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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+