"Just Go With It" is a romantic-comedy film where Adam Sandler plays a plastic surgeon who somehow gets his reluctant assistant (Jennifer Aniston) to help him woo a sixth-grade math teacher. Director Dennis Dugan ("Grown Ups" 2010) and screenwriters Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling made a really [..]
Larry Crowne (2011)
"Larry Crowne" is the feel-good romantic comedy movie of the summer of 2011. Tom Hanks stars as a man who get laid off from his job, returns to school at the local community college, and hooks up with one of his class instructors, played by Julia Roberts. [..]
The Green Lantern (2011)
Blasting from the pages of DC Comics to movie screens near you is "The Green Lantern." This is the typical super-hero story with Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, an Air Force pilot selected by the intergalactic Green Lantern Society as their agent for this sector of the [..]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
With the wave of a magic want, the epic Harry Potter movie series has finally ended. The global weekend box office for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" was $483 million, bringing the total income for the eight films at about $9.6 billion, the fourth [..]
Cars 2 (2011)
"Cars 2" continues the action of the original "Cars" (2006) with a story that has Mater mistaken for a spy by British intelligence officers. This takes place in Japan, where Mater is assisting his friend Lightening McQueen compete in the World Grand Prix. The computer-animated spy [..]
Source Code (2011)
"Source Code" is a different kind of science fiction film where a U. S. Army helicopter pilot in a coma is sent into an eight-minute digital recreation of a real life train explosion, assigned to find out the identity of the terrorist who executed the bombing. Weak [..]
Margin Call (2011)
"Margin Call" is a riveting drama taking place behind the scenes of a fictional Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the 2008 financial crisis. Similar to real-life companies, this firm found itself massively over-leveraged in mortgaged-backed securities. "Margin Call" depicts the "dumping" of [..]
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
Matthew McConaughey stars as a criminal defense attorney who works out of his black Lincoln Town Car in "The Lincoln Lawyer." He travels around the city and county of Los Angeles meeting and helping out clients. Good direction by Brad Furman ("The Take" 2007) and a [..]
Paul (2011)
"Paul" is a science fiction comedy movie which features two English sci-fi fans encountering an alien from outer space on a road trip through the western states of America. This surprisingly humorous film, directed by Greg Mottola ("Adventureland" 2009), was written by two stars of the show, [..]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is a Cold War drama about the search for a Soviet double agent in the British Secret Service. The film is mostly a big bore, as it is difficult to follow, poorly written, and a strenuous and difficult slog for movie-goers who did [..]