Horror, Mystery/Suspense, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Apollo 18

In 1972, three astronauts undertook a secret mission to the moon—a mission from which they never returned. Kinda weird, isn’t …

Horror, Mystery/Suspense
Shark Night

Sharp-toothed killers are hunting curvy co-eds above and below the waterline in this B-movie catastrophe.

Comedy
Accepted

At this concocted college learning is a maybe, but good tans and gross giggles are a must.

Action/Adventure, Comedy
Mickey Blue Eyes

When Michael finds out his woman-of-a-lifetime-soon-to-be-bride is the daughter of a Mafioso, he’s not concerned. After all, he’s marrying her, …

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Annihilation is nothing more than a series of Bruce Lee-style showdowns between acrobatic humans and otherworldly fighters with special powers.

Action/Adventure, Drama
Colombiana

Pretty cinematography. Pretty Zoe Saldana. Pretty much nonstop violence. Colombiana is as subtle and thought-provoking as a blow to the …

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, …