2009

Happy New Year, everyone. Living in Ottawa, we don't get to see all of one year's movies until about February of the next year, so I'm not quite ready to make a 2008 Top Ten list yet. However, I can list my most anticipated films of 2009. I've attached some trailers, where available. So without further ado:

10. Duplicty (dir. Tony Gilroy [Michael Clayton]). Stars Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti. April.




9. Adoration (dir. Atom Egoyan). Stars Scott Speedman. May.




8. Terminator Salvation (dir. McG). Stars Christian Bale. May.




7. Sherlock Holmes (dir. Guy Ritchie). Stars Robert Downey Jr., and Jude Law as Dr. Watson. No trailer available, but supposedly a period take on the classic detective with a modern attitude. November.


6. Star Trek (dir. JJ Abrams). May.




5. The Box. New film from Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko. ALl I know is it involves a box that grants wishes. No trailer yet. October.


4. Shutter Island. New film from Martin Scorsese, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone). About the investigation of some disappearances at a psychiatric hospital on a mysterious island. Stars Leonard Dicaprio, Max Von Sydow, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsly, Emily Mortimer. No Trailer available. October.


3. Inglorious Basterds. Quentin Tarentino's new World War II action flick, starring Brad Pitt as a Nazi-hunter. No trailer available. August.


2. The Watchmen. The long-awaited adaptation of the most revered graphic novel ever written. Directed by Zack Snyder (300) and starring Billy Crudup, Malin Akerman, and Patrick Wilson. March, unless a judge says otherwise.




1. Public Enemies. Michael Mann has never gone wrong for me, and I don't think this is the year he starts. The movie is about the gangsters of the Great Depression, with Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Also stars Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard. No Trailer available. Hits theatres on my birthday, July 1st.