Now Playing in Theaters & Worth Watching, August 13th

Time for our first installment of Now Playing and Worth Watching. This will be a new regular feature that we will be running as the staff of this site submit reviews, as well as you the readers and of course as new films release. This is a new feature so we still have some bugs to work out. As it stands right now there is a ton of films in theaters to suit all tastes from The Collector to Funny People and GI Joe. Harry Potter and GI Joe we have had a ton of reviews submitted for and both have polarized fans. Although both made alot of money and both are quite fun neither one is getting good overall approval ratings from fans. Harry potter has a 40% Approval rating based off over 150 reviews and GI Joe is faring not much better.

The supernatural thriller ORPHAN is sitting at almost 70% approval as is the new film The Collector making both worth checking out for those of you who love horror. Coming up soon as have District 9 and Inglorious Basterds and both have outstanding reviews on site. District 9 is sitting at 93% approval and Basterds is at a whopping 100%.

Below is the complete list of what is playing and what we the staff and you readers thought of each film based on an average of all reviews. As always feel free to contribute your own take but keep in mind we screen every review. We dont want one line comments, we want to know .. what did you think?

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 2009 Rating: 66% Approval Rating Based on 5 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Blood: The Last Vampire brings to life an English language live-action feature movie of the original Japanese anime feature film from a producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero.  Gianna (My Sassy Girl, Daisy) stars in the film as Saya...

Bruno Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 2009 Rating: 80% Approval Rating Based on 1 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Üniversal Pictures’ upcoming comedy Brüno is Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.  The film arrives in theaters on July 10, 2009!

I Love You Beth Cooper Theatrical Release Date: July 10, 2009 Rating: 0% Approval Rating Based on 0 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Buffalo Grove High School valedictorian Denis Cooverman (PAUL RUST) has had quite an academic career...on paper, at least. Superlative student, conscientious young gentleman and patently obvious dork, Denis has played it safe and made it all the way to graduation day without ever...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Theatrical Release Date: July 15, 2009 Rating: 38.01% Approval Rating Based on 156 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] In “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” Lord Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and Wizard worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon...

HomeComing Theatrical Release Date: July 17, 2009 Rating: 75% Approval Rating Based on 2 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] When a former small-town golden boy and his new college girlfriend visit his hometown during Christmas break, his high school sweetheart becomes insanely obsessed with getting him back. Even if it means murder … A college-aged take on “Misery” for the new generation...

Orphan (2009) Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 2009 Rating: 68.89% Approval Rating Based on 9 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate's fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decid...

The Hurt Locker Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 2009 Rating: 100% Approval Rating Based on 1 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] The Hurt Locker is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s most unrecognized heroes: the technicians of the bomb squad, who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives in one of the world’s most dangerous places. Three memb...

G Force Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 2009 Rating: 0% Approval Rating Based on 0 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Producer Jerry Bruckheimer brings his first 3-D film to the big screen with G-FORCE, a comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage.  Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guine...

The Ugly Truth Theatrical Release Date: July 24, 2009 Rating: 0% Approval Rating Based on 0 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] The battle of the sexes heats up in Columbia Pictures’ comedy The Ugly Truth. Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is a romantically challenged morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. She's in for a rude awakening when her bosses team ...

Funny People Theatrical Release Date: July 31, 2009 Rating: 55% Approval Rating Based on 4 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] 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 ...

The Collector Theatrical Release Date: July 31, 2009 Rating: 60% Approval Rating Based on 10 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] 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...

Funny People Theatrical Release Date: July 31, 2009 Rating: 20% Approval Rating Based on 2 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] 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 ma...

G.I. Joe Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 2009 Rating: 55% Approval Rating Based on 12 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] G.I. Joe, an acronym for the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity. Revolves around an international co-ed force of operatives who use high-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a Scottish arms dealer.

A Perfect Getaway Theatrical Release Date: August 07, 2009 Rating: 63.33% Approval Rating Based on 3 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Cliff and Cydney are an adventurous young couple celebrating their honeymoon by backpacking to one of the most beautiful, and remote, beaches in Hawaii. Hiking the wild, secluded trails, they believe they’ve found paradise. But when the pair comes across a group of frighten...

I Sell The Dead Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 2009 Rating: 70% Approval Rating Based on 1 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Body Snatchers Arthur Blake and Willie Grimes have pillaged their last grave. With just five hours before Arthur follows Willie to the chopping block, he recounts his life story to Fr Francis Duffy. It soon becomes clear that Blake and Grimes were no ordinary grave robbers. And t...

District 9 Theatrical Release Date: August 14, 2009 Rating: 93.33% Approval Rating Based on 3 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Afric...

Inglorious Bastards (2009) Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 2009 Rating: 100% Approval Rating Based on 3 Reviews [ Review it Yourself ] A band of US soldiers facing death by firing squad for their misdeeds are given a chance to save themselves - by heading into the perilous no-man's lands of Nazi-occupied France on a suicide mission for the Allies