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International Armada Defends Earth From Aliens in Naval Showdown

Though ostensibly inspired by the Hasbro board game of the same name, Battleship is a special effects driven science fiction adventure that has more in common with blockbusters like Armageddon…

Depp Does Barnabas Justice in Adaptation of a Soap Opera

Dark Shadows was a daytime soap opera which originally aired on ABC-TV on weekday afternoons from 1966 to 1971. What made the program unique was its gothic storyline about Barnabas…

Marvel Comic Book Superheroes Assemble to Save the Planet

The Avengers is the sixth movie in the series of Marvel Comics adaptations that was launched in 2008 with Iron Man, and quickly followed by The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man…

Wedding Delays Strain Relationship in Romantic Comedy

This underwhelming movie has been heavily promoted as being “From the producer of Bridesmaids,” thereby implying that Judd Apatow has a golden touch that ensures the success of any movie…

Orphaned Chimpanzee Is Unexpectedly Adopted by Alpha Chimp

This delightful Disneynature documentary, narrated by Tim Allen and shot in the wilds of Africa’s Ivory Coast, is about the adorable antics of an infant chimpanzee named Oscar. Co-directed by…

College Kids Hunted at Haunted House in Horror Film

At first glance, The Cabin in the Woods appears to be a run-of-the-mill slasher film. After all, it’s about unsuspecting teenagers who are alone in a secluded setting and who…

Fading Series Members Engage in Sophomoric Hijinks at Reunion

To some, it probably seems like only yesterday that the high school seniors in American Pie were on a mission to lose their virginity before their graduation. But that was actually two…

3D Sequel’s Showdown of the Gods Improves Upon the Original

I don’t understand why the characters in movies that are set in ancient Greece invariably speak with British accents, since the English language didn’t even come into existence until centuries later.…

Teens Fight to the Death in a Reality Show Set in the Future

Picture a post-apocalyptic North America devastated by a combination of fire, famine, drought, and wars. The United States has been replaced by a centralized totalitarian regime that is run with…

Partners Go Undercover in Their Former High School in Comedy

Aside from their both missing the senior prom, popular jock Greg Jenko (Channing Tatum) and social outcast Morton Schmidt (Jonah Hill) had nothing in common when they were in high…

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