My trips to the cinema 2009
Oh man, I was on a roll this year.
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- DirectorPeyton ReedStarsJim CarreyZooey DeschanelBradley CooperA man challenges himself to say "yes" to everything.★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: January 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorAdam ShankmanStarsAdam SandlerKeri RussellCourteney CoxA hotel handyman's life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 18th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorRaja GosnellStarsDrew BarrymoreGeorge LopezPiper PeraboWhile on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: January 25th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorByron HowardChris WilliamsStarsJohn TravoltaMiley CyrusSusie EssmanThe canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.★★★★★★★☆☆☆
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: February 20th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Tokyo Mater (6/10) - DirectorSteve CarrStarsKevin JamesKeir O'DonnellJayma MaysWhen a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 7th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorRob LettermanConrad VernonStarsReese WitherspoonRainn WilsonStephen ColbertA woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.★★★★★★★☆☆☆
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: April 12th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: This was my first time watching a 3D film. - DirectorDavid FrankelStarsOwen WilsonJennifer AnistonEric DaneA family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.★★★★★★★☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 18th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorBurr SteersStarsZac EfronMatthew PerryLeslie MannMike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: April 26th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: May 10th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsChris PineZachary QuintoSimon PeggThe brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: May 27th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorShawn LevyStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonAmy AdamsSecurity guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: May 31st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorMcGStarsChristian BaleSam WorthingtonAnton YelchinIn 2018, a mysterious new weapon in the war against the machines, half-human and half-machine, comes to John Connor on the eve of a resistance attack on Skynet. But whose side is he on, and can he be trusted?★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: The Studio
DATE: July 5th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelSam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 8th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorCarlos SaldanhaMichael ThurmeierStarsRay RomanoJohn LeguizamoDenis LearyWhen Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: July 23rd
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintAs Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.★★★★★★★★★☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: July 27th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorAndy FickmanStarsDwayne JohnsonCarla GuginoAnnaSophia RobbA Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a U.F.O. expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Limited
DATE: August 6th
CINEMA: Movie Capsule
LOCATION: Center Parcs Elveden - DirectorGabor CsupoStarsIoan GruffuddDakota Blue RichardsTim CurryMaria inherits a book of secrets from her dad. She moves to her uncle's Moonacre estate. A family curse was cast on the valley. Only Maria can break it using her book.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Limited
DATE: August 7th
CINEMA: Movie Capsule
LOCATION: Center Parcs Elveden - DirectorBrad SilberlingStarsWill FerrellDanny McBrideAnna FrielA space-time vortex sucks scientist Rick Marshall, his assistant Holly and a survivalist Will into a world populated by dinosaurs and painfully slow creatures called Sleestaks.★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 12th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorStephen SommersStarsDennis QuaidChanning TatumMarlon WayansAn elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: August 17th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorHoyt YeatmanStarsWill ArnettPenélope CruzZach GalifianakisA specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: August 26th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: September 11th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: This is the first 15-rated film I've seen at the cinema. - DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsAnna FarisBill HaderBruce CampbellA local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know that things are about to take a turn for the worst.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: September 20th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorJonathan MostowStarsBruce WillisRadha MitchellVing RhamesSet in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: October 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorJohn LasseterStarsTom HanksTim AllenDon RicklesA cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman action figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's bedroom.★★★★★★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 3D Re-release
DATE: October 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorPete DocterBob PetersonStarsEdward AsnerJordan NagaiJohn Ratzenberger78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.★★★★★★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: October 9th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Partly Cloudy (9/10) - DirectorRicky GervaisMatthew RobinsonStarsRicky GervaisJennifer GarnerJonah HillA comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.★★★★★★★☆☆☆
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: October 15th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristopher PlummerLily ColeHeath LedgerHaving made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.★★★★★★★★☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 17th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorDavid BowersStarsFreddie HighmoreNicolas CageKristen BellWhen an android replica of a boy is rejected by his aggrieved creator, he goes off to find his own identity in an adventure that would make him the greatest hero of his time.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 24th
CINEMA: Odeon
LOCATION: West End - DirectorJohn LasseterAsh BrannonLee UnkrichStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan CusackWhen Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends set out on a rescue mission to save Woody before he becomes a museum toy property with his roundup gang Jessie, Prospector, and Bullseye.★★★★★★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 3D Re-release, London Film Festival
DATE: October 25th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End - DirectorWes AndersonStarsGeorge ClooneyMeryl StreepBill MurrayAn urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.★★★★★★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 26th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsMichael JacksonAlex AlAlexandra ApjarovaA compilation of interviews, rehearsals, and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.★★★★★★★★★☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 29th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorShane AckerStarsElijah WoodJennifer ConnellyCrispin GloverA rag doll that awakens in a postapocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.★★★★★★★★☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsJesse EisenbergEmma StoneWoody HarrelsonA shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: The Studio
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJim CarreyGary OldmanColin FirthAn animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: November 8th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJohn CusackThandiwe NewtonChiwetel EjioforA frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: November 15th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorPaul WeitzStarsChris MassogliaJohn C. ReillySalma HayekTeenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 22nd
CINEMA: Cineworld
LOCATION: Bexleyheath - DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsCate BlanchettMatt DamonLiam NeesonA five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: London Children's Film Festival
DATE: November 28th
CINEMA: Barbican Centre
LOCATION: Barbican - DirectorGrant HeslovStarsEwan McGregorGeorge ClooneyKevin SpaceyA reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.★★★★★★★☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 30th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsZac EfronClaire DanesChristian McKayIn 1937, a teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar", directed by a young Orson Welles.★★★★★★★★★☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 9th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorSpike JonzeStarsMax RecordsCatherine O'HaraForest WhitakerYearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 11th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorDebbie IsittStarsMartin FreemanMarc WoottonJason WatkinsAn uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem.★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 14th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.★★★★★★★★★★
SCREENING: 3D Re-release
DATE: December 20th
CINEMA: BFI Southbank
LOCATION: London - DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.★★★★★★★★☆☆
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: December 21st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorGuy RitchieStarsRobert Downey Jr.Jude LawRachel McAdamsDetective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.★★★★★★★★☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 28th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater - DirectorJorge BlancoJavier AbadMarcos MartínezStarsDwayne JohnsonSeann William ScottJessica BielAn alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 30th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater