The Silver Screen in 2009 - Two Lovers

James Gray's Two Lovers is almost poetic and manages to fly without ever growing wings.

*** (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - Watchmen

Twenty-three years have passed since the release of the graphic novel, and Watchmen has finally become a film. Aesthetically innovative while lovingly translated with the masterful guidance of brilliant and legendary source material.

*** (out of 4)

The Silver Screen in 2009 - Coraline

A visual feast and admirably executed fable.

***1/2 (out of 4)

Anticipating Films of 2009...

01. Public Enemies



Directed by Michael Mann
Based on the book by Bryan Burroughs
Written for the screen by Ronan Bennett
Revised by Ann Biderman and Michael Mann

Anticipating Films of 2009... Two (of 10)

02. Inglorious Basterds

Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Anticipating Films of 2009... Three (of 10)

03. The Road

Directed by John Hillcoat
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy
Written for the screen by Joe Penhall

Synopsis (courtesy of IMDb):
A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.

Anticipating Films of 2009... Four (of 10)

04. Shutter Island

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane
Written for the screen by Laeta Kalogridis

Synopsis (courtesy of IMDb): Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshall Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.