Movie: Legion (2010)
“An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner with the Archangel Michael (Bettany). Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Scott Stewart
- Release Date:
22 January 2010 (USA) - Run Time:
100 min - Country: USA
- Genre: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Thriller
- MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, and language.
Tagline: When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins.
Movie: New Moon (2009)
“After Bella recovers from the vampire attack that almost claimed her life, she looks to celebrate her birthday with Edward and his family. However, a minor accident during the festivities results in Bella’s blood being shed, a sight that proves too intense for the Cullens, who decide to leave the town of Forks, Washington for Bella and Edward’s sake. Initially heartbroken, Bella finds a form of comfort in reckless living, as well as an even-closer friendship with Jacob Black. Danger in different forms awaits. Written by IMDb Editors”
- Director: Chris Weitz
- Release Date:
20 November 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
130 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Romance
- MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence and action.
Tagline: The Next Chapter Begins
Trivia: This film is the first sequel Chris Weitz has directed. He was signed on to direct a sequel to his previous film, The Golden Compass (2007); like this film, the sequel was scheduled to be released in late 2009.
Goofs: Continuity: As Edward, Bella and Alice are being escorted to Aro by Jane, Felix and Demetri, Bella is walking on Edward’s left – however, as they enter the Volturi chamber, she suddenly appears to be on his right.
Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
“Pop sensations Alvin, Simon and Theodore end up in the care of Dave Seville’s twenty-something nephew Toby (Levi). The boys must put aside music superstardom to return to school, and are tasked with saving the school’s music program by winning the $25,000 prize in a battle of the bands. But the Chipmunks unexpectedly meet their match in three singing chipmunks known as The Chipettes -
Movie: The Blind Side (2009)
“A poor, oversized and under-educated teenager is recruited by a major college football program where he is groomed into an athletically and academically successful NFL prospect. Written by IMDb editor”
- Director: John Lee Hancock
- Release Date:
20 November 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:128 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Drama , Sport
- MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references.
Trivia: The 35mm print sent to theatres was titled “Wonderbar”.
Goofs: Anachronisms: Sean Tuohy uses Safari for Windows, which was not available until 2007.
Movie: Invictus (2009)
“The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match. Written by alfiehitchie”
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Release Date:
11 December 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
133 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Biography , Drama , History , Sport
- MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
Tagline: His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion.
Trivia: Morgan Freeman and his producing partner Lori McCreary had been developing a movie about Nelson Mandela (a.k.a. Madiba) for years. They were originally trying to adapt Mandela’s autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom” but since the story spanned many decades it would be impossible to completely translate into a feature film.
Goofs: Errors in geography: In the scene with the Springbok team jogging just before the final, they are jogging through the streets of Cape Town around the Newlands Rugby Stadium. They would have been jogging at this point in the story in Johannesburg which is where the final took place (at Ellis Park Stadium).
Movie: The Princess and the Frog (2009)
“A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams. Written by The Massie Twins”
- Release Date:
11 December 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
97 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Animation , Family , Fantasy , Musical , Romance
Trivia: Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Tyra Banks were all considered for the lead role. Keys and Banks personally lobbied the studio for the part.
Goofs: Continuity: Throughout the movie, whenever we see Tiana’s restaurant picture, the name on it reads “Tiana’s Place” but at the end of the movie the neon sign on the restaurant reads “Tiana’s Palace”.
Movie: The Lovely Bones (2009)
“”The Lovely Bones” centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Release Date:
15 January 2010 (USA)
- Run Time:
135 min
- Country: USA , UK , New Zealand
- Genre: Drama , Fantasy , Thriller
- MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language.
Tagline: The story of a life and everything that came after…
Trivia: Lynne Ramsay was interested in directing the film before Peter Jackson acquired the rights to the novel.
Goofs: Anachronisms: When Lindsey is sneaking around in George Harvey’s house, she is wearing an old style of Nike running shoes that were introduced in the 1980s. But the events in this movie were supposed to have taken place in the early to mid 1970s.
Movie: It’s Complicated (2009)
“During his son’s college graduation, Jane hooks up with her ex-husband, Jake, who’s married to a younger woman. As if being your ex’s mistress isn’t tough enough, Jane also finds herself drawn to Adam, a smitten architect. Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Nancy Meyers
- Release Date:
25 December 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:120 min | Argentina:120 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Comedy , Romance
- MPAA:
Rated R for some drug content and sexuality.
Tagline: First comes marriage. Then comes divorce. And then…
Trivia: Meryl Streep had asked her alma mater, Vassar College, if they could film the college graduation scenes on their campus. They refused even though Streep serves on their Board of Trustees and two of her children attend there.
Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where Steve Martin’s character is trying on clothes, he tries on a sweater that he refers to as gray. It is clearly brown.
Movie: Leap Year (2010)
“A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Anand Tucker
- Release Date:
8 January 2010 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:100 min
- Country: USA , Ireland
- Genre: Comedy , Romance
- MPAA:
Rated PG for sensuality and language.
Tagline: Anna planned to propose to her boyfriend on February 29th. This is not her boyfriend.
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: The whole premise of the film is that on Leap Day (i.e. February 29th) a woman can ask a man to marry her in Ireland. Yet when they finally arrive in Dublin there are leaves on all the trees in the park and people are going around without any heavy coats. Either it is a freakishly warm winter or the filmmakers shot the scenes in Dublin during the summertime.
Movie: The Road (2009)
“A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless cannibalistic bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food–and each other. Written by Sean Pollock”
- Director: John Hillcoat
- Release Date:
2 December 2009 (France)
- Run Time:
111 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Adventure , Drama , Thriller
- MPAA:
Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language.
Tagline: In a moment the world changed forever.
Trivia: Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee reported bonding by eating crickets to help them get into character.
Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When the Man is in his old home, he sits at the right end of the sofa. A subsequent shot shows him sitting at the left end, but it is a point-of-view shot seen in a mirror, which is why he appears to now be sitting at the left end of the sofa.
Movie: Up in the Air (2009)
“Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. Written by Anonymous”
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Release Date:
23 December 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:109 min | Canada:108 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
- Country: USA
- Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance
- MPAA:
Rated R for language and some sexual content.
Tagline: The story of a man ready to make a connection.
Trivia: The role of Natalie Keener was written with Anna Kendrick in mind after Jason Reitman saw her in Rocket Science (2007).
Goofs: Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Ryan and Natalie are in the airport on the ‘people mover’ they are standing on the left side. A seasoned traveler would know that you stand on the right and walk on the left. (Plus, a seasoned traveler would never just stand on the ‘people mover’.)
Movie: Ca$h (2010)
“A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence… All in the name of money. Written by The Film CA$H”
- Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson
- Release Date:
2010 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:108 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Thriller
- MPAA:
Rated R for language, violence and some sexual content.
Tagline: Love for money is the…
Movie: Avatar (2009)
“In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture. Written by Giorgio_C”
- Director: James Cameron
- Release Date:
18 December 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
162 min
- Country: USA , UK
- Genre: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
- MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking.
Tagline: Enter the World
Trivia: The spiral-shaped, retracting creatures Jake encounters early in the film are giant versions of Christmas Tree Worms, a marine invertebrate commonly kept in reef aquariums.
Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Jake sees his avatar for the fist time in the tank, the hair seems to already be in a long braid. This “braid” is actually an external portion of the Na’vi and, hence, Avatar nervous system, and naturally grows that way.
Movie: Daybreakers (2009)
“In a world 10 years into the future, vampires make up the vast majority of the population with only 5% of the human race remaining. This presents particular challenges as the vampires’ food supply – human blood – is dwindling and rationing is now the norm. There is growing evidence that vampires deprived of an adequate blood supply are themselves evolving into wild, vile creatures that attack anyone and anything in order to survive. Dr. Edward Dalton, a vampire and hematologist who works for a pharmaceutical firm, has been working on finding an artificial blood supply that will meet the vampire society’s needs. He is sympathetic to humans and sees his work as a way of alleviating their suffering but his views on finding a solution change considerably when he meets someone who found a way to transform himself from being a vampire to again take human form. Written by garykmcd”
- Release Date:
8 January 2010 (USA)
- Run Time:
98 min
- Country: Australia , USA
- Genre: Action , Drama , Horror , Sci-Fi , Thriller
- MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and brief nudity.
Tagline: In 2019, The Most Precious Natural Resource… Is Us.
Trivia: The makers of the movie hosted a contest in Worth1000.com (famous photo manipulation-contest site) to come up with images of how the world would look if nearly everyone were a vampire.
Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When we first “see” Edward Dalton, it’s as an empty collar and tie in his car’s rear-view mirror – as a vampire, he casts no reflection. A bit later, his right ear feels strange, so he pulls down his sun visor to check it out in the mirror there, and he’s able to see himself. However, if you look closely there is a video camera in the sun visor that then projects the video in the spot where a mirror would be.
Movie: Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
- Director: Marc Lawrence
- Release Date:
18 December 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:103 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Comedy , Drama , Romance
- MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexual references and momentary violence.
Tagline: We’re not in Manhattan anymore.
Trivia: The 35mm print was sent to theaters code titled “High Stakes”.
Goofs: Continuity: The couch where Meryl sleeps has a table behind it that initially has lamp on it. Throughout the movie, the lamp disappears when it would block parts of a shot, then reappears shortly thereafter.
Movie: Amelia (2009)
“Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth. Written by Jim Beaver”
- Director: Mira Nair
- Release Date:
23 October 2009 (USA)
- Run Time:
111 min
- Country: USA , Canada
- Genre: Biography , Drama
- MPAA:
Rated PG for some sensuality, language, thematic elements and smoking.
Tagline: Defying The Impossible. Living The Dream.
Trivia: The movie shows Earhart finishing third in the first Santa Monica-to-Cleveland Women’s Air Derby in 1929, but does not explain why. At the last stop before the final leg of the race to Cleveland, Earhart and her friend Ruth Nichols were tied for first. Nichols took off right before Earhart, but her aircraft clipped a tractor on the runway and flipped over. Instead of taking off, Earhart ran to Ruth’s plane to drag her to safety. After Earhart was sure that Nichols was not seriously hurt, she took off for Cleveland but finished third largely due to her delayed takeoff.
Goofs: Factual errors: The third class petty officer who was nodding off saluted the second-class petty officer when he entered the room, and the second-class told him to stand at ease. Enlisted men never salute each other; you only salute officers. And in general, you never salute them indoors.
Movie: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
“After finally catching serial killer and occult “sorcerer” Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. But when Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with his partner’s new fiance
Movie: Planet Hulk (2010) (V)
- Director: Sam Liu
- Release Date:
2 February 2010 (USA)
- Run Time:
USA:81 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Animation , Action
Tagline: Will he save their world or destroy it?
Movie: The Book of Eli (2010)
- Release Date:
15 January 2010 (USA)
- Run Time:
118 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller , Western
- MPAA:
Rated R for some brutal violence and language.
Tagline: Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.
Trivia: Kristen Stewart turned down Mila Kunis’s role due to scheduling conflicts with New Moon (2009).
Goofs: Continuity: While Eii is asleep in the cave, Solara sneaks over and opens his bag. In it we can see a book and a sticker on it: “Hello, my name is Eli”. Later on in the book, when the book is revealed, the sticker isn’t seen.