THE BOONDOCK SAINTS 2 (USA 2009) **
Directed by Troy Duffy

One-cult-film-phenomenon filmmaker Troy Duffy returns with a sequel almost 10 years later about a pair of vigilante Irish brothers that got rid of crime in the Boston Irish district.

2012 (USA 2009) **
Directed by Roland Emmerich

2012 is German director Roland Emmerich’s (INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW) latest foray into the disaster genre.  This time around, the premise is the entire planet earth being destroyed in the year 2012 as the sun, earth and other planets align themselves for the first as predicted by the ancient Mayans.

ANTICHRIST (Denmark/Fr/Ger/Swe/It/Pol 2009) **
Directed by Lars Von Trier

ANTICHRIST is the Lars Von Trier’s horror feature that unexpectedly got the most laughs at the Cannes Film Festival when the words ‘dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky’ was splashed on the screen at its conclusion. 

THE BOX (USA 2009) **
Directed by Richard Kelly

Writer/director Richard Kelly (the cult classic DONNIE DARKO) takes the thriller mystery up too many notches in his dead serious rendering of the tale of a couple Norma and Arthur, discovering a strange box on their doorstep.  The premise is the million dollars earned if the button on the box be pressed.  The catch is that someone must die.

WHEN WE WERE BOYS (Canada 2009) ****
Directed by Sarah Goodman

Though this documentary does not concern a controversial subject or some information that the world needs be revealed, Sarah Goodman’s (ARMY OF ONE) seemingly ordinary documentary is an extraordinary film for many reasons.  The main one is the film’s simplicity.