REVIEWS BY NATHANIEL ROGERS
Some of these links will take you to other websites (as indicated). I currently do a weekly column and reviews for Towleroad. Previous gigs included Pajiba and Zoom-In. There are also reviews right here at TFE but for daily hijinx, the blog is the place to be.
2009
105 films (95 released / 10 unreleased) Last Update: 05/20/2010
Film (Country) * if not yet released # if seen more than onceOrdered by Grade, Then Alphabetically
Subject to change...especially if screened a second time
Links go to Reviews or to short notes if I haven't written a reviewMY AWARDS FOR THIS FILM YEAR
OSCARS FOR THIS FILM YEAR
DON'T MISS THEM
A
A-
Avatar (USA) 2
Bright Star (UK/Australia) 2
Coraline (USA) 2
Hunger (UK) 2
The Hurt Locker (USA) 2
Inglourious Basterds (USA) 2
Precious (USA) 2
Summer Hours (France)
Up in the Air (USA) 2
Valentino The Last Emperor (USA)B+
(500) Days of Summer (USA) 3
Duplicity (USA)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (USA) 2
Julia (USA)
The Maid (Chile)
Thirst (Korea)
UP (USA) 2
Where the Wild Things Are (USA)
Whip It (USA)unreleased in NYC: Mary & Max (Australia)
RECOMMENDED
B
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (USA)
Bad Lieutenant Port of Call: New Orleans (USA)
Chéri (UK)
Crude (USA)
District 9 (NZ) 2
Drag Me To Hell (USA)
An Education (UK) 2
Gomorra (Italy)
Humpday (USA)
In the Loop (UK)
The Last Station (UK)
Me and Orson Welles (USA)
The Messenger (USA)
Moon (UK)
The New Twenty (USA)
Nine (USA)
Red Cliff (China)
The Road (USA)
A Serious Man (USA)
Sin Nombre (Mexico/USA)
Star Trek (USA)
That Evening Sun (USA)
Two Lovers (USA)
Tulpan (Kazakshtan)
The White Ribbon (Germany)unreleased: Make-Out With Violence (USA)
RECOMMENDED W/ RESERVATIONS
B -
Broken Embraces (Spain)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (USA)
The Cove (USA)
Departures (Japan)
Adam (USA)
Every Little Step (USA)
Guest of Cindy Sherman (USA)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (USA) 2
It's Complicated (USA)
Julie & Julia (USA) 2
Observe and Report (USA)
Public Enemies (USA)
Serbis (Philippines)
Sherlock Holmes (UK/Australia/USA)
Sunshine Cleaning (USA)
Taking Woodstock (USA)
We Live in Public (USA)
The Young Victoria (UK)
Zombieland (USA)unreleased: The Eclipse (Ireland), Landscape No. 2 (Slovenia), True Adolescents (USA)
TOSS UP
C +
Adventureland (USA)
Antichrist (Denmark )
Brothers (USA)
Crazy Heart (USA)
Gospel Hill (USA)
The Hangover (USA)
The Informant! (USA)
A Single Man (USA)
Terminator Salvation (USA)
Watchmen (USA)
Weather Girl (USA)
NOT RECOMMENDED
C
"9" (USA)
Before Tomorrow (Canada)
Invictus (USA)
Monsters and Aliens (USA)
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (USA)
The Proposal (USA)unreleased: All About Actresses (France), Mothers and Daughters (USA)
C-
Away We Go (USA)
The Blind Side (USA)
Fighting (USA)
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (UK/Canada/France)
Monsters Vs. Aliens (USA)
Whatever Works (USA)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (USA)unreleased: Englishman in New York (USA)
D+
The Lovely Bones (USA)
My Sister's Keeper (USA)unreleased: Poundcake (USA) *
MAKE IT STOP
D
Knowing (USA)unreleased: The Assassination of a High School President (USA)
D-
Amelia (USA)
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (USA)
Push (USA)
The Ugly Truth (USA)F
I Love You, Beth Cooper (USA)
