By Dennis D. McDonald

Here are the movie reviews I’ve added since January 1, 2009, starting with the most recent. Not all are new films and some reviews I’ve copied over from my old “No Frills Reviews” web site. I’ve marked with an asterisk (*) those I’ve seen in a movie theater. Of the movies I saw for the first time in 2009, I’ve marked my “top 5” with a plus (+) sign.

• Henry Selick’s CORALINE
• Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud’s PERSEPOLIS
• Robert Baca & Josh Rizzo’s WELCOME TO MACINTOSH
• Chuck Patton’s DEAD SPACE: DOWNFALL
• Brian DePalma’s MISSION TO MARS *
• Pierre Morel’s TAKEN
• The Polish Brothers’ NORTHFORK
• Quentin Tarentino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS * +
• Neill Blomkamp’s DISTRICT 9 * +
• Peter Docter’s UP*+
• Saul Dibb’s THE DUCHESS
• Alex Proyas’ KNOWING*
• Rod Lurie’s NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
• Keiichi Sugiyama’s ORIGIN: SPIRITS OF THE PAST
• Tony Scott’s THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 *
• McG’s TERMINATOR SALVATION *
• Tarsem’s THE FALL
• Mamoru Oshii’s THE SKY CRAWLERS
• Oliver Hirschbiegel’s THE INVASION
• Yoji Yamada’s LOVE AND HONOR
• J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK*
• Gavin Hood’s X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE *
• David Fincher’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
• Timur Bekmambetov’s WANTED
• Lilo & Stitch
• Spike Lee’s MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA
• Takeshi Yamakazi’s RETURNER
• Kronos
• Farah Khan’s OM SHANTI OM +
• Movies I Don’t Get Tired of Watching
• Peter Jackson’s LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING *
• George Lucas’ THE PHANTOM MENACE *
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within *
• Peter Jackson’s LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS *
• Gil Kenan’s CITY OF EMBER
• Walter Salles’ THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES +
• Danny Boyle’s SUNSHINE