Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The Scorpion King

In last summer’s The Mummy Returns, WWF superhunk The Rock made his big-screen debut as the menacing Scorpion King. Now …

Drama, Sports
Hardball

Hardball strikes out trying to depict the trials and inspirations of Chicago’s inner-city Near North Little League.

Comedy, Drama, Romance
One Day

This is a redemption story of sorts—one in which our hero only becomes a hero in the end, when he …

Action/Adventure, Mystery/Suspense
The 6th Day

Classic Schwarzenegger. Commando. Terminator. Total Recall. What’s different about The 6th Day? Only that it was made in the 21st …

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Twilight

Twilight is that time of day-meets-night at which young love merges with vampire lore on the pages of a hugely …

Comedy
Down to Earth

Based on “Heaven Can Wait,” the 1978 box office hit starring Warren Beatty, this movie adapts the story so that …

Comedy, Drama
The Help

A best-selling novel-turned-movie about the deeply compelling lives of black maids in the early days of the Civil Rights Movement …

Comedy, Drama, Musical
A Prairie Home Companion

Robert Altman and Garrison Keillor bring public radio to the big screen, but tranquil Lake Wobegon vistas are nowhere in …

Drama, Sports
Lords of Dogtown

This thinly fictionalized account of the rise of skateboarding is built around the sport’s first ‘rock star’ heroes: Jay Adams, …

Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, War, Western
Cowboys & Aliens

The title is super-cool. The concept is inventive. And the messages about self-sacrifice and leaving the past in the past …

Comedy, Romance
Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Place the emphasis on the first two words in that title, then add an asterisk to the third. Now you’re …

Comedy
Meet the Spartans

The guys who’ve already tormented moviegoers with ‘Date Movie’ and ‘Epic Movie’ are now deliberately making things worse by releasing …

Drama
The Secret Life of Bees

A 14-year-old runaway’s already wobbly life spins off into a whole new orbit when she and her fugitive nanny meet …

Drama
The Second Chance

Two veteran Christian musicians apply their talents to theater. Michael W. Smith stars. Steve Taylor directs. Their movie connects.

Comedy
Phat Girlz

Stand-up comedienne Mo’Nique lets loose on America’s weight issues but forgets to trim back her crude act.