"Return to Oz" is an unofficial sequel to the 1939 popular classic film "The Wizard of Oz." Director-screenwriter Walter Murch put together a darker version of the Oz story than audiences have been used to since 1939. He based this film on L. Frank Baum's later [..]

"Despicable Me" is an animated comedy movie about a supervillain named Gru who adopts three orphan girls to use in a nefarious scheme to make money but suddenly develops an emotional attachment to them. Prominent characters of the film are the Minions, small pill-shaped creatures serving Gru. Directors [..]

"De-Lovely" is a musical biopic about the life and career of famed composer Cole Porter (1891-1964). Director Irwin Winkler ("Life as a House" 2001) put together a film with mediocre performances by the cast as well as inconsistent production values. In addition, Porter's songs were [..]

"Bad Boys: Ride or Die" is the fourth in the series of "Bad Boy" motion pictures about detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett who this time are attempting to clear the name of their late captain, falsely accused of conspiracy. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence still have their [..]

"17 Again" is a fantasy-comedy film about a 37-year-old man, alienated from his children and going through a divorce, accidentally changed into a 17-year-old. He convinces his best friend to register him in the high school where his son and daughter attend, and the comedy and drama [..]

"My Mom's New Boyfriend" is a romantic comedy about an FBI agent who leaves town for three years and returns to find his formerly overweight mother involved in a swinging life style and dating a variety of younger men. He discovers that one of them is a [..]

"Despicable Me 4" is the latest in the popular franchise continuing the story of reformed supervillain and secret agent Gru relocating his family to a safehouse because his old enemy Maxime La Mal is seeking revenge. The movie has entertaining subplots dealing with his children adjusting to their [..]

"The Spy Who Dumped Me" is an espionage-comedy film about two best friends who are chased by assassins across Europe when it is discovered that one of their boyfriends turns out to be an agent for the CIA. This is not the best comedy film, spy movie, or [..]

"Master Gardener" is a drama film about a talented horticulturist who enjoys his work at a huge estate owned by a wealthy widow. When he is asked to take on her troubled great-niece as an apprentice, his life is thrown into chaos and troubling secrets from his [..]

"Flipped" follows the story of two children, a boy and a girl, from the second grade into their teenage years. The girl falls in love with him from the first time they meet, but as they grow older, he develops feelings for her and she is not [..]