Movies watched (for the first time) in 2009...

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	Title	Date	Rating	Format	Comments
1	The Brave One	03/01/09	****	Rental	Incredibly moving, Jodie Foster excellent
2	Affinity	04/01/09	***	TV	Spooky but confusing
3	Schindler's List	11/01/09	****	TV	Harrowing and realistic, some excellent performances
4	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	11/01/09	***	Rental	Entertaining fantasy romp, a little long
5	The Score	14/01/09	***	Rental	Fairly typical heist plot, good performance from Edward Norton
6	Slumdog Millionaire	21/01/09	****	Cinema	Elaborate, tense and clever
7	The Darwin Awards	24/01/09	***	Rental	Clever, but not particularly memorable
8	Keeping the Faith	25/01/09	***	Rental	Funny moments and emotional ones but a little long and slow
9	The Godfather	31/01/09	**	Rental	Too long and predictable
10	Milk	01/02/09	****	Cinema	Very emotive, brilliant performances and thought provoking
11	Frost/Nixon	02/02/09	****	Cinema	Surprising affective and engaging
12	The Shaggy Dog	03/02/09	***	Rental	Sweet and funny, some brilliant animal moments
13	Rounders	05/02/09	***	Rental	Edward Norton and Matt Damon both excellent, slightly predictable plot
14	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	11/02/09	***	Cinema	Starts off far too slow, some good parts though
15	Everyone Says I Love You	14/02/09	****	Rental	In the style of classic musical comedies, most of the cast can sing
16	Inherit the Wind	17/02/09	****	TV	Incredibly compelling court room drama, with many funny moments
17	Jabberwocky	19/02/09	**	Rental	Pythonesque but not funny, a little incoherent and boring
18	Rosemary's Baby	22/02/09	***	TV	Very atmospheric but too long with an unsatisfactory ending
19	Fast Food Nation	02/03/09	***	Rental	Takes a long time to not really come to any conclusions, some stomach turning scenes
20	Bolt 3D	04/03/09	***	Cinema	Sweet story, fairly predictable
21	The Devil Wears Prada	06/03/09	***	TV	Engaging send up of the fashion magazine industry
22	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	10/03/09	***	Rental	Occasionally amusing but the joke wears thin
23	Fool's Gold	15/03/09	****	Rental	Matthew McConaughey & Kate Hudson's great chemistry really makes this comedy
24	Get Over It	17/03/09	**	Rental	Fairly typical of the high school/Shakespeare subset of films
25	Marley & Me	18/03/09	****	Cinema	Transitions between outright comedy and heartbreaking emotion
26	Tuesday	22/03/09	***	DVD	Elaborate heist film, may need a second viewing
27	Jesus Camp	28/03/09	****	Rental	Powerful and disturbing documentary
28	White Oleander	31/03/09	****	Rental	Dreamy style, Alison Lohman gives an affecting performance
29	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	04/04/09	****	Rental	Sweet and funny with gross out moments, typically Kevin Smith
30	Suburban Girl	05/04/09	***	Rental	Great chemistry between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin, not a totally typical rom com
31	The Boat That Rocked	08/04/09	*****	Cinema	Incredibly funny, great story and excellent music
32	The Remains of the Day	18/04/09	***	DVD	Interesting angle on the events that led to the second world war
33	Let the Right One In	19/04/09	*****	Cinema	Haunting, brilliant child acting
34	Twilight	22/04/09	***	Rental	Improvement on the book, a few too many cheesy moments, great climax
35	What Happens in Vegas	25/04/09	***	Rental	A little too predictable but quite funny
36	Dangerous Liaisons	28/04/09	***	TV	Very opulent costume drama, confusing at times
37	Good Luck Chuck	03/05/09	****	Rental	A little different from the usual rom-com, very funny
38	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	04/05/09	***	Cinema	Goes over what we already know, with a few interesting new characters
39	The Killing of John Lennon	10/05/09	****	Rental	A haunting look into the mind of John Lennon's murderer, Mark Chapman
40	Master and Commander	12/05/09	***	TV	Engaging, violent and occasionally humorous, Paul Bettany excellent
41	Star Trek	13/05/09	****	Cinema	Action packed romp, promises great things to follow
42	Angels and Demons	26/05/09	****	Cinema	Excellent adaptation of The Da Vinci Code's better prequel
43	Lost and Delirious	29/05/09	***	Rental	A little melodramatic, Piper Perabo excellent
44	Over Her Dead Body	31/05/09	**	Rental	A poor mix of Ghost and Just Like Heaven, some funny moments
45	Tropic Thunder	06/06/09	****	Rental	Some amazing performances from all the actors, but particularly Downey Jr
46	Terminator Salvation	09/06/09	*****	Cinema	An excellent addition to the Terminator franchise
47	Penelope	13/06/09	****	Rental	Sweet fantasy, Christina Ricci and James McAvoy excellent
48	The Hangover	16/06/09	****	Cinema	Incredibly funny, great acting from the relative-unknowns in the cast
49	Moulin Rouge (1952)	18/06/09	***	TV	Artistic and colourful tale of Toulouse-Leutrec
50	Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen	20/06/09	***	Cinema	More action than the first film, but still plenty of humour
51	Repo! The Genetic Opera	24/06/09	*****	Rental	Very dark and bloody gothic musical with some amazing singers
52	Hunger	27/06/09	****	Rental	Artistically filmed and incredibly stirring, entrenched in realism
53	Blood: The Last Vampire	30/06/09	***	Cinema	Certainly different, lots of strong women, but a little predictable
54	Sweet Home Alabama	03/07/09	***	TV	Predictable but sweet rom com
55	Nina's Heavenly Delights	05/07/09	****	Rental	Beautifully shot mix of British and Indian culture
56	Year One	08/07/09	***	Cinema	Fairly funny but really disjointed
57	Peter Pan	11/07/09	****	TV	Beautifully shot rendition of the classic
58	Raising Arizona	12/07/09	**	TV	Interesting premise but far too slow
59	Public Enemies	14/07/09	***	Cinema	Some high action moments but far more slow ones
60	Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince	22/07/09	*****	Cinema	Keeps moving, plenty of humour and drama in just the right measure
61	Murder in the First	25/07/09	****	Rental	Harrowing and moving prison/court room drama, excellent performances
62	Bad Boys (1983)	02/08/09	**	Rental	Nothing particularly outstanding, apart from a couple of scenes
63	The Lion at World's End	04/08/09	****	DVD	Touching documentary of a lion's return to the wild
64	The Red Shoes	04/08/09	***	TV	Classic film, pretty good effects for 1948
65	Watchmen	08/08/09	****	Rental	Captures the heart of the graphic novel
66	The Witches of Eastwick	15/08/09	***	Rental	Great performances from the cast, a little too 80s
67	The Time Traveller's Wife	19/08/09	****	Cinema	Great premise, plenty of both comedic and weepy moments
68	Run Lola Run	26/08/09	****	Rental	Edge of your seat thriller, repeats 3 times but stays different each time
69	Platoon	27/08/09	*	Rental	Hard to follow, no emotional engagement
70	Legends of the Fall	29/08/09	****	Rental	Simple story of a family over several years, amazing backdrop and emotive
71	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	31/08/09	***	DVD	Pretty funny, some good music/songs
72	Push	08/09/09	***	Rental	Interesting premise, fast paced and well set up for a sequel
73	(500) Days of Summer	09/09/09	****	Cinema	Fun and quirky, not the typical rom-com
74	Religulous	13/09/09	***	Rental	Very amusing and has a good point to make
75	District 9	16/09/09	***	Cinema	Interesting premise and very different, loses points for shaky camera work
76	Dorian Gray	24/09/09	****	Cinema	Brilliant adaptation of a classic tale
77	Surrogates	30/09/09	****	Cinema	Fun & action packed, many funny moments
78	Two Hands	01/10/09	**	Rental	A few stand out moments, but mostly predictable
79	Creation	05/10/09	*****	Cinema	An intimate look at one of the world's greatest thinkers, heartbreaking at times
80	The Soloist	08/10/09	****	Cinema	Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx both excellent, moving story
81	Up	15/10/09	*****	Cinema	Both hilariously funny and tear jerking, lots of great characters
82	A Nightmare on Elm Steet	16/10/09	**	Rental	Hasn't aged well, definitely not scary but sometimes a little gory
83	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	21/10/09	****	Cinema	Fantastical yet rooted in the real world, excellent performances
84	Dark City	25/10/09	**	Rental	Interesting premise, hasn't aged well, quite strange
85	Brazil	28/10/09	****	Rental	A different take on the 1984 story, suitably surreal
86	9	05/11/09	****	Cinema	More than just an elaboration on the excellent short, pathos and humour with cute characters
87	Fantastic Mr Fox	09/11/09	***	Cinema	Good adaptation, interesting animation but does drag some
88	The Fisher King	17/11/09	***	Rental	Random, but some good emotional moments
89	The Men Who Stare at Goats	18/11/09	****	Cinema	Very funny and crazy
90	A Christmas Carol	21/11/09	****	Cinema	A very good adaptation of the classic story
91	The Fall	30/11/09	****	Rental	Very moving and fantastical tale
92	Cujo	03/12/09	***	Rental	A tighter story than the book, plenty of tension but dated
93	The Birdcage	13/12/09	***	Rental	Clever and funny, good satire
94	Windtalkers	14/12/09	**	Rental	Very repetitive battle scenes, a different underlying premise from usual WWII films
95	Where the Wild Things Are	17/12/09	***	Cinema	Visually stunning and full of childhood wonder, just a little too slow and laid back
96	Time Bandits	27/12/09	***	Rental	Very madcap, just about avoids being just a dream
97	Pride and Glory	28/12/09	***	Rental	Not particularly memorable, often violent and upsetting
98	Sherlock Holmes	29/12/09	*****	Cinema	Funny, action packed and very clever, satisfying ending, roll on SH2!

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