Tuesday, April 21, 2009

BEST OF 2009 THUS FAR

Matteo Garrone’s Gomorrah (****)
Jody Hill’s Observe and Report (****)
Henry Selick’s Coraline (****)
Zack Snyder’s Watchmen (****)
James Gray’s Two Lovers (****)
Neveldine/Taylor’s Crank: High Voltage (****)
Kevin McDonald’s State of Play (***1/2)
Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity (***1/2)
Greg Mottola’s Adventureland (***1/2)
John Hamburg’s I Love You, Man (***1/2)
Pierre Morel’s Taken (**)

2 comments:

Lemmy Caution said...

I have a dvd of Gomorrah sitting here. It's been telling me to watch it for some time. Guess I should go ahead and do that!

Actionman said...

It's an incredible (but bleak) film. But incredible nonetheless. It's not necessarily my "favorite" film I've seen this year (Observe and Report takes those honors at the moment) but it's definitely the "best" I've seen. Just don't expect something like The Godfather or Goodfellas; this is more like a documentary.