Most Overlooked/Underappreciated Films of 2009

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:11:00 +0000

We see a lot of movies every year, and there are always those films that we end up sitting in awe of in an empty theater wondering, “Where is everybody?” These are the films that for whatever mystical reason slipped through cracks, were ignored by critics and given the cold shoulder to by audiences. We feel a Netflix account is vital to anyone even remotely interested in film, and if you haven’t seen these we urge you skip the crap that’s filling up theaters over the next two months, add these to your queue and catch up with some great films you missed in the last year.

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Box-Office Options: May 29-31: ‘Up,’ ‘Drag Me To Hell’ & ‘Pontypool’

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:45:00 +0000

Your new box-office choices this weekend — if you’re a multiplex denizen only — seem pretty obvious (though remember you don’t have to just see what’s new). You have on one side, the populist, feel-good, by all accounts wonderful, Pixar 3D animated adventure, “Up,” and you have Sam Raimi’s goofball horror comedy, “Drag Me To Hell.”

We loved “Up” and hated “Drag Me To Hell,” but both have extremely good Rotten Tomatoes ratings.

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Most Overlooked/Underappreciated Films of 2009

Box-Office Options: May 29-31: ‘Up,’ ‘Drag Me To Hell’ & ‘Pontypool’