The Collector
by Cinema Blend Movie Reviews July 31st, 2009 | Movie Reviews
A little bit like The Zodiac working out of the IClueI house, IThe CollectorI is an absurd horror movie with more booby traps than the board game I13 Dead End DriveI. Its astoundingly illogical, consistently indulgent and unnecessarily graphic.
Aliens in the Attic
by Cinema Blend Movie Reviews July 31st, 2009 | Movie Reviews
IAliens in the AtticI contains two movies. In the first one, Kevin Nealon takes his family on vacation and wanders around in a permanently befuddled haze reciting baffling, so bad its good dialogue like this: I heard theres supposed to be a meteor shower. Better get some hats on or our hair will catch fire!
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
by Cinema Blend Movie Previews July 31st, 2009 | Movie Reviews
A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people in their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality.
Review: ‘Funny People’ more than just laughs
by Mick LaSalle July 31st, 2009 | Movie Reviews
Funny People RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Comedy-drama. Starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Eric Bana. Directed by Judd Apatow. (R. 146 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) These are good days for screen comedy - enjoy them while they last. Filmmakers are...
Review: Authentic ‘Lion’s Den’
by Mick LaSalle July 31st, 2009 | Movie Reviews
Lion's Den RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE)Drama. Starring Martina Gusman, Elli Medeiros and Laura Garcia. Directed by Pablo Trapero. In Spanish with English subtitles. (Not rated. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Lion's Den" is a women-in-prison picture, but it...