It just wouldn't be right to have entered 2009 this far without looking back to 2008.
28 movies in 2008. It looks like a drop, but only because it does not count the Battlestar Galactica series discs in between. Of the 2008 films, notable notes:
The Hunger - sometimes you just have to have more of em...so with Ellen Page, after Juno (and for me, after Hard Candy, really) the hunger was to see her again in The Tracey Fragments and An American Crime. Same goes for Cate Blanchett in Charlotte Gray and I'm Not There, Catalina Sandino Moreno in Maria Full of Grace and The Hottest State, and Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood.
The Sparrow - Edith Piaf's life story through La Vie En Rose really brought a lot of attention to Marion Cotillard and I really admired her performance in the film. It felt rewarding to see her win the Oscar for the part.
Grace is Gone - It was a great turn for John Cusack to show he does have range.
The Jodie Factor - when Jodie Foster gets pushed in the corner, she turns into a banshee...its pretty much what surprises you when entering The Brave One with low expectations. Never underestimate someone whose good friend happens to be a guy named Hannibal.
Le Honor Roll
- Tropic Thunder
- My Blueberry Nights
- Hard Eight
- An American Crime
- The Tracey Fragments
- Charlotte Gray
- Grace is Gone
- I'm Not There
- The Savages
- There Will Be Blood
- The Brave One
- Sweeney Todd
- Michael Clayton
- Gone Baby Gone
- Maria Full of Grace
- King of California
- La Vie En Rose
- Waitress
