Drama, Romance
The Nativity Story

‘Thirteen’ director Catherine Hardwicke brings history’s most precious narrative to life as Mary and Joseph make their laborious way from …

Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Mission to Mars

“Mission to Mars” is a character-driven cross between “Apollo 13” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
The LEGO Movie

Sometimes a hero is easy to spot—he’s brave, he’s brilliant, he’s special. But sometimes he’s just a plastic shell of …

Animation, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Arthur and the Invisibles

French director Luc Besson transforms his own best-selling children’s books into a live-action/CGI fantasy … that hopefully worked better en …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Eragon

Based on the much-loved bestseller written by a boy about a boy and his dragon (and swords and sorcerers and …

Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
City of Ember

What if you lived far below the earth’s surface? What if you’d never seen daylight? What if Fox Walden made …

Drama, Sports
Invincible

Everybody loves an underdog. And for football fans during the mid- to late-’70s, it was hard not to root for …

Drama
Spice World

In this glorified music video, viewers root for the Girls as they try to stand by a friend in need …

Action/Adventure, Animation, Drama, Kids, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Bionicle: Mask of Light

LEGO used to spark images of nubby plastic blocks that you could use to build anything your heart desired … …

Animation, Comedy, Kids
The Nut Job

It also attempts to transition the action from gritty and “adult” (there’s foul language and gun violence in the short) …

Drama, Sports
The Ride

Washed-up rodeo champ Smokey Banks forms an unlikely friendship with an orphaned teen.

Comedy, Romance
Leap Year

As the credits roll on this frothy romcom, we can almost believe that lasting love might have been forged in …

Animation, Comedy, Kids, Romance, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Shrek Forever After

Mike Myers’ Scottish-brogued ogre is back for a fourth adventure. Is it as forgettable as the third one? Is it …

Animation, Drama, Kids
James and the Giant Peach

“James and the Giant Peach,” based on the 1961 Roald Dahl book of the same name, is a fairy tale …

Comedy, Drama
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty has some rough edges. (We’ve felt them here.) It also proves to be positive, …