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by Zac Oldenburg, published on March 6, 2010 So why now? It’s March weren’t you supposed to put lists out a couple months ago? Well I don’t, and haven’t, and the 09 film year isn’t over till the Oscars are passed out if you ask me. I also feel like lists made at the end of the year are not allowed enough time to breath and made on too many gut feelings. Waiting a couple months allows me to not only digest these films a little longer but maybe even see it one more time. It also allows you to look at films outside the end of year crush of films and the hectic nature of trying to see as many things as possible while also trying to list them. If you have read one of these from me before this is not news to you, but for any new readers I just wanted you to give a picture of where I am coming from. [...] Ok, onto the list. I saw 128 movies this year and I am basically going to cover every movie I kind of wanted to say something about; so there are quite a few here. They are all worth checking out if you ask me. 2009 was a great year for movies and while there weren’t a whole lot of A+ movies there were plenty of solid A, A-, and B+’s. So anyways, on with the list… [...] The Top 33: 30. Whip It Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut is a fun and funny look into the rise of a young roller derby star and features a great lead performance from Ellen Page. Barrymore surrounds Page with a bevy of talented women that are all having a blast racing and beating each other up on the track and capturing the fun of the film and the sport. Barrymore proves to be a very fine director as well and I can’t wait to see what she does next as she is one of quite a few stellar directorial debuts in this busy year. [...] Source: www.reviewstl.com |