THE BEST OF 2009 - By Jeff

After a long wait which I am sure you were all on the edge of your seats. It is time for my end of the year best of movies list for 2009 so without further ado

THE SOLOIST (2009

Directed By: Joe Wright
Written By: Susannah Grant
Based On The Book By: Steve Lopez
Cinematography By: Seamus McGarvey
Editor: Paul Tothill

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener, Stephen Root, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Rachael Harris, Tom Hollander


The film is perfectly fine entertainment of a film that really doesn’t have a plot. Sure it’s a fascinating fact-based story that may have been better explored as a documentary or maybe even better reading about it but the film leaves a lot to be desired as not much really happens except that it makes the main character feel better by discovering and trying to help a talented homeless schizophrenic. Which is pretty much the plot of the film.

JEFF'S FAVORITE MOVIES OF THE DECADE

83 IN ALL NOT REALLY IN ORDER UNTIL YOU GET TO NUMBER 30

MASTER & COMMANDER

HELLBOY 2

THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

COLLATERAL

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

THE GOOD THIEF

The Cinefiles -- THE TERMINATOR FILMS!

The future is now. The proof is in this broadcast:

ERIC'S FAVORITE 50 FLICKS OF THE DECADE

My favorite 50 of the decade. In order of year released (in North America):

THE WORST MOVIES I SAW IN 2009

Sure some of these had some value somewhere in there but it was not enough to make these film either good or enjoyable enough to not make you feel like you wasted your time. Some may even make you physically ill.

EXTRACT (2009)

Cast: Jason Batemen, Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milliagan, Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Mila Kunis, Gene Simmons, Clifton Collins Jr., David Koechner, Hal Sparks, Tom Virtue

Written & Directed By Mike Judge
Cinematography By: Tim Shustedt
Editor: Julia Wong

No one quite does satire or the mundaness of life like mike judge. The fun of this movie is that like his show king of the hill it involves normal characters that see so real you could swear you know someone just like each of them but he then throws these characters into increasingly outrageous situations that are believable.