Filed under: Films watched in 09'
Hamlet 2 – C
Chachun son Cinema – Short Film Collection 60th Cannes Festival A-
Red Balloon (5th time) A+
Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas – A
Australia – Baz Lurhman B
Milk – Gus Van Sant – A
Lonely are the Brave – A-
The Lusty Men – N. Ray B+
Appaloosa – Ed Harris B-
Burn After Reading – Coen Bros. B
The Red Balloon (6th Time) A+
White Sands (w/M. Rourke) B
Risky Business – C+
Homeboy (Mickey Rourke) B
JCVD – B
Ponyo by the Sea – Miyazaki – B
Sleuth (1972 Michael Caine) B
Twilight’s Last Gleaming – R. Aldrich A-
Seven Pounds – B-
Man on Wire – A
Kung Fu Panda – C+
Righteous Kill – C-
An Autumn Afternoon – Y. Ozu A+
Event Horizon – B
Waiter – C
Women of the Night – K. Mizoguchi A
21 – C
JANUARY: 27 MOVIES
Halloween H20 – B-
Universal Soldier – B-
Wendy and Lucy – A
TimeCop – B
Death Warrant – B
The Wrestler – A
Slumdog Millionaire – D. Boyle – A
Vicky Christina Barcelona – W. Allen – A
Johnny Handsome – Walter Hill – B+
City of Ember – B+
Color of Paradise – M Majidi (5th time) A
KickBoxer – C
Revolutionary Road – S. Mendes B
Red – Avery Ludlow B
The Visitor – A
Waltz with Bashir – A
When We Were Kings – A+
Jeepers Creepers – C+
Shotgun Stories – J. Nichols – A
Reflections in a Golden Eye – J. Huston B
The Shining – S. Kubrick (HD-DVD) 5th+ time – A
The Thing – J. Carpenter (HD-DVD) 10+times – A
Crime Wave – A. De Toth (2nd time) B+
LeatherHeads – G. Clooney C+
Frost/Nixon – R. Howard – A-
W – Oliver Stone – B+
Encounters At The End of The World – W Herzog – B
Ghost Town – C-
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist – B-
FEB TOTAL: 29 MOVIES
Doubt – B-
Diamonds Are Forever – G. Hamilton B-
Summer Rental – C. Reiner C
Man With The Golden Gun – G. Hamilton B+
Comanche Station – B. Boetticher (5+ viewings) A
Lost – S5 EP1-5 – B+
Frozen River – A
LOST – EP 4-8 – A-
Never Say Never Again – I. Kershner – B-
A View to A Kill – B
Body of Lies – R. Scott B
Harold and Maude – H. Ashby ( 3+ viewings) A
For Your Eyes Only – B
Tropic Thunder – B. Stiller (2nd viewing) B
The Brothers Grimm – T. Gilliam C+
Yes Man – C-
Flight of the Red Balloon – Hou Hsiao Hsien – A-
Live and Let Die – B
The Spy Who Loved Me – A-
Pride and Glory – B-
Lost Season 5 – EP9 – A
Bolt – C+
Rachael Getting Married – J. Demme B
Octopussy – B+
You Only Live Twice – B
The Duchess – B
License to Kill – C
You Only Live Twice – B
Ghost Busters- I. Reitman (5+ times) A-
Lost Ep 10 – B+
MARCH TOTAL: 29 MOVIES
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – C
La Maison de Himiko – (Josie, Tiger and the FIsh Director) C-
My Favorite Season – A. Techine B+
Role Models – B
KillShot – J. Madden C+
GoldFinger – G. Hamilton (2nd time) B+
Spirited Away – Miyazaki (3rd time) A
Raputa “Castle in the Sky” – Miyazaki (2nd time) B
Lost – Ep 11-13 – A-
Top Chef (Season 5) Ep 1-14 – B
Lost – Ep 14 – B
Tyson – James Toback – A
Marley and Me – B-
Bad Lieutenant – A. Fererra B+
Au Hasard Balthazar – Bresson A-
Magnificent Obsession – D. Sirk A-
Changing Times – A. Techine B-
The Reader – B
Extreme Measures – M. Apted C+
The Fallen Idol – C. Reed A-
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2nd time) – B+
Gambit – R. Neame B+
Charley Varrick – D. Seigel A-
Still Walking – Hirokazu Koreeda – (Japan) A-
TimeCrimes – A-
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – D. Fincher B
APRIL TOTAL: 26 MOVIES
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired B+
Carnal Knowledge – M. Nichols A-
Bowling for Columbine – M.Moore (2nd time) B+
Postcards From the Edge – M. Nichols B+
La Soufriere – W.Herzog (documentary 1977) B
The Appaloosa – S.J. Furie C+
Synecdoche New York – C. Kaufman B+
Culpepper Cattle Co (1972) A
The White Diamond – W. Herzog (2nd time) A-
Che Part 1 – S. Soderbergh A-
El Bano Del Papa – (Brazil) B-
The Chase – A. Penn B-
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn – N. Meyer B+
Lost – Season 5 – Finale A-
Star Trek III: The Search For Spock – L. Nimoy C+
This is England – S. Meadows – A-
Young Billy Young – B. Kennedy – B-
The Banishment – A. Zvyaginstev (Director of The Return) A
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - L. Nimoy B-
Wages of Fear – H. Clouzot (2nd time) A
Seminole – B. Boetticher – B
My Kid Could Paint That – B
Frost/Nixon – R. Howard (2nd time) B+
Star Trek – JJ Abrams – A-
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – N. Meyer B
MAY TOTAL: 25 MOVIES
The Wide Blue Road – (Yves Montand – 1957) A
Changeling – C. Eastwood 2008 – B-
Valkerie – B. Singer – C+
Spellbound – A-
Army of Darkness – S. Raimi (2nd time) – B-
Turner and Hooch – B-
Drag Me to Hell – S. Raimi – A-
Alone Across the Pacific – K. Ichikawa B-
Revanche – Gotz Spielmann – A-
Duck, You Sucker – S. Leone B+
The Last Hard Men – Andrew McLaglen (1976) B+
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – Christian Mungiu – A
Up – Bob Peterson – A-
Jaws – S.Spielberg (10+times) A
The Color of Paradise – M. Majidi (6+ times) A
Outlander – Howard McCain – C-
The Silence of Lorna – Jean and Luc Dardeanne – B
The Law and Jake Wade – J. Sturges – B
Somers Town – S. Meadows – A-
Welcome to the Dollhouse – T. Solondz – (3+ times) A
Springfield Rifle – Andre De Toth – B
JUNE TOTAL: 21 MOVIES
The Plainsman – C. B Demille B+
Welcome to the Dollhouse (yes, again) A
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – B-
he’s just not that into you – Ken Kwapis – D+
Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier – W. Shatner – C
Towelhead – Alan Ball – D
They Might be Giants – (1971) Anthony Harvey – B
Two Lovers – J. Gray A
Just Friends – B-
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – D. Yates B+
Mall Cop – F (unwatchable)
Water Lilies – B-
Knowing -A. Proyas – B-
TOTAL: 13 MOVIES
Cop Land – J. Mangold – A-
Outsourced – D
The Unknown Woman – G. Tornatore – B+
Julie and Julia – Norah Ephron – B
(500) Days of Summer – M. Webb – B+
The Island of Dr. Moreau – D. Taylor 1977 – B-
Frozen River – C. Hunt (2nd time) B+
Robin and Marian – R. Lester B-
Election – A. Payne (3rd time) B+
Adventureland – G.Motolla – A-
Lookin’ to Get Out – H. Ashby – C+
Lake Tahoe – F. Eimbcke – A-
Watchmen: Director’s Cut – Z. Snyder – B
The Hurt Locker – K. Bigelow – A
Westbound – B. Boetticher – B
Total: 15 Movies
Breakdown-Johathan Mostow – (3rd time) – B+
L’appartement – Gilles Mimouni – B
The Siege – E. Zwick – C+
Run Lola Run – T. Tykwer – B-
A New Leaf – E. May – B+
Hard Eight – P.T.Anderson – B+
Bruno – B-
My Life as a Dog – L. Hallstrom – A- (3rd time)
Summer – E. Rohmer – A-
Terminator:Salvation – McG – B-
The Domino Principle – S. Kramer – B
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp – B+
The Fireman’s Ball – M.Forman – A-
Somers Town – S. Meadows (2nd time) A
The Hanging Tree – Delmer Daves – B
Kalifornia – Dominic Sena – B
Killer of Sheep – C. Burnett – (2nd time) A
Fine Dead Girls – D. Matanic – B
Inglorious Basterds – Q. Tarantino – B+
Huacho – (Chile) – Seen at the BKK Film festival – B+
The Boat That Rocked – C
Observe and Report – B-
TOTAL: 22 MOVIES
The Class – Laurent Cantet – A
Unforgiven – C. Eastwood (5+ times) A+
A Christmas Tale – A. Desplechin – B+
Anvil – (Documentary) – A
Bronson – Nicholas Refn – B
Dirty Harry- D. Siegel (5+ times) A
Transformers 2 – F
GiJoe – F
Pontypool – B+
The Red Shoes – Powell and Pressburger – A
Gardens in Autumn – B
I Love You, Man – J. Hamburg – B+
Not Quite Hollywood – A
Public Enemies, The Golden Age of the Gangster Film – A
The Rainmaker – F.F. Coppola – B+
Hanami (Kirschbluten) – Doris Dorrie – A-
Year One – H. Ramis – F
Charley Varrick – D. Siegel (2nd time) – B+
Long Weekend (1978) -Colin Eggleston – B+
Leolo – (2nd time) Jean-Claude Lauzon – A
The Proposal – D
Cheri – S. Frears – B
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – J. Hughes – A-
Razorback – R. Mulcahy – D
Time Crimes – N. Vigalondo – A-
I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang – M. LeRoy – A
The Osterman Weekend – S. Peckinpah – B
TOTAL: 27 MOVIES
The Terminator – J. Cameron (4+ times) – A-
Jason X – D
Singing In The Rain – S. Donen – A
Sleepless in Seattle – N. Ephron – B
The Core – C
LimeLife – B
Music From The Heart – C+
Scream – (3+ times) W. Craven – A-
Halloween – (3+ times) – J. Carpenter – A
Intolerable Cruelty – (2nd time) – J. Coen – B
Dune – D. Lynch – C+
The Taking of Pelham 123 – T.Scott C- (the original is in another league)
Cast Away – (2nd time) – R.Zemeckis – B
Land of the Lost – D
Breathless – (3rd time) Jean-Luc Godard – A-
The Long Riders – W. Hill – A-
Dark Blue – R. Shelton (2nd time) – B
Stargate – R. Emmerich (2nd time) – C+
Sugar – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – B+
Departures (Okuribito) – Yojiro Takita – B- (Best Foreign Film? Both, The Class and Revanche deserved it more)
Missouri Breaks – A. Penn – (2nd time) B
Let the Right One In – T. Alfredson – (2nd time) A-
Family Business – S. Lumet – C+
Koko: The Talking Gorialla – B.Schroeder – B+
Tokyo Sonata – K. Kurosawa – A-
TOTAL: 25 MOVIES
In This World – M. Winterbottom – A
Night Moves – A. Penn (2nd time) – B
Directed By John Ford – P. Bogdanovich – B+
You’ve Got Mail – N. Ephron – C
The Last Boy Scout – T. Scott – C
Wake In Fright – T. Kotcheff – B+
Up – (2nd time) – A-
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – W. Herzog – B
The Cove – Louie Psihoyos – A
Coco Avanti Chanel – C
Halloween II – R. Zombie – D+
The Hangover – T. Phillips – B+
Four Christmases – D-
Avatar – J. Cameron – B+
Surviving the Game – C-
The Girl Cut in Two – C. Chabrol – B-
The White Ribbon – M. Haneke – A
TOTAL: 17 MOVIES
2009 TOTAL: 276 MOVIES