2009 movies list

Inspired by the true story of the United States Marine who volunteered to escort the remains of a nineteen year old soldier who was killed in Iraq to his small hometown in remote Wyoming, Taking Chance stars Kevin Bacon in the feature directorial debut of Oscar-nominated producer Ross Katz. Lance Corporal Chance Phelps (USMC) was just nineteen years old when he was killed during active duty. Now, as Lance Corporal Phelps is prepared for his final journey back home, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl (USMC) (Bacon) makes it his personal mission to ensure that his fallen brother is laid to rest with the proper respect. As the journey begins, Lieutenant Colonel Strobl gains a greater appreciation of the sacrifices made in war than ever before.

Kevin Bacon, one of the most fantastic talents in Hollywood, played the Colonel to perfection. The movie was a very short, but seemed as if it lasted for several hours. It's not depressing, nor is it anti-war. Chance was killed by a roadside bomb and attack on a road in Iraq.

It was educational for me to see the care and painstaking respect each person gave in honor of the fallen soldier...whether it was the military personnel who cleaned the body, pressed the new uniform, or the kid driver who drove Kevin to the airport...the baggage handlers, the airline ticket seller, other marines, vets, friends or strangers to Chance, the amount of military ritual of respect has never been portrayed as convincingly beautiful before.

Maybe you will feel more its like a depressing movie? Perhaps,but I guess you will feel more pride, than grief. Every person in the movie who was at least bit connected to Chance's journey was moved...and so was I.

A must to see.

Two Lovers is a romantic drama set in New York City. It tells the story of Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix), an attractive but depressed young man who moves back in with his parents after a recent heartbreak. An aspiring photographer, Leonard works part-time at his father's dry-cleaners. His concerned parents try to set him up with Sandra (Vinessa Shaw), the sweet and caring daughter of a close family friend. One day in his apartment hall he met Michelle, Gwyneth Paltrow, a ravishing young woman he's never seen before. Michelle recently moved into an apartment, which is being paid by the wealthy married man she's dating.

The title and the trailer make it evident that this is a romantic drama in which one man is torn between two very different women. That man is Leonard, a introverted man,who has moved back in with his parents after a failed relationship. He is interested in black and white photography, but works in his father's dry-cleaning business. He is governed by depression,Bi Polar disease, fending off thoughts of suicide with prescription medicine.

Joaquin Phoenix's performance is awkward in a way that would be very painful if it didn't feel so authentic and real. His role as Leonard is pathetic and lost, but has an inner core of goodness and generosity that makes it seem there may be hope for him. He's a real sucker, but he's a real decent fellow. Leonard has nothing, and so he is ready to throw away his life and throw it away again.

Two Lovers is a great character-driven drama centering on a troubled young man's impossible choice to either try for a life he never knew he could have, or the one he feels he's intended to have. This is elegant film-making with moving drama, a great cast, and another masterful performance from Phoenix. Great work also from Director Gray. Great Movie.

Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) the legendary French Officer of the Law, who single-handedly saved the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, has been working outside the museum where the diamond is on display writing parking tickets for the last 6 months. Chief Inspector Dreyfus (John Cleese) assigned this duty to his bumbling and inept police officer to get him out of his hair. Recently, treasures from around the world have been stolen by the Tornado, and an international dream team of detectives is being assembled to capture him. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is ordered to assign Clouseau to the dream team. As soon as Clouseau joins the team, the Pink Panther Diamond is stolen by the Tornado. Now Clouseau must not only capture the Tornado, but save the diamond again.

Not as good as the first Pink Panther remake, but still amusing and at times funny. Most of the humor consists of sight gags and slapstick, but there are some quite funny scenes such as when Inspector Clouseau interrogates the Pope, with hilarious results.
Mrs. Berenger played by Lily Tomlin who is also wonderful in this movie. Other parts of the movie fall flat. The rest of the cast is also funny. John Cleese playing a Frenchman was excellent. iIts a oke family entertaining movie.

Indian actress Ashwariya Rai was absolutely gorgeous but i don't think her character was necessary as Sonia. Franlkly i don't even know why Beyonce was replace by Ashwariya, She was way better than this Indian lady.

Steve Martin needs to find fresh new material that has never been previously filmed. He used to be funny, and has made some very enjoyable films in the past.

Anyway for the technical aspects of the film, the music score is at the right places, the theme music is present, the cinematography is also oke.

Dont get swayed by the critics, be your own judge and watch the movie.

The Unborn is a supernatural thriller that draws upon the legend of a dybbuk, a malevolent spirit that refuses to leave the human world and inhabits the body of a person. Protagonist Casey Beldon (Odette Yustman) is plagued by merciless dreams, visions of strange looking dogs, and an evil child with bright blue eyes. After being hit with a mirror by her neighbor's son, Casey's eyes begin to change color and she learns she had a twin brother who died in the womb. Casey begins to suspect that the spirit haunting her is the soul of her dead twin, being possessed by a dybbuk, wanting to be born so it can transfer to the world of the living. Casey meets a woman named Sofi, who is revealed to be her grandmother. Sofi explains that she had a twin brother who was killed in Nazi experiments in Auschwitz when they were both just children. The boy was brought back to life by a dybbuk who intended to use his body as a portal into the world of the living. Sofi killed her twin to stop the dybbuk, and now it haunts her family for revenge. Sofi refers Casey to Rabbi Sendak (Gary Oldman), who can perform a Jewish exorcism to remove the dybbuk. The exorcism is performed, but things go awry as the dybbuk tries to stop Rabbi Sendak from completing the ritual. The dybbuk disappears after the exorcism and the death of Casey's boyfriend. Soon afterward, Casey learns she is pregnant with twins.



After seeing the unborn previews and trailers it looked very good to me, Im not a horror movie freak but the trailers showed that there would be scary parts in it and also have a decent plot line.And that made me curious for this movie.
Like many scary movies of this type all of the scary parts were in the trailers. Every part that was supposed to be scary or intense all I could do was laugh. If you saw One Missed Call this is basically the same thing. The trailers looked like it would be an okay scary movie. Both One Missed Call and The Unborn were not. I'm not going to go into detail to tell you what was so bad about it but watch it for yourself. The only thing that was partially good was the ending. So it is up to you,
3 stars

Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) has just lost his wife and his children want him to move out of the old neighborhood and move into a senior citizens' home. Walt doesn't want to move even though more Asian people live in his Detroit neighborhood than Americans. Walt has a problem with Asians ever since he fought them in the Korean War. This prejudice explodes when Thao, the teenage son of the Hmong family next door, tries to steal his mint condition 1972 Grand Torino car. Thao (played by Bee Vang) was pressured by an Asian gang to steal the car as an initiation rite. To regain the family's honor, Thao is forced to work for Walt. Walt begins to protect Thao from the gangs and soon he becomes a target

First time I saw this movie, I saw like 15 minutes of it,,and I did not like the way Clint was acting, real grumpy old man, and for me the film was kinda boring, I dont know what got into me tht day. Till today I got a recommendation of a Flixster friend Dennis, encourage me to watch it again, cause he assure me only the beginning was like that, but as movie rolls on I will surely liike it, well Dennis, thank you very much, cause this movie made me laugh so much and it made me cry also. I can't even begin to tell you how much I'll forever cherish this film.Clint really outdid himself this time! I never could have known it was such a heart-wrenching film.

Gran Torino has perfect acting from the younger supporting cast till the old ones. The screenplay was probably written with Eastwood, and it shows. He captures Kowalski perfectly. The film is surprisingly humorous, It's absolutely hilarious at times (watch as Kowalski attempts to make a man out of Thao by teaching him how to talk like men do), and Eastwood handles the shifts in tone brilliantly. When the film takes a dark turn towards the end I was in all suspense, not aware of where it was heading.Gran Torino will hold up as one of Eastwood's great films remains to be seen, and the film feels like it would be good for multiple viewings.
I won't give the ending away, but enough to say this is a truly wonderful story, one that you will love and tell your friends to see. If you're looking for one of those great movie experiences that so rarely comes along, you'll not find a better film to see than this. 5 stars

Wolverine lives a mutant life, seeks revenge against Victor Creed (who will later become Sabretooth) for the death of his girlfriend, and ultimately ends up going through the mutant Weapon X program.

I cant say much of this movie, JUST WATCH IT !!!! AWESOME

The story of Bobby Sands takes about half way into the film. The most dialogue in the films occurs during the scenes between Sands and his priest. Unfortunately the Irish accents are thick, but I understood what its all about. The final scenes in the film are tough to watch as we witness Sands' slowly dying of starvation. It is hard to imagine anyone throwing themselves to such suffering. Fassbender is very good in the role, giving us a character that is perfect in his choices and beliefs. He believes his suffering serves a purpose, and though some may disagree with his choices, one can't help but admire his conviction.

Im still speechless.

LAST CHANCE HARVEY is a romantic drama. The journey Dustin Hoffman takes to London and his encounter with the marvelous Emma Thompson creates a story that is so entertaining and enjoyable. The London locations, the brilliant chemistry between Emma and Dustin, and the joy and luck they found in each other is wonderful enfolded on the screen. The writing is superb, the London locations so fantastic to the story and film, and the supporting cast is excellent. I loved this film, and the music in the film was simply awesome..

The movie does an excellent job of keeping you on the edge of your seat, there's no shortage of action and a story that keeps your attention. You have Vin Diesel , Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster back.
The plot wasn't as detailed as the previous ones but it followed along well with what you think might happen in a Fast & Furious movie.

Anyone who's ever been a fan of the Fast and the Furious sequels will absolutely need to see this movie. Even if you weren't so hot for the originals, the movie is still worth a look. In my opinion it's acting, story, plot, special effects are the best of the series so far and almost makes it stand out as a respectable movie.

In 'Five Minutes of Heaven', James Nesbitt plays the younger brother of a man murdered by Liam Neeson, who is from a loyalist group. The centerpiece of the film is the preparation of a face to face meeting, the first, between victim's relative and murderer, staged by a TV channel.

Liam Neeson is also very good in the role and is convincing as a man who regrets his past but tries to explain it without justifying it. The drama does not end here but I will. Watch it for yourself, it is an intense, play of terrorism of what happen in Northern Ireland.

I saw the first movie of the series with Ashton Kutchner, which was pretty good, I have not seen the second one, but seeing the rates I guess it was a disaster and I don't think that this one could be better.

Butterfly Effect 3 has nothing to do with the first movie, except the "going back" thing. There is no back story, there is no introduction of the characters, there is some confusing plot, that revolves around time travel. Basically, Butterfly Effect: Revelation strikes right into the middle of the story. cutting away all that was good about the first movie.

If you really want to get the most out of the Butterfly Effect, watch the first movie. Trust me, you won't miss a thing.

Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith "Cry of the Owl" is the story of a troubled young man, Robert, who leaves the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He finds respite from his problems by secretly watching the normal domestic life of a woman he doesn't know through her kitchen window. But when Jenny catches Robert in the act, she doesn't call the police. Instead she feels a strange empathy for Robert and invites him into her home. Robert is drawn into a relationship with Jenny, which has consequences when her boyfriend Greg finds out. Immediately suspicious of Robert, Greg makes it his mission to destroy him. But when a fight leaves Greg unconscious and missing, Robert discovers he is the number one suspect in a murder case that is slowly beginning to look like the ultimate set-up.

great acting and suspence,
the end is kinda confusing, but overall an ok film, not bad.

I'm not a horror fan, and neither horror movies do attract me to watch but Haunting in Connecticut is a true story so I thought why not give it a try? I dont know what to expect of this movie. Is this movie going to be horrible, or is this movie going to be good?" The first fifteen minutes pretty much talks about the son having cancer, and the reason why they have to move into the house and why they can't move out. The movie was overall pretty good, but there was some flaws. Having something popping out every five second's can get pretty annoying, and the movie reminded me to many other movies. For example, when all the chairs getting stacked on to the table reminded me of The Poltergeist. The possessions reminded me of The Unborn. The scares were pretty scary, the effects and picture quality were good, but cheap, and the acting was decent. Overall, the movie wasn't too scary, it was mostly creepy.

Horror fans, something creepy for you here.

Knowing" is different from other thrillers because it isn't mindless. It's sometimes triggers a variety of emotions for the viewer. The film is funny when it needs to be, after having watch a very disturbing scene. The action scenes are amazing, in a good way, actually, because it's not just "Wow. Although because they are very hard to watch. The film really pushes the PG-13 rating, and some shots are so good that I was left speechless. Very entertaining film.
Worth to watch.

I guess this isn't a film for all tastes, you may have a difficult time watching this one. Like the original film there's a brutal rape scene and some very bloody violence. It has some terrific action sequences and remains quite intense throughout. The cast delivers good performances, the cinematography is pretty done, and excellent makeup work.

My only complaint about the remake is the fact that it has a different ending then the original, more routine Hollywood ending. Still overall it remains a ok movie.

Something awaits Tyler Jensen and his friends in the Hallettsville house. When Tyler's lifelong friends start dying, he must figure out a way to save himself, his girlfriend and the rest of the crew before the demons come.



A group of college friends go to Tyler's grandma cabin where they later reveal that 'something bad will happened.' It's true what they say: it's all been done before, but it's not the story you tell, it's how you tell it, and director Pozza and company do it quit ok for a while.

The cinematography and sound design were the two things that I enjoyed most about this film. The acting was generally solid as well accomplished. The dialogue was good for the most part and Gary Busey's small role was well played and memorable.

Hallettsville has memorable scares and jumps, but the film becomes a B-movie when the killing starts and we don't really see much of anything. And what the hell is with the book? It brought nothing to the story.

Though not a movie that you'll rewind and want to watch again and again. Too predictable. The ending was OK could have been better.

young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.

Jessica Biel plays Larita, and rather well, too. Kristen Scott Thomas is a politely, and very funny, Mother. Colin Firth's Father role is sad and serious. Ben Barnes plays John as written, a pretty young man. Kris Marshal. the butler, gets most of the funniest bits.

This film plays off the British class system, and it is very funny in some places, particularly in the first half, but ultimately it isn't really a comedy. Many of the main characters simply aren't very nice people.

As events proceed you begin to get a feeling for what you would like to happen. As a result, the conclusion came as a surprise to me.

I recommend this movie to all my friends, its funny, hilarious, and romantic. Simply a great one.

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I absolutely loved this movie. Don't go expecting a cinematic masterpiece, but if you are looking for out of control laughter this is your flick. This is one of the funniest movies I have seen since a long time, and I laughed almost through the whole movie. The movie has it's flaws, not everyone is going to fully get it or have the same sense of humor, but just to see Mike Tyson jam out to Phil Collin's "In The Air Tonite" is worthy to see. I don't think there isn't going to be one person I don't recommend this movie to. I think what did it for me was the cast, they just had such great chemistry together and really made the movie work and took us on this crazy story. All the characters were a great laugh too with Heather Graham as the stripper and the gay Chinese Mafia leader Chow, who has the biggest "WTF?!" Trust me, you have to see this movie. If you have ever had those mornings when you woke up and don't remember anything, this is the movie for you.
" WHAT HAPPEN IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS" (worked always for me, ha ha ha )

I had not read the book Angels and Demons of Dan Brown, and I have not seen The Da Vinci Code, so I could not say if it has been well adapted or not. I could say that it was well act and directed and I was not bored. At the end, there was an over-exaggerated scene with Ewan McGregor, who survives after the fall from the helicopter. The scenery was very beautiful and it was interesting to see the Vatican, a city full of secrets and mysteries. I enjoyed watching this movie and Tom Hanks will always be a great actor, does not matter any role he plays.

Although it was a predictable romance comedy and what most people will call " chick flicks" The Proposal was very sweet movie to watch.Starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, they had no intention of falling in love with each, but arrange a marriage as a business proposition, so she would not be deported to Canada. They went for a weekend to his parents house in Alaska because they needed to know each other background stories for the immigration, so that they did not find out it was fake. It was so cute how he ended up flying back to her and proposing to her for real. Nice comedy.

I was excited to see The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, because it looked like an exciting thriller. Two great actors in the leads: John Travolta and Denzel Washington. The movie started intense and provided very good action, but what happen at the end? The movie fell flat. In the first half the movie could provide extremely entertaining, the two lead actors giving their best performances and great chemistry. Good action. But spoiled by the end. Too bad.

Can anyone please tell me why this movie was called Antichrist? Maybe because it was just pure hell to watch? Or what? The story could not move me and bored me to death. Von Trier only used two actor to make this movie and there was no chemistry and no storyline among them. It was terribly in the first half and the end was kind of art. The movie was not believable at all. So many things fell short in here, too much too mention.Not my type of movie, why I watched it in the first place? Too curious I guess. Well curiosity bored me....

Chéri was a emotional movie of Stephen Frears,with colorful costumes and breathtaking scenes. The characters were well played, especially Chéri and Lea, played by Rupert Friend and Michelle Pfeiffer.I cared for them in the movie, I wanted to see them happy. Apart that it was a love story, it showed the fear of aging. Michelle Pfeiffer's acting was excellent, and she showed in here how beautiful a woman can be even aging, but she knew she cant make him happy and had to let go.It was a enjoyable movie to watch.

Wow, Abrazos Rotos, was an incredible movie. This is the way I like to watch my movies. Almodovar has always made interesting movies, some might have come over as soaps, but they were masterpieces. It's a fabulous movie that had several flash backs scenes about vengeance, grief, suffer and love. Sometimes the movie seems a little complicated, but everything will be clear at the end. Like other Almodovar's movies,you will experience jealousy,secrets, passion and death. Penelope Cruz acting was amazing..

The young Victoria was much better then I thought, and I really enjoyed watching it.I did not know much about Queen Victoria, except she was married to Albert, who died young and she mourned him ever after. Seeing the circumstances she grew up under was fascinating.Visually the movie was stunning. The sets and costumes are incredibly beautiful.The acting was top.

OMG...Orphan was really cruel, I did not know what to expect, but this was something real bad. Orphan was very disturbing and pretty cruel. The movie overall was excellent, had some great acting of Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, the kids and off course Isabelle Fuhrmann,good script, and excellent execution. The movie had lot of suspense, good twist, and lots of punch to the viewer.
I am not going to mention anything of the movie itself, because I want you to see it first. But you won't be disappointed, specially the horror movie fans will be delighted.

Away we go was such a wonderful movie. This was surely one more good comedy for this year.It was about so many things we all face every day, our families, our friends and getting older. The main characters, Burt and Verena and with a baby on the way, decided to make a journey to visit friends and family, and try to make a decision where they want to live. During this journey the movie became very funny. I found myself laughing out loud at some scenes.The script was very good and so was the acting and the directing of Sam Mendes.

My sister Keeper's was an excellent story that could happen for each one of us.We should be thankful for the lives we have now and makes you appreciate it more.The real star in the movie was Sofia Vassilieva as Kate.It was a powerful performance, combining the fear of a teenage girl who has lost her hair by cancer and her was body slowly shutting down. This young girl captures the pain and heartbreak for the viewer, well it worked for me, I cried on several scenes. The heartbreak was not because she was going to die, but for what her condition was doing to those she loves. You will see the desperation in her eyes as she watches the tears, anger, and frustration of those trying to fight for her life. Marvelous movie.