It’s the eleventh edition of our Movie Lover’s Carnival! Bomb squads, crazed moms, ogres, greasers — and two kinds of Alices!

In 2009 three movies with the number 9 release. It’s no coincidence, but are these just gimmincks cashing in on a numerical coincidence, or movies really worth looking forward to?

Kung-Fu action meets Bollywood madness in this cross-culture caper about a bumbling cook from India who travels to China to save a village from an evil gangster. The ingredients are all there, but is this fusion dish perfectly balanced, or just an overcooked mess?