My trips to the cinema 2009
Oh man, I was on a roll this year.
District 9 (2009)
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a ...
★★★★★
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: September 11th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
NOTE: This is the first 15-rated film I've seen at the cinema.
★★★★★
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: September 20th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★½
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: October 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 3D Re-release
DATE: October 3rd
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
Up (2009)
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to hav...
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: October 9th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
SHORTS: Partly Cloudy (★★★★)
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
★★★½
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: October 15th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 17th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★½
SCREENING: London Film Festival
DATE: October 24th
CINEMA: Odeon
LOCATION: West End
Toy Story 2 (1999)
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al Mc...
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: 3D Re-release, London Film Festival
DATE: October 25th
CINEMA: Vue
LOCATION: West End
★★★★★❤
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 26th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
This Is It (2009)
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: October 29th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
Zombieland (2009)
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a w...
★★★★★
SCREENING: The Studio
DATE: November 1st
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★★
SCREENING: 3D
DATE: November 8th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
ZERO STARS
SCREENING: Gallery
DATE: November 15th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 22nd
CINEMA: Cineworld
LOCATION: Bexleyheath
Ponyo (2008)
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he barg...
★★★★★
SCREENING: London Children's Film Festival
DATE: November 28th
CINEMA: Barbican Centre
LOCATION: Barbican
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
A 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...
★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: November 30th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★★★½
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 9th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater
★★★★★
SCREENING: Regular
DATE: December 11th
CINEMA: Showcase
LOCATION: Bluewater