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The Collector

July 31st, 2009
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.

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Aliens in the Attic

July 31st, 2009
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!

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Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

July 31st, 2009
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.

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Review: ‘Funny People’ more than just laughs

July 31st, 2009
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...

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Review: Authentic ‘Lion’s Den’

July 31st, 2009
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...

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Review: ‘24 City’

July 31st, 2009
24 City RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) Drama. Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke. Starring Joan Chen and Zhao Tao. In Mandarin with English subtitles. (Not rated. 107 minutes. At the Lumiere in San Francisco and Shattuck in Berkeley.) Jia Zhang-Ke is, like it or not, one of...

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Review: ‘Until the Light Takes Us’

July 31st, 2009
Until the Light Takes Us RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Drama. Starring Varg Vikernes, Gylve Nagell and Hellhammer. Directed by Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. (Not rated. 93 minutes. At the Roxie Theater in San Francisco.) For a movie about the Norwegian black metal...

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Worth Seeing: Which movies to see this weekend

July 31st, 2009
In the Loop: The lead-up to the Iraq war forms the inspiration for this incredibly fast-paced and literate British comedy about how war preparation plays out on the staff level. Extremely funny throughout, the film also has a serious edge that the laughs don'...

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July 31st, 2009

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Review: Singer, music soar in ‘Youssou N’Dour’

July 31st, 2009
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Documentary. Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. In French, Wolof, Arabic and English, with English subtitles. (PG. 110 minutes. At the Stonestown Twin.) In 2007, when Time magazine named Youssou N'...

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