)
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino, 2009) ***+ (8/28/2009)
Taking Woodstock (Lee, 2009) **+ (9/5/2009)
District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) *** (9/11/2009)
Lorna's Silence (Dardenne, 2008) **** (9/24/2009)
9 (Acker, 2009) ** (10/2/2009)
Zombieland (Fleischer, 2009) *** (10/2/2009)
Amreeka (Dabis, 2009) ** (10/10/2009)
Paranormal Activity (Peli, 2007) ***+ (10/10/2009)
Bright Star (Campion, 2009) *** (10/10/2009)
Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze, 2009) *** (10/29/2009)
A Serious Man (Coen, 2009) **** (11/11/2009)
The Box (Kelly, 2009) **+ (11/12/2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (Heslov, 2009) ** (11/12/2009)
2012 (Emmerich, 2009) **+ (11/23/2009)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Anderson, 2009) **** (11/25/2009)
An Education Scherfig, 2009) *** (11/25/2009)
Precious (Daniels, 2009) ** (11/25/2009)
Antichrist (von Trier, 2009) **** (12/18/2009)

DVD:
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (Anderson, 2004) *** (1/1/2009)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Cameron, 1991) *** (1/4/2009)
The Darjeeling Limited (Anderson, 2007) *** (1/4/2009)
The Killing (Kubrick, 1956) **** (1/8/2009)
The Virgin Suicides (Coppola, 1999) ** (1/12/2009)
Badlands (Malick, 1973) **** (1/14/2009)
Frida (Taymor, 2002) *** (1/14/2009)
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (Burton, 1985) ** (1/14/2009)
Paths of Glory (Kubrick, 1957) **** (1/18/2009)
Beetlejuice (Burton, 1988) *** (1/18/2009)
Spartacus (Kubrick, 1960) **+ (1/24/2009)
All the King's Men (Rossen, 1949) *** (1/25/2009)
Jarhead (Mendes, 2005) ** (1/25/2009)
The Cranes Are Flying (Kalatozov, 1957) *** (1/25/2009)
Port of Call (Bergman, 1948) ** (1/27/2009)
A Room with a View (Ivory, 1986) ***+ (1/31/2009)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Allen, 2007) *** (2/6/2009)
Blood Diamond (Zwick, 2006) *** (2/7/2009)
Requiem for a Dream (Aronofsky, 2000) **** (2/7/2009)
Frozen River (Hunt, 2008) *** (2/11/2009)
Lakeview Terrace (LaBute, 2008) **+ (2/11/2009)
The Crying Game (Jordan, 1992) **+ (2/11/2009)
The Blair Witch Project (Myrick, 1999) *** (2/12/2009)
Destiny of a Man (Bondarchuk, 1959) **** (2/13/2009)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (Valee, 2005) **+ (2/13/2009)
Shotgun Stories (Nichols, 2007) **+ (2/13/2009)
The Edge of Heaven (Akin, 2007) *** (2/20/2009)
The Exterminating Angel (Buñuel), 1961) ***+ (2/20/2009)
Lolita (Kubrick, 1961) *** (3/7/2009)
Lost in Translation (Coppola, 2003) **** (3/13/2009)
American History X (Kaye, 1998) *** (3/13/2009)
Happy-Go-Lucky (Leigh, 2008) **** (4/11/2009)
Quarantine (Dowdle, 2008) ** (4/11/2009)
La Strada (Fellini, 1954) *** (4/15/2009)
Topsy-Turvy (Leigh, 1998) *** (4/22/2009)
Solo Con tu Pareja (Cuaron, 1991) ** (4/22/2009)
Rollerball (Jewison, 1975) ** (4/23/2009)
The Incredible Hulk (Letterier, 2008) **+ (4/24/2009)
Stuck (Gordon, 2008) ** (4/25/2009)
Sweet Sixteen (Loach, 2002) *** (4/25/2009)
Se7en (Fincher, 1995) *** (4/26/2009)
Pather Panchali (Ray, 1955) ***+ (4/27/2009)
Aparajito (Ray, 1956) **** (4/27/2009)
The World of Apu (Ray, 1959) **** (4/27/2009)
Rashomon (Kurosawa, 1950) *** (4/29/2009)
Rosetta (Dardenne, 1999) **** (5/1/2009)
Blood Simple (Coen, 1984) **+ (5/2/2009)
Batman (Burton, 1989) ***+ (5/2/2009)
La Ronde (Ophuls, 1950) *** (5/3/2009)
Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (Bresson, 1945) *** (5/3/2009)
Dancer in the Dark (von Trier[/I], 2000) *** (5/3/2009)
Who's That Knocking At My Door (Scorsese, 1968) **** (5/4/2009)
Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1950) *** (5/4/2009)
Blindness (Meirelles, 2008) ***+ (5/5/2009)
Le Plaisir (Ophuls, 1952) *** (5/6/2009)
The Son (Dardenne, 2002) **** (5/6/2009)
Drugstore Cowboy (van Sant, 1989) *** (5/8/2009)
Classe Tous Risques (Sautet, 1960) *** (5/8/2009)
The Hit (Frears, 1984) ***+ (5/10/2009)
Body Heat (Kasdan, 1981) **+ (5/11/2009)
Alexandra (Sokurov, 2007) *** (5/11/2009)
Old Joy (Reichardt, 2006) **+ (5/11/2009)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Mostow, 2003) *** (5/11/2009)
A Tale of Two Sisters (Kim, 2003) **+ (5/12/2009)
Brief Encounter (Lean, 1945) ***+ (5/13/2009)
Boxcar Bertha (Scorsese, 1972) **+ (5/13/2009)
Chungking Express (Wai, 1994) **** (5/14/2009)
Harlan County USA (Kopple, 1974) *** (5/17/2009)
Red Road (Arnold, 2006) ** (5/23/2009)
Léolo (Clauzon, 1992) ** (5/25/2009)
My Left Foot (Sheridan, 1989) *** (5/25/2009)
Tales from the Gimli Hospital (Maddin, 1988) ** (5/25/2009)
Nanook of the North (Flaherty, 1922) **** (5/25/2009)
The Times of Harvey Milk (Epstein, 1984) **** (5/26/2009)
The French Connection (Friedkin, 1971) ***+ (5/26/2009)
Mean Streets (Scorsese, 1973) ***+ (5/26/2009)
Pickpocket (Bresson, 1959) ***+ (5/29/2009)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Yates, 1973) **+ (5/30/2009)
Wise Blood (Houston, 1979) *** (6/3/2009)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Schnabel, 2007) **** (6/4/2009)
Repo Man (Cox, 1984) *** (6/5/2009)
The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1981) ** (6/7/2009)
Evil Dead II (Raimi, 1987) ** (6/8/2009)
Army of Darkness (Raimi, 1992) ** (6/8/2009)
Sansho the Bailiff (Mizoguchi, 1954) **** (6/10/2009)
The Breakfast Club (Hughes, 1986) ***+ (6/14/2009)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (Roeg, 1976) **+ (6/14/2009)
Metropolitan (Stillman, 1990) **+ (6/15/2009)
Snatch (Ritchie, 2000) *** (6/15/2009)
The Boss of It All (von Trier, 2005) ***+ (6/16/2009)
Bashu (Beizei, 1986) *** (6/16/2009)
A Man Escaped (Bresson, 1956) *** (6/17/2009)
Me and You and Everyone We Know (July, 2005) *** (6/19/2009)
Grand Illusion (Renoir, 1937) **** (7/8/2009)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Scorsese, 1974) ** (7/16/2009)
Magnolia (Anderson, 1999) **** (7/16/2009)
JCVD (Mabrouk, 2008) ** (7/17/2009)
Quick Change (Murray, 1990) ** (7/21/2009)
Heat (Mann, 1995) *** (7/23/2009)
The Player (Altman, 1992) ***+ (7/23/2009)
Funny Games (Haneke, 1998) NR (7/24/2009)
[Safe] (Haynes, 1995) *** (7/25/2009)
Brand Upon the Brain! (Maddin, 2006) *** (7/25/2009)
Dear Zachary (Kuenne, 2008) NR (7/26/2009)
Close-Up (Kiarostami, 1990) **** (7/30/2009)
A Woman is a Woman (Godard, 1961) ***+ (7/30/2009)
Two Lovers (Gray, 2008) *** (7/30/2009)
Die Hard (McTiernan, 1988) ***+ (7/30/2009)
Near Dark (Bigelow, 1987) ** (7/30/2009)
The Scar (Kieslowski, 1976) *** (8/2/2009)
The Last Metro (Truffaut, 1980) ***+ (8/2/2009)
Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino, 1991) ***+ (8/7/2009)
Glengarry Glen Ross (Foley, 1992) **+ (8/7/2009)
The Last of the Mohicans (Mann, 1992) *** (8/7/2009)
Pulp Fiction (Tarantino, 1994) *** (8/9/2009)
Jackie Brown (Tarantino, 1997) *** (8/10/2009)
Clerks (Smith, 1993) **+ (8/14/2009)
Jacob's Ladder (Lyne, 1990) **+ (8/14/2009)
Kill Bill V. 1 (Tarantino, 2003) *** (8/15/2009)
Kill Bill V. 2 (Tarantino, 2004) *** (8/15/2009)
Death Proof (Tarantino, 2007) *** (8/19/2009)
Hard Boiled (Woo, 1992) *** (8/21/2009)
Les Carabiniers (Godard, 1963) *** (8/21/2009)
Abigail's Party (Leigh, 1977) *** (8/21/2009)
Songs from the Second Floor (Andersson, 2000) *** (8/21/2009)
Prisoner of the Mountains (Bodrov, 1996) ***+ (8/21/2009)
High Hopes (Leigh, 1988) *** (8/28/2009)
Dogville (von Trier, 2003) **** (8/30/2009)
Adventureland (Mottola, 2008) **+ (9/6/2009)
Miller's Crossing (Coen, 1990) *** (9/6/2009)
Akira (Otomi, 1988) ***+ (9/10/2009)
A Year of the Quiet Sun (Zanussi, 1984) ***+ (9/17/2009)
Katyn (Wajda, 2007) *** (9/23/2009)
The Element of Crime (von Trier, 1984) **+ (9/23/2009)
Point Break (Bigelow, 1991) ***+ (9/25/2009)
Lilya 4-Ever (Moodyson, 2002) **** (9/27/2009)
Epidemic (von Trier, 1987) *** (10/3/2009)
The Thing (Carpenter, 1982) *** (10/4/2009)
The Dead Zone (Cronenberg, 1983) *** (10/10/2009)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (Solondz, 1995) ** (10/11/2009)
Crank (Neveldine/Taylor, 2006) ** (10/11/2009)
The Eye (Pang, 2002) **+ (10/11/2009)
Persepolis (Satrapi, 2007) **** (10/13/2009)
Cloverfield (Reeves, 2008) ***+ (10/13/2009)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven, 1984) *** (10/14/2009)
Drag Me To Hell (Raimi, 2009) *** (10/17/2009)
Memories of Murder (Joon-ho, 2003) *** (10/17/2009)
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988) *** (10/17/2009)
The Girlfriend Experience (Soderbergh, 2009) ** (10/18/2009)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Hooper, 1974) *** (10/18/2009)
Black Christmas (Clark, 1974) *** (10/22/2009)
The Vanishing (Sluizer, 1988) *** (10/24/2009)
The Exorcist (Friedkin, 1973) *** (10/24/2009)
Trick 'r Treat (Dougherty, 2008) **+ (10/25/2009)
The Fly (Cronenberg, 1986) *** (10/25/2009)
[rec] (Balaguero, 2007) *** (10/30/2009)
Ju-On (Shimizu, 2002) ** (10/30/2009)
The Stepfather (Ruben, 1987) ***+ (10/30/2009)
Bleak Moments (Leigh, 1971) ***+ (11/1/2009)
Howl's Moving Castle (Miyazaki, 2004) ***+ (11/4/2009)
Kung Fu Panda (Osborne, 2008) ***+ (11/4/2009)
Happiness (Solondz, 1998) *** (11/5/2009)
Manderlay (von Trier, 2005) ***+ (11/8/2009)
Medea (von Trier, 1988) *** (11/8/2009)
Tulpan (Dvortsevoy, 2008) ** (11/12/2009)
I Stand Alone (Noe, 1998) **+ (11/12/2009)
Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli, 1944) ***+ (11/14/2009)
Together (Moodysson, 2000) ***+ (11/15/2009)
Gattaca (Niccol, 1997) ***+ (11/23/2009)
Bad Lieutenant (Ferrara, 1992) **+ (11/24/2009)
Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976) ***+ (11/24/2009)
The Big Lebowski (Coen, 1998) ***+ (11/26/2009)
Duel (Spielberg, 1971) ***+ (11/26/2009)
A Hole in My Heart (Moodysson, 2004) * (11/30/2009)
Wings of Desire (Wenders, 1988) **** (11/30/2009)
Across the Universe (Taymor, 2007) ***+ (12/2/2009)
Cool Hand Luke (Rosenberg, 1967) *** (12/10/2009)
Man Bites Dog (Belvaux, 1992) **+ (12/11/2009)
Silent Light (Reygadas, 2006) *** (12/11/2009)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Altman, 1971) **** (12/11/2009)
Offside (Panahi, 2006) *** (12/15/2009)
Storytelling (Solondz, 2001) ***+ (12/17/2009)
Southland Tales (Kelly, 2007) * (12/17/2009)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Babenco, 1985) *** (12/18/2009)
The Inglorious Bastards (Castellari, 1978) **+ (12/20/2009)
Observe and Report (Hill, 2009) *** (12/20/2009)
The Night Porter (Cavani, 1974) *+ (12/22/2009)
Breaking the Waves (von Trier, 1996) **** (12/27/2009)

SPECIAL SCREENINGS, SHORT FILMS, etc.:
Coraline (3D) (Selick, 2009) ***+ (2/11/2009)
The War Game (Watkins, 1964) *** (5/17/2009)
The Dead Father (Maddin, 1986) ** (5/25/2009)
Hospital Fragment (Maddin, 1988) ** (5/25/2009)
Avatar (3D) (Cameron, 2009) *** (12/28/2009)

2009 US Releases out of *****:

Star Trek (Abrams, 2009) - **** - Hugely entertaining movie with a few plot issues. The characters occasionally slip into caricatures of their former selves but it's purely fun from beginning to end.

Drag Me To Hell - *** 1/2 - Very entertaining.

Land of the Lost - *** - I hate to say it but I really enjoyed the flick. Not the best made movie, but worth a watch or two. Altered state recommended.

Orphan - *** - Very entertaining thriller with a horrible plot twist on paper that somehow works in the movie.

Up (Pixar, 2009) - *** - One of Pixar's more entertaining movies, it was hurt a bit of the restraints of expectations. The movie was basically two films in one, an emotional "life left unfulfilled" flick and a Saturday morning cartoon. The emotional stuff is well handled if a little top heavy, and the Saturday Morning Cartoon stuff was a touch mediocre (the overuse of dogs and a weak bad guy don't help.) Simply put, I would have preferred more of the "adult" stuff.

Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) - *** - An exciting if ultra generic action/thriller with Liam Neeson flatout owning the picture. Very glad this is one of the top grossers of 2009 thus far.

I Love You, Man (John Hamburg, 2009) - *** - Bromantic comedy, some very funny bits but it plays it a little too safe

Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009) - *** - A solid, ocassionally entertaining recreation of the graphic novel in movie form. That said, it was more a recreation of panels than an actual movie, and while it worked brilliantly in places, it was overall lacking.

GI Joe - ** 1/2 - Silly fun.
Knowing (Alex Proyas, 2009) - ** 1/2 - Excellent ideas, solid visuals, and occasionally deft direction couldn't save this movie from itself. For every amazingly directed sequence, there was a forehead slapper to go with it. A disappointment based on how excellent it could have been.

My Bloody Valentine 3D (Patrick Lussier, 2009) - ** 1/2 - The movie itself was nothing special, but the application of 3D made it a howler in the theaters. Nice to have a movie every once in a while where everything unravels the way you would initially think, but then doubt since nothing could be that obvious. As a movie itself, 2, with 3D, a 3.

Angels & Demonds (Howard, 2009) - ** - Dull plot with a great potential story. The movie is more a Humanities lecture than a piece of cinema. Great acting by McGregor, nicely shot and directed. Now, if only they could do something interesting with the story. Idiotic ending, too.

Carry overs:
Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) - **** - Well paced, highly entertaining fairy tale about two kids growing up in the slums of Mumbai and pursuing their ideas of destiny. A little contrived but ultimately uplifting.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) - *** - An interesting look at living the life you're supposed to live, equal parts Woody Allen classic and standard issue romantic dramedy.

Bolt (Byron Howard, Chris Williams, 2008) - ** - Very well animated movie with a novel idea (Sunset Blvd, Doggie-style) it just couldn't hold my interest.

<ol><li>Simon of the Desert (Luis Buñuel, 1965) 2009.02.09 *****</li><li>The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008) 2009.02.02 ****</li><li>The Class (Laurent Cantet, 2008) 2009.03.17 ****</li><li>Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008) 2009.01.03 ****</li><li>Gomorra (Matteo Garrone, 2008) 2009.03.26 ***</li><li>Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) 2009.01.25 *</li></ol>

Previous Years: 2008 | 2007

Ranking and rating films seen for the first time between Jan 1st, 2009 and Jan 31st, 2010 or thereabouts (2010 Theatrical releases) and in calendar year '09 for all other films.

2009 Theatrical Releases/ Top 10 List (In Progress)

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1. Inglourious Basterds Christoph Waltz, Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, dir. Quentin Tarantino
2. Up in the Air George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, dir. Jason Reitman
3. Summer Hours Charles Berling, Juliette Binoche, Jérémie Renier, dir. Olivier Assayas

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4. Fantastic Mr. Fox voiced by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, dir. Wes Anderson
5. A Serious Man Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
6. Up voiced by Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, dir. Pete Docter
7. Where The Wild Things Are Max Records, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, dir. Spike Jonze
8. The White Ribbon Ernst Jacobi, Christian Freidel, Burghart Klaussner, dir. Michael Haneke
9. (500) Days of Summer Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, dir. Marc Webb
10. The Hurt Locker Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, dir. Kathryn Bigelow
An Education Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, dir. Lone Scherfig
Brothers Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, dir. Jim Sheridan
Funny People Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, dir. Judd Apatow
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, dir. David Yates

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The Informant! Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, dir. Steven Soderbergh
District 9 Shartlo Copley, Vanessa Haywood, dir. Neill Blomkamp
I Love You, Man Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, dir. John Hamburg
The Hangover Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zack Galifianakis, dir. Todd Phillips
Adventureland Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, dir. Greg Mottola
Brüno Sacha Baron Cohen, dir. Larry Charles
The Girlfriend Experience Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, dir. Steven Soderbergh
Star Trek Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, dir. J.J. Abrams
Taken Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, dir. Pierre Morel
Partly Cloudy dir. Peter Sohn
Angels and Demons Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, dir. Ron Howard
Avatar Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, dir. James Cameron
Moon Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, dir. Zowie Bowie
The Messenger Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, dir. Oren Moverman
Invictus Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, dir. Clint Eastwood
The Lovely Bones Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, dir. Peter Jackson
The Road Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, dir. John Hillcoat
In The Loop Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, dir. Armando Iannuci
Nine Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Pénelope Cruz, dir. Rob Marshall
Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gylenhaal, dir. Scott Cooper

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Public Enemies Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cottilard, dir. Michael Mann
The Brothers Bloom Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, dir. Rian Johnson
Away We Go John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, dir. Sam Mendes
Tokyo! dir. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Joon-ho Bong
Sherlock Holmes Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, dir. Guy Ritchie
Bright Star Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, dir. Jane Campion

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He's Just Not That Into You Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Aniston, dir. Ken Kwapis
Duplicity Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti, dir. Tony Gilroy
RocknRolla Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson, dir. Guy Ritchie
Precious Gabourey Sidibe, Monique Imes, Paula Patton, dir. Lee Daniels, 2009

DVDs and Pre-2009 Releases Seen For The First Time

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Don't Look Back Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, dir. D.A. Pennebaker, 1967
Manhattan Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, dir. Woody Allen, 1979

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Man on Wire Philippe Petit, dir. James Marsh, 2008
Waltz With Bashir voiced by Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, dir. Ari Folman, 2008
Ricky Gervais: Fame Ricky Gervais, dir. Dominic Brigstocke, 2007
Puzzle of a Downfall Child Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors, dir. Jerry Schatzberg, 1971
Requiem For A Dream Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2000
L'Eclisse Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962
Control Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, dir. Anton Corbijn, 2007
The Class François Bégaudeau, Jean-Michel Simonet, Franck Keïta, dir. Laurent Cantet, 2008

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Synecdoche, New York Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, dir. Charlie Kaufman, 2008
The Reader Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, dir. Stephen Daldry, 2008
La Ciudad dir. David Riker, 1998
Reprise Espen Klouman-Høiner, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge, dir. Joachim Trier, 2006
Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, dir. Jonathan Demme, 2008
The Motorcycle Diaries Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, dir. Walter Salles, 2004
Eyes Wide Shut Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, dir. Stanley Kubrick, 1999
Solaris Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Jüri Järvet, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972
Our Time Is Up Kevin Pollak, Jorge Garcia, dir. Rob Pearlstein, 2004
I Met The Walrus John Lennon, Jerry Levitan, dir. Josh Raskin, 2007
Snatch Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Benicio del Toro, dir. Guy Ritchie, 2000
Paths In The Night Hilmar Thate, Henriette Heinze, Cornelia Schmaus, dir. Andreas Kleinert, 1999
Heat Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, dir. Michael Mann, 1995

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Doubt Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, dir. John Patrick Shanley, 2008
Lagos/Koolhaas Rem Koolhaas, dir. Bregtje van der Haak, 2002
Central Station Fernanda Montenegro, Vinicius de Oliveira, dir. Walter Salles, 1998
What Happens In Vegas Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, dir. Tom Vaughan, 2008
The Notebook Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, dir. Nick Casavettes, 2004
The Terminal Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, dir. Steven Spielberg, 2004
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, dir. Jake Kasdan, 2007

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Vantage Point Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, dir. Pete Travis, 2008
Forbidden Kingdom Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, dir. Rob Minkoff, 2008

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/5.gif (Loved It)- Includes 4.5 stars

Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Two Lovers
A Serious Man
Goodbye Solo
Silent Light
In the Loop

Bright Star
The Girlfriend Experience
World's Greatest Dad
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call, New Orleans
Coraline
Adventureland
Moon
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Ponyo
Where the Wild Things Are
Up

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Drag Me to Hell
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Séraphine
Avatar
Invictus
Black Dynamite
(500) Days of Summer
Sugar
Star Trek
District 9
The Hangover
Zombieland

Thirst
Il Divo
I Love You, Man
State of Play

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/3.gif (Liked It)- Includes 2.5 stars
The Invention of Lying
Away We Go
Taken
The Road
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Funny People
Duplicity
Public Enemies

Michael Jackson's This Is It
Rudo y Cursi
The Brothers Bloom
Sherlock Holmes
Observe and Report
Assassination of a High School President
The Soloist

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The Blind Side
Gomorrah
Watchmen
Brüno
Bananaz
Nine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Killshot
Fanboys
The Twilight Saga: New Moon

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The Informers
I Love You, Beth Cooper
The Unborn

Year One
Terminator: Salvation
Fired Up!
New in Town
S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen


Stars cannot be applied (a.k.a The Tommy Wiseau Award for Irresistible Shittiness):
Crank 2: High Voltage

First page!!!!
 

Stealing hardercore's system yet again!

Previous Years: 2008 | 2007

2009 Theatrical Releases/ Top 10 List (In Progress)

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1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - January 16th; Theater
2. Star Trek (05/09) - May 8th & June 26th; Theater
3. Up (05/09) - June 30th; Theater
4. G.I. Joe (08/09) - August 7th; Theater (4½-stars)

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1. Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) - June 25th; Theater
2. Taken (2009) - June 11th; Blu-ray
3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) - July 14th; Real 3D Theater
4. Push (2009) - August 23rd; DVD
5. The Soloist (2009) - August 24th; DVD
6. State of Play (2009) - September 7th; DVD
7. Avatar (2009) - December 18th; Theater

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1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) - May 1st; Theater
2. Terminator Salvation (2009) - May 23rd; Theater
3. Night at the Museum 2 (2009) - June 2nd; Theater
4. New in Town (2009) - June 27th; DVD
5. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (2009) - July 16th; Theater
6. Knowing (2009) - August 21st; DVD
7. Brida Wars (2009) - August 22nd; DVD
8. Couples Retreat (2009) - October 9th; Theater

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1. Angels and Demons (05/09)

DVDs and Pre-2009 Releases Seen For The First Time

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1. Twilight (2008) - March 21st; Blu-ray

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1. Speed Racer (2008) - May 17th; Blu-ray

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Looking forward to the following:

1. <strike>Inkheart (01/23)</strike> missed it
2. <strike>Monsters Vs. Aliens (03/09)</strike> missed it
3. <strike>Fast & Furious (04/09)</strike> missed it
4. <strike>The Soloist (04/09)</strike> missed it
5. Toy Story 3-D (10/09)
6. Where The Wild Things Are (10/09)
7. Sherlock Holmes (11/09)
8. The Princess and The Frog (12/09)

1. Public Enemies
. Up
. Where the Wild Things Are
. The Limits of Control
. Tyson
. It Might Get Loud
. Into Temptation
. Watchmen
. New World Order
. Taken

. District 9
. Extract
. Julie & Julia
. Knowing
. Killshot
. Kobe: Doin' Work
. Brüno
. Funny People
. My Life in Ruins
. Paul Blart: Mall Cop
. Personal Effects
. New In Town
. Horsemen
. Away We Go
. Paper Heart
. Land of the Lost
. By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
. Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience

John's Movie List (First Time Viewings Only)
Films Rated from BOMB to ****
Movie Count: 45

2009 Releases (17)
(500) Days of Summer (2009, Director Marc Webb, Theater) - ****
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009, Director Troy Duffy, Theater) - ***3/4
Brüno (2009, Director Larry Charles, Theater) - ***1/4
Fast & Furious (2009, Director Justin Lin, Theater) - ***
Funny People (2009, Director Judd Apatow, Theater) - ***
The Hangover (2009, Director Todd Phillips, Theater) - ***1/2
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009, Director David Yates, Theater) - ***1/4
He's Just Not That Into You (2009, Director Ken Kwapis, DVD) - **1/4
I Love You, Man (2009, Director John Hamburg, Theater) - ***1/4
The Invention Of Lying (2009, Directors Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson, Theater) - ***1/4
Not Easily Broken (2009, Director Bill Duke, Theater) - ***
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009, Director Steve Carr, Theater) - **1/2
Public Enemies (2009, Director Michael Mann, Theater) - ***
Taken (2009, Director Pierre Morel, Theater) - ***1/4
Terminator: Salvation (2009, Director McG, Theater) - **3/4
Up (2009, Director Pete Docter, Theater) - ***3/4
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009, Director Gavin Hood, Theater) - ***1/4

2008 Releases (continued) (22)
21 (2008, Director Robert Luketic, Blu-ray) - ***1/4
Babylon A.D. (2008, Director Mathieu Kassovitz, Blu-ray) - **
Baby Mama (2008, Director Michael McCullers, HDTV) - ***
Bangkok Dangerous (2008, Directors Oxide Pang Chun & Danny Pang, Blu-ray) - **
Doubt (2008, Director John Patrick Shanley, Blu-ray) - ***1/4
Eagle Eye (2008, Director D.J. Caruso, Blu-ray) - ***
Get Smart (2008, Director Peter Segal, HDTV) - ***
Gran Torino (2008, Director Clint Eastwood, Theater) - ***1/4
Hancock (2008, Director Peter Berg, Blu-ray) - **3/4
Max Payne (2008, Director John Moore, Blu-ray) - **1/2
The Reader (2008, Director Stephen Daldry, Blu-ray) - ***1/4
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008, Director Darren Lynn Bousman, Blu-ray) - ***
Righteous Kill (2008, Director Darren Jon Avnet, Blu-ray) - ***
RocknRolla (2008, Director Guy Ritchie, Blu-ray) - ***1/4
Role Models (2008, Director David Wain, DVD) - ***
Slumdog Millionaire (2008, Director Danny Boyle, DVD) - ***1/2
Street Kings (2008, Director David Ayer, Blu-ray) - ***1/4
Valkyrie (2008, Director Bryan Singer, Theater) - ***
Vantage Point (2008, Director Pete Travis, Blu-ray) - **3/4
The Wrestler (2008, Director Darren Aronofsky, Theater) - ****
Yes Man (2008, Director Peyton Reed, Theater) - **3/4
You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008, Director Dennis Dugan, Blu-ray) - **

Other Films Seen for the First Time (6)
Bottle Rocket (1996, Director Wes Anderson, Blu-ray) - ***
Chungking Express (1994, Director Kar Wai Wong, Blu-ray) - ***1/4
Hot Rod (2007, Director Akiva Schaffer, HDTV) - **1/2
The Illusionist (2006, Director Neil Burger, DVD) - ***3/4
Michael Clayton (2007, Director Tony Gilroy, HD DVD) - ***1/4
The Third Man (1950, Director Carol Reed, Blu-ray) - ***3/4

5 Star scale - 2009 Theatrical releases only

1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop **1/2 jan 16
2. My Bloody Valentine 3D *** jan 16
3. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans *** jan 24
4. The Uninvited *** jan 30
5. Push ** feb 6
6. Coraline 3D ***feb 8
7. He's Just Not That Into You *** feb 8
8. Friday the 13th ***1/2 (x2) feb 13 & feb 17
9. Confessions of a Shopaholic *** feb 14
10. The International *1/2 feb 15
11. Fired Up **** (x2) feb 22 & march 18
12. I Love You, Man ****1/2 (x2) feb 25 & march 31
13. Watchmen ****1/2 (x3) march 6 IMAX & march 7 & march 8
14. Race to Witch Mountain *1/2 march 13
15. The Last House on the Left ***1/2 march 14
16. Knowing ***1/2 march 20
17. Duplicity **** march 20
18. Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D**1/2 march 29
19. Fast & Furious ***1/2 april 3 & april 4
20. Adventureland ** april 4
21. Sunshine Cleaning ***1/2 april 5
22. Observe and Report **** april 10
23. 17 Again *** april 16
24. Crank: High Voltage ***1/2 april 19
25. State of Play **** april 19
26. X-Men Origins: Wolverine **1/2 may 1
27. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ** may 3
28. Star Trek ****1/2 (x4) may 7 IMAX & may 8 & may 10 & may 16
29. Angels & Demons **1/2 may 15
30. Terminator: Salvation ** may 21
31. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian ***1/2 may 25
32. Drag Me To Hell ****1/2 (x2) may 30 & aug 15
33. Up ****1/2 may 31 3D
34. The Hangover ****1/2 (x3) june 5 & june 8 & june 17
35. Land of the Lost ***1/2 june 7
36. The Brothers Bloom *** june 10
37. (500) Days of Summer ****1/2 (x2) june 10 & july 19
38. The Proposal *** june 13
39. The Taking of Pelham 123 *** june 13
40. Year One * june 19
41. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen *** (x2) june 24 & june 27 IMAX
42. Public Enemies ** july 1
43. Whatever Works ***1/2 july 3
44. Away We Go *** july 7
45. Bruno **** (x2) july 7 & july 12
46. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D *1/2 july 10
47. My Sister's Keeper *** july 11
48. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince **** (x2) july 15 & july 29 IMAX
49. Moon *** july 19
50. The Hurt Locker ****1/2 july 19
51. Orphan ***1/2 july 28
52. The Ugly Truth *** july 28
53. Funny People *** july 31
54. G.I. Joe ***1/2 (x2) aug 6 & aug 7
55. A Perfect Getaway ***1/2 aug 7
56. Julie & Julia ***1/2 aug 13
57. District 9 ****1/2 (x4) aug 14 & aug 15 & aug 18 & aug 26
58. The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard *1/2 aug 14
59. Inglourious Basterds ***** (x2) aug 21 & aug 27
60. Post Grad *1/2 aug 21
61. The Final Destination 3D **1/2 aug 29
62. Gamer **1/2 sept 4
63. The Time Traveler's Wife *** sept 4
64. Extract *** sept 7
65. Sorority Row ** sept 15
66. Jennifer's Body ** sept 18
67. Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day *** sept 25
68. Fame *1/2 sept 27
69. Surrogates **1/2 sept 27
70. Pandorum *** sept 29
71. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 3D **** (x2) sept 29 & oct 13
72. Toy Story 1 & 2 3D Double Feature ***** oct 2
73. Whip It! *** oct 2
74. Zombieland ****1/2 (x2) oct 3 & oct 25
75. Couples Retreat *1/2 oct 13
76. Law Abiding Citizen ** oct 18
77. Capitalism: A Love Story **** oct 18
78. Where The Wild Things Are *** oct 20
79. Saw VI ***1/2 oct 24
80. Paper Heart *** oct 24
81. Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant ** oct 25
82. A Serious Man ****1/2 nov 4
83. Michael Jackson's This Is It ***1/2 nov 8
84. 2012 *** nov 13 d-box
85. New Moon ***1/2 nov 21
86. Ninja Assassin **1/2 nov 28
87. Armored *** dec 4
88. The Blind Side *** dec 8
89. Fantastic Mr. Fox ****1/2 (x2) dec 8 & dec 17
90. Invictus ***1/2 dec 11
91. Disney's A Christmas Carol 3D **1/2 dec 13
92. Brothers **** dec 15
93. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans ***1/2 dec 17
94. Up in the Air ***** (x2) dec 17 & dec 22
95. Avatar ****1/2 (x4) 3D dec 18 & IMAX 3D dec 22 & 3d jan 5 & IMAX 3D jan 21
96. The Princess and the Frog **1/2 dec 20
97. Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakual **1/2 dec 29
98. It's Complicated ***1/2 dec 29
99. Sherlock Holmes ** dec 29
100. Nine ** dec 29

:5star:
The Wrestler
Revolutionary Road
Milk
Frost/Nixon
:4star:
Gran Torino (1st of the Year!)
Defiance
Valkyrie
Watchmen
Duplicity
:3star:
Yes Man
My Bloody Valentine 3-D, 2 Stars for the movie, and 4 for the 3-D
Friday the 13th (2009)
The Reader
The International
:2star:
:1star:
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
:0star:

I viewed 85 new (to me) movies in 2008. This was a huge decline from 2007. Not enough free time anymore!

2007
2006
2005

Rating movies I've never seen before on a **** scale:

****

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) - Seen 08/31/09
The Browning Version (1951) - Seen 10/02/09
Naked Spur (1953)

***1/2

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Watchmen (2009) - Seen 03/06/09
Breaking Away (1979)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Love Parade (1929)
Salon Mexico (1949)
Vampyr (1932)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
The Kingdom (2007)

***

Moontide (1942) - Seen 02/27/09
Breaking Away (1979) - Seen 03/11/09
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) - Seen 03/19/09
All Night Long (1962) - Seen 03/20/09
Star Trek (2009) - Seen 05/15/09
The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962)
Talk to Me (2007) - Seen 06/17/09
The New Frontier (2008)
Knife in the Water (1962) - Seen 08/24/09
I Love You, Man (2009) - Seen 08/29/09
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Julie & Julia (2009)
The Stratton Story (1949)
The Three Musketeers (1948)
House of Strangers (1949)
Challenge of the Masters (1976)
Monte Carlo (1930)
Steamboy (2004)
Night of the Iguana (1964)


**1/2

Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Seen 03/06/09
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) -Seen 03/07/09
Black Widow (1954) - Seen 03/22/09
Rocky Balboa (2007)
To Die For (1995)
American Flyers (1985)
Monte Carlo (1930)
Art School Confidential (2006) 05/08/09
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
Story of Three Loves (1953)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Romance and Cigarettes (2005)

**

Righteous Kill (2008) - Seen 01/17/09
Un coeur en hiver (1992) - Seen 01/24/09
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married (2004)
X-Men: Origins (2009) - Seen 05/17/09
The Brave Archer (1977)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
The Goonies (1985)
School for Scoundrels (2006)

*1/2

The Egyptian (1954)
Four Christmases (2008)
Unleashed (2005)
Seed of Chucky (2004)

*

Practical Magic (1998) - Seen 05/15/09
The Messenger (1999)

Total = 59

Need to Rank

Theatrical:
:5star: (Loved It)
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon

:4star: 1/2
Doubt
The Wrestler
The Hurt Locker

:4star: (Really Liked It)
Fanboys
Whatever Works
Inglorious Basterds

:3star: 1/2
Sherlock Holmes

:3star: (Liked It)
The Informant!

:2star: 1/2
Funny People

:2star: (Didn't like it)
Public Enemies
Benjamin Button

:1star: (Really Disliked It)
GI Joe

:0star: (Hated It)

First Time Home Viewing:
:5star:

:4star: 1/2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Taken

:4star:
Outsourced
Brooklyn Rules
Adventureland

:3star: 1/2
Role Models
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
The Reader
Super High Me


:3star:
Bobby
Transsiberian
Enchanted
The House Bunny

:2star:
Wild Hogs (yes, really...Netflix instant cue + time constraint = WH)
I Love You, Man

:1star:
The Darjeeling Limited
Paul Blart

:0star:
Even Money (What an AWFUL POS this was)

Movies I am looking forward to this year:

Scale based on 1-5 stars

Movies seen in theaters:
1. Doubt **** 1/3/09
2. Gran Torino ***** 1/10/09
3. Let the Right One in **** 3/7/09
4. Watchmen **** 3/16/09
5. I Love You Man **** 3/21/09
6. Star Trek **** 5/16/09
7. Up ***** 5/30/09
8. The Hangover **** 6/12/09
9. Drag Me to Hell **** 6/20/09
10. I Love You Beth Cooper *** 7/12/09
11. Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen ** 7/12/09
12. Public Enemies *** 7/20/09
13. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ***1/2 8/2/09
14. 500 Days of Summer ***** 8/8/09
15. G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra **1/2 8/10/09
16. District 9 ***1/2 8/15/09
17. Inglorious Basterds **** 9/1/09
18. Zombieland **** 10/4/09
19. The Invention of Lying **** 10/11/09
20. Paranormal Activity **** 10/30/09
21. Invictus **** 12/12/09
22. The Blind Side **** 12/20/09
23. Avatar **** 12/22/09
24. The Road *** 12/26/09
25. Sherlock Holmes ***1/2 12/28/09

Movies watched for the first time on dvd:
1. Wanted **** 1/6/09
2. Tropic Thunder *** 1/7/09
3. Hellboy II: The Golden Army *** 1/19/09
4. The Wackness **** 1/19/09
5. Step Brothers **** 1/25/09
6. American Teen **** 1/26/09
7. Ghost Town **** 2/8/09
8. Appaloosa *** 2/9/09
9. Vicky Cristina Barcelona **** 2/23/09
10. Frozen River **** 2/24/09
11. Sex Drive **** 2/28/09
12. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist *** 3/2/09
13. Burn After Reading ** 3/16/09
14. The House Bunny *** 3/16/09
15. Twilight *** 3/30/09
16. Rachel Getting Married *** 5/4/09
17. Frost/Nixon **** 5/15/09
18. He's Just Not That Into You *** 6/14/09
19. Fired Up ***1/2 8/24/09
20. Adventureland ***** 8/27/09
21. 17 Again *** 9/8/09
22. Seven Pounds *** 9/8/09
23. Fanboys *** 9/27/09
24. Assassination of a High School President **** 12/22/09
25. The Brothers Bloom *** 12/29/09

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2009 Theatrical Releases

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Inglourious Basterds
Fantastic Mr Fox

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Where the Wild Things Are
Up in the Air
The Girlfriend Experience
The Hurt Locker
(500) Days of Summer



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Zombieland
Duplicity
District 9
Whatever Works
Two Lovers
The Limits of Control


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I Love You, Man
The Hangover
Adventureland
Sherlock Holmes
Observe & Report

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Taken
Watchmen
Funny People

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The International
X Men Origins: Wolverine

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2009 U.S releases

Astro Boy (10/23) ***
The Burning Plain (09/19) ***
District 9 (08/14) ****1/2
Funny People (11/24) ****
The Girlfriend Experience (05/21) ***
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (05/16) ***
Gran Torino (01/10) ****
Green Lantern: First Flight (07/28) ****
He's Just Not That Into You (06/02) ***
The House of the Devil (10/28) **
The Hurt Locker (10/07) ***1/2
I Love You Man (09/11) ***1/2
Inglourious Basterds (08/28) ***1/2
L: Change the World (04/29) ***
Law Abiding Citizen (10/19) **1/2
Love and Honor (Bushi no ichibun) (05/15) ****
Monsters vs. Aliens IMAX 3D (03/28) ***
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (10/24) ***
Outlander (01/30) ***
Paranormal Activity (10/09) ****
The Proposal (12/04) **1/2
Public Enemies ***1/2 (07/12)
Red Cliff *** (12/20)
Sherlock Holmes (12/26) ***1/2
Star Trek (05/09) ****
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (10/30) ***1/2
Surveillance (07/30) ***1/2
Terminator Salvation ***1/2 (05/25)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen *** (06/27)
The Ugly Truth *** (11/10)
Watchmen (03/08) ****
Wonder Woman ***1/2 (06/30)
World's Greatest Dad ***1/2 (08/20)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (05/03) ***1/2

Theatrical

:5star:
Inglorious Basterds (2009) Dir: Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth
District 9 (2009) Dir: Neill Blomkamp. Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt.

:4star:
Avatar (3D) (2009) Dir: James Cameron. Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver.
Zombieland (2009) Dir: Ruben Fleischer. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone.
Drag Me To Hell (2009) Dir: Sam Raimi. Cast: Alison Lohman, Justin Long.
The Hurt Locker (2008) Dir: Kathryn Bigelow. Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty.
The Hangover (2009) Dir: Todd Phillips. Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis.
Nothing But The Truth (2008) Dir: Rod Lurie. Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga.
Watchmen (2009) Dir: Zack Snyder. Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Akerman, Jefferey Dean Morgan.

:3star:
2012 (2009) Dir: Roland Emmerich. Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thomas McCarthy, Oliver Platt.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Dir: Michael Bay. Cast: Shia Labeouf, Megan Fox.
Fast & Furious (2009) Dir: Justin Lin. Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Gal Gadot.
Observe and Report (2009) Dir: Jody Hill. Cast: Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta.
Defiance (2008) Dir: Edward Zwick. Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Alexa Davalos.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) Dir: Patrick Tatopoulos. Cast: Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy.
Paranormal Activity (2007) Dir: Oren Peli. Cast: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs.
Brüno (2009) Dir: Larry Charles. Cast: Sasha Baron Cohen.
Crank 2: High Voltage (2009) Dir(s): Neveldine/Taylor. Cast: Jason Statham, Amy Smart.
Where The Wild Things Are (2009) Dir: Spike Jonze. Cast: Max Records, James Gandolfini, Pepita Emmerichs.
Brothers (2009) Dir: Jim Sheridan. Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Jenny Wade.

:2star:
Jennifer's Body (2009) Dir: Karyn Kusama. Cast: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons.
The Reader (2008) Dir: Stephen Daltry. Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz.
Outlander (2008) Dir: Howard McCain. Cast: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Jack Huston.
Friday the 13th (2009) Dir: Marcus Nispel. Cast: Jared Padaleki, Willa Ford, Danielle Panabaker, Amanda Righetti.

:1star:
The Unborn (2008) Dir: David S. Goyer. Cast: Odette Yustman, Megan Goode, Gary Oldman. Poster
The Uninvited (2009) Dir(s): Charles, Thomas Guard. Cast: David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, Emily Browning.

Pre-2009 Release list (and 2009 DVD releases)

:5star:
Ink (2009) Dir: Jamin Winans. With Chris Kelly, Quinn Hunchar, Jessica Duffy.
Up! (2009) Dir: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson. Cast: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer.
Låt den rätte komma in ["Let The Right One In"] (2008) Dir: Tomas Alfredson. Cast: Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson.

:4star:
Titanic (1997) Dir: James Cameron. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Victor Garber, Kathy Bates.
Coraline (3D) (2009) Dir: Henry Selick. Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders.
Transsiberian (2008) Dir: Brad Anderson. Cast: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara, Ben Kingsley.
Moon (2009) Dir: Duncan Jones. Cast: Sam Rockwell, Sam Rockwell.
(500) Days of Summer (2009) Dir: Marc Webb. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend.
Star Trek (2009) Dir: JJ Abrams. Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy.
World's Greatest Dad (2009) Dir: Bobcat Goldthwait. Cast: Robin Williams.
I Love You, Man (2009) Dir: John Hamburg. Cast: Paul Rudd, Rashida Jones, Jason Segel.
State of Play (2009) Dir: Kevin Macdonald. Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams.
Adventureland (2009) Dir: Greg Mottola. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr.
Death at a Funeral (2007) Dir: Frank Oz. Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, Alan Tudyk.
Watchmen: Director's Cut*** (2009) Dir: Zack Snyder. Cast: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode.
Valkyrie (2008) Dir: Bryan Singer. Cast: Tom Cruise.
A Bug's Life (1998) Dir(s): John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton. Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) Dir: Sacha Gervasi. Cast: Anvil.
Role Models (unrated) (2008) Dir: David Wain. Cast: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd.
Goldfinger**** (1964) Dir: Guy Hamilton. Cast: Sean Connery, Honor Blackman.
Thunderball**** (1965) Dir: Terence Young. Cast: Sean Connery, Rose Alba, Claudine Auger.
Dr. No**** (1962) Dir: Terence Young. Cast: Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman.
From Russia With Love**** (1963) Dir: Terence Young. Cast: Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz.
Taken (2008) Dir: Pierre Morel. Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen.
Frágiles ["Fragile"] (2005) Dir: Jaume Balagueró. Cast: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh.
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) Dir: Darren Lynn Bousman. Cast: Anthony Head, Paris Hilton, Alexa Vega.
Tape (2001) Dir: Richard Linklater. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman.
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) Dir: Rob Minkoff. Cast: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Yifei Liu.
Ne le dis à personne ["Tell No One"] (2006) Dir: Guillaume Canet. Cast: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze.
Eight Below** (2006) Dir: Frank Marshall. Cast: Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood.
Huo Yuan Jia ["Jet Li's Fearless"]*** (2006) Dir: Ronny Yu. Cast: Jet Li.
Friday the 13th*** (1980) Dir: Sean S. Cunningham. Cast: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King.
Martyrs (2008) Dir: Pascal Laugier. Cast: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin.
Chocolate (2008) Dir: Prachya Pinkaew. Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Dechawut Chuntakaro.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (unrated)*** (2008) Dir: Nicholas Stoller. Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis.
Pineapple Express (unrated)*** (2008) Dir: David Gordon Green. Cast: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Amber Heard.
Punisher: War Zone (2008) Dir: Lexi Alexander. Cast: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz.
Død Snø ["Dead Snow"] (2009) Dir: Tommy Wirkola. Cast: Vegar Hoel, Jenny Skavlan.
Milk (2008) Dir: Gus Van Sant. Cast: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin.
JCVD (2008) Dir: Mabrouk El Mechri. Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Trick 'r Treat (2008) Dir: Michael Dougherty. Cast: Brian Cox, Anna Paquin, Leslie Bibb, Tahmoh Penikett.
Thirst ["Bakjwi"] (2009) Dir: Chan-wook Park. Cast: Kang-ho Song, Ok-vin Kim.
Look (2007) Dir: Adam Rifkan. Cast: Rhys Coiro, Heather Hogan, Giuseppe Andrews, Spencer Redford.

:3star:
The Invention of Lying (2009) Dir(s):Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson. Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill.
Sunshine Cleaning (2008) Dir: Christine Jeffs. Cast: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin.
Public Enemies (2009) Dir: Michael Mann. Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff.
Lake Mungo (2008) Dir: Joel Anderson. Cast: Talia Zucker, Rosie Traynor, David Pledger.
The Box (2009) Dir: Richard Kelly. Cast: James Marsden, Frank Langella, Cameron Diaz.
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) Dir: F. Gary Gray. Cast: Jaime Foxx, Gerard Butler, Leslie Bibb.
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Dir: Werner Herzog. Cast: Nicholas Cage.
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2009) Dir: Mark Hartley. Cast: buncha people.
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Dir: Tony Scott. Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta.
Marley & Me (2008) Dir: David Frankel. Cast: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane.
Black Dynamite (2009) Dir: Scott Sanders. Cast: Michael Jai White, Arsenio Hall, Tommy Davidson.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Dir: David Yates. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Dir: Stephen Sommers. Cast: Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Sienna Miller.
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009) Dir: Phil Claydon. Cast: MyAnna Buring, Ashley Mulheron, Tiffany Mulheron.
Boot Camp (2007) Dir: Christian Duguay. Cast: Mila Kunis, Gregory Smith, Peter Stormare.
Duplicity (2009) Dir: Tony Gilroy. Cast: Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Tom Wilkinson.
The International (2009) Dir: Tom Tykwer. Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl.
The Last House on the Left (2009) Dir: Dennis Iliadis. Cast: Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Joshua Cox.
Grace (2009) Dir: Paul Solet. Cast: Jordan Ladd.
17 Again (2009) Dir: Burr Steers. Cast: Zach Effron, Matthew Perry.
Knowing (2009) Dir: Alex Proyas. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne.
Miss March (Unrated) (2009) Dir(s): Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore. Cast: Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi.
Exponerad ["Exposed"] (1971) Dir: Gustav Wiklund. Cast: Christina Lindberg.
Get Smart (2008) Dir: Peter Segal. Cast: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Dir: David Fincher. Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett.
Ai no corrida ["In The Realm of the Senses"] (1976) Dir: Nagisa Oshima. Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda.
Lung fu moon ["Dragon Tiger Gate"] (2007) Dir: Wilson Yip. Cast: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse.
Quarantine (2008) Dir: John Erick Dowdle. Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez.
Never Back Down (2008) Dir: Jeff Wadlow. Cast: Sean Faris, Amber Heard.
My Summer of Love (2004) Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski. Cast: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt, Paddy Considine.
Ong Bak 2 (2008) Dir: Tony Jaa. Cast: Tony Jaa.
Twilight (2008) Dir: Catherine Hardwicke. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson.
Into The Wild (2007) Dir: Sean Penn. Cast: Emile Hirsch, Kristen Stewert, Jena Malone.
A Clockwork Orange (1971) Dir: Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Malcolm McDowell.
Babysitter Wanted (2008) Dir(s): Jonas Barnes, Michael Manasseri. Cast: Tina Houtz, Sarah Thompson.
Friday Night Lights (2004) Dir: Peter Berg. Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Derek Luke.
Choke (2008) Dir: Clark Gregg. Cast: Kathryn Alexander, Sam Rockwell, Gillian Jacobs.
Body of Lies (2008) Dir: Ridley Scott. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe.
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009) Dir: John Gulager. Cast: Jenny Wade, Martin Klebba.
Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu ["Tokyo Gore Police"] (2008) Dir: Yoshihiro Nishimura. Cast: Eihi Shiina.
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist** (2008) Dir: Peter Sollett. Cast: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Aaron Yoo.
Koara kachô ["Executive Koala"] (2005) Dir: Minoru Kawasaki. Cast: Lee Ho, Eiichi Kikuchi.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) Dir: Rob Cohen. Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Isabella Leong.
Joshikyôei hanrangun ["Attack Girls' Swim Team vs. the Undead"] (2007) Dir: Kôji Kawano.
Grace Is Gone (2007) Dir: James C. Strouse. Cast: John Cusack, Emily Churchill.
Young People Fucking (2007) Dir: Martin Gero. Cast: Carly Pope, Kristin Booth, Diora Baird.
Street Kings (2008) Dir: David Ayer. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Chris Evans, Hugh Laurie.
Doubt (2008) Dir: John Patrick Shanley. Cast: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams.
RocknRolla (2008) Dir: Guy Ritchie. Cast: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba.
Kyûtî Hanî ["Cutie Honey"] (2004) Dir: Hideaki Anno. Cast: Eriko Sato.
The Air I Breathe (2007) Dir: Jieho Lee. Cast: Kevin Bacon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser.
The Babysitters (2007) Dir: David Ross. Cast: John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston.
Blackout (2007) Dir: Rigoberto Castañeda. Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Aidan Gillen, Armie Hammer.
Pride and Glory (2008) Dir: Gavin O'Connor. Cast: Colin Farrell, Edward Norton, Jon Voight.
The Stewardesses (3D) (1969) Dir: Al Silliman Jr. Cast: Christina Hart, Michael Garrett.
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009) Dir: Daniel Farrands.
The Bank Job (2008) Dir: Roger Donaldson. Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows.
Mum and Dad (2008) Dir: Steven Sheil. Cast: Perry Benson, Dido Miles, Olga Fedori.
Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009) Dir: Stephen Herek. Cast: Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Sarah Wynter.
Chance (2002) Dir: Amber Benson. Cast: Amber Benson, James Marsters, Andy Hallet. Website
Death Race (2008) Dir: Paul WS Anderson. Cast: Jason Statham, Natalie Martinez, Ian McShane.
Wonder Woman (2009) Dir: Lauren Montgomery. Cast: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina.
Hulk Vs. (2009) Dir(s): Sam Liu, Frank Paur.
Vanishing Point (U.K. Version)*** (1971) Dir: Richard C. Sarafian. Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger.
Yes Man (2008) Dir: Peyton Reed. Cast: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper.
Hit and Run (unrated) (2009) Dir: Enda McCallion. Cast: Laura Breckenridge, Kevin Corrigan.
Stiletto (2008) Dir: Nick Vallelonga. Cast: Stana Katic, Michael Biehn, Kelly Hu, Tom Berenger.
Pinocchio (1940) Dir(s): Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen.
The Promotion (2008) Dir: Steve Conrad. Cast: Seann William Scott, Jenna Fischer, John C. Reilly.
Bad Biology (2008) Dir: Frank Henenlotter. Cast: Jude Angelini, Krista Ayne, Jessie Jayne Clancy.
The House Bunny (2008) Dir: Fred Wolf. Cast: Anna Faris, Kat Dennings, Emma Stone.
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Dir(s): Mark Osborne, John Stevenson. With Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman.
The Rocker (2008) Dir: Peter Cattaneo. Cast: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate.
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Dir: John Carpenter. Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston.
Heathers (1988) Dir: Michael Lehmann. Cast: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater.
Fanboys (2008) Dir: Kyle Newman. Cast: Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Kristen Bell.
Sixteen Candles** (1984) Dir: John Hughes. Cast: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall.
Say Anything...** (1989) Dir: Cameron Crowe. Cast: John Cusack, Ione Skye.
My Bloody Valentine (2009) Dir: Patrick Lussier. Cast: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Megan Boone.
Tantei monogatari ["Detective Story"] (2007) Dir: Takashi Miike. Cast: Kai Ato, Tomoharu Hasegawa.
Arlen Faber ["The Answer Man"] (2009) Dir: John Hindman. Cast: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci.
Good Dick (2009) Dir: Marianna Palka. Cast: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter.
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2009) Dir: Jon Turteltaub. Cast: Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger.
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Dir: Craig Gillespie. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Bianca: The Real Doll.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) Dir: Neal Brennan. Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin.
Sick Girl (2009) Dir: Eben McGarr. Cast: Leslie Andrews.
Paranormal Entity (2009) Dir: ???. Cast: Erin Marie Hogan.
Smash Cut (2009) Dir: Lee Demarbre. Cast: David Hess, Sasha Grey, Michael Berryman.
Deadgirl (2009) Dir(s): Marcel Sarmiento, Gadi Harel. Cast: Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan.
X-Cross (2007) Dir: Kenta Fukasaku. Cast: Nao Matsushita, Ami Suzuki, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi.
The Sinful Dwarf: XXX Version (1973) Dir: Vidal Raski. Cast: Torben Bille, Anne Sparrow, Tony Eades.
Cold Prey (2006) Dir: Roar Uthaug. Cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen.
Cold Prey 2 (2008) Dir: Mats Stenberg. Cast: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik.
Black Metal Satanica (2008) Dir: Mats Lundberg.
Shuttle (2009) Dir: Edward Anderson. Cast: Tony Curran, Peyton List, Cameron Goodman.
The Blair Witch Project (1999) Dir(s): Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez. Cast: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard.
Prince of Darkness (1987) Dir: John Carpenter. Cast: Donald Pleasence, Victor Wong.
In The Mouth of Madness (1994) Dir: John Carpenter. Cast: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen.
Assassination of a High School President (2008) Dir: Brett Simon. Cast: Mischa Barton, Nick Blaemire, Zachary Booth.
9 (2009) Dir: Shane Acker. Cast: Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly.
Funny People (Unrated) (2009) Dir: Judd Apatow. Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogan, Leslie Mann.
Gamer (2009) Dir: Neveldine/Taylor. Cast: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Terry Crews.
Super Capers (2009) Dir: Ray Griggs. Cast: Michael Rooker, Danielle Harris, Tom Sizemore, Sam Lloyd, Ryan McPartlin.
Confessions of a Shopaholic** (2009) Dir: PJ Hogan. Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Leslie Bibb.
The Hole (2001) Dir: Nick Hamm. Cast: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Keira Knightley.
The Ugly Truth** (2009) Dir: Robert Luketic. Cast: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner, Cheryl Hines.
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) Dir: Shawn Levy. Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria.
An Education (2009) Dir: Lone Scherfig. Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams, Rosamund Pike.

:2star:
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) Dir: John Hyams. Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren.
Keith (2008) Dir: Todd Kessler. Cast: Elisabeth Harnois, Jesse McCartney, Margo Harshman.
Post Grad (2009) Dir: Vicky Jenson. Cast: Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch.
Extract (2009) Dir: Mike Judge. Cast: Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck.
The Canyon (2009) Dir: Richard Harrah. Cast: Yvonne Strahovski, Will Patton, Eion Bailey.
Taintlight (2009) Dir: Chris Seaver. Cast: Meredith Host, Kurt Indovina.
Paper Heart (2009) Dir: Nicholas Jasenovec. Cast: Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Jake M. Johnson.
The Surrogates (2009) Dir: Jonathan Mostow. Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, James Cromwell.
Land of the Lost (2009) Dir: Brad Silberling. Cast: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride.
Terminator: Salvation (2009) Dir: McG. Cast: Christian Bale, Moon Bloodgood, Anton Yelchin.
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) Dir: Chris Columbus. Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter.
Simon Says (2006) Dir: William Dear. Cast: Crispin Glover, Blake Lively.
Elsewhere (2009) Dir: Nathan Hope. Cast: Anna Kendrick, Jon Gries, Tania Raymonde.
The Girlfriend Experience (2009) Dir: Steven Soderbergh. Cast: Sasha Grey.
Fired Up! (Unrated) (2009) Dir: Will Gluck. Cast: Sarah Roemer, Danneel Harris, Eric Christian Olsen.
Fred Claus** (2007) Dir: David Dobkin. Cast: Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti.
Bride Wars** (2009) Dir: Gary Winick. Cast: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Bryan Greenberg.
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter and Under The Hood (2009) Dir(s): Daniel DelPurgatorio, Mike Smith, Eric Matthies.
Tôkyô zonbi ["Tokyo Zombie"] (2005) Dir: Sakichi Sato. Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Show Aikawa.
X-Men: Origins - Wolverine***** (2009) Dir: Gavin Hood. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber.
Freakdog [a.k.a. "The Red Mist"] (2008) Dir: Paddy Breathnach. Cast: Arielle Kebbel, Sarah Carter, Stephen Dillane.
Babylon A.D. (2008) Dir: Mathieu Kassovitz. Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry.
Batbabe: The Dark Knightie (2009) Dir: John Bacchus. Cast: Darian Caine.
The Insatiable IronBabe (2008) Dir: John Bacchus. Cast: Jackie Stevens, Darian Caine, Kerri Taylor.
Ten Inch Hero (2007) Dir: David Mackay. Cast: Elisabeth Harnois, Danneel Harris, Sean Patrick Flanery.
While She Was Out (2008) Dir: Susan Montford. Cast: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer.
Cassandra's Dream (2007) Dir: Woody Allen. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson.
Harakiri: Boobs and Blood Boxset* (1990)
I.K.U. (2000) Dir: Shu Lea Cheang. Cast: Aja, Akira, Miho Ariga.
Over Her Dead Body** (2008) Dir: Jeff Lowell. Cast: Eva Longoria Parker, Paul Rudd, Lake Bell.
Unknown (2006) Dir: Simon Brand. Cast: James Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan.
W. (2008) Dir: Oliver Stone. Cast: Josh Brolin.
The X-Files: I Want To Believe (extended) (2008) Dir: Chris Carter. Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson.
Destricted (2006) Dir(s): Matthew Barney, Larry Clark, Gaspar Noé, etc.
Crashing (2007) Dir: Gary Walkow. Cast: Izabella Miko, Campbell Scott, Lizzy Caplan.
Slaughtered Vomit Dolls (2006) Dir: Lucifer Valentine. Cast: Ameara Lavey.
Mirrors (unrated) (2008) Dir: Alexandre Aja. Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Amy Smart, Paula Patton.
Psycho: The Snuff Reels ["Tumbling Doll of Flesh"] (1998) Dir: Tamakichi Anaru.
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) Dir: Scott Derrickson. Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates.
Insanitarium (2008) Dir: Jeff Buhler. Cast: Jesse Metcalfe, Kiele Sanchez, Olivia Munn, Peter Stormare.
Trouble Every Day (2001) Dir: Claire Denis. Cast: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle.
War (2007) Dir: Philip G. Atwell. Cast: Jet Li, Jason Statham.
Carver (2008) Dir: Franklin Guerrero Jr. Cast: Matt Carmody, Savannah Costello, Alex Demah.
Sex Drive (unrated) (2008) Dir: Sean Anders. Cast: Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Clark Duke.
The Worst Horror Movie Ever Made (2005) Dir: Bill Zebub.
Step Brothers (Extended) (2008) Dir: Adam McKay. Cast: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen.
Eagle Eye (2008) Dir: DJ Caruso. Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosario Dawson, Michelle Monaghan.
Synecdoche, New York (2008) Dir: Charlie Kaufman. Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener.
Transporter 3 (2008) Dir: Olivier Megaton. Cast: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand.
Max Payne (unrated) (2008) Dir: John Moore. Cast: Marky Mark, Mila Kunis.
Remember The Daze (2008) Dir: Jess Manafort. Cast: Lyndsy Fonseca, Leighton Meester, Brie Larson, Amber Heard.
Heckler (2007) Dir: Michael Addis. Cast: Jaimie Kennedy, Dave Attell.
Rachel Getting Married (2008) Dir: Jonathan Demme. Cast: Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt.
Good Luck Chuck (2008) Dir: Mark Helfrich. Cast: Jessica Alba, Dane Cook.
The Spirit (2008) Dir: Frank Miller. Cast: Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Jamie King.
My Best Friend's Girl (unrated)** (2008) Dir: Howard Deutch. Cast: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Diora Baird.
Strange Wilderness (2008) Dir: Fred Wolf. Cast: Steve Zahn, Ashley Scott, Jonah Hill.
One Eyed Monster (2008) Dir: Adam Fields. Cast: Amber Benson, Carmen Hart, Ron Jeremy.
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) Dir: Fred Olen Ray. Cast: Gunnar Hansen, Linnea Quigley, Jay Richardson.
Passengers (2008) Dir: Rodrigo García. Cast: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson.
Satan Rides The Media (1998) Dir: Torstein Grude.
He's Just Not That Into You** (2009) Directed by Ken Kwapis. Cast: Jennifer Connolly, Scarlett Johansson, Ginnifer Goodwin.
12 Rounds (2009) Dir: Renny Harlin. With John Cena, Ashley Scott.
Surveillance (2008) Dir: Jennifer Chambers Lynch. Cast: Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond.
Terror at Blood Fart Lake (2009) Dir: Chris Seaver. Cast: Chris Seaver, Teen Ape.
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) Dir: Rob Zombie. Cast: Paul Giamatti, Rosario Dawson, Danny Trejo.
Eat The Schoolgirl (1997) Dir: Naoyuki Tomomatsu. Cast: Kozue Aoki, Yuuki Fujita.
Grotesque (2009) Dir: Kôji Shiraishi. Cast: Tsugumi Nagasawa, Hiroaki Kawatsure.
The Grudge 3 (2009) Dir: Toby Wilkins. Cast: Johanna Braddy, Matthew Knight, Shawnee Smith.
Laid to Rest (2009) Dir: Robert Hall. Cast: Bobbie Sue Luther, Kevin Gage, Lena Headey.
The Joy of Torturing 2: Oxen Split Torturing (1976) Dir: Yuji Makiguchi. Cast: Yuusuke Kazato, Rena Uchimura.
Suicide Dolls (1999) Dir: Tamakichi Anaru. Cast: Shino Setsuna.
Summer Catch** (2001) Dir: Michael Tollin. Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, Fred Ward, Marc Blucas.
Zombie Self Defense Force (2006) Dir: Naoyuki Tomomatsu. Cast: Kenji Arai, Norman England.
The Texas Vibrator Massacre (2008) Dir: Rob Rotten. Cast: Roxy Deville, Seth Dickens, Jamie Elle.
Jack Ketchum's The Lost (2006) Dir: Chris Sivertson. Cast: Marc Senter, Shay Astar, Katie Cassidy.
The Children (2009) Dir: Tom Shankland. Cast: Eva Birthistle, Stephen Campbell Moore, Hannah Tointon.
Nutbag (2000) Dir: Nick Palumbo. Cast: Mack Hail, Renee Sloan, Jenesses Kenney.
Girl Hell ["Injured Murder Rape Film"] (1999) Dir: Daisuke Yamanouchi. Cast: Natsumi Harada.
Entrails of a Virgin ["Shojo no harawata"] (1986) Dir: Kazuo Komizu. Cast: Saeko Kizuki, Naomi Hagio.
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants** (2005) Dir: Ken Kwapis. Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2** (2008) Dir: Sanaa Hamri. Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, America Ferrera, Rachel Nichols.
Falling Up ["The Golden Door"] (2009) Dir: David M. Rosenthal. Cast: Joseph Cross, Sarah Roemer, Rachel Leigh Cook.
The Final Destination (2009) Dir: David R. Ellis. Cast: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano.
The Break-Up Artist (2009) Dir: Steve Woo. Cast: Amanda Crew, Moneca Delain, Ryan Kennedy, Serinda Swan.
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) Dir: Scott Lew. Cast: Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde, Fran Kranz, Cheryl Hines.
Uncertainty (2009) Dir(s): Scott McGehee, David Siegel. Cast: Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna.
Franklyn (2008) Dir: Gerald McMorrow. Cast: Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe, Sam Riley.

:1star:
Summer's Moon ["Summer's Blood"] (2009) Dir: Lee Demarbre. Cast: Ashley Greene, Peter Mooney.
Halloween 2 (Unrated) (2009) Dir: Rob Zombie. Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell, Brad Dourif.
There's A Secret In My Soup (2001) Dir: Yeung Chi Gin, Yeung Chi Kin. Cast: Angela Tong Ying-Ying.
The Gateway Meat (2009) Dir: Ron DeCaro. Cast: Ron DeCaro.
Blitzkrieg: Escape From Stalag 69 (2008) Dir: Keith J. Crocker. Cast: Tatyana Kot, Steve Montague, Wayne Chang.
Dorothy Mills (2008) Dir: Agnès Merlet. Cast: Carice van Houten, Jenn Murray, David Wilmot.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) Dir: Mickey Liddell. Cast: Haley Bennett, Nina Siemaszko, Chace Crawford.
Killer Movie (2008) Dir: Jeff Fisher. Cast: Paul Wesley, Kaley Cuoco, Leighton Meester.
Skinwalkers (2007) Dir: James Isaac. Cast: Jason Behr, Rhona Mitra, Sarah Carter, Elias Koteas.
Captivity (2007) Dir: Roland Joffé. Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince.
ReGOREgitated Sacrifice (2008) Dir: Lucifer Valentine. Cast: Ameara Lavey.
Vase de noces ["The Pig Fucking Movie"] (1974) Dir: Thierry Zéno. Cast: Dominique Garny and a pig.
Lucker the Necrophagous: The Director's Cut (1986) Dir: Johan Vandewoestijne. Cast: Nick Van Suyt.
Prom Night** (2008) Dir: Nelson McCormick. Cast: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup.
S. Darko (2009) Dir: Chris Fisher. Cast: Briana Evigan, Daveigh Chase, James Lafferty.
Powder Blue (2009) Dir: Timothy Linh Bui. Cast: Jessica Biel, Eddie Redmayne, Forest Whitaker.

In Spoiler: Watched TV Series

Total: 278

* includes the following films: Female Harakiri: Glorious Death, School Girl: Harakiri, Female Harakiri: Celebration, White Clothing: Harakiri, Paradise Lost: Riding Habit Harakiri and Beautiful Swordswomen: Double Seppuku
** Once in a while my girlfriend forces me to sit through one of her movies, these are those.
*** Unrated/Uncut versions of Theatrical films I've seen prior
**** James Bond movies (Have only seen the 2 Craig films prior to this year)
***** Workprint

:5star:
Up/Partly Cloudy
Brüno
Inglourious Basterds
Where the Wild Things Are
Inside (short)
The House of the Devil
Red Cliff: Part I
Red Cliff: Part II
Ponyo
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Moon

:4star:
Watchmen
Adventureland
Examined Life
Earth
Star Trek
The Girlfriend Experience
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
Che: Part One
It Might Get Loud
(500) Days of Summer
Zombieland
This Is It
Best Worst Movie
A Serious Man
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Road
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Up in the Air
Invictus
An Education
The Princess and the Frog
Ong Bak 2
Cropsey
Black Dynamite
Not Quite Hollywood

:3star:
Gran Torino
Taken
I Love You, Man
Sunshine Cleaning
The Last House on the Left
Observe and Report
The Limits of Control
Fired Up!
Year One
Revanche
Funny People
Jennifer's Body
Whip It
Paranormal Activity
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Footprints
Julie and Julia
Sherlock Holmes
Crazy Heart
Food, Inc.
Dead Snow
Drag Me To Hell
Ink
Trick 'r Treat
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

:2star:
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Friday the 13th
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Coraline 3-D
The International
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Terminator Salvation
District 9
Halloween II
The Box
Avatar
The Blind Side
Duplicity
Astro Boy

:1star:
The Unborn
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Case 39

2009 is looking fine. There may be spoilers contained within so watch out.

2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|2010

Seen in:

Theatres: 16
DVD: 67
VHS: 1

<img src="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/5.gif"> (instant classic, must own)
Taken 7/15/2009--DVD
Happy-Go-Lucky 7/18/2009--DVD
Adventureland DVD
District 9 Theatre

<img src="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/4.gif"> (buyable, should own)
Ghost Town 1/6/2009--DVD
I'm a sucker for anything Ricky Gervais is in and this one didn't disappoint. It is a little strange watching him as a romantic lead but otherwise a pretty funny movie
National Treasure: Book of Secrets 1/14/2009--DVD
I gotta say I'm a sucker for a decent globe-hopping adventure flick, must be due for my affinity of the old Indy movies. Now the National Treasure films are no where near there caliber, but very fun and enjoyable nonetheless.
Vicky Christina Barcelona 1/30/2009--DVD
Woody Allen is an expert at examining human relationships through the characters and relationships of theirs that he creates, and Vicky is a shining example of his talent on display. Rebecca Hall gives a wonderful performance in this.
Traitor 2/6/2009--DVD
This one seemed to fly under the radar of most moviegoers when it was first released, I know I missed it's theatrical run and that's a shame. It was a thoroughly taut thriller-suspense-action film with some great performances.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2/6/2009--DVD
Religulous 2/21/2009--DVD
Breakfast at Tiffany's 2/25/2009--DVD
Sex Drive 2/28/2009--DVD
Body of Lies 3/5/2009--DVD
Watchmen 3/6/2009--Theatre
Slumdog Millionaire 3/15/2009--Theatre
I Love You Man 4/11/2009--Theatre
Milk 5/2/2009--DVD
Star Trek 5/18/2009--Theatre
Up 5/31/2009--Theatre
The Hangover 6/16/2009--Theatre
Coraline 7/21/2009--DVD
The Wackness 7/24/2009--DVD
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Theatre
Gone Baby Gone DVD
Igor DVD
The Sound of Music DVD
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs DVD

<img src="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/3.gif"> (decent, rental - maybe purchasable)
Eagle Eye 1/4/2009--DVD
A fairly predictable mystery-thriller. It had it's moments and was pretty entertaining but also had it's fair share of head-scratching moments dealing with it's characters on-screen choices.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 1/6/2009--DVD
I liked it better than the first but on the whole these Narnia movies are turning out to be some underwhelming fantasy flicks. I've never read the source material so I can't speak to whether they are getting proper treatment but my guess is that they aren't.
Burn After Reading 1/9/2009--DVD
I like dark comedies as much as the next person but for some reason the lead's performances in this just felt so over the top that it took me out of the movie at times. To me the best parts of the movies were the understated reactions by the C.I.A. officials.
Sukiyaki Western Django 1/12/2009--DVD
The only other Miike movie I've seen is Ichi the Killer, and I'm thankful this was a far more conventional movie than that. It was a pretty cool hard boiled western. I enjoyed it but the acting held it back.
City of Ember 1/29/2009--DVD
I rather liked the world created in this book to screen adaptation. Its a shame it did so poorly I would have liked to have seen the other books adapted. Maybe their set design wouldn't have looked so cheap at times.
The Rocker 2/1/2009--DVD
I love The Office and I'm a huge Rainn Wilson fan. That said this one was pretty funny and genuine at times. The trailers and commercials were horrendous but I'm glad to say the movie itself was nowhere near as stupid as they made it out to be
Pride and Glory 2/5/2009--DVD
Babylon A.D. 2/10/2009--DVD
W. 2/25/2009--DVD
Man on Wire 3/7/2009--DVD
Hamlet 2 3/8/2009--DVD
Role Models 3/17/2009--DVD
Blindness 3/19/2009--DVD
Rachel Getting Married 3/27/2009--DVD
Bolt 3/28/2009--DVD
Observe and Report 4/10/2009--Theatre
Doubt 4/12/2009--DVD
Election 4/15/2009--VHS
Notorious 6/7/2009--DVD
Waltz With Bashir 6/28/2009--DVD
Push 7/24/2009--DVD
Some Like It Hot 7/27/2009--DVD
Funny People Theatre
The Seventh Seal DVD
The Brothers Bloom DVD
A Christmas Carol Theatre
Four Christmases DVD
Angels and Demons DVD
Land of the Lost DVD
Terminator Salvation DVD
Extract DVD
Paper Heart DVD

<img src="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/2.gif"> (forgettable, rental)
Vantage Point 1/15/2009--DVD
Righteous Kill 1/31/2009--DVD
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2/17/2009--DVD
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 3/9/2009--DVD
Bedtime Stories 4/8/2009--DVD
Yes Man 4/14/2009--DVD
Marley and Me 4/18/2009--DVD
Bride Wars 6/6/2009--DVD
Fanboys 6/25/2009--DVD
Year One 6/30/2009--Theatre
Brüno 7/12/2009--Theatre
Bart Got a Room DVD
Sunshine Cleaning DVD
The Invention of Lying Theatre
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra DVD
X-Men Origins: Wolverine DVD
Monsters vs Aliens DVD
Return to Oz DVD

<img src="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/1.gif"> (trash, ask for your money back!)
My Best Friend's Girl 1/22/2009--DVD
College 2/17/2009--DVD
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 5/23/2009--Theatre
Kabluey 7/3/2009--DVD
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Theatre

<img src="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/0.gif"> (don't even bother... seriously)
Extreme Movie 3/8/2009--DVD
Confessions of a Shopaholic 7/26/2009--DVD

2009 Theater Releases

1. Fanboys
2. Knowing
3. Paul Blart: Mall Cop

1st Time Viewing

1. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
2. Red Dragon (2002)
3. The Wrestler (2008)
4. Radio (2003)
5. Titanic (1953)
6. Dad (1989)
7. Dinner Rush (2000)
8. The French Connection (1971)
9. Tin Men (1987)
10. The French Connection 2 (1975)
11. The Forsaken (2001)
12. The Lesser Evil (1998)
13. The Theory of Flight (1998)

out of five stars:

Slumdog Millionaire (2008): ****
Bedtime Stories (2008): ***
Watchmen (2009): ****
Race to Witch Mountain (2009): **1/2
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009): **
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009): ***
Star Trek (2009): *****
Angels & Demons (2009): **1/2
Up (2009): ****1/2
Public Enemies (2009): ***1/2
The Hangover (2009): ****
Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen (2009): ***
The Proposal (2009): ***
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): ***
District 9 (2009): ****1/2
Inglorious Basterds (2009): ***

I actually kept mine up last year. Here's to '09:

<i>Note: Rankings are only for movies that I see for the first time in 2009</i>

Rankings as of: 12/14/09
<i>Italics + Date = Newest Addition</i>

<b>Theatrical
Blu-Ray
DVD
Netflix Streaming/On Demand/TV
HD-DVD

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http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/5.gif (Loved it, a must own)

Role Models
Instead of Abracadabra (Short)
I Love You, Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Punisher: War Zone
Inglourious Basterds
District 9
Zombieland
Up

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/4.gif (Liked it a lot, would buy it)

Taken
Gran Torino
The Wrestler
Rock N' Rolla
Quarantine
A Simple Plan
Last Action Hero
The Hangover
In Bruges
Russell Brand
Revenge
Moon
Strangers on a Train
Surveillance
Crank 2
The Tournament

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/3.gif (Liked it, but not enough to own)

Hulk Vs. Wolverine
Appaloosa
Johnny Be Good
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
The International
Death Race
Russell Peters: Outsourced
Transporter 3
Basketball Diaries
48 Hours
Terminator: Salvation
Killshot
City of Industry
Fired Up
Splinter
Public Enemies
The Foot Fist Way
Raging Bull
Hotel Rwanda
P2
Casablanca
Jeff Garland - Young & Handsome
Zack Galifinakis Live
Fast & The Furious
Adventureland
Friday The 13th
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Box
Ninja Assassin


http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/2.gif (Didn't like it)

Dan In Real Life
Babylon A.D.
Righteous Kill
Red Rock West
Sex Drive
The Watchmen
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Hit
Bride Wars
Lakeview Terrace
Tango & Cash
High Noon
Trick R' Treat

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/1.gif (Terrible, stay far, far away)

Money Train
Observe & Report
Revolutionary Road
The Graduate
Band of the Hand*
<i>The Limits of Control (12/03/09)</i>

*denotes XBL Movie Party
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Movies watched this year, but had seen before:
The Happening
Taken
Chasing Amy
Super Bowl XLIII Champions
The Departed
Russell Peters: Outsourced
The Shawshank Redemption
Can't Hardly Wait
Jackie Brown
Oldboy
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Rushmore
Squid & The Whale
Swingers
Burn After Reading
Platoon
Unbreakable
Kill Bill
Black Hawk Downl
Training Day
Menace II Society
Weekend At Bernie's
Zombieland
Bad Boys
The Rules of Attraction
Christmas Vacation

TV Shows Finished
The Shield - Season 1
The Shield - Season 2
The Shield - Season 3
The Shield - Season 4
The Shield - Season 5
The Shield - Season 6
The Shield - Season 7
The Wonder Years - Season 6
24 - Season 7
The Office - Season 5
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 1
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Season 2
Prison Break - Season 4

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Stats (New Only)

Theatrical - 13
Blu-Ray - 7
DVD - 38
Streaming/On Demand/TV - 16

<center>New Films To Date
74

Old Films To Date:
29

TV Shows Finished:
12</center></b>

Movies seen theatrically in 2009

1. Gran Torino (1/21/09) ***

2009 movies seen but not in theaters.

1. Taken ***

List of all other movies watched in 2009, spoilered due to probable length.

Up 3D - 10 of 10
Star Trek - 9.5 of 10
Black Dynamite - 9 of 10
Julie & Julia - 8 of 10
Moon - 8 of 10
Terminator Salvation - 8 of 10
The Hangover - 8 of 10
Watchmen (IMAX) - 7.5 of 10
Fast & Furious - 7 of 10
Angels & Demons - 7 of 10
He's Just Not That In To You - 6.5 of 10
Year One - 5 of 10
Confessions of a Shopaholic - 5 of 10

January

Hustle & Flow - 1/1/09 - HD DVD - (4)
THX 1138 - 1/4/09 - HDNet Movies - (2.5)
Marley & Me - 1/9/09 - Theater - (3)
WALL-E - 1/10/09 - Blu-ray - (4)
Pickup on South Street - 1/10/09 - DVD - (3)
Slumdog Millionaire - 1/14/09 - Theater - (4)
Sex and the City - 1/16/09 - Blu-ray - (2)
Gran Torino - 1/17/09 - Theater - (4)
Hamlet 2 - 1/22/09 - DVD - (3)
Pineapple Express - 1/24/09 - Blu-ray - (3)
Mamma Mia! - 1/27/09 - Blu-ray - (2.5)
The Princess Bride - 1/28/09 - DVD - (4)
Rent - 1/31/09 - Blu-ray - (2)

February

Meet the Robinsons - 2/6/09 - Starz HD - (3)
Zack and Miri Make a Porno - 2/8/09 - Blu-ray - (3)
Harold and Maude - 2/8/09 - DVD - (3.5)
Raising Arizona - 2/15/09 - DVD - (3)
One Nation Under God - 2/15/09 - DVD - (3)
Coraline (in 3D) - 2/21/09 - Theater - (4)
Jason X - 2/21/09 - DVD - (3)


March

Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 3/1/09 - On Demand - (3.5)
Watchmen - 3/6/09 - Theater - (3.5)
The Class - 3/14/09 - Theater - (3.5)
Happy-Go-Lucky - 3/20/09 - DVD - (4)
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green - 3/30/09 - DVD - (2)
Ratatouille - 3/31/09 - Blu-ray - (4)

April

Adventureland - 4/4/09 - Theater - (3.5)
They Live - 4/24/09 - DVD - (4)

May

Adam & Steve - 5/6/09 - DVD - (3)
Star Trek - 5/7/09 - Theater - (4.5)
The History Boys - 5/15/09 - DVD - (3)
Changeling - 5/19/09 - Blu-ray - (4)
Million Dollar Baby - 5/29/09 - Blu-ray - (3)
Mulholland Dr. - 5/31/09 - DVD - (4)

June

Pan's Labyrinth - 6/9/09 - Blu-ray - (2.5)
Young@Heart - 6/16/09 - DVD - (5)
In Debt We Trust - 6/17/09 - Netflix streaming - (3)
Frost/Nixon - 6/19/09 - Blu-ray - (3.5)
Max Max Beyond Thunderdome - 6/19/09 - HDNet Movies - (2.5)
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - 6/20/09 - Blu-ray - (2)
The Proposal - 6/28/09 - Theater - (2.5)
Planet Terror - 6/29/09 - DVD - (4)

July

L.I.E. - 7/2/09 - Netflix streaming - (3)
The Usual Suspects - 7/2/09 - Blu-ray - (2)
The Hangover - 7/11/09 - Theater - (3.5)
Alien Nation - 7/12/09 - DVD - (3)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 7/19/09 - Theater - (3)
Twilight - 7/29/09 - Blu-ray - (3)

August

(500) Days of Summer - 8/1/09 - Theater - (5)
Let the Right One In - 8/10/09 - Blu-ray - (3)
District 9 - 8/14/09 - Theater - (2.5)
I Love You, Man - 8/16/09 - Blu-ray - (3)
Hell on Wheels - 8/19/09 - DVD - (3)
Eagle Eye - 8/20/09 - Blu-ray - (2)
The Adventures of Milo and Otis - 8/21/09 - DVD - (2)
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints - 8/23/09 - DVD - (2)

September

The Happening - 9/4/09 - HBOHD - (1.5)
Jam - 9/18/09 - DVD - (3)
Julie & Julia - 9/20/09 - Theater - (3.5)
Auto Focus - 9/22/09 - Sundance Channel - (2.5)
Les Diaboliques - 9/26/09 - DVD - (3.5)
Sunshine Cleaning - 9/27/09 - Blu-ray - (2.5)


October

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - 10/6/09 - DVD - (2)
Whip It! - 10/9/09 - Theater - (3)
Where the Wild Things Are - 10/21/09 - Theater - (4)
Deliverance - 10/24/09 - Netflix streaming - (2.5)
Paranormal Activity - 10/28/09 - Theater - (2.5)

November

2012 - 11/20/09 - Theater - (2)
New Moon - 11/24/09 - Theater - (2)
Bruno - 11/27/09 - Blu-ray - (4)
The TV Set - 11/28/09 - Netflix streaming - (3)

December

Up in the Air - 12/25/09 - Theater - (4)
Sherlock Holmes - 12/26/09 - Theater - (3)
Up - 12/28/09 - Blu-ray - (4)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles - 12/29/09 - DVD - (4)