fifty-two illusions.
One of my 2009 Pledges was to watch at least one movie I had never seen before, every week (whether new in theaters or new to my brain) or, at the least, just 52 new movies this year. One by one, all day.
This is the constantly-updated post to keep track. Some of them will be considered 2008 releases (see: asterisks) and so, as I see those, they will be tenderly slipped into my ranked list of 2008 movies. Others will just be movies from the past that I never ended up seeing (i.e., they will not be viewed in a theater). The bulk, though, will just be new movies (derr, those seen in theaters).
In theaters…
- January 5: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON*
- January 13: DOUBT*
- January 15: GRAN TORINO*
- January 16: LAST CHANCE HARVEY*
- January 19: DEFIANCE*
- January 23: FROST/NIXON*
- January 24: THE WRESTLER*
- February 4: TAKEN
- February 23: RACHEL GETTING MARRIED*
- March 4: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE*
- March 6: WATCHMEN
- March 23: I LOVE YOU, MAN
- April 6: ADVENTURELAND
- April 8: SUNSHINE CLEANING
- April 27: STATE OF PLAY
- May 13: STAR TREK
- May 18: TERMINATOR SALVATION
- May 29: UP
- June 15: THE HANGOVER
- June 16: THE BROTHERS BLOOM
- June 22: YEAR ONE
- June 26: AWAY WE GO
- July 7: PUBLIC ENEMIES
- July 20: THE HURT LOCKER
- July 23: 500 DAYS OF SUMMER
- July 31: FUNNY PEOPLE
- August 17: DISTRICT 9
- August 21: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
- September 7: EXTRACT
- September 16: 9
- September 22: THE INFORMANT!
- September 26: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
- October 5: THE INVENTION OF LYING
- October 6: ZOMBIELAND
- October 16: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
- October 20: LAW ABIDING CITIZEN
- November 6: THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
- November 13: 2012
- November 17: PIRATE RADIO
- November 24: THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX
- November 30: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
- December 4: EVERYBODY’S FINE
- December 11: INVICTUS
- December 18: AVATAR
- December 21: THE ROAD
- December 25: IT’S COMPLICATED
- December 28: UP IN THE AIR
- December 29: SHERLOCK HOLMES
On DVD…
- December 27: JULIE AND JULIA
On cable…
- January 6: JUMPER (HBO)*
- February 5: THE INVISIBLE (Encore)
- February 26: THE ARRIVAL (HBO)
- February 28: I.Q. (HBO)
- March 10: NEXT (Encore)
- March 14: ERNEST GOES TO JAIL (Encore)
- March 15: DEATH SENTENCE (HBO)
- March 16: VERY BAD THINGS (HBO)
- April 26: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (HBO)
- May 13: DARKMAN (HBO)
- May 18: FRED CLAUS (HBO)
- June 19: THE HEARTBREAK KID (HBO)
- December 8: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL* (HBO)
- December 20: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (FX)
