1. District 9
District 9 is the name of the refugee camp in Johannesburg, South Africa, where a large group of aliens who landed on earth have been forced to live for 28 years. Many humans have grown to have feelings of contempt and disdain for the extraterrestrials and their slum-like settlement. The aliens are given the derogatory nickname “prawns” based on their bottom-feeding habits.
2. 500 Days of Summer
It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement. The film's many virtues include an unusual storytelling conceit, a sharp sense of music, a lover's-eye view of Los Angeles and on-the-money performances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
3. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
High profile lawyer, Martin Hunter (Michael Douglas) has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist, C.J. Nicholas (Jesse Metcalfe) begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney’s perfect record is up for scrutiny.
4. The Goods
Who is Don Ready? Salesman? Lover? Song Stylist? Semi-professional dolphin trainer? Ready is all of the above - except for a dolphin trainer. When he's asked to help save an ailing local car dealership from bankruptcy, Ready and his ragtag crew descend on the town of Temecula like a pack of coyotes on a basket full of burgers. Selling, drinking, selling and going to strip clubs is their stock and trade. And they do it well. What Don doesn't expect is to fall in love and find his soul (cue heartfelt piano).
5. The Ugly Truth
"The Ugly Truth" continues a pretty ugly run of romantic comedies squandering the on-screen talent while perpetuating the image of career women as harpies with nice clothes and no dates. The sex of the screenwriters doesn't seem to matter (all three credited here are women). Everyone belonging to the Writers Guild of America, apparently, has signed a secret pact to recycle the same shrill, Type-A, vaguely inhuman female lead who must learn to bend a little and appreciate the hunk in her midst, the one smitten with all her nutty foibles. If only the foibles were funny foibles. If only the characters seemed like earthlings.
6. Gi Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The latest action franchise seemingly designed to further spread the incidence of ADD among youth the world over, "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" plays like a sequel to a film that was never made. Opening Friday without being screened in advance for the press -- probably a wise move because most film critics have a mental age of over 10 -- the film should achieve its main goal of provoking sales of the venerable Hasbro toys upon which it's based.
7. Funny People
Forget tear-jerking. Apatow writes with warmth and wit, but he's no soft touch. He knows George can be a cruel bastard, impossible to live with, but the fucker is funny. Jokes have always been his weapons of choice.
8. Shorts
For his return to family fare, writer-director Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids) draws inspiration from The Little Rascals—archetypal kids having neighborhood adventures, as told through a series of episodes. Or shorts. Now imagine Our Gang uploaded into a digital world...
9. G-Force
"G-Force" is a pleasant, inoffensive 3-D animated farce about a team of superspy guinea pigs who do battle with a mad billionaire who wants to conquer the earth by programming all the home appliances made by his corporation to follow his instructions. It will possibly be enjoyed by children of all ages. The film is non-stop...
10. Orphan
So sloppy, so lowdown, so shameless and so entertaining, "Orphan" provides everything you might expect in a psycho-child thriller, but with such excess and exuberance that it still has the power to surprise.
From the opening scene - a stillbirth that looks like a bloody homage to David Cronenberg - to its protracted, violent...
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District 9
District 9 is the name of the refugee camp in Johannesburg, South Africa, where a large group of aliens who landed on earth have been forced to live for 28 years. Many humans have grown to have feelings of contempt and disdain for the extraterrestrials and their slum-like settlement. The aliens are given the derogatory nickname “prawns” based on their bottom-feeding habits.
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(500) Days of Summer
It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement. The film's many virtues include an unusual storytelling conceit, a sharp sense of music, a lover's-eye view of Los Angeles and on-the-money performances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.
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