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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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  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 | 63% 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 | 56% 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 | 64% 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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  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 | 66% 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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  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 | 57% 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 | 71% 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 | 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 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 | 50% Liked it
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  Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (PG-13, 2009)

  John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia

  Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly...[ read more ] breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. 16-year-old Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend, got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren. That's the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty. Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe). As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this dark world, he becomes a treasured pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts. And while trying to survive, one boy will struggle to keep their brewing war from devouring what's left of his humanity.

  View Trailer | 62% Liked it
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  Amelia (PG, 2009)

  Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Mia Wasikowska, Ewan McGregor

  A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a fli...[ read more ]ght around the world.

  View Trailer | 48% 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 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.

  View Trailer | 48% Liked it
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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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  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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  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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  All About Steve (PG-13, 2009)

  Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong

  Convinced that a CNN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler (Bullock) trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to con...[ read more ]vince him that they belong together.

  View Trailer | 43% Liked it
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  Sorority Row (R, 2009)

  Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung

  When five sorority girls inadvertently cause the murder of one of their sisters in a prank gone wrong, they agree to keep the matter to themselves and...[ read more ] never speak of it again, so they can get on with their lives. This proves easier said than done, when after graduation a mysterious killer goes after the five of them and anyone who knows their secret.

  View Trailer | 47% Liked it

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• Where the Wild Things Are (PG, 2009)

  - by RCCLBC

  I 'm a HUGE fan of the book (and of Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers), I went into this fully expecting...[ read more ] a "five star" movie, but am only giving it four.
  
  Visually, it is stunning and beautifully shot. You can really see and feel the passion that went into getting this story told on film.
  
  The "acting-acting" by newcomer Max Records is brilliant! I hope this is the start of a great career for this kid. And the "voice acting" is brilliantly cast and spot-on. Some really funny and intelligent writing, made all the more powerful by these great actors.
  
  The soundtrack is superb and couldn't be better suited to the film.
  
  The film has all of the engrossing visuals of the book, but (as one would expect when the source book is only 10 sentences/338 words long) delves deeper into both Max's and "The Wild Things" psyches' and is much darker then the book dared to be.
  
  Which isn't a bad thing...but in doing so and by giving the "Wild Things" such elaborate (yet under developed) personalities it really takes away much of the charm of the book which was it's captivating imagary and simple (but touching) story.
  
  I remember as a child always being a little bothered by not knowing more about WHAT the "Wild Things" were...and now with this film I find that I'm additionally bothered by wanting to now know more about WHO they are.
  
  Having said that, I'm delighted it was made. I can not imagine anyone being able to capture the look and feel of the book as well as Jonze has and feel that it is (to spite a few flaws) a beautiful and magical journey that is well worth taking.

• Saw VI (R, 2009)

  - by stopitgoaway

  Saw VI
  
  Expected: 23 October
  
  One of the very best horror films for a long time,...[ read more ] Saw VI really delivers on all fronts. It serves up victims we want to see punished, more history to Jigsaw, more intrigue as Hoffman runs the risk of being found out, and best of all (and I don't apologise for saying this), some fantastic visual horror. The opening sequence had me turning away from the cinema screen, its an achievement that the sixth instalment still has the ability to shock. Midway through, there is a torture carousel scene, which had me glued to the screen, its one of the most effective sequences in the entire series. When the film switched from gore to backstory, it held my attention as more and more pieces of the jigsaw (pun fully intended!) are put into place. Critics will moan that the continued inclusion of Tobin Bell's character is a sign of desperation, but the makers go to great lengths, for the fans, to ground it into the story and I found it compelling.
  
  Roll on many more sequels, if they can match this standard.
  
  Look out for: A surprised twist.

• Couples Retreat (PG-13, 2009)

  - by phubbs1

  Very obvious, flat, formulaic, unoriginal and old plot idea here which isn't helped by the fact it i...[ read more ]sn't actually funny either. Maybe you gotta be married I dunno but most of the jokes have been seen and done yonks ago in (at the time) amusing Chevy Chase type films hehe
  The cast is bland and uninteresting with the slight exception of Vaughan who's flat deadpan deliveries are always a smile raiser, Jean Reno is awful as the mystic island leader with all the marriage secrets and really I cant think of anything good to say here LOL sorry.
  In short its poo (unless your a married couple perhaps but don't get your hopes up)

• Saw VI (R, 2009)

  - by liquidstone14

  You know what? They *kind* of got it right this time. No, really. I mean... I just wish they had fou...[ read more ]nd this right dosage, something like, what-- fuckin' FOUR SEQUELS AGO.
  
  So, what is it that works surprisingly well in this sixth installment of this endlessly lucrative torture show series? One would be forced to say that the tackle on the american health care system actually renders the proceedings quite fascinating at times, and quite disturbing at others-- which is always a step up from 'idiotically gruesome' or 'needlessly contrived', right? Although, ahem, I believe Saw VI still manages to hit those same two notes in its low points. Anyways... so as expected, there is little subtlety to be found in this preachy diatribe, but it doesn't feel tacked-on and actually progresses along with the running time. Culminating in a last-act gotcha that actually makes sense on its own for once and concludes this entry's unexpected stab at social relevance on a sharp reversal, this is likely to be among the Saw films' better screenplays-- which isn't saying much, but hell, you take what you want out of it.
  
  And if some demented(ly stupid) gory set-pieces actually remind the viewer of the bitter aftertaste that some previous sequels had given them, there always seems to be one clever sucker-punch around the corner to keep the interest level relatively high. It goes without saying that this one has to deal with all the freakzoid soap opera mythology of the previous entries while adding some of its own, and yup, it is still moronically implausible as a whole (not to mention unintentionally hilarious at times)... but something made me overlook all that usual Sawish crap, for once. Yes, even the aggressive editing (which is thankfully toned down) and and the intensely uneven acting (Mandylor and Russell are as shapeless as ever). It tries something that approaches the realm of the meaningful, and even if it sure as shit ain't close to a 'meaningful motion picture', there is a bit more meat in this one to suggest at least a good half-hour of discussion concerning the film's dubious but nonetheless somewhat articulate politics.
  
  My god-- a torture porno that is an argument for single-payer health care reform.
  
  'nuff said.

• Michael Jackson's This Is It (PG, 2009)

  - by flditems1

  Was unsure what to think when I heard of the idea. So I went in expecting it to either suck or be gr...[ read more ]eat. It was closer to great than suck.
  I was impressed to see how well he looked in his rehearsals.
  Makes his death really seem that much more shocking when you see how alive he looked in rehearsals.

• Paranormal Activity (R, 2009)

  - by Mrbishi

  Dont see this at the pictures because the ending sucks imo, the best version though Ive heard there ...[ read more ]was 4 alternate endings to this would be the 2007 cannes version, I wont spoil it but by far more realisic and much better, tbh I want to now see the 2 endings I cant find lol just to compare them all

• Saw VI (R, 2009)

  - by bamadeb77

  Better than saw 5 but really this series should be put to a rest...I loved the first 3 saw movies bu...[ read more ]t this is going overboard....

• Where the Wild Things Are (PG, 2009)

  - by Stinger839

  Visually beautiful (ground breaking from my perspective), but pushes the post-modern story styling t...[ read more ]oo far. Part of the problem is that some characterizations (especially Carol) are not made full enough to believe and understand the flow of the story. Even posing Carol as a simple looking glass character for Max, it is still tough to genuinely feel that things happening even make sense to the characters (because it doesn't make sense to me). Perhaps I just need to watch it again. Highly recommend though I think this is better for angsty teenagers and middle schoolers than young kids in terms of potential minor audiences; as a film for adults, this is quite suited to be viewed as a serious film.

• Couples Retreat (PG-13, 2009)

  - by Parannoyed

  After one hour, I simply walked out of the cinema.
  Ridiculous and a total waste of precious tim...[ read more ]e.

• 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.