Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Kiss & Tell

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.

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Way Out West

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 …

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Bandslam

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.

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Earth

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.

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The Host

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.

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Godzilla

The beast called Godzilla tramples across the screen yet again.

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The Mummy

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

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Life

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.

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