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Mystery Team (2009): Dir. Dan Eckman
Feat. Donald Glover, D.C. Pierson, Dominic Dierkes…; Goofy comedy with three high school nerds masquerading as detectives who find themselves investigating a murder. Hit–and–miss comedy…
Not Forgotten (2009): Dir. Dror Soref
Feat. Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Claire Forlani; An average joe (Baker) pursues his kidnapped daughter in this unseemly abduction thriller. Straddling the U.S.–Mexico border, the film delves…
Obsessed (2009): Dir. Steve Shill
Feat. Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter…; Campy stalker thriller sees a successful bank manager (Elba) relentlessly pursued by an obsessive temp who works in his office. THE WIRE vet Elba…
Overheard (Qie ting feng yun) (2009): Dir. Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Feat. Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo, Daniel Wu; The directors of INFERNAL AFFAIRS reel in their sleek, sprawling urbane sensibility, changing tack with this compact character study about three…
Peacock (2009): Dir. Michael Lander
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Susan Sarandon…; A freak accident in a small American town threatens to disclose a bank teller's secret life – that of a split personality – in this…
Prophet, A (Un Prophet) (2009): Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif…; Dir. Jacques Audiard betters the accomplished storytelling of THE BEAT MY HEART SKIPPED, situating an immersive world of cloistered gangsters and…
Push (2009): Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Camilla Belle, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning…; Four telekinetic outcasts band together to expose a government conspiracy in this familiar, if crispy executed sci–fi thriller. Derives…
Red Riding Trilogy (1974, 1980, 1983) (2009): Dir. Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker
Feat. Sean Bean, Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey…; David Peace’s gritty quartet of crime novels receive a stunning translation to the screen with this threesome of British detective thrillers, based…
Secret in Their Eyes, The (El Secreto de sus Ojos) (2009): Dir. Juan José Campanella
Feat. Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Carla Quevedo; Arresting, well–rounded Argentine crime drama sees a retired court employee become obsessed with a 25–year–old murder case that he…
Sherlock Holmes (2009): Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Robert Downey Jnr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams…; Blockbuster makeover of the famous sleuth has Holmes re–imagined as a brawny, off–beat super–hero type, battling a fiendish villain…

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