New Movies in Theaters July 31, 2009
July 31, 2009
Funny People
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Judd Apatow
Screenwriter: Judd Apatow
Movie Website: FunnyPeoplemovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow
Plot Summary: Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow (”The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up”) has shown that nothing—not even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirth—is sacred. About his third film behind the camera, he says, “I’m trying to make a very serious movie that is twice as funny as my other movies. Wish me luck!” Apatow directs Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in “Funny People,” the story of a famous comedian who has a near-death experience.
Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA and newcomer Aubrey Plaza join a cast that reunites Judd Apatow with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jonah Hill in their third comedy together.
Aliens in the Attic
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: John Schultz
Screenwriter: Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg
Movie Website: AliensintheAtticmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Kevin Nealon, Robert Hoffman, Doris Roberts, Tim Meadows, Ashley Tisdale
Plot Summary: “Aliens in the Attic,” co-scripted by one of the writers of “Madagascar” and the Academy Award-winning “Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbits,” is an adventure/comedy about kids on a family vacation who must fight off an attack by knee-high alien invaders with world-destroying ambitions–while the youngsters’ parents remain clueless about the battle.
The Collector
Genre: Horror, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Freestyle Releasing
Director: Marcus Dunstan
Screenwriter: Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton
Movie Website: TheCollector-movie.com
Actors/Actresses: Josh Stewart, Karley Scott Collins, Juan Fernandez, Jabari Thomas, Colvin Roberson, Michael Reilly Burke
Plot Summary: “The Collector” follows the story of handyman and ex-con Arkin, who aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer’s country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property – and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked “Collector” in a maze of lethal invention – the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg – while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.
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