The Silver Screen in 2009 - The White Ribbon

A chilling motion picture.

***1/2 (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Gilliam has been better and Gilliam has been worse, but - for the first time in a long time - he has successfully let the audience into his own imaginarium. [Well, his and Charles McKeown's, to be perfectly honest.]

*** (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - The Young Victoria

Incessantly entertaining.

***1/2 (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart is one of the better character-study/comeback-story films to be released in [a nonspecific amount of time].

*** (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - A Single Man

Colin Firth has never been better, but the film - while beautiful - is merely middling.

**1/2 (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes - while in possession of the first great bromance since the cinematic movement - ultimately falls shy of remarkable.

** (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - Avatar

A lifetime of dreaming and positive influence realized.

**** (out of 4)