Best of 2009 (so far)

Since I recently became a halfway-legitimate film critic, I have been working to catch up on the 2009 releases. I've finally surpassed 50 films from 2009 (not counting the late 2008/early 2009 awards bait releases like "The Wrestler"), so now seems like a good time to catalog the best and worst of the year so far.

The Top 10 (such as it is):

1) Coraline
2) The Beaches of Agnes
3) Ponyo
4) Inglourious Basterds
5) Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
6) Bruno
7) Up
8) District 9
9) Tyson
10) Every Little Step

The list includes 4 documentaries and 3 cartoons, in case you're keeping count, but that's still a damn fine top 5 for late August.

The Worst 10:

1) Post Grad
2) Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
3) New in Town
4) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
5) The Echelon Conspiracy
6) Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian
7) Push
8) Powder Blue
9) The Informers
10) Watchmen