Contributor: Bob Smithouser

A team of armored transport guards decides to make off with $42 million. They think the job’ll go smoothly. But they don’t know they’re in a heist movie. And things never go smoothly in heist movies.

Dads are important.  And there are right and wrong ways to be one.  That message was communicated loud and clear over the weekend by two sets of filmmakers, one in Hollywood, Calif., the other in Albany, Ga. And yet their projects couldn’t be more diff …

On the surface, this teen’s sugary pop seems almost Disney-esque. But a closer listen suggests that the 15-year-old Web sensation may inspire tweens to grow up too fast.

Perhaps inspired by the exploits of Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron and others over the past year, Disney now requires all its up-and-coming young stars to attend Talent 101, which is designed to prepare them for the pressures (and temptations?) of celebrity li …

With the Major League Baseball playoffs in full swing, I thought I’d share my Top 5 most-recommended baseball movies for family viewing. It’s not your typical “favorites” list. To make it to first base, films needed to be entertaining and uplifting. Pr …

This debut disc from Disney’s 17-year-old Wizards of Waverly Place star spends a lot of time mourning lost love and putting bad boys in their place.

Rapper Kanye West made a fool of himself at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards by jumping onstage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, grabbing the mic and telling everyone that he thought Beyonce’s video was better. Swift was dumbstruck. The crowd …

How big is Bandslam? According to Sa5m (she says the 5 is silent), “Texas high school football big.” Why wouldn’t it be? The winner gets a record deal.

The adventures of three animal families—polar bears, elephants and humpback whales—are central to this visually stunning tour of our planet and its wildlife.

Toxic chemicals create a killer lizard in this foreign film about a South Korean family out to rescue one of its own from the beast’s lair.

The beast called Godzilla tramples across the screen yet again.

“The Mummy” opens in ancient Egypt as a powerful Pharaoh learns that his mistress and high priest have been fooling around behind his back.

Most of this buddy comedy chronicles the up-and-down relationship between Ray and Claude, two black men whose fateful 1936 introduction in a New York City nightclub ignites a string of events that impacts their lives forever.