My faves from 2009
These are the films I care about.
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- DirectorScott TeemsStarsHal HolbrookBarlow JacobsMia WasikowskaAn aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.I worked too hard. And too long. I aint goin down without a fight.
- DirectorTimothy Linh BuiStarsJessica BielEddie RedmayneForest WhitakerFour Los Angelenos, a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper, are brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.How far would you go to find the love of your life?
- DirectorBrian KoppelmanDavid LevienStarsMichael DouglasSusan SarandonJesse EisenbergA car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.Ben loves his family almost as much as he loves himself.
- DirectorKieran MulroneyMichele MulroneyStarsJeff DanielsEmma StoneRyan ReynoldsA washed-up writer forms an unlikely friendship with a teenager from Long Island.A little imagination goes a long way.
- DirectorDrew BarrymoreStarsElliot PageDrew BarrymoreKristen WiigIn Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock-loving misfit finds a way of dealing with small-town misery after discovering a roller-derby league in nearby Austin.Be Your Own Hero.
- DirectorRaymond De FelittaStarsAndy GarciaJulianna MarguliesSteven StraitPrison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.Truth is stranger than family.
- DirectorKirk JonesStarsRobert De NiroKate BeckinsaleSam RockwellA widower who realized his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on an impromptu road trip to reunite with each of his grown children.Frank wanted the holidays to be picture perfect. What he got was family.
- DirectorShana FesteStarsCarey MulliganAaron Taylor-JohnsonPierce BrosnanA drama that is centered around a troubled teenage girl and a family that is trying to get over the loss of their son.There are people in our lives who deserve our attention.
- DirectorRichard CurtisStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanBill NighyNick FrostA band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.They rocked. They rolled. Then they sank.
- DirectorJoshua GoldinStarsMatthew BroderickSanaa LathanMichael Kenneth WilliamsBen Singer has his cynical worldview darkened by his roommate Ibu's sudden medical situation, though the arrival of Ibu's sister, Khadi, might remedy both men's ills.Happiness is a state of mind.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsGeorge ClooneyVera FarmigaAnna KendrickRyan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.The story of a man ready to make a connection.
- DirectorAaron SchneiderStarsRobert DuvallBill MurraySissy SpacekA movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.Every secret dies somewhere.
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsNaomi WattsAnnette BeningKerry WashingtonA drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.It's time spent together that really matters.
- DirectorNick CassavetesStarsCameron DiazAbigail BreslinAlec BaldwinAnna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.Having a child who is sick is a full-time occupation.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsJamie FoxxRobert Downey Jr.Catherine KeenerA newspaper journalist discovers a homeless musical genius and tries to improve his situation.No one changes anything by playing it safe.
- DirectorAndrew LancasterStarsGeena DavisHarrison GilbertsonHarry CookBilly, his parents, siblings and neighbors have their fair share of accidents in 1974 and 1982. Boys will be boys.They were an accident waiting to happen.
- DirectorPhil TraillStarsSandra BullockBradley CooperThomas Haden ChurchConvinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.Sometimes it takes a second chance to realize the ones who never fit in are the ones who really stand out.
- DirectorMarc LawrenceStarsHugh GrantSarah Jessica ParkerSam ElliottIn New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small town Wyoming as part of the Witness Protection Program.We're not in Manhattan anymore.
- DirectorVicky JensonStarsAlexis BledelMichael KeatonCarol BurnettRyden Malby graduates from college and is forced to move back into her childhood home with her eccentric family, while she attempts to find a job, the right guy, and just a hint of where her life is headed.Now what?
- DirectorMax MayerStarsHugh DancyRose ByrnePeter GallagherAdam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.A story about two strangers...one a little stranger than the other.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsDemetri MartinHenry GoodmanEdward HibbertA man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJesse EisenbergKristen StewartRyan ReynoldsIn the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
- DirectorLee Toland KriegerStarsAdam ScottBrittany SnowAlex FrostA man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.
- DirectorJonas ElmerStarsRenée ZellwegerHarry Connick Jr.Siobhan Fallon HoganA Miami, Florida businesswoman adjusts to her new life in a small Minnesota town.
- DirectorRebecca MillerStarsRobin WrightAlan ArkinMike BinderAfter her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.