Wade Durhams Movie Guide to the rest of 2009

Ok, lets be honest. There haven't been many Great movies this year, there have been good ones, but not many Great ones. Here are the only Great films. The scores are out of 200 combined RottenTomatoes and MetaCritic Scores (both out of 100)


The Hurt Locker 194
Up 186
Star Trek 179
Ponyo 177
Drag Me To Hell 174
An Education 174
A Serious Man 173
District 9 171
The Damned United 170

(I personally would include Inglourious Basterds, Watchmen, Where the Wild Things Are but the fucking critics don't agree)




But heres whats coming up soon that is worth watching for 2009.

The Box (November 6) .........................Maybe See It................. Kelly directing, but i doubt he can make another Darko happen

A Christmas Carol (Nov 6) ...................... Maybe See It............... Zemeckis, but it looks kind of cheesy.

The Fourth Kind (Nov 6) ...................... Avoid It............ Not really a true story, besides Paranormal already runied this movie.

The Men Who Stare at Goats(Nov 6)........... See It.................. Despite whatever the reviews will be the cast in this movie should work wonders together.

Precious (Nov 6)........................... See It ..................... Check out the trailer and reviews, then youll see why this is #1 on the possible oscar contender list.

2012 (Nov 13) ................................ See It.......................... Wether or not the reviews are good or bad, just like Day After Tomorrow this will be epic fun.

Pirate Radio (Nov 13) .................... Maybe See It.................. This has been the year for films that look good turn out to be just ok (Taking Woodstock, Public Enemies) but who knows.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (Nov 13) ............ See It ........................Wes Andersons a genius.

The Messenger (Nov 13) ............... See It.......................... Woody Harrelson is back to drama, and he is an excellent actor and with Ben Foster (Alpha Dog) who is excellent.

The Blind Side (nov 20) ...................Maybe See It ...................Could be either a dramatic train ride or wreck.

New Moon (Nov 20) .........................Avoid It........................ I'm not a fan but still leaving my bias behind I say no because they give away the ending in the preview, not appealing to non book fans.

Planet 51 (Nov 20)........................... Avoid It .................... Just Looks bad, go see Mr. Fox or buy Up.

Bad Lieutenant: PONO (Nov 20) ............. See It ................. looks likes Nicholas Cages best performance in awhile. However it wont be an oscar winner.

Ninja Assassin (Nov 25)..................... Maybe See It .............Looks like a good action flick, but kind of too dark for its own good.

Old Dogs (Nov 25)............................... Avoid It ................Wild Hogs, now Old Dogs. Dont give your money to this.

Me and Orson Welles (Nov 25)........... Maybe See It............ Don't know enough yet.

The Princess and the Frog (Nov 25) .....Maybe See IT ............. Disney back to the drawing board! however can they pull it off again?

The Road (Nov 25)............................ See IT................Author of No Country, Mortensen and his bad self, this should be a definate hit.

Armored (Dec 4).......................Maybe See It................This looks kind of like a dark film, but it may turn out to be a disappointing generic film.

Brothers (Dec 4)........................See It....................The preview pretty much tells you that you will cry and with a great cast of Gyllehall, Portman, and MAguire it should be great.

Everybodys Fine (Dec 4)................Maybe See It........Not much is known about this family comedy, besides a great ensemble.

Transylmania (Dec 4).................Avoid It...........It is impossible to make a good parody movie now, they are dead to me cause of movies like this.

Up in the Air (Dec 4).................See It................Top prediction for movie of the year, looks very touching and Clooney is in it.

Did You Hear About the Morgans?.....Avoid It.........Looks dumb and generic.

Invictus.....................................See IT...............For christs sake, Eastwood is directing and Freeman is Mandela.

The Lovely Bones.....................See It.................The book was fantastic, and Jackson is a great director.

A Single Main...........................Maybe See It.......Hearing good things...but idk.

Avatar....................................See It...........It'll either be an oscar winner or a blockbuster action scifi flick. Camerons crazy, but hes good.

Agora....................................Avoid It............Not interested. simple.

Nine.................................Maybe See It...........Looks too much like Marshalls Chicago, which I didnt like.

The Last Station................Maybe See It.............Looks kind of interesting, but not much is known.

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2....Avoid It...............First one was torture enough.

Its Complicated.....................See IT.............Looks like one of the few chick flicks I would enjoy.

Sherlock Holmes...................See It..............Downey Jr. is perfect for this, I cant wait.

Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus....See IT..... Looks like a beautiful dream.