3 movies i want to recommend
Here are the 3 best movies of 2009 that got our adrenaline pumping and the dynamite exploding. We love good movies and have seen hundreds in our time.
- Food, Inc. Denial. It’s what’s for dinner… breakfast, lunch and snacks. It’s also why you might want to put that cheeseburger down (if you didn’t after seeing ‘Super Size Me’) and face the hard facts presented in this stunning expose. Oft-referred-to as the “scariest movie of 2009,” this Food Inc movie is a mind-boggling — and stomach-turning — look into the bowels, er, mechanics of the companies and government agencies largely responsible for America’s E.coli-related illnesses and escalating obesity epidemic.
- Zombieland. The Bill Murray cameo alone is worth the price of admission to this undead-ridden action-comedy, but it’s the dysfunctional Butch-Sundance dynamic between zombie slayers Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg that makes this flick so bloody fun to watch. That, and the incredibly inventive ways it concocts to off the undead. Our favorite: death by banjo in Zombieland movie
- Precious. Oscar winner Mo’Nique. You may want to get used to saying that, because her brilliant, out-of-left field performance in ‘Precious’ is generating the kinds of raves that most actors can only dream of. And while Precious 2009 may not be the feel-good film of the year, this ultimately triumphant story is supported by an ensemble of terrific performances worth seeing, newcomer Gabourey Sidibe in the lead. Even Mariah Carey shines as a social worker, in a performance that will almost make you forget that disaster called ‘Glitter.’ Almost.