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  2012 (PG-13, 2009)

  John Cusack, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Amanda Peet

  An academic researcher leads a group of people in a fight to counteract the apocalyptic events that were predicted by the ancient Mayan calendar.

  View Trailer | 84% Want to see
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  Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked) (R, 2009)

  Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Nick Frost, Philip Seymour Hoffman

  "Pirate Radio" is the high-spirited story of how eight DJs' love affair with rock 'n' roll changed the world forever. In the 1960s, this group of roug...[ read more ]e DJs, on a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic, played rock records and broke the law all for the love of music. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing rock 'n' roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down. The band of rebels is lead by The Count, Quentin the boss of Radio Rock, Gavin the greatest DJ in Britain, Midnight Mark, Doctor Dave and Young Carl who comes of age amidst the chaos of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. The film features an unbelievable selection of music including The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens just to name a few. The film is laugh out loud funny and speaks to the rock 'n' roll rebel in all of us.

  View Trailer | 60% Want to see
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  Dare (R, 2009)

  Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Ana Gasteyer

  The good girl, the outsider and the bad boy...like you've never seen them before.

  View Trailer | 24% Want to see

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  Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG, 2009)

  Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn

  An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterio...[ read more ]us Christmas apparitions.

  View Trailer | 72% Liked it
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  Michael Jackson's This Is It (PG, 2009)

  Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega, Paul Gongaware, Randy Phillips

  "This Is It," features Michael Jackson in his final days rehearsing for a series of comeback concerts in London, shortly before his untimely death. Th...[ read more ]e movie will be drawn from hundreds of hours of rehearsal and behind-the-scenes footage. Jackson was staging his rehearsals at Staples Center and The Forum. The film will also offer select sequences in 3D and will also have a career retrospective and interviews with some of Jackson's closest friends and collaborators.

  View Trailer | 87% Liked it
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  The Men Who Stare at Goats (R, 2009)

  George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey

  The story of a secret unit within the US Army called the First Earth Battalion, whose paranormal military ideas mutated over the decades to influence ...[ read more ]interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay.

  View Trailer | 57% Liked it
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  The Fourth Kind (PG-13, 2009)

  Milla Jovovich, Alisha Seaton, Will Patton, Corey Johnson

  Fact-based thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances dur...[ read more ]ing the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

  View Trailer | 59% Liked it
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  Paranormal Activity (R, 2009)

  Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Michael Bayouth, Amber Armstrong

  Katie and Micah are enjoying a happy and carefree existence. Their future looks promising until bizarre events begin to occur at night. In order to ge...[ read more ]t to the bottom of things, Katie and Micah purchase a video camera to find out what happens at night while they sleep.

  View Trailer | 64% Liked it
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  The Box (PG-13, 2009)

  James Marsden, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn

  A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't...[ read more ] know.

  View Trailer | 49% Liked it
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  Couples Retreat (PG-13, 2009)

  Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell

  A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marria...[ read more ]ge, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.

  View Trailer | 56% Liked it
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  Law Abiding Citizen (R, 2009)

  Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Bruce McGill, Colm Meaney

  An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. His target: The district attorney who ...[ read more ]orchestrated the deal.

  View Trailer | 81% Liked it
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  Where the Wild Things Are (PG, 2009)

  Max Records, James Gandolfini, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Dano

  The adventures of a young boy named Max who, after being sent to bed for misbehaving, imagines that he sails away to where the wild things are. Max is...[ read more ] loved by the wild creatures who make him their King, though he soon longs to be back home with his family.

  View Trailer | 69% Liked it
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  Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (PG, 2009)

  Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Kristen Bell, Bill Nighy

  Astro Boy follows the adventures of a young-yet-powerful robot who, in the hopes of winning his inventor-father’s heart, sets off on a quest to...[ read more ] rid the world of evil. However, he soon discovers that his home, Metro City, stands on the brink of destruction, and it is up to him to save the day as well as his friends and family.

  View Trailer | 59% Liked it

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  The Time Traveler's Wife (PG-13, 2009)

  Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Ron Livingston, Brooklynn Proulx

  A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage...[ read more ].

  View Trailer | 65% Liked it
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  District 9 (R, 2009)

  Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka

  An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their...[ read more ] biotechnology.

  View Trailer | 81% Liked it
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  Inglourious Basterds (R, 2009)

  Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent

  In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes an...[ read more ]d flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own...

  View Trailer | 87% Liked it
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  The Stepfather (PG-13, 2009)

  Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward

  A seemingly normal man wants the perfect family. When they don't measure up, he eliminates them and moves on to find his next perfect family.

  View Trailer | 49% Liked it
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  Saw VI (R, 2009)

  Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Shawnee Smith, Mark Rolston

  Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer ...[ read more ]to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

  View Trailer | 68% Liked it
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  The Final Destination (R, 2009)

  Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Nick Zano, Haley Webb

  On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O’Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple...[ read more ] race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave… escaping seconds before Nick’s frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they’ve cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one — in increasingly gruesome ways — Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The film marks the latest in the highly popular “Final Destination” series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.

  View Trailer | 52% Liked it
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  The Invention of Lying (PG-13, 2009)

  Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K.

  Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.

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  Zombieland (R, 2009)

  Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

  Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) doesn’t have fears. If he did, he’d kick th...[ read more ]eir ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they’re about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

  View Trailer | 88% Liked it
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  Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (PG, 2009)

  Andy Samberg, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell

  A scientist trying to solve world hunger encounters a problem of global proportions, as food begins to fall from the sky.

  View Trailer | 73% Liked it
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  Whiteout (R, 2009)

  Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt, Columbus Short

  Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent’s first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery. ...[ read more ]Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.

  View Trailer | 36% Liked it

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• Couples Retreat (PG-13, 2009)

  - by cenzano38

  After all the bad reviews, I thought this was going to be a real stinker. Much to my surprise it was...[ read more ] a funny movie.
  
  The writing was alright, and the delivery from the cast made it more funny. Favreau proved with his other movies like Swingers and Made that he is a superb writer who can deliver story and laughs. He handed the directorial reigns over to a first time director, but I'm sure he had some influence, as the movie still turned out pretty good.
  
  Vaughn, Bateman and Favreau are all funny. Very good actors who can deliver their lines well. Throw in the beautiful trio of Davis, Akerman and Bell, and you've got three more good actors who are easy on the eyes. Love throws in his comedic skill, as does the rest of the supporting cast.
  
  It was laugh out loud in quite a few places, and it had a story that was good enough to keep me from going to the bathroom.
  
  Although not a classic, and not a movie that will end up in my collection, it's a movie that I will definitely sit through again when aired on a movie channel.

• Disney's A Christmas Carol (PG, 2009)

  - by hobster1

  Gorgeous adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic is a 3D feast for the eyes. This slavishly fait...[ read more ]hful interpretation, is highlighted by effects so extraordinary, there are moments where it literally looks as if snow is falling in the theater. As recounted here, the story really takes its time and exhibits a dark moodiness, especially in the early scenes. In other parts, there are nightmarish images that are rather jolting for a PG rated film. Consequently, the film will please adults much more than it will entertain young children. However, for those that are patient, this atmospheric version of the classic tale is an enjoyable holiday treat.

• Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (PG, 2009)

  - by sanjurosamurai

  what a fun movie. the flick contained a few logical flaws in the script and nicholas cage's voice d...[ read more ]idnt fit his character all that well, but i liked every other thing about this film quite a bit. the movie was fun, the script was concieved well, and the characters all fit into the story well. this is about as good as one can expect from an animated film.

• The Fourth Kind (PG-13, 2009)

  - by leina1

  If the "real footage" we watched was real than it was a decent film. If the "real footage" we watche...[ read more ]d was fake then it was brilliant. Now I'm almost sure the "real footage" was fake but see the fact that I write almost instead of completely is why it's brilliant. Is this a really well done film, no by no means. But it did what Blair Witch and Paranormal did not do which was have "real footage" and it's dramatization beside it so it could truly fool a lot of people into thinking that any of this actually happened. Which I doubt it did and hell, considering what I saw, HOPE that it didn't. Despite Paranormal still being FAR superior to this film, this one really has some creepy scary moments that will stay with as you. As you keep debating whether any of this is real. See, I still can't make my mind up. Dammit.

• Paranormal Activity (R, 2009)

  - by flickfever

  In today's saturated media age; with the advent of YouTube and Facebook and our relative ease of con...[ read more ]nectivity to one another, it's rare for a movie to garner so much word-of-mouth buzz. And positive word-of-mouth at that. It's even more rare that that should happen because of society's increasingly skeptical attitude toward almost everything nowadays.
  
  But, thankfully, Paranormal Activity is a film that lives up to all the hype. Of course, that is an incredibly subjective statement, but this is also a review of the film--one of the most subjective things you can write as it relates to the very subjective art of cinema itself. But let me tell you: I was glued to my seat and perspiring heavily!
  
  Not only does this movie succeed where its predecessors, The Blair Witch Project and White Noise failed. It surpasses any level of comparison between those previous films and elevates itself unto a genre of its own. A truly frightening film.
  
  As we follow the daily lives of a young suburban couple, we come to find out that one of them is haunted by some sort of a "presence." This entity has been following our protagonist for the better part of their life and doesn't seem to want to leave. Everything has remained rather harmless up to this point; only some nightmares and some strange sounds have been manifesting themselves as evidence of paranormal activity. So, they decide to videotape their lives in order to see what they can see.
  
  And what they see (and what the audience sees) is incredibly startling.The mere fact that there isn't a blood-thirsty boogeyman or a nefarious monster hunting after these two lovers is incredibly refreshing. And the fact that so much is left to one's imagination is also an brave and inspired risk the filmmakers took. In today's horror market, it would seem that the gore-for-gore's-sake mentality has taken over. But this little film-that-could provides much needed relief to a genre that has been pelted to death by so many clichés and re-hashed ideas.
  
  Of course, some will not be affected by this film in the least. But if you are the least bit succeptible to feeling creeped out, watch this movie. You will definitely have an eerie sense of abysmal fear when you return home and you'll want to check under your bed and in your closet for anything that's been turned or may be lurking within the darkness. Or maybe you'll go home and sleep like a baby without a shred of trepidation. But I think not. Whether you're too proud to admit it, Paranormal Activity will definitely possess you with some semblance of fear. That's as subjective as it gets, really. But it's also as much of a promise as I can guarantee.

• Couples Retreat (PG-13, 2009)

  - by DrZeek

  Joey: Are you telling me, that after 7 years of marriage, you can still get aroused by the same woma...[ read more ]n.
  Dave: I do.
  
  Despite having assembled quite the cast for a movie with a good premise, this is an overlong, not terribly funny, product placement filled excuse to have talented people spend time in Bora Bora and let us watch.
  
  There are four couples in this film. One is Dave and Ronnie, played by Vince Vaughn and Malin Akerman, a couple with kids, and simple overworking problems. Another is Joey and Lucy, played by Jon Favreau and Kristin Davis, a couple counting the days for their daughter to go off to college so they can separate. The next is divorced Shane, played by Faizon Love, and his 20 year old new girlfriend Trudy. Finally, there is Jason and Cynthia, played by Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell, a couple about to get a divorce because of the stress from trying to conceive.
  
  Jason and Cynthia have a plan to keep their marriage going, however they need all their friends to help out with the expenses. The plan is a giant group getaway to a paradise location in Bora Bora, known as Eden. Its a special group rate that should allow them to participate in all sorts of fun, however the fun also comes with couple's therapy sessions. Now each couple must try to learn more about how to stay close to each other.
  
  The movie just isn't very funny. This is somewhat surprising, given that it is scripted by Vaughn and Favreau, however it isn't surprising that it is only their scenes together that really work. Certainly not helping is the PG-13 rating, restricting anyone from really cutting deep into comedic territory.
  
  The assemblage of this movie isn't very well handled either. Directed by Vaughn and Favreau's producing pal Peter Billingsly (Ralphie from A Christmas Story), this movie really suffers from pacing issues, bad cutting, excessive moments of repeated jokes and lines of dialog, and some pretty forced product placement - see the five minute Guitar Hero showdown/commercial. Add to that a completely terrible ending from a story standpoint, and the whole thing is pretty much a misfire.
  
  The few redeeming qualities do come from Vaughn doing what Vince Vaughn does well, with quick and smart dialog, Favreau embracing another dick character well, Faizon Love being a generally entertaining guy, and the ladies all looking nice.
  
  Certainly not a movie that needs to be seen anytime soon.
  
  Dave: Thanks for bringing us here to problem island by the way.

• Law Abiding Citizen (R, 2009)

  - by DerekA101

  Law Abiding Citizen is one of those films where the trailer leads you to believe it's going to be sm...[ read more ]arter than it really is. I was expecting to see a film along the lines of Inside Man but instead got a fairly linear action suspense film with a few predictable twists.
  
  The plot, although not as smart as it leads on, is still highly engaging. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure because I didn't want it to end. Although when the climax arrived, it was a little abrupt. Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx were very good here. It's always nice to see up and coming Leslie Bibb too.
  
  Overall, the film was entertaining, but it just felt like something was missing. Or maybe it just didn't blow me away like I thought it was going to. It's just mediocre. But it's still a fun ride. Well worth a watch.

• Law Abiding Citizen (R, 2009)

  - by johnd62

  As a budding film critic its quite difficult to review a movie like "Law Abiding Citizen", on one ha...[ read more ]nd its one of the funniest films of the year which in that case I'd give it a 4 star review but the problem is that I'm fairly sure that it was suppose to be a highly dramatic, intense action drama and a statement on the shambles on the American justice system. In that case you have your 1.5 stars right here. Which is a shame considering the talent that no one ever considered the logic behind any of this.
  Take for example at the beginning from Gerard Butler's family is killed, I mean I get it he's angry that his family has been killed and wants justice. Problem is that both the script and Butler's performance is so one-sided that it takes everything to a one giant level of stupidity. The change from family man to blood thirsty mass murderer is so drastic and considering there is not a single moment of doubt or moral conflict that it left me with two questions.
  1. Are we suppose to root for him?
  2. If the mobs dudes didn't take the little girl out, would this guy have done it once, she hits the teen years?
  Its this type of lazy writing and zany over the top "Saw-esque" killing scenes that make "Law Abiding Citizen" difficult to understand what its trying to do.
  Sadly despite these flaws at least Butler is interesting and looks like he's at least having fun blowing sh*t up. Everyone else, particularly Jamie Foxx and Viola Davis just look as though they are totally going to switch to Philip Seymour Hoffman's agent once shooting is done. Hell I don't think I've ever seen extras look this embarrassed to be in a film.
  Though credit should go to F. Gary Gary for making a well shot piece of junk and its a film I'd go see for in no other reason there is a lot to laugh at in "Law Abiding Citizen" Just don't expect anything like logic, a brain or a point.

• Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (PG, 2009)

  - by moonrivers

  nicky cage and donny sutherland endeavor mightily but cannot save this from tired mediocre writing.....[ read more ].

• Paranormal Activity (R, 2009)

  - by YosemiteSamFan

  Progressively freakier stuff happened each night. I dreaded each nighttime bedroom episode. Scarier ...[ read more ]for us, but why did they leave their bedroom door wide open to that dark hallway and staircase? I had trouble going to sleep in the dark for the next few nights after seeing this movie. The characters were somewhat annoying and got what they deserved after messing with a Ouija board and taunting the paranormal; typical stupid movie haunted house owners didn't leave after such scary things happened. I found it hard to believe the demon would follow them if they left the house; it took years to find Katie after her childhood experiences. The daytime scenes were boring; I craved more night action. The ending was as effective as the Blair Witch had. A fun ride, but I won't be buying the DVD.