The seventh film in Tyler Perry's Madea series is probably the best of the lot so far. "Madea's Witness Protection" is the story of a New York City financial officer who goes into the FBI's witness protection program, with Brian Simmons suggesting that the man and his [..]

The ultimate assemblage of superheroes has been gathered together by Marvel Studios in 2012's biggest summer blockbuster "The Avengers." Produced in association with Paramount Pictures, Marvel was acquired by Walt Disney Pictures in 2009, honoring previous commitments to Paramount. Disney handles the distribution, sharing profits with [..]

Producer-director Peter Berg ("Friday Night Lights" 2004) put together the movie "Battleship" based on the Hasbro board game, and failed miserably. The film is loaded with plots we have seen before, goofy dialogue, and bad acting. The screenplay by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber is just [..]

"Prometheus" is the latest blockbuster from producer-director Ridley Scott ("Alien" 1979) to hit the world's movie screens. The big star of the show is, as usual with Scott, the special effects, now digital in the 21st century. The screenplay by Jon Spaihts [..]

Producer-director-screenwriter Rob Zombie has made a comedy-horror movie based on the old time television show "The Munsters." Strictly speaking, this film should be called a prequel because Zombie goes into the background and history of the characters of the sitcom that ran on CBS from 1964 to [..]

"Snow White and the Huntsman" is a fresh and new retelling of the old Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Snow White," first published in 1812. Unlike the old sanitized Walt Disney version, this new offering shows life in medieval Europe in gritty reality. [..]

"The Hunger Games" is out, and a big hit at the box office. The Lionsgate Films product was faithful to the novels by Suzanne Collins, judging by the reaction of the fans. She helped write the screenplay with Billy Ray and director Gary Ross ("Pleasantville" 1998), [..]

"People Like Us" stars Chris Pine as a man who, after the death of his estranged father, discovers he has a half-sister. Director Alex Kurtzman does an excellent job in his first job behind the camera. The story is plainly told and clearly unfolded, from an [..]

"Lockout" is a science fiction action movie about a man who has been convicted of a crime he did not commit, and offered a full pardon, if he can rescue the U. S. President's daughter from a prison in orbit around the Earth by the convicts held there. [..]

"Chernobyl Diaries" is a horror film about American and British young people touring eastern Europe when they stumble upon ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. They disappear one by one, including their Ukrainian tour guide, until the viewer realizes they are being abducted by zombies, who are [..]