Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Movies seen January to May, 2010


January (continued)
The Adjuster (1991) d. Atom Egoyan
Howard in Particular (1979) d. Atom Egoyan
Peepshow (1981) d. Atom Egoyan
Open House (1982) d. Atom Egoyan
Next of Kin (1982) d. Atom Egoyan
Family Viewing (1987) d. Atom Egoyan
The Secret Garden (1993) d.Agnieszka Holland
Julia & Julie (2009) d. Nora Ephron
- would not recommend, but Streep comes off doing a very good impression of herself as an actress
District 9 (2009) d. Neill Blomkamp
-loved this movie
The US vs. John Lennon (2007) d. John Scheinfeld
-give them hell John
February
The Counterfeiters (2007, Austria) d. Stefan Ruzowitzky
- I recommend this movie
Ararat (2002) d. Atom Egoyans
I've Loved You So Long (2008) d. Philippe Claudel
- I recommend this movie
The Departed (2006) d. Martin Scorsese
Where the Truth Lies (2005) d. Atom Egoyan
Best Foot Forward (1943) d. Edward Buzzell
-my mother's favourite movie
Avatar (2009) d. James Cameron
-3d...soldiers...trees
Ip Man (2008, HK) d. Wilson Yip
-good new martial arts movie
March
The Queen's Sister (2005) d. Simon Cellar Jones
April
Last Orders (2001) d. Fred Schepisi
Control (2007) d. Anton Corbijn
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) d. Marlon Brando
May
Sherlock Holmes (2009) d. Guy Ritchie
Casino Royale (2006) d. Martin Campbell
Quantum of Solace (2008) d. Marc Forster

Monday, January 4, 2010

Movies Seen 2009

Here is a list of some of the movies I've seen over the last year. I watch anything. However, I'm always a bit behind on new movies.

January 2010
Movies seen:
Calendar (1993, Canada) d. Atom Egoyan
Speaking Parts (1989, Canada) d. Atom Egoyan
My Mother's Smile (2002, Italy) d. Marco Bellocchio

December 2009
Movies seen:
Heathers (1988) d. Michael Lehmann
In the Valley of Elan (2008) d. Paul Haggis
My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) d. Quentin Tarantino
Babel (2006) d. Alejandro González Iñárritu
Star Wars (1977) d. George Lucas
Zodiac (2007) d. David Fincher
Sahara (2005) d. Breck Eisner
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) d. Jim Jarmusch

November 2009
Movies seen:
Cherry Blossums (2008, Germany) d. Doris Dörrie
Thank You For Smoking (2004) d. Jason Reitman
La Petite Lili (2003, France) d. Claude Miller
Driving Lessons (2006) d. Jeromy Brock

October 2009
Movies seen:
I'm Not There (2009) d. Todd Haynes
The Killing of John Lennon (2006) d. Andrew Piddington
Atonement (2007) d. Joe Wright

September 2009
Movies seen:
The Phantom Light (1935) d. Michael Powell
Goodbye Lenin (2003, German) d. Wolfgang Becker
The Upturned Glass (1947) d. Lawrence Huntington
Pull My Daisy (1959) d. Alfred Leslie, Robert Frank
The Ear (1970, Czechoslovakia) d. Karel Kachyna



August 2009
Movies seen:
The Red Ensign (1935) d. Michael Powell
Game Over: Kasparov, the Machine (2003) d. Vikram Javanti
The Go-Getter (2008) d. Martine Hunes
Diminished Capacity (2008) d. Terry Kinny

July 2009
Movies seen:
The Verdit (1982) d. Sidney Lumet
Cold Mountain (2003) d. Anthony Minghella

June 2009
Movies seen:
Up (2009) d. Pete Doctor

May 2009
Movies seen:
May (2002)d. Lucky McKee
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe (2006) d. Garth Jennings
Live Free or Die Hard (2008) d. Len Wiseman
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) d. Paul Greengrass
Taken (2008) Pierre Morel
Paris, Je T'Aime (2006) d. Coen, Twyker, Doyle, Van Sant, etc

April 2009
Movies seen:
Crank 2: High Voltage(2009) d. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
I Love You, Man (2009) d. John Hamburg
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) d. George Miller

March 2009
Movies seen:
Two Weeks (2009) d. Michael McGowan
Adventureland (2009) d. Greg Mottola
Flight of the Red Balloon (2008, France) d. Hsiao-hsien Hou

February 2009
Movies seen:
Ocean Flame (2008, HK) d. Fendou Liu
The Way We Are (2008, HK) d. Ann Hui
Enter the Phoenix (2004, HK) d. Stephen Fung



January 2009
Movies seen:
Eastern Promises (2007) d. David Cronenberg
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) d. Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
The Ice Harvest (2006) d. Harold Ramis

December 2008
Movies seen:
A History of Violence (2006) d. David Cronenberg
27 Dresses (2008) d. Anne Fletcher
Festival Express (2004) d. Bob Smeaton
Le Petit Lieutenant (2005, France) d. Xavier Beauvois
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (2007) d. Ken Kwapis
Inland Empire (2006) d. David Lynch