10 Movies for 2009

It has been a while since I have posted any updates and its about time I rejoin the action. My movie watching days have dwindled with the arrival of a daughter in September so movies happen few and far between nowadays. That said I have scanned a few lists and here is a of ten movies that, like my cohort, I don't necessarily anticipate being award winning or even potentially good, but the actors involved, the story told, or a peak at the trailer has gotten me interested.





In order of release:



10. The Brothers Bloom - limited release May 15th. Despite the wide variety and quality of roles Rachel Weisz is still one of my favorite actresses. Add in Adrien Brody and this being Rian Johnson's follow up to Brick and I am intrigued.



9. Away We Go - limited release June 5th. I am usually a fan of Sam Mendes and I am a big fan of The Office so I am hoping this will be a decent movie for John Krasinski who gets a chance to finally break out after being stuck with roles in License to Wed and Leatherheads. I am worried about the casting of Maya Rudolph, who I typically deem as one of the least funny people on SNL, but the trailer has me hoping this might be worth seeing.



8. Public Enemies - release July 1st. I love Johnny Depp and I love gangster movies. The trailer has me worried a little bit about the quality of this film. I tend to like my gangster movies dark (think Road to Perdition) and this seems like it may be a little lite but we shall see.



7. Bruno - release July 10th. Don't know if it will be the hit that Borat was, but it is guaranteed to offend and entertain.



6. The Cove - release July 31st. Big praise from Sundance has me intrigued about exposing the dolphin trade in Japan.



5. Inglorious Basterds - release August 21st. While I dislike most everything Quentin Tarantino the inclusion of Brad Pitt in this film has me hoping that I may enjoy this, despite his ridiculous mustache in the movie. Sure to be a big money maker with Tarantino's cult following.



4. This Side of Truth - release September 25th. Huge fan of Ricky Gervais and after being pleasantly surprised by Ghost Town I am excited for this arrival.



3. Shutter Island - release October 2nd. I think Derek explained this one well enough and I was going to avoid any overlap in our lists, but this has too much potential.



2. Amelia - release October 23rd. Though I despise Hillary Swank I am excited about the return of Ewan McGregor to the main screen. This has early Oscar buzz and imdb.com properly describes it as "The Aviatrix" as it follows the life of Amelia Earhart.



1. All right I am running out of slots and two movies I just discovered both have me intrigued. Despite the subject matter, The Wolf Man - release November 6th, has me intrigued by the inclusion of Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, and Benicio Del Toro. Also Nine - release November 25th has Daniel Day-Lewis and Penelope Cruz.



There, 11 movies to choose from and I am most excited about the fact that none of them include Seth Rogen and am most disappointed that, with the exception of Bride Wars (which I won't see), my life will have no Anne Hathaway in 2009.



I also can't complete this list without mentioning that I am excited, curious, and baffled that two of my favorite childhood books (Where the Wild Things Are and Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs) are supposed to be released as movies this year. Considering you can read both in less than 10 minutes, how they will be able to stretch the stories into a feature length film is beyond me.