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2009 Screening Log

For the sake of year-end convenience, 2009 films seen in 2008 (except those seen at festivals) are stuck at the beginning of the list. Also for my convenience, a movie's year is determined either by original North American release date or, if the film is never released commercially, by the date of its North American premiere, to the best of my knowledge.


"^" after a film indicates a repeat viewing.

"*" after a film indicates a home viewing.

001. (8-Jan) Daybreakers (Spierig Brothers, 2010) B
002. (9-Jan) Youth in Revolt (Miguel Arteta, 2010) C
003. (9-Jan) Up (Pete Docter, 2009)^* Masterpiece
004. (27-Jan) One Girl's Confession (Hugo Haas, 1953) C
005. (27-Jan) Women's Prison (Lewis Seiler, 1955) C+
006. (28-Jan) The Book of Eli (Hughes Brothers, 2010) B-
007. (28-Jan) Red Light (Roy Del Ruth, 1949) D
008. (28-Jan) Walk a Crooked Mile (Gordon Douglas, 1948) C+
009. (29-Jan) Edge of Darkness (Martin Campbell, 2010) B
010. (29-Jan) Extraordinary Measures (Tom Vaughan, 2010) C-
011. (30-Jan) Inside Job (Jean Yarbrough, 1946) B
012. (30-Jan) Armored Car Robbery (Richard Fleischer, 1950) C+
013. (31-Jan) Legion (Scott Stewart, 2010) B-
014. (31-Jan) Escape in the Fog (Oscar Boetticher, 1945) B+
015. (31-Jan) A Place in the Sun (George Stevens, 1951) Masterpiece
016. (1-Feb) District 13: Ultimatum (Patrick Allessandrin, 2010) B-
017. (2-Feb) From Paris with Love (Pierre Morel, 2010) C
018. (3-Feb) Storm (Hans-Christian Schmic, 2010) C
019. (5-Feb) Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)* B+ [3-D IMAX]
020. (6-Feb) Balibo (Roger Connelly, 2009) C-
021. (6-Feb) Candy (Neil Armfield, 2006) B+
022. (6-Feb) Crush (Jeffrey Gerritsen & John V. Soto, 2009) D+
023. (8-Feb) The Good Guy (Julio DePietro, 2010) B-
024. (9-Feb) The Wolfman (Joe Johnston, 2010) C+
025. (14-Feb) Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Chris Columbus, 2010) C-
026. (14-Feb) Dear John (Lasse Hallstrom, 2010) C
027. (19-Feb) Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010) B+
028. (20-Feb) Northface (Philipp Stšlzl, 2010) C+
029. (22-Feb) Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009)* B
030. (25-Feb) Red Riding: 1974 (Julian Jarrold, 2009)* A
031. (27-Feb) Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009)* B
032. (2-Mar) The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith, 2010) C
033. (5-Mar) Red Riding: 1980 (James Marsh, 2009)* A-
034. (6-Mar) The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski, 2010) B
035. (6-Mar) The Crazies (Breck Eisner, 2010) C+
036. (9-Mar) Green Zone (Paul Greengrass, 2010) C-
037. (11-Mar) Brooklyn's Finest (Antoine Fuqua, 2010) C+
038. (12-Mar) Kick-Ass (Matthew Vaughn, 2010) C
039. (12-Mar) Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig, 2010) B-
040. (13-Mar) Thunder Soul (Mark Landsman, 2010) C
041. (13-Mar) Last Train Home (Lixin Fan, 2010) B+
042. (13-Mar) Greenlit (Miranda Bailey, 2010) C
043. (13-Mar) How to Fold a Flag (Michael Tucker & Petra Epperlein, 2010) B+
044. (13-Mar) Cyrus (Jay and Mark Duplass, 2010) A-
045. (14-Mar) No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (Steve James, 2010) C
046. (14-Mar) Brotherhood (Will Canon, 2010) C+
047. (14-Mar) Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, 2010) B
048. (14-Mar) Saturday Night (James Franco, 2010) B
xxx. (14-Mar) Elektra Luxx (Sebastian Gutierrez, 2010) Did Not Finish
049. (14-Mar) Serbian Film (Srdjan Spasojevic, 2010) C
050. (15-Mar) Lovers of Hate (Bryan Poyser, 2010) C+
051. (15-Mar) Camp Victory, Afghanistan (Carol Dysinger, 2010) B-
052. (15-Mar) Centurion (Neil Marshall, 2010) C+
053. (16-Mar) The Freebie (Katie Aselton, 2010) B-
054. (16-Mar) Cold Weather (Aaron Katz, 2010) B
055. (16-Mar) Lebanon, PA (Ben Hickernell, 2010) B-
056. (16-Mar) Red, White and Blue (Simon Rumley, 2010) B+
057. (16-Mar) The Loved Ones (Sean Byrne, 2010) B
058. (17-Mar) The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodore Dreyer, 1928) A 059. (17-Mar) The Red Chapel (Mads Bruger & Johan Stahl, 2010) B+
060. (17-Mar) Cargo (Ivan Engler & Ralph Etter, 2010) C
061. (18-Mar) Paper Heart (Nicolas Jasenovec, 2009)* C+ [pan-and-scan]
062. (26-Mar) How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders, 2010) B
063. (27-Mar) Remember Me (Allen Coulter, 2010) C
064. (29-Mar) Hachi: A Dog's Tale (Lasse Hallstrom, 2009)* B+ [pan-and-scan]
065. (29-Mar) Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)* B+ [pan-and-scan]
065. (29-Mar) The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)* B [down from B+] [pan-and-scan]
066. (29-Mar) Chloe (Atom Egoyan, 2010) B
067. (30-Mar) Clash of the Titans (Louis Leterrier, 2010) D+
068. (31-Mar) She's Out of My League (Jim Field Smith, 2010) B-
069. (2-Apr) The Eclipse (Conor McPherson, 2010) B-
070. (2-Apr) Storage (Matthew Craft, 2009) D
071. (3-Apr) Repo Men (Miguel Sapochnik, 2010) C+
072. (3-Apr) Bullitt (Peter Yates, 1968) A-
073. (3-Apr) Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971) B+
074. (4-Apr) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev, 2010) B
075. (5-Apr) The Greatest (Shana Feste, 2010) B-
076. (6-Apr) After.Life (Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, 2010) D
077. (10-Apr) Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton, 2010) C+
078. (10-Apr) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Thor Freudenthal, 2010) B-
079. (11-Apr) Greenberg (Noah Baumbach, 2010) B
080. (12-Apr) The Secret of Kells (Tomm Moore, 2010) B-
081. (16-Apr) The Square (Nash Edgerton, 2010) B
082. (17-Apr) Date Night (Shawn Levy, 2010) C
083. (19-Apr) City Island (Raymond de Felitta, 2010) C+
084. (20-Apr) Hot Tub Time Machine (Steve Pink, 2010) B
085. (23-Apr) The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella, 2010) B
086. (24-Apr) Cracks (Jordan Scott, 2010) B
087. (25-Apr) Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2010) A-
088. (28-Apr) A Nightmare on Elm Street (Samuel Bayer, 2010) D-
089. (30-Apr) Air Doll (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2010) C
090. (1-May) Ride with the Devil (Ang Lee, 1999) B
091. (1-May) Nenette (Nicolas Philibert, 2010) B-
092. (2-May) I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino, 2010) B
093. (2-May) Bodyguards and Assassins (Teddy Chan, 2010) C+
094. (4-May) Splice (Vincenzo Natali, 2010) B+
095. (7-May) Vincere (Marco Bellocchio, 2010) B
096. (8-May) Iron Man 2 (Jon Favreau, 2010) C-
097. (8-May) The Possession of David O'Reilly (Andrew Cull, 2010) B-
098. (8-May) Ondine (Neil Jordan, 2010) B
099. (9-May) Letters to Juliet (Gary Winick, 2010) C-
100. (9-May) The Human Centipede (Tom Six, 2010) C+
101. (10-May) Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010) B+
102. (11-May) Robin Hood (Ridley Scott, 2010) B-
103. (14-May) High Tide (John Reinhardt, 1947) C+
104. (14-May) Mysterious Intruder (William Castle, 1946) B
105. (15-May) Please Give (Nicole Holofcener, 2010) C+
106. (15-May) 99 River Street (Phil Karlson, 1953) C-
107. (15-May) Shield for Murder (Howard Koch and Edmond O'Brien, 1954) C+
xxx. (17-May) Mother and Child (Rodrigo Garcia, 2010) Walk Out
108. (19-May) Get Him to the Greek (Nicholas Stoller, 2010) B-
109. (21-May) Roses are Red (James Tinling, 1947) B
110. (21-May) The Secret of the Whistler (George Sherman, 1946) B-
111. (22-May) Casino Jack and the United States of Money (Alex Gibney, 2010) C+
112. (22-May) Survival of the Dead (George A. Romero, 2010)* B-
113. (23-May) Macgruber (Jorma Taccone, 2010) D+
114. (27-May) The City of Your Final Destination (James Ivory, 2010) B-
115. (29-May) Dare (Adam Salky, 2009)* B-
116. (30-May) Shrek Forever After (Mike Mitchell, 2010) C
117. (30-May) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Mike Newell, 2010) C+
118. (5-Jun) Killers (Robert Luketic, 2010) C-
119. (5-Jun) Mercy (Patrick Hoelck, 2010) B
119. (6-Jun) Cypher (Vincenzo Natali, 2002)^* B+
120. (6-Jun) Nothing (Vincenzo Natali, 2003)* B-
121. (8-Jun) The Karate Kid (Harald Zwart, 2010) B
122. (15-Jun) Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich, 2010) A