Of course I know what it’s like to live life I didn’t plan on. What the fuck do you think I’m doing right now?
The Coen Brothers
- No Country For Old Men (2007) 9.0/10
- The Big Lebowski (1998) 9.0/10
- Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 9.0/10
- Miller’s Crossing (1990) 8.5/10
- A Serious Man (2009) 8.5/10
- Fargo (1996) 8.5/10
- True Grit (2010) 8.5/10
- Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 8.0/10
- Barton Fink (1991) 8.0/10
- Blood Simple. (1984) 7.5/10
- Raising Arizona (1987) 7.5/10
- Burn After Reading (2008) 7.0/10
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) 7.5/10
- Hail Caesar (2016) 7.0/10
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 7.0/10
- Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 6.5/10
- The Ladykillers (2004) 6.0/10
14
02 2010
Movies 2010
- 4.0/10 Altitude (10/14/2010)
- 4.5/10 Cabin Fever 2 (3/18/2010)
- 5.0/10 Green Zone (6/13/2010)
- 5.0/10 Shutter (7/2/2010)
- 5.5/10 The Descent: Part 2 (12/25/2010)
- 5.5/10 Lifeforce (3/7/2010)
- 5.5/10 Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre (8/11/2010)
- 5.5/10 Road Kill (8/5/2010)
- 5.5/10 Torque (but a fucking 10 for awesomeness) (7/26/2010)
- 6.0/10 2012 (1/29/2010)
- 6.0/10 Arsene Lupin (4/25/2010)
- 6.0/10 Big Fan (3/21/2010)
- 6.0/10 Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (1/8/2010)
- 6.0/10 Chateau (9/5/2010)
- 6.0/10 Colors (12/30/2010)
- 6.0/10 The Crazies (2/25/2010) – theatrical
- 6.0/10 The Expendables (9/1/2010)
- 6.0/10 Ginger Snaps (10/14/2010)
- 6.0/10 Heartbreaker (11/22/2010)
- 6.0/10 The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (7/17/2010)
- 6.0/10 The Last Exorcism (12/22/2010)
- 6.0/10 Little Nikita (6/23/2010)
- 6.0/10 Machete (12/10/2010)
- 6.0/10 Midnight Meat Train (4/5/2010)
- 6.0/10 Retribution (10/28/2010)
- 6.0/10 Saint John of Las Vegas (7/31/2010)
- 6.0/10 Salt: The Prequel to Milk (11/20/2010)
- 6.0/10 Skyfighters (12/25/2010)
- 6.5/10 Away We Go (8/10/2010)
- 6.5/10 The Box (2/12/2010)
- 6.5/10 Daybreakers (9/7/2010)
- 6.5/10 Devil (12/10/2010)
- 6.5/10 Fear Me Not (11/19/2010)
- 6.5/10 Frozen (9/13/2010)
- 6.5/10 The Good Heart (6/11/2010)
- 6.5/10 La Horde (11/23/2010)
- 6.5/10 I Love You Too (12/5/2010)
- 6.5/10 Lovely, Still (12/18/2010)
- 6.5/10 The Killing Room (12/18/2010)
- 6.5/10 The Lovely Bones (1/10/2010)
- 6.5/10 The Missing Person (4/24/2010)
- 6.5/10 Of Unknown Origin (11/11/2010)
- 6.5/10 Piranhas 3-D (8/22/2010) – theatrical
- 7.0/10 [Rec] 2 (3/4/2010)
- 7.0/10 180° South (6/19/2010)
- 7.0/10 2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle (3/20/2010)
- 7.0/10 44 Inch Chest (1/8/2010)
- 7.0/10 Art & Copy (7/23/2010)
- 7.0/10 Avatar (1/9/2010) – theatrical
- 7.0/10 Balibo (4/17/2010)
- 7.0/10 Batman: Under the Red Hood (9/4/2010)
- 7.0/10 Bright Star (5/29/2010)
- 7.0/10 Bright Young Things (3/19/2010)
- 7.0/10 Capitalism: A Love Story (2/26/2010)
- 7.0/10 Carriers (4/18/2010)
- 7.0/10 Centurion (8/18/2010)
- 7.0/10 The City of Your Final Destination (11/16/2010)
- 7.0/10 Der Baader Meinhof Complex (2/4/2010)
- 7.0/10 Brúðguminn (2/16/2010)
- 7.0/10 Existenz (7/31/2010) – rewatch
- 7.0/10 The Firm (3/27/2010) – rewatch
- 7.0/10 Get Him to the Greek (12/25/2010)
- 7.0/10 Goemon (6/12/2010)
- 7.0/10 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (3/24/2010)
- 7.0/10 High Life (6/14/2010)
- 7.0/10 Hot Tub Time Machine (6/18/2010)
- 7.0/10 Klute (12/26/2010)
- 7.0/10 The Losers (7/4/2010)
- 7.0/10 The Loved Ones (10/10/2010)
- 7.0/10 Monsters (9/27/2010)
- 7.0/10 Mr. Brooks (8/22/2010)
- 7.0/10 OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies (5/30/2010)
- 7.0/10 The Other Guys (8/8/2010) – theatrical
- 7.0/10 RED (10/22/2010)
- 7.0/10 The Shock Doctrine (2/1/2010)
- 7.0/10 Sky Crawlers (4/23/2010)
- 7.0/10 Solomon Kane (6/26/2010)
- 7.0/10 Tron: Legacy: The Movie (12/19/2010)
- 7.0/10 Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2/13/2010)
- 7.0/10 Unthinkable (7/18/2010)
- 7.0/10 Valhalla Rising (5/18/2010)
- 7.0/10 Youth in Revolt (5/28/2010)
- 7.5/10 48 Hrs. (2/12/2010)
- 7.5/10 Armadillo (12/5/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Art of the Steal (7/31/2010)
- 7.5/10 Birth (11/15/2010)
- 7.5/10 Blood Into Wine (12/12/2010)
- 7.5/10 Bustin’ Down the Door (3/21/2010)
- 7.5/10 California Split (3/5/2010)
- 7.5/10 Carancho (11/28/2010)
- 7.5/10 Catfish (9/19/2010) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 Der Tunnel (2/2/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Eclipse (7/18/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Edge (5/28/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Edge of Darkness (1/30/2010) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 Exiled (7/17/2010)
- 7.5/10 Four Lions (9/6/2010)
- 7.5/10 Fucking Åmål (2/20/2010)
- 7.5/10 Get Lamp (10/16/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Ghost Writer (12/5/2010)
- 7.5/10 Going the Distance (12/12/2010)
- 7.5/10 Gomorrah (4/23/2010)
- 7.5/10 Hannah Takes the Stairs (7/19/2010)
- 7.5/10 Hausuu (5/26/2010)
- 7.5/10 Hope and Glory (3/6/2010)
- 7.5/10 How to Train Your Dragon (10/19/2010)
- 7.5/10 Ichi (6/29/2010)
- 7.5/10 Iron Man 2 (5/14/2010)
- 7.5/10 Kick Ass (4/21/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Killer Inside Me (9/7/2010)
- 7.5/10 Medicine for Melancholy (3/27/2010)
- 7.5/10 Micmacs a tire-larigot (5/3/2010)
- 7.5/10 Ondine (6/29/2010)
- 7.5/10 OSS 117: Lost in Rio (6/19/2010)
- 7.5/10 Perrier’s Bounty (10/10/2010)
- 7.5/10 Priceless (11/24/2010)
- 7.5/10 The Puffy Chair (7/20/2010)
- 7.5/10 Presumed Innocent (6/3/2010)
- 7.5/10 RIP: A Remixer’s Manifesto (6/13/2010)
- 7.5/10 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (8/13/2010) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 Seagull’s Laughter (2/13/2010)
- 7.5/10 Sherlock Holmes (1/3/2010) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 Shutter Island (6/9/2010)
- 7.5/10 Splice (6/6/2010)
- 7.5/10 Stepbrothers (8/1/2010) – rewatch
- 7.5/10 Tully (12/26/2010)
- 7.5/10 Up in the Air (2/10/2010) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 We Live in Public (8/9/2010)
- 7.5/10 Whip It (9/7/2010)
- 7.5/10 Women in Trouble (3/29/2010)
- 8.0/10 The American (9/2/2010)
- 8.0/10 Barry Lyndon (12/27/2010)
- 8.0/10 Beautiful Losers (5/31/2010)
- 8.0/10 Black Dynamite (1/9/2010)
- 8.0/10 Boy A (3/28/2010)
- 8.0/10 The Chaser (6/11/2010)
- 8.0/10 Children of Men (4/3/2010) – rewatch
- 8.0/10 Cyrus (12/8/2010)
- 8.0/10 The Deer Hunter (12/24/2010)
- 8.0/10 Dog Day Afternoon (12/26/2010)
- 8.0/10 Enter the Void (11/28/2010)
- 8.0/10 Greenberg (6/30/2010)
- 8.0/10 Hunger (3/6/2010)
- 8.0/10 Intimate Strangers (12/28/2010)
- 8.0/10 The Limits of Control (3/16/2010)
- 8.0/10 Ride with the Devil (5/2/2010)
- 8.0/10 Say Anything (10/15/2010) – rewatch
- 8.0/10 Sin Nombre (3/29/2010)
- 8.0/10 The Social Network (12/18/2010)
- 8.0/10 The Square (7/27/2010)
- 8.0/10 Summer Hours (3/19/2010)
- 8.0/10 Tetro (5/26/2010)
- 8.0/10 Toy Story 3 (10/17/2010)
- 8.0/10 Triangle (2/14/2010)
- 8.0/10 The Vicious Kind (3/8/2010)
- 8.5/10 Black Swan (12/12/2010)
- 8.5/10 The Departed (2/11/2010) – rewatch
- 8.5/10 El Secreto De Sus Ojos (2/3/2010)
- 8.5/10 Exit Through the Giftshop (4/17/2010) – theatrical
- 8.5/10 Inception (7/17/2010)
- 8.5/10 The Prestige (8/4/2010) – rewatch
- 8.5/10 A Serious Man (2/13/2010)
- 8.5/10 True Grit (12/24/2010)
- 9.0/10 Breathless (5/31/2010)
- 9.0/10 Chungking Express (7/23/2010) – rewatch
- 9.0/10 Fantastic Mr. Fox (1/11/2010)
- 9.0/10 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (4/26/2010)
- 9.0/10 I Am Love (10/17/2010)
- 9.0/10 Last Year at Marienbad (9/18/2010)
- 9.0/10 Un Prophete (3/5/2010)
- 9.0/10 Winter’s Bone (6/17/2010)
01
01 2010
Top 10/20 of the decade
- 24 Hour Party People (2002)
- There Will Be Blood (2007) 9.5/10
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Stone Reader (2002) 8.5/10
- No Country for Old Men (2007) 9.0/10
- Zodiac (2007) 8.5/10
- Bourne Trilogy
- Lord of the Rings
- All the Real Girls (2003) 8.5/10
- Children of Men (2006) 8.0/10
- Oldboy (2003)
- Traffic (2000)
- Almost Famous (2000)
- City of God (2002)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
02
11 2009
My Year in Music (2009)
- 1/18/09 – Daedalus @ The Broad Stage (Santa Monica College)
- 1/22/09 – El Ten Eleven (look up)
- 2/5/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Hotel Cafe
- 2/12/09 – Appleseed Cast @ The Glass House
- 2/13/09 – Don Caballero @ Spaceland
- 2/21/09 – Grails @ Spaceland
- 3/9/09 – Arms and Sleepers @ Bar Pink
- 3/14/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Home
- 4/11/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Bar Pink
- 4/12/09 – Headlights @ Spaceland
- 4/15/09 – Sholi @ Silverlake Lounge
- 4/23/09 – This American Life Live!
- 5/2/09 – Yann Tiersen @ El Rey Theater
- 5/5/09 – Signal Hill/Beware of Safety @ Silverlake Lounge
- 5/21/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Detroit Bar
- 5/30/09 – Passion Pit @ The Glass House
- 6/6/09 – Signal Hill/Beware of Safety @ Pehrspace
- 7/3/09 – The Lucksmiths @ Faraday Festival
- 7/4/09 – The Mummers @ Faraday Festival
- 8/11/09 – Signal Hill/Beware of Safety @ Echo Curio
- 8/14/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Bootleg Theater
- 9/7/09 – Mew @ Detroit Bar
- 9/17/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Bottom of the Hill Club
- 9/18/09 – The Depreciation Guild @ Great American Music Hall
- 9/19/09 – Dirty Three @ Great American Music Hall
- 9/23/09 – The Get Up Kids @ The Glass House
- 10/13/09 – Mono @ El Rey Theater
- 10/16/09 – Lanterns @ Tin Can Alehouse
- 10/24/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Bootleg Theater
- 11/3/09 – Minus the Bear @ The Glasshouse
- 11/6/09 – Beware of Safety @ Bootleg Theater
- 11/13/09 – Headlights @ Spaceland
- 11/23/09 – The Books @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
- 12/14/09 – Mew @ Henry Fonda Theater
- 12/15/09 – Rural Alberta Advantage @ Bootleg Theater
- 12/16/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Bark Pink
- 12/18/09 – The Ferns @ The Coach House
- 12/18/09 – El Ten Eleven @ Bootleg Theater
22
09 2009
My Year in Music/Eventage (2008)
- 1/5/08 – Regen Projects: Matthew Barney, Drawing From Guardian of the Veil
- 2/12/08 – Talkdemonic @ Spaceland
- 2/14/08 – DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist (The Hard Sell) @ House of Blues Anaheim
- 2/24/08 – Ira Glass @ The Barclay UCI
- 2/28/08 – This Will Destroy You @ Silverlake Lounge
- 3/17/08 – Explosions in the Sky @ The Wiltern
- 3/19/08 – Headlights @ Silverlake Lounge
- 3/27/08 – Red Sparrowes & Russian Circles @ The Echoplex
- 5/03/08 – Kronos Quartet @ Walt Disney Hall
- 5/30/08 – Flight of the Conchords @ The Orpheum
- 6/02/08 – 65daysofstatic @ Chain Reaction
- 6/06/08 – Dethklok @ The Wiltern
- 6/14/08 – Russian Circles @ The Glass House
- 7/08/08 – My Education @ The Silent Movie Theater
- 8/23/08 – Broken Social Scene @ Sunset Junction
- 9/09/08 – Ratatat @ Henry Fonda Theater
- 9/12/08 – Aesop Rock @ The Glass House
- 9/17/08 – Foals @ The Glass House
- 9/29/08 – Calexico @ Henry Fonda Theater
- 10/1/08 – Sigur Ros @ The Copley
- 10/4/08 – Stars @ House of Blues Anaheim
- 10/13/08 – Jolie Holland @ The Troubador
- 10/25/08 – The Mountain Goats & Kaki King @ The Troubador
- 11/13/08 – John Hodgman & Jonathan Coulton & John Roderick @ The Echoplex
- 11/15/08 – Minus the Bear @ The Glass House
- 11/29/08 – M83 @ Henry Fonda Theater
- 12/5/08 – The Uglysuit & The Sea and Cake @ The Glass House
- 12/10/08 – El Ten Eleven @ Hotel Cafe
- 12/11/08 – God is an Astronaut @ The Knitting Factory
21
09 2009
Berlin on a Saturday
We thought we would head out to Potsdam today so we took the train out there (about 40 minutes). Since I was still a bit hungover from the night before, we stopped at a place that sells Doner kebabs and I got one to eat. A Doner kebab is similar to a gyro, but the meat tastes a bit different and I have to say I’m not a fan. I also came to the realization that the entire hostel smells of Doner kebab, most likely due to the fact that there is a 24 hour Doner kebab place around the corner from the hostel.
As soon as we stepped outside the station, it proceeded to pour down rain. We waited around for about 30 minutes, but once it looked like it was going to stick around, we decided to get back on the train to Berlin.
Since I got these super blisters from all the walking we did the day before, I thought it might be a good idea to maybe buy a new pair of shoes, so we stopped in a Kausthof Galleria (a large department store, similar to a Macy’s but with a grocery store on the ground floor – also similar to the Corte De Ingles stores in Spain). I found this pair of shoes that seemed to fit the bill of what I was looking for -more on this in a later post.
Arvin finally got in contact with his friend, Steffi who lives in Potsdam and we arranged to meet up for dinner and drinks later in the evening. We then decided to take it a bit easy and read and relaxed until we met up with Steffi.
After meeting up with Steffi, she took us out to Prenzlaur Berg, which is an area of East Berlin that apparently is currently in the process of being gentrified. We ate dinner at this Napolitan pizza place called I Due Forni that was pretty packed. The place was decorated with a bunch of pictures of Che and Marcos and had a bit of a socialist vibe. The walls were covered with autographs of a bunch of rock bands like Bad Religion, Bloc Party, Coheed and Cambria, Thursday, etc. The pizza was okay, but the service was super slow, but apparently that is the norm for most restaurants in Berlin. Also, like most restaurants throughout Europe, they don’t bring the check until you ask for it and if it is not uncommon for people to sit and talk at their tables hours after they have finished their meals.
After having dinner, we walked over to the Rosenthaler Platz area and had a few drinks at a bar, whose name I cannot remember. It was a relaxed loungey sort of bar.
16
06 2009
F my life

I made a tactical error on our first day. Since I had not yet totally figured out the metro system, I thought “hey, let’s just walk to the Brandenburg gate, it’s only 2.3 miles, no problem!” Well, since I hadn’t really tested out my new shoes on a sustained long walk, I managed to get blisters on the heels of both of my feet (I am writing this on Saturday, and they are a little better by now).
Added to this, you can see the Siegesaulle (angel tower statue from Wings of Desire) from the Brandenburg gate, but when you actually walk over towards it, you quickly learn it seemed far closer than it actually was (it was more than a mile walk). After this we decided it would be much wiser to use the metro system. I found it to be fairly easy to figure outand we ended up riding around on the metro for the rest of the afternoon getting off at random stops to see the city.

(I wrote the next section after getting back to the room after the night out).
Thanks to a gang of English folks we met at the Wombar I can honestly say I’ve experienced the Berlin nighlife (I know whoda thunk coming from me?). For once my encyclopedic knowledge of British pop culture has paid off (success!!!!). After a long day of wandering around Berlin, Arvin and I were hanging around the Wombar on the terrace and we met a group of people from Manchester, UK. After Arvin struck up a conversation we both managed to get ourselves invited out onto a night onto the town with these cats (and I surprisngly at least got to experiene the quintessential Berlin nightlife – it being 3am when I’m writing this – Arvin wisely decided to cut his losses and tucked in at 1:30am).
Just a word about these english cats (Harshal, Kulbir, Jenny, Sonya and Dan), the nicest people I have ever met, totally accepting of our Americanness (I’m sure helped by our total self-deprecation). I’m pretty f-in wasted as I write this right now, but I at least wanted to get something down before i forget anything.
Awesomely enough Harshal, Kulbir, Jenny and I totally got into a pretty serious discussion about Anglo-US politics and culture and due to my Extensive knowledge on the subject matter I’m sure i helped endear myself and Arvin to them.
10
06 2009
Reykjavikian layover
I love Iceland. It has to be the most efficient country I have ever visited (although from what I’ve heard Germany may give it a run for it’s money). We landed at 6:30am and even with a minor mishap with Arvin’s bag, we were in our rental car driving away from Keflavik at 7:30am, the time I had optimistically planned (I thought with immigration and getting the rental car, we would have been off by 8:30am).
Apparently I am pretty awesome because I still remember my way around Iceland from when I was there about 2 years ago. I drove us straight to downtown Reykjavik and after walking around a bit we found an open coffee shop sorta place to get lunch. Luckily for me, Arvin is the talkative social sort so it helps counteract my off-putting surliness. Arvin struck up a conversation with the gal running the place and after hearing we we backpacking Europe she regaled us with stories of her Europacking (new shorthand? We’ll see what else I come up with) trip 8 years ago which ended up with her and her friend dreadfully ill in Greece. It was definitely a good idea for us to have rented a car because it gave us the freedom to drive around and go where we wanted instead of being attached to the less than flexible bus schedule. Going to the Blue Lagoon again was totally worth it.
09
06 2009
Movies 2009
- 4.0/10 Wolverine (3/1/09)
- 4.5/10 Final Destination (12/01/09)
- 4.5/10 GI Joe (8/7/09) – theatrical
- 4.5/10 Max Payne (6/23/09)
- 5.0/10 My Bloody Valentine 3D (1/19/09) – theatrical
- 5.5/10 The Core (8/23/09)
- 5.5/10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (9/27/09)
- 5.5/10 X-Files: I Want to Believe (1/11/09)
- 6.0/10 Assassination of a High School President (10/6/09)
- 6.0/10 Bangkok Dangerous (3/28/09)
- 6.0/10 The Broken (4/17/09)
- 6.0/10 Frontiere(s) (4/19/09)
- 6.0/10 Jersey Girl (4/24/09)
- 6.0/10 The Ladykillers (1/8/09)
- 6.0/10 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (5/18/09)
- 6.0/10 Moon Over Parador (9/22/09)
- 6.0/10 The Objective (10/26/09)
- 6.0/10 Sex Drive (2/1/09)
- 6.0/10 Transporter 3 (3/28/09)
- 6.5/10 A Perfect Getaway (12/27/09)
- 6.5/10 Blades of Glory (8/13/09)
- 6.5/10 Body of Lies (6/24/09)
- 6.5/10 Bon Cop/Bad Cop (1/9/09)
- 6.5/10 Dead Snow (4/6/09)
- 6.5/10 Deadgirl (7/28/09)
- 6.5/10 DeathWish (10/16/09)
- 6.5/10 End of the Line (5/9/09)
- 6.5/10 The Great Buck Howard (8/23/09)
- 6.5/10 The Idiots (10/31/09)
- 6.5/10 Just Another Love Story (10/27/09)
- 6.5/10 Just Buried (8/30/09)
- 6.5/10 Ladrones (10/6/09)
- 6.5/10 Lesbian Vampire Killers (10/20/09)
- 6.5/10 Martyrs (7/26/09)
- 6.5/10 Men Who Stare at Goats (11/26/09) – Theatrical
- 6.5/10 Orphan (11/17/09)
- 6.5/10 Outlander (2/2/09)
- 6.5/10 Pandorum (9/26/09)
- 6.5/10 Paper Heart (12/6/09)
- 6.5/10 Time of the Wolf (4/6/09)
- 6.5/10 The Wicker Man (3/28/09)
- 7.0/10 13: Game of Death (8/17/09)
- 7.0/10 Bad Boys II (5/7/09)
- 7.0/10 Below (9/10/09) – re-watch
- 7.0/10 The Children (11/27/09)
- 7.0/10 Choke (3/27/09)
- 7.0/10 Doghouse (10/16/09)
- 7.0/10 Frost/Nixon (2/16/09)
- 7.0/10 Goodbye Lenin! (10/31/09)
- 7.0/10 I Love You Man (8/24/09)
- 7.0/10 Infestation (9/22/09)
- 7.0/10 Jennifer’s Body (12/27/09)
- 7.0/10 Kafka (4/29/09) – rewatch
- 7.0/10 Keinohrhasen (8/25/09)
- 7.0/10 Knowing (3/27/09)
- 7.0/10 La Clef (3/14/09)
- 7.0/10 Elegy (4/19/09)
- 7.0/10 Fall From Grace (7/30/09)
- 7.0/10 Fish Tank (10/28/09)
- 7.0/10 Flammen & Citronen (8/1/09)
- 7.0/10 Funny People (11/15/09)
- 7.0/10 The Lucky Ones (2/2/09)
- 7.0/10 Memories of Murder (8/7/09)
- 7.0/10 Monster Squad (9/22/09) – rewatch
- 7.0/10 Not Quite Hollywood (2/3/09)
- 7.0/10 Observe and Report (9/12/09)
- 7.0/10 Overlord (12/25/09)
- 7.0/10 Push (8/1/09)
- 7.0/10 The Reader (1/31/09)
- 7.0/10 Real Time (1/10/09)
- 7.0/10 Religulous (1/1/09)
- 7.0/10 The Rundown (7/28/09) – rewatch
- 7.0/10 Sea of Love (7/28/09)
- 7.0/10 Semi-pro (8/15/09)
- 7.0/10 Splinter (4/25/09)
- 7.0/10 Sunshine Cleaning (7/10/09)
- 7.0/10 Trick r’ Treat (9/27/09)
- 7.0/10 Wolf Creek (2/2/09)
- 7.0/10 Wolfhound (8/21/09)
- 7.5/10 Adventureland (4/15/09) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call: New Orleans (11/30/09)
- 7.5/10 Breakdown (9/13/09)
- 7.5/10 Crank: High Voltage (4/18/09) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 The Damned United (9/23/09)
- 7.5/10 Duplicity (9/29/09)
- 7.5/10 The Escapist (3/7/09)
- 7.5/10 Extract (9/18/09)
- 7.5/10 Flickering Light (4/4/09)
- 7.5/10 Food Inc. (11/1/09)
- 7.5/10 Fugitive Pieces (4/28/09)
- 7.5/10 Genova (2/4/09)
- 7.5/10 The House of the Devil (10/31/09)
- 7.5/10 Humboldt County (2/7/09)
- 7.5/10 The Hurt Locker (2/1/09)
- 7.5/10 The Informant! (9/30/09)
- 7.5/10 Inglourious Basterds (8/23/09) – theatrical
- 7.5/10 Ironman (5/9/09) -rewatch
- 7.5/10 Objectified (10/18/09)
- 7.5/10 Paranormal Activity (10/25/09)
- 7.5/10 Paris (8/22/09)
- 7.5/10 Pontypool (8/7/09)
- 7.5/10 Perfume (2/18/09)
- 7.5/10 Raising Arizona (7/27/09)
- 7.5/10 Revolutionary Road (2/14/09)
- 7.5/10 Suspiria (9/29/09)
- 7.5/10 Terribly Happy (10/27/09)
- 7.5/10 Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2/20/09)
- 7.5/10 World’s Greatest Dad (9/2/09)
- 7.5/10 Zombieland (10/4/09)
- 8.0/10 3:10 to Yuma (9/10/09)
- 8.0/10 (500) Days of Summer (8/1/09) – theatrical
- 8.0/10 Bronson (10/10/09)
- 8.0/10 The Brothers Bloom (5/25/09) – theatrical
- 8.0/10 The Cove (12/23/09)
- 8.0/10 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2/21/09)
- 8.0/10 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (7/14/09)
- 8.0/10 District 9 (8/14/09) – theatrical
- 8.0/10 Facing Ali (12/26/09)
- 8.0/10 Gattaca (8/13/09) – rewatch
- 8.0/10 In the Loop (7/24/09)
- 8.0/10 Interiors (12/10/09)
- 8.0/10 Milk (2/19/09)
- 8.0/10 Moon (7/20/09) – theatrical
- 8.0/10 Reconstruction (4/17/09)
- 8.0/10 Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (1/26/09)
- 8.0/10 Star Trek (5/10/09) – theatrical
- 8.0/10 Superbad (5/23/09) – rewatch
- 8.0/10 Up (10/25/09)
- 8.0/10 The Visitor (2/20/09)
- 8.0/10 The White Diamond (12/17/09)
- 8.5/10 The Bourne Identity (1/5/09) – rewatch
- 8.5/10 Frozen River (2/20/09)
- 8.5/10 Grizzly Man (12/25/09)
- 8.5/10 Man on Wire (1/8/09)
- 8.5/10 Tell No One (7/31/09)
- 8.5/10 Thirst (8/6/09) – theatrical
- 8.5/10 Watchmen (3/6/09) – theatrical
- 8.5/10 Waltz with Bashir (1/4/09) – theatrical
- 8.5/10 The Wrestler (1/6/09)
- 9.0/10 The Road (12/20/09) – theatrical
- 9.5/10 The Seven Samurai (3/21/09) – theatrical