Movies First Six Months of 2009

We just cleared the halfway point of 2009. If you're not able to catch all the movies at the box office, and are renting these days, or pay-per-viewing, here is some help with movies from 2009 so far. I leave out the huge blockbusters overall on these lists, they get the hype and the glory, and you more than likely have seen many of them. Although, I couldn't resist all of them, so here we go.

Best Bets so far

1/ Star Trek - Still in theaters. Fun time at the movies, without being too Star Trekkie,
Based heavily on the TV show. Story of the original crew as young recruits. Well done!


2/ Up! - Again still in theaters. Fantastically animated piece for the whole family. You can
see if in terrific 3-D as well. Worth a ticket. The whole family will love it.


3/ Pelham 123 - Denzel Washington and John Travolta. Action movie about a modern
day terrorist attack on a NYC subway. Great performances. Still in theaters.


Honorable mention too - Monsters VS. Aliens, (animated)



Sleepers on DVD or Pay-Per-View



1/ Knowing - Nicolas Cage stars as scientist that uncovers a code that can has predicted and
can predict disasters from a 50 year period with accuracy. Pay no attention to the
national critics, this is a pretty good flick.


2/ Taken - Liam Neeson stars as a retired G-man, who has to go over seas to rescue his
kidnapped teenage daughter. A bit far -fetched at times, but it still works.


3/ Adventureland - Takes you back to the 80's as a late teenager. Story of how awkward
we all were , at life and young love. This movie went unnoticed, and that's a shame.
Worth a watch.


Honorable Mention - Away We Go (in theaters now)



Dogs of the Dogs!

1/ New In Town - Renee Zellweger, and Harry Connick Jr. Terrible,piece of junk.
Attempted romantic comedy. She is awful, he is liveable, but a waste of time really.


2/ Observe And Report - Seth Rogan. He can do such funny things, this is not among them
though. Not funny, just gross, and ...why anyway??


3/ Obsessed - Beyonce'. Pay no attention to the hype here. this movie stinks. Predictable,
insulting, just not good. If you don't see the end coming in the first 5 minutes, you have
to be asleep.


You can see all the reviews of all the years movies month by month on my blogsite.