| It has been my pleasure over the past year to serve as the discerning eyes and ears at the movies for our faithful readers. Having finished my seventh year at this post, I now have the dubious distinction and prioritizing challenge of selecting my favorite motion pictures of 2009 as well as those I disliked the most. I have added secondary lists of very good films deserving honorable mention and stinkers to stay clear of that just missed the cut. This exercise is limited to movies that were released in the metropolitan area during the calendar year.
TOP 10 FLICK PICKS
- Invictus (Review)
- Departures (Review)
- Gran Torino (Review)
- It’s Complicated
- The Princess and the Frog (Review)
- Defiance (Review)
- Every Little Step (Review)
- Up in the Air (Review)
- Up (Review)
- An Education (Review)
Honorable Mention: (500) Days of Summer, American Violet, Red Cliff, Coco Before Chanel, The Cove, Food Inc., A Secret, The Class, Duplicity, Drag Me to Hell, The Hurt Locker, Seraphine, Capitalism: A Love Story, and In Search of Beethoven.
BOTTOM 10 FLICK PICKS
- District 9
- Super Capers (Review)
- Sherlock Holmes
- New in Town (Review)
- All About Steve (Review)
- The Pink Panther 2
- Obsessed
- Couples Retreat (Review)
- Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Review)
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Review)
Dishonorable Mention: Did You Hear About the Morgans, The Merry Gentleman, Angels & Demons, The Girlfriend Experience, Gomorrah, Hunger, Coraline, What Just Happened, 17 Again, The Soloist, The Baker, Goodbye Solo, Is Anybody There, Private Lives of Pippa Lee, A Christmas Carol, Funny People, Management, Amelia, Fame, I Love You Beth Cooper, and Lorna’s Silence.
By:
Keith Cohen "The Movie Guy" |
