This marks the third year for Your Entertainment Ticket and Alyn Darnay has been a contributor since the site’s inception. Alyn is a director of film, video and Television advertising and most recently had his short film Smooth Operator screened in several film festivals including; Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix and Delray Beach. Alyn is an author and has recently released his book on Script Writing.
Alan has seen hundreds of films in 2009 and the following are the ones he personally liked best based on script, acting, directing, cinematography and other content.
BY ALYN DARNAY, Director, Author, Actor
1. AVATAR
John Cameron’s Tour De Force Sci-Fi Epic brings images to the screen that has never before been seen. Ten years in the making and every year of development shows on the screen.
2. The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow’s tense driving story of a team of bomb disposal experts serving in Baghdad is a winner. This one will have you walking out of the theater wound as tightly as if you were there.
3. Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s fantasy about WWII works as a series of terrific scenes that compose the whole film. It’s brilliant, works on every level, the script is meticulous, and the acting is outstanding.
4. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
This harrowing inner city tale of the unstoppable spirit to survive and raise above all odds comes complete with brilliant performances and visuals that 
will haunt you long after the film ends.
5. Taken
A stunning thrill ride through the grime world of European white slavery, this film gives more off the hook fast action and twists and turns than any other thriller released this year.
6. Star Trek
JJ Adams creates a stylish and exiting re-envisioning of the original TV series and Films that reboots the franchise with a new look and attitude that’s just perfect for our times.
7. The Hangover
Definitely it’s the funniest film of the year, by far. A treat for any adult who wants to spend a few hours doubled over with laughter.
8. Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie creates a Sherlock for our times, with brilliant performances by Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams, sumptuous cinematography, and a driving plot.
9. 2012
The end of the world as only Roland Emmerich can bring it to us. It’s an eye-popping treat that takes special effects to new heights
10a. An Education
The coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes when she takes up with a man twice her age.
10b. The Stoning of Soraya M
Set in 1986 Iran this tense drama based upon a true story, relates the tale of Soraya Marnò who’s arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant resulted in a tragic ending.
Honorable Mention:
(500) Days of Summer
Zombieland
Taking Woodstock
The Cove
Capitalism; A Love Story
Shrink
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