Still haven’t seen Stingray Sam, Kurt?

Cory’s folks are sending me the Deluxe Special edition set when they are fully printed.  I’m hoping to get a full first look by immersing in the set.  I know I could simply order it VOD-online, but I’m waiting for the Smorgasbord.

My top 2 would be Gran Torino and Tropic Thunder

Only a month and a bit to go, and barring any more latecomers it looks like my top three are going to be Heartless, Wheat and Low Lights, probably in that order. Not sure about the runners up yet.

Best Asian films I’ve caught on DVD in the past year:

Pather Panchali, India
The Road to Sampo, Korea
A Brand New Life, France, Korea (screener copy)
Night and Fog, Hong Kong
Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice, Japan
The Housemaid, Korea
My Friend and his Wife, Korea
Rough Cut, Korea
Daytime Drinking, Korea
City of Life and Death, China
Claustrophobia, Hong Kong
Female, omnibus, Japan
Green Tea, China
Beyond our Ken, Hong Kong
Raigyo, Japan
Empty Room, Japan
Love-Zero=Infinity, Japan
Eureka, Japan
Breathless, Korea
Like You Know it All, Korea
United Red Army, Japan
Taxi Blues, Korea

Best non-Asian:
Import/Export
Hunger
Red Road
The Edge of Heaven
Der Knochenmann
Il Divo

My five favourite films of 2009 so far (bearing in mind, there are some I have high hopes for, such as ‘Harry Brown’ that I have yet to see), in no particular order are…

‘Outlander’
‘Moon’
‘Drag me to Hell’
‘Orphan’
‘Public Enemies’

+ for let the right one in

my top 10 of films I saw in cinema in 2009

1. La Mujer sin Cabeza (2008)
2. Jitsuroku Rengô Sekigun: Asama Sansô e no Michi (2007)
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
4. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
5. The Wrestler (2008)
6. Låt den Rätte Komma In (2008)
7. Che: Part One (2008)
8. Liverpool (2008)
9. Sauna (2008)
10.Up (2009)

I posted my favourite films on my blog that’s in my signature.  2009 was just an amazing year for film.