Thursday, December 24, 2009

January 2010 UK & Ireland Releases

The following release information is from Sight & Sound. The year in the square brackets denotes the year the film received it's Irish premiere, if known.

Watched:
Amelia [2009] (Mira Nair) 21/100
Departures (Okuribito) [2010] (Yôjirô Takita) 71/100
The Limits of Control [2009] (Jim Jarmusch) 77/100
Me and Orson Welles [2009] (Richard Linklater) 62/100
Micmacs [2010] (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) 43/100
Nowhere Boy [2009] (Sam Taylor Wood) 56/100
Planet 51 [2009] (Jorge Blanco) 55/100
The Box [2009] (Richard Kelly) 48/100
The Men Who Stare At Goats [2009] (Grant Heslov) 33/100
Unmade Beds (Alexis Dos Santos) 61/100
Where the Wild Things Are [2009] (Spike Jonze) 66/100

Eager to Watch:

Will Watch:
Machan (Uberto Pasolini)
Paranormal Activity [2009] (Oren Peli)

Might Possibly Watch:
Disney's A Christmas Carol [2009] (Robert Zemeckis)
Love the Beast (Eric Bana)
The Magic Hour (Za majikku awâ) (Kôki Mitani)
My Father My Lord (Hofshat Kaits) (David Volach)

Have No Interest In Whatsoever:
2012 [2009] (Roland Emmerich)
Carriers (Àlex Pastor, David Pastor)
Cirque du Freak The Vampire's Assistant [2009] (Paul Weitz)
Exam (Stuart Hazeldine)
Harry Brown [2009] (Daniel Barber)
Law Abiding Citizen [2009] (F. Gary Gray)
Love Happens [2010] (Brandon Camp)
Michael Jackson's This Is It [2009] (Kenny Ortega)
Nativity! [2009] (Debbie Isitt)
Post Grad [2010] (Vicky Jenson)
Saw VI [2009] (Kevin Greutert)
Starsuckers (Chris Atkins)
The Stepfather (Nelson McCormick)

Edits:
Moved Nowhere Boy from Eager to Watch to Watched 5/1/10
Moved Where The Wild Things Are from Eager to Watch to Watched 5/1/10
Moved Departures from Eager to Watch to Watched 7/1/10
Moved Amelia from Might Possibly Watch to Watched 10/2/10
Moved Micmacs from Eager to Watch to Watched 3/3/10
Moved Planet 51 from Will Watch to Watched 16/3/10
Moved The Box from Will Watch to Watched 27/3/10
Moved Unmade Beds from Will Watch to Watched 14/12/10

Monday, December 7, 2009

Cinema Listings Dublin December 2009

* Denotes either a once-off showing, a festival or a reissue.

Blue
means watched
Green means hoping to watch
Red means will not watch
Black means I'm on the fence

December 2009:

Regular Programming:
Cracks (Cineworld)
Me and Orson Welles (IFI, Cineworld, Screen)
The Box (Cineworld)
The Merry Gentleman (Cineworld)
Where The Wild Things Are (Cineworld)
Nine (Cineworld, Lighthouse)
Sherlock Holmes (Cineworld)
Happy Ever Afters (Cineworld)
Avatar (Cineworld)
The Descent: Part 2 (Cineworld)
Paa (Cineworld)
3 Idiots (Cineworld)
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 - The Squeakquel (Cineworld)
St. Trinian's: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (Cineworld)
Johnny Mad Dog (Lighthouse)
The Girlfriend Experience (IFI, Lighthouse)
Humpday (IFI)
Situations Vacant (Screen)
The Limits of Control (IFI)
Unmade Beds (IFI)
Love Exposure (IFI)
Nowhere Boy (IFI, Cineworld, Lighthouse)

Re-issues:
The Wizard of Oz (Screen) *
Oklahoma! (Screen) *
The Red Shoes (IFI, Lighthouse) *
An American in Paris (Screen) *
It's A Wonderful Life (IFI) *
Les vacances des Monsieur Hulot (Lighthouse) *
Last to Know (IFI) *
Berlin '36 (IFI) *
Hilde (IFI) *
The Crocodiles (IFI) *
Germany '09 (IFI) *
German Souls (IFI) *
Long Shadows (IFI) *
Storm (IFI) *
Carmen (IFI) *
Alias (IFI) *
Bastion of Sin (IFI) *
Peaceful Times (IFI) *
A Woman In Berlin (IFI) *
Gerda's Silence (IFI) *
The Miracle of Leipzig (IFI) *
Effi Briest (IFI) *
Hotel Darklight (IFI) *
Lulu & Jimi (IFI) *
John Rabe (IFI) *
Crude (IFI) *
White Christmas (IFI) *
The Nutcracker (IFI) *