The Big End of 2009 Movie List

Here’s a quick rundown of movies I’ll likely see in theatres before 2010’s out the door, not counting additional special screenings (like today’s Avatar IMAX event) and festivals that show up in Chicago (Music Box Massacre V). Links go to trailers and official websites.

Today: Inglourious Basterds

8/28: Halloween 2 and The Final Destination 3D

9/4: Extract and Carriers

9/9: 9

9/23: Astroboy

9/25: Pandorum

10/2: Shutter Island, Big Fan and A Serious Man

10/9: Zombieland

10/16: Where the Wild Things Are, The Road and Law Abiding Citizen (see you there Dan)

10/30: Gentlemen Broncos

11/13: 2012 and The Fantastic Mr. Fox

11/20: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (who am I kidding? I’ll likely be dragged to this one for dragging her to all these other ones)

11/25: Ninja Assassin

12/11: The Princess and the Frog and The Lovely Bones

12/18: Avatar

12/25: Sherlock Holmes

Honorable mentions and bad movies I still kind of want to see (you can guess which are which): Gamer (Michael C. Hall as a villain in a bad future movie? Yes, please), Art & Copy, The September Issue, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Jennifer’s Body, The Invention of Lying, Capitalism: A Love Story, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, Ong Bak 2, Youth in Revolt, Broken Embraces