Today’s choice misses out on Top 10 status by the narrowest of margins. An epic tale of conflict, both external and internal, today’s movie will be high on the honours list when the Oscars come calling in February. Number 11 is…
We’re past the half-way stage in this countdown and we’re getting down to the nitty-gritty. Each one of the movies left is cinema at it’s absolute finest. Today brings us to another of the movies to score big nominations in the last Oscar ceremony. A monumental story and a superb film it absolutely deserves inclusion in my list. The 12th best movie of 2009 is…
The top ten are fast approaching and today brings me to the second of the animated movies that feature on this list. A little different from most and from a director unfamiliar with animation it was a brave and risky move that paid off, when it had no right to. The 13th best movie of 2009 is…
Number fourteen brings me to the first of the last batch of Oscar winners. A movie that has moved up and down this list every time I tried to sort this thing out, I absolutely had to have it in here. Right now I’m inclined to place it higher but the list was finalised 2 weeks ago. So here it is. And in at 14 it is…
14 days till Christmas and we reach my 15th favourite movie of 2009. I was profoundly moved by this film last month, and seeing one of Britain’s finest actors ever re-capture his staggering brilliance was an event worth shouting from the rooftops. Number 15 on my list is…
Sometimes a movie comes along unexpectedly and takes you on a journey of wonderful emotion. My choice today is one such movie. A heart-warming/heart-breaking look at love that should be corny as a flour-mill but somehow isn’t. Instead it wraps you up tight in a blanket of rich emotion and warmth and leaves you feeling better off for the experience. Number 16 is…
These little intros are becoming increasingly more difficult to write. I picked today’s movie simply because I think it’s a marvellous piece of cinema. I bowed to public pressure somewhat in not placing it higher, as a great many people were disappointed with the final result. I think this had more to do with the expection of a gangster movie from this director rather than with the quality of the actual movie itself. In at Number 17 it’s…
A week ago I started this “epic” quest and now I stand almost one-third of the way through. In case anyone was wondering the full list of films that I have seen this year clocks in at around 130, and from this I compiled the Top 25. That does mean that I may have missed some gems but I did try to see as many of the contenders as possible. My 18th best movie of 2009 is…
We’re now one week into my quest to chart the Top 25 Movies of 2009 and we’ve already had some controversy. Some will disagree with my placing of watchmen at 20, some with the fact that Anvil! The Story of Anvil get a place at all and yet more will find fault with my placing of today’s movie. I invite and welcome all criticism. I mean I’m no expert! Number 19 of my list is…
Day 6 and the first big summer blockbuster makes it’s appearance. I’m sure our beloved editor will have a serious problem with me including this so low, but so be it. Number 20 on my list is…
So 5 days in and the list is starting to take more shape. We’ve already dispensed with the King of Pop, 1980s nostalgia a trip to the land of Hades, and the Canada lords of rock. Number 21 is another movie that didn’t do big box-office business but should be seen by as many people as possible. An extra-ordinary political comedy, number 21 is…
Day 4 brings us to my 22nd favourite movie from 2009. This is my first slightly left-field choice and it’s a movie many will not have seen but which everyone should. The second documentary on my list, it’s…
Day 3 and we’re down to my 23rd best movie of 2009. My choice today has divided opinion between critics, fans and the general movie going public but I’m firmly on the side that it’s a really good movie. The first horror to make my list it’s…
We kicked of yesterday with my 25th best movie of 2009, Michael Jackson documentary This Is It. Today I unveil my 24th. And here it is…
Lets get this show on the road! 25 days till Christmas day and 25 movies to highlight the best that 2009 had to offer. The rules for inclusion are as follows: The film must have been released in Ireland during the calendar year 2009; This list is entirely based on my own opinion therefore I must have seen the film; Films from December 2009 are exempt from inclusion as the list was finalised on November 30th; I reserve the right to include any film released in December in the listing after all 25 have been revealed. So without further ado here’s Number 25…
