"John Carter" seems to have all the elements for a successful motion picture: Lots of action, special effects, drama, romance, etc. It even came out in 3D. But this expensive Walt Disney Pictures product was a big flop at the box office. The story [..]

Andrew Garfield has taken over the Spider-Man role in the reboot movie "The Amazing Spider-Man." Director Marc Webb ("500 Days of Summer" 2009) and screenwriters James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, and Steve Kloves have pretty much given us a new version of the same Peter Parker story. [..]

Bloody violence and gore rule the day in "Dredd," a remake of 1995's "Judge Dredd" and also based on the comic book of the same name. Director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point" 2008) and producer-screenwriter Alex Garland came up with a terrible story about a dystopic North America [..]

The "Madagascar" series continues with another highly entertaining installment called "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted." This computer animated comedy, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is the first of the three to be presented in 3D in theatrical release. The story, [..]

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. [..]