"Tower Heist" is a comedy-heist movie about a group of employees whose pensions and savings have been stolen from them by a Wall Street businessman. They hire a criminal, a bankrupt businessman, and a maid to break into his apartment to get their money back. The [..]

The comic antics of Rowan Atkinson continues in "Johnny English Reborn." English is called back into service at M17 despite major mistakes in his last mission. Director Oliver Parker ("Othello" 1995) keeps this sequel faithful to the original "Johnny English" of 2002, even improving things a [..]

When their friend dies in a car crash, a young couple become legal guardians of her four children in "Change of Plans." Director John Kent Harrison, who co-wrote the teleplay with Karen Hall, put together this inspirational family made-for-television movie that aired on the Fox Television Network [..]

"Red Dawn" is an action film that tells the story of a North Korean invasion of the U. S., centered on a group of young people in Spokane, Washington, who are determine to defend their community from the invaders. Director Don Bradley has a poorly executed film [..]

Quality still rules after a half century of James Bond in "Skyfall." The story has Daniel Craig's Bond shot and presumed dead and missing for some time. He is actually in a self-imposed retirement at some exotic tropical location. Bond decides to return home when [..]

"Lincoln" is probably one of the finest motion pictures ever made. This story of the final four months of President Abraham Lincoln's life is characterized by an amazing screenplay, a skillfully crafted plot, highly refined performances, and superior production values. Director Steven Spielberg ("Jaws" 1975) is [..]

For some reason, Walt Disney Pictures decided to make a second "Haunted Mansion" movie twenty years after the first one was released. Director Justin Simien ("Dear White People" 2014) and screenwriter Katie Dippold created a winsome and generally entertaining new product that tells the story of a [..]

Director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women" 2019) and her new film "Barbie" have taken the entertainment world by storm. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, this first live-action Barbie movie (after several animated features) tells the story of Barbie and Ken as they leave Barbieland to [..]

Director Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" 2000) won the Oscar for Best Director for his job at the helm of "The Life Of Pi." The story is about two survivors of a shipwreck, a 16-year-old Indian boy and a ferocious Bengal tiger, sharing a lifeboat for [..]

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star in the hilarious comedy "Parental Guidance," where he plays a man who gets laid off from his job, and they then goes to visit their daughter, played by Marisa Tomei. Tomei and her husband are suddenly called out of town, and [..]