Cinema 2009

CINEMA 2009





The International
Terminator: Salvation
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Watchmen
Terminator: Salvation
Antichrist
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Star Trek
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Public Enemies
2012
New Moon
Last Ride
Antichrist
The International
Whiteout
9
The International
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Inglourious Basterds
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Oorlogswinter
Fast and Furious
Terminator: Salvation
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Terminator: Salvation
Watchmen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sherlock Holmes
The Road
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Brothers
The Lovely Bones
The Box
District 9
Push
Killshot
Che
Watchmen
Fame
Public Enemies
Where The Wild Things Are
Star Trek
Duplicity
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Precious
Not Easily Broken
An Education
My Sister's Keeper
Mao's Last Dancer
Away We Go
The Boys Are Back
Where The Wild Things Are
Phoebe in Wonderland
Is Anybody There?
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Is Anybody There?
Revolutionary Road
New York, I Love You
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Crazy Heart
Gomorrah
The Hurt Locker
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Sunshine Cleaning
Public Enemies
Inglourious Basterds
Jennifer's Body
Two Lovers
This Is It
The Soloist
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
What Goes Up
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Nine
Phoebe in Wonderland
Moon
(500) Days of Summer
Avatar
Little Ashes
The Boat That Rocked
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Nine
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Terminator: Salvation
Knowing
Race to Witch Mountain
A Christmas Carol
Star Trek
Knowing
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Gentlemen Broncos
Dragonball: Evolution
Public Enemies
Star Trek
Amelia
Land of the Lost
Killshot
Terminator: Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Fame
Night At The Museum 2
The Boat That Rocked
Observe and Report
Adventureland
Sherlock Holmes
Fired Up
Year One
Land of the Lost
Funny People
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Zombieland
Inglourious Basterds
Watchmen
Inglourious Basterds
Public Enemies
Whip It
Killshot
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Star Trek
New Moon
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
It Might Get Loud
The Vampire's Assistant
A Perfect Getaway
Ong Bak 2
Jennifer's Body
Mutant Chronicles
Law Abiding Citizen
Underworld
Notorious
Jennifer's Body
9
Fast and Furious
Gamer
Terminator: Salvation
2012
Brothers
Terminator: Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Law Abiding Citizen
Inglourious Basterds
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
New Moon
Fast and Furious
Avatar
Gomorrah
Push
A Perfect Getaway
Terminator: Salvation
Watchmen
9
Mutant Chronicles
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Push
Nine
Gamer
State of Play
Underworld 3
Notorious
Armored
9
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Antichrist
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Crossing Over
Whiteout
Avatar
A Perfect Getaway
The Proposal
New York, I Love You
(500) Days of Summer
Adventureland
Hannah Montana: The Movie
The Boys Are Back
Phoebe in Wonderland
Coco Avant Chanel
Amelia
Adventureland
In The Loop
I Love You, Man
Whip It
The Ugly Truth
Motherhood
New York, I Love You
Taking Woodstock
Shrink
The Burning Plain
Let Them Chirp Awhile
Up In The Air
Paper Heart
New York, I Love You
Last Chance, Harvey
A Serious Man
Extract
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Whip It
Love Happens
(500) Days of Summer
The Burning Plain
Spread
The Boat That Rocked
Spread
I Hate Valentine's Day
The Brothers Bloom
The Boat That Rocked
Year One
17 Again
Nine
I Love You, Man
Spread
Adam
The Boat That Rocked
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Time Traveler's Wife
Sunshine
Let Them Chirp Awhile
Angels and Demons
Cheri
Funny People
My One And Only
Bright Star
A Christmas Carol
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Boys Are Back
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
The Princess and the Frog
Post Grad
The Time Traveler's Wife
Inkheart
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Love Happens
Fame
Away We Go
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
District 9
The Soloist
Coraline
Ninja Assassin
Old Dogs
The Informant!
Where The Wild Things Are
Taking Woodstock
Up
Merry Gentlemen
Shrink
Mary and Max
Paris
Night At The Museum 2
Adam
A Serious Man
New Moon
Invictus
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Cracks
Cold Souls
Sugar
Terminator: Salvation
Julie and Julia
Nine
Bright Star
The Young Victoria
Everybody's Fine
New York, I Love You
Precious
Tetro
The Lovely Bones
An Education
Che
Crazy Heart
It Might Get Loud
Taking Woodstock
Cracks
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Invictus
Nowhere Boy
Public Enemies
(500) Days of Summer

The trilogy meter

Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Suckitude

Those of us whose formative childhood memories include snake pits and being chased by giant stone spheres have been awaiting the release of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Would the new movie make us feel like the excited 10-year-olds we were back when we first met Indy? Or would George Lucas exercise his awesome talent for sodomizing his own franchises and give us some earthly version of Jar Jar Binks?

Well, an operative for AICN has seen a sneak preview of the movie, and the news ain’t good. This guy obviously learned his grammar, syntax, and keyboard skills from Courtney Love, but the message is clear: Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull pulses with all the energy and excitement of a Fred Thompson presidential bid. Worse yet, he claims that the special effects are cheesy and inept, and for the last ten years special effects have been the only thing George Lucas was any good at. Well, rats. Guess I’ll be re-seeing Iron Man and trying to ignore the Indy trailer at the beginning.

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Rambo comparison :)

Official "Saw IV" Teaser

After the Comic-Con footage and all the waiting, Lionsgate finally decided to release the official teaser for the upcoming fourth installment of "Saw." In it, are the many victims who will be forced to play Jigsaw's games, unfortunately, we won't find out how until the movie is released. This one is a real teaser.

After Comic-Con rejected the first five minutes of "Saw IV" and the film was awarded an 'NC-17' rating by the MPAA, the studio knew that edits had to be made. A little slicing took place and the MPAA came back with an 'R' rating for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language. That's better, now I can take the kids to see this.

You can check out all the grisly bloody violence for yourself, when the film hits theaters on October 26th.

Matt Damon Talks "Bourne Ultimatum" DVD Extras

With the release of "The Bourne Supremacy: Extended Edition" in the UK, fans have been complaining that there is nothing extended about it. In fact, the 104 minute running time is exactly the same as the original.

DeadlineHollywood contacted Universal, who had the following to say: "The Extended Version was released by our UK operating company (Opco); it includes extra bonus features, and so the DVD running time is longer but the actual film is not longer."

Seems like false advertising, but on top of that the bonus material is apparently not that great either. Speaking about previous DVD extras from the past two movies, Matt Damon said: "One of the DVDs came out and it said explosive extra scenes and it was all these scenes that were not good enough to be in the movie. It's kind of like walking into a house, holding a bunch of dog sh*t and saying, 'Hey look what I almost stepped in.'"

As difficult as it might be to accept, Damon wants to let us know that it will be different with the "Bourne Ultimatum" DVD. "I've seen the extras for the next DVD and they are very good. There is more behind the scenes footage."

The Bourne Ultimatum - Theatrical Review

There are actually three screenwriters credited for The Bourne Ultimatum, though it's hard to imagine what exactly they all did to earn their paycheck. "You don't remember anything, do you?" "It's Bourne." "It ends here." [insert car chase] That doesn't mean that this third installment of the popular shaky-cam travelogue spy thriller series doesn't deliver all that it's intended to, and occasionally more, it just means that you're more likely to hear barked-out commands or the sound of squealing tires and shattering glass than two or more actors exchanging full sentences as part of a conversation. This is a film that asks exactly how much traditional storytelling structure can you cleave away and still have a coherent and engaging piece of work? The answer: Nearly all of it.

Coming off last year's abysmally underrated United 93, director Paul Greengrass thankfully returns for his second film in the series about the titular amnesiac CIA-trained assassin (Matt Damon) with identity issues. Although the resulting film is not nearly up to the hard-to-match bar set by the preceding film, The Bourne Supremacy, it's hard to imagine any other director currently working who would be able to keep the relentless pace delivered by Ultimatum. Unfortunately, it's also all too easy to see that the filmmakers and Damon are coasting when they could be soaring.

The stripped-down storyline that powers the film with motorized intensity concerns Bourne's identity. Having lost his girlfriend in the previous film, and spent a few years now running from various rogue CIA elements who want to eliminate an embarrassment before it can cause them any political damage, at film's start Bourne is now hot on the trail of his missing identity. It's clear that somebody inside the Agency is talking, as Bourne is reading stories about himself in The Guardian by an investigative journalist (Paddy Considine, nicely twitchy) who must have a highly placed source. Those previously mentioned rogue Agency elements are pretty hot to keep Bourne away from the secret program that created brainwashed killing machines like himself, and so the assassins -- a number of whom seem as relentlessly lethal and mindless as Bourne himself, an interesting twist -- come out of the wordwork to give chase in a variety of locations, from Tangiers to midtown Manhattan to an extended and exceptionally taut chase and surveillance sequence set in London's cavernous, clamoring Waterloo Station. Needless to say, by brains and brawn, Bourne burrows ever closer to discovering the true secret of his identity that's been eluding him as he races from one exotic European locale to another.

It would be ludicrous to say that The Bourne Ultimatum is not a thriller worth notice. Greengrass's hyperfluid direction and Oliver Wood's documentary-style cinematography make for an addictive mix, a pared-down action series for the post-9/11 era, where it's more about speed, lethality, and moral grey zones and less about cartoonish villains and sarcastic quips. But there's a limit to how far you can push this style, and this film flirts with that limit quite seriously. There are long stretches where little to no dialogue is provided beyond shouted directions to the thankless drones monitoring surveillance footage for the CIA as they track Bourne around the globe. Once Bourne gets closer to his target (the occasional pained flashback cutting in, giving glimpses of the training program that turned him into the killer he currently is), it's difficult to feel the necessary emotional impact for him, since the series has worked so hard at turning him into such a robotic entity.

It's much easier to impress an audience with masterfully assembled chases or killer martial arts moves -- and there's a couple of extraordinarily bruising fight scenes here that are unlike anything Hollywood has produced in quite a while -- than it is to get that audience to feel a human empathy for the man negotiating all that lethal territory. The audience may clap for Bourne when he executes a particularly smart maneuver (has there ever been a screen spy who has so flawlessly mixed graceful cunning with predatory nerve?) but will they feel for him when he's confronted by a woman he loved from the past but whom the amnesia has erased from his mind? Does it even matter? Probably not; a fourth film is most likely on the way, but it would be nice if, in the future, the filmmakers remembered that Bourne was human, and treated him as such.