Tina's 2009 Movie List - January 2010

For those who have inquired, here is the full list of movies I saw in 2009, with my favorites highlighted in bold. In 2010, I will be reporting on this subject monthly and reviewing and rating each movie on a scale of 1-5 tuna cans (shout out to Steve Rice). Here is 2009 in a capsule:



MOVIE LIST 2009

January
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Bye, Bye Birdie – TV
You’ve Got Mail – TV
Man on Wire – documentary – Blockbuster rental
The Queen – TV
The Wrestler
About a Boy – TV
Miracle on Ice – HBO
Annie Liebovitz – documentary – iTunes rental
American Teen – documentary – Blockbuster rental
White Squall – TV

February
The Verdict – TV
Return to Me – TV
Catch Me If You Can – TV
Philadelphia – TV
The Leopards Take Manhattan – documentary – HBO
Soapdish – HBO
Helvetica – documentary – iTunes rental
Nights in Rodanthe – with Dona – Pay Per View
Cheers for Miss Bishop – TCM TV
An Officer & A Gentleman – AMC TV
Taking Chance – HBO movie
The Graduate – TCM TV - This is my all-time favorite movie
The Last Detail – TV

March
The Package – TV
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (terrible musical remake with Peter O’Toole) – TCM TV
Then She Found Me – iTunes Rental
My Dog Skip – HBO
Broadcast News – TV

April
Baby Mama – HBO
The Contender – HBO
This Is Spinal Tap – TV
Bridge on the River Kwai – TCM TV
The Conversation – TV
Rudy – TV
Apollo 13 – TV
Grey Gardens – HBO
State and Main – TV
Prefontaine – iTunes rental

The In-Laws – TV

May
Driving Miss Daisy – TV
The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary on Enron) – TV
In the Heat of the Night – TV
Mother – TV
Stepmom – TV
Kissing Jessica Stein – TV
Live Free or Die Hard – TV

June
Pal Joey – TCMKick Like a Girl – HBO documentary
The Taking of Pelham 123 (remake)
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore – TV
Billy Elliott – TV
The Group – TV

July
Last Chance Harvey – rental
Gran Torino – rental - My favorite movie of the year
Paul Blart, Mall Copy – rental
Raising Helen – TV
Away We Go
Just Between Friends – TV
The Sure Thing – TV

August
Julie and Julia
Dave – TV
Running Scared – TV
Good Morning, Miss Dove – TCM (all but the last 2 minutes)
Portrait of Jennie – TCM
Conrack – TV
500 Days of Summer

September

The Family Stone – TV
Delany Sisters: Having Our Say – TV
Far From Heaven –TV
Disturbia – TV
Friday Night Lights - TV
The Secret Life of Bees – HBO
An Affair to Remember – TCM
The Heiress – TCM
Acceptance – TV
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie – TCM

October
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – TCM
All the Right Moves – TV
The Remains of the Day – TV
Premonition – TV
Amelia
6 Degrees of Separation – TV
Ali – TV
Always and Forever – Hallmark Channel
A Night to Remember – TCM
Sense and Sensibility – HBO

November
Ballou – documentary rented on iTunes
The Final Season – sports movie on TV
Vantage Point – HBO
The Jane Austin Book Club – TV
All of Me – TV
Schmatta: Rags to Riches (documentary on the garment industry in NY) – HBO
Michael Jackson’s This is It
Invincible – Blockbuster rental
My Blue Heaven – Blockbuster rental

December

Precious
84 Charing Cross Road – TCM
The Blind Side
Birdman of Alcatraz – TCM
An Education
It’s a Wonderful Life – TV
Up in the Air
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – TV
One Foot in Heaven – TCM
Revolutionary Road – HBO
Remember the Titans – TV
Lilies of the Field – TCM