G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra

This is your every day good guys vs. bad guys movie that has been done a million times. Based on your popular children's toy, you get to know the "Joe's" or our modern day heroes fighting to protect the world from all evil. The movie does have your typical plot centered on the bad guy having some weapons that will destroy the world and the good guys have to stop him and save the day. That being said there are some pretty cool gadgets and fight scenes and lots of eye candy, so if you don't expect too much you might enjoy the action.

Aliens in the Attic

When two families join up for a relaxing vacation the kids are sure it is going to be boring. When the vacation house is invaded by Aliens and the kids are determined to fight them and save the planet all without letting their parents know, things get a lot more exciting. A cute family movie that kids will enjoy.

Land of the Lost

Will Ferrell plays a washed up scientist that finally stumbles across the Land of the Lost that he always new existed. Now he has to battle dinosaurs and aliens and of course defeat the bad guy. This movie was so bad that I don't even know what else to say...

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

All your favorite characters are back in this Transformers sequel that is even more action packed than the first. When a whole new group of bad guys try to once again take over Earth, Optimus Prime and his special group of enforcers again battle to protect the human race. Short on plot, but action junkies will still enjoy it.

Monsters vs. Aliens

On the day of her wedding Susan (Reese Witherspoon) is hit by a meteor and all of a sudden she grows into a huge monster with amazing strength. When she is locked away with other monsters by the government all she wants is to go home. When Earth is attacked by an alien robot the monsters are called upon to defeat it and save the planet. This is a very cute movie that is fun for the whole family.

Dragonball Evolution

Justin Chatwin is a martial arts student who is charged with trying to collect all of the magical dragonballs and save the world. Of course the goal is to find the dragonballs before the bad guys do. This is another attempt to turn a manga book into a movie and unfortunately this was not a good attempt.

Race to Witch Mountain

Dwayne Johnson plays Jack Bruno a bored cabby who has a couple of strange kids show up in his cab one morning that starts him on a journey of a lifetime. A race begins to see if he can get these aliens/children to their spaceship before the government or the bad buy get them. A mediocre movie, but kids will probably enjoy it.

Knowing

The movie begins with a time capsule being buried at a new elementary school and a strange girl's contribution to the capsule is a sheet of random numbers. When the time capsule is dug up 50 years later and each child is given a letter the son of scientist John Koestler (Nicholas Cage) receives the numbers. He realizes the numbers represent every major disaster that has happened in the past 5o years and that there are more numbers indicating things happening in the near future. A strange movie that was not horrible, but not one of Cage's best.

Push

This movie is about some children who have "special" abilities and who are hiding from a corrupt governmental group called the Division who are trying to take all those with abilities and create an all-powerful weapon. They have to unite to defeat those who want to destroy them. A major disappointment.

Inkheart

Brendan Fraser plays Mo Folchart a "silver tongue" who every time he reads allowed he brings the story to life. When he accidently brings out some unwilling and some unsavory characters of the book Inkheart and his wife is read into the book Mo spends years trying to figure out how to fix his mistake without causing more damage. It wasn't a bad movie, but it just felt like they missed a lot of the story when it was over.

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Keanu Reeves plays an alien visitor who basically tells the humans that he needs to destroy the human race to protect Earth because it is the humans that are killing it. Along the way he meets a scientist and her young son who work to convince him to give the humans another chance. This movie was really poorly done and I'm sure most just watch it because they like Reeves.

Hellboy 2

Hellboy is back in this sequel about the demon/man secretly working for the government to fight other non-human evils. This time he comes up against an evil Elf trying to cause havoc. The same lovable characters return in this second Hellboy. I enjoy these movies...they are funny and action-packed at the same time. If you like the first you will like the second.

City of Ember

This is the story of a hidden city built to try and protect the human race and keep it alive from a worldwide disaster. As time goes on the Mayor is letting the city rot and so when a young girl discovers some old papers about a way out a quest begins to see if the instructions work. Unfortunately the Mayor doesn't want to lose his city so they must try to avoid him at the same time. This was a very cute movie that's uniqueness was enjoyable.

The Incredible Hulk

Edward Norton is David Banner a scientist who when angry turns into a mean green beast. To try and avoid any incidents Banner is hiding out in Brazil until he is forced to come out of hiding to meet with a professor who thinks he can help him. When an army of soldiers try to detain him so that they can use him to develop other monsters for their army, Banner must use the Hulk to stop them. I really thought I was going to hate this movie, but as a huge Norton fan decided to try it...I actually thought it was pretty good.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Brendan Fraser returns in the next Mummy only this time his son is the one to make a great discovery when he finds the tomb of an ancient Emperor. Of course it wouldn't be a Mummy movie unless the dead guys come back to life and the O'Connell's have to battle them to save the world. The battle comes to a head in China and once again it is good vs. evil. I wasn't crazy about the switch of female leads and really the only redeeming actors in this film are Michelle Yeoh and Isabella Leong.

Hancock

Will Smith plays a not so superhero in this movie about a man with superhero powers but that most the world dislikes because he is bitter and mean. One day he saves Ray, (Jason Bateman) a public relations agent, who tries to repay him by cleaning up his image and making the world love him. As he gets to know Ray and his family Hancock finds out some new information about who he really is. An enjoyable movies because it was not your typical superhero movie.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

In this movie Brendan Fraser plays a scientist who just cannot accept his brother's death, so when he finds some cryptic notes one of his brother's books he takes off on a journey to find the truth. I'm sure this was not an easy novel to make into a movie and really it was not well done, but some will find it entertaining.

Iron Man

When genius weapons building billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) gets held hostage by an evil terrorist organization the only way to escape is by building a "superhero" suit. Once he gets home he gives up weapons building and goes to work perfecting his new invention so that he can use it to fight crime.

Southland Tales

I "think" this movie is about an actor who wakes up one day and has amnesia and somehow he is connected to a porn star, policeman, and war vet. This movie was so bad I shut it off half way through because I really couldn't get what was going on. Disappointing because it had quite a few good actors in it.

The Golden Compass

This story is based on the book about an alternate universe where humans' souls live outside their body and are called daemons. These daemons take on an animal form and if they are injured the human feels it as well. This film is about a young girl who is the only one who can read a magical golden compass and ventures off on an expedition to find some missing children. Along the way she plans to help her uncle who is trying to find information about a mysterious substance called dust that is supposed to be able to connect the various universes. For me this film was a little confusing and would have to be watched a few times to get all the details straight. It leaves the ending wide open so you know there will be a sequel coming.