The book that stormed its way up bestseller lists comes to movie theaters this weekend. For the record, I have not read the book, making this the first time in recent memory that I’ve gone to see a movie without reading the book first. It feels odd, knowing there is a book out, that most of the audience has read it and has more knowledge about this than I do. But I wanted a pure viewing with nothing... 

With Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox looks to revive their Planet of the Apes franchise. Based on the 1963 novel La Planete des Singes by Pierre Boulle, the original movie hit the theaters in 1968 starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall in Franklin J. Schaffner’s classic Planet of the Apes. Since then, they provided four sequels – Beneath, Escape, Conquest and Battle –... 

With their innocuous appearance and strangely addictive theme music, the Smurfs are back. One of the few surviving icons of the ‘80s that haven’t been brought back into the spotlight, the little blue creatures now have their own movie, complete in 3D, which take the mythic creatures and their fight with the wizard Gargamel out of the magical forests of familiarity and into the streets of modern... 

Crazy, Stupid, Love is a mature, funny, warm comedy about a family suffering through a divorce that tries too hard to keep its themes light but meaningful and yet still manages to produce an ample amount of laughs and a few well-timed tears. Steve Carell leads the cast as the Cal Weaver, the patriarch of the family who begins the film learning that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him... 

Marvel has had pretty good luck this summer, laying in some key pieces for their upcoming The Avengers movie with Thor, which introduced both the Thunder God and (briefly) Clint “Hawkeye” Barton. Now it’s time to lay the final stone of the foundation. This is not just any character, however, but Captain America, “The First Avenger.” Despite having four other movies building up to The Avengers... 

Marvel has done it once again, delivering a fun, earnest, action-packed superhero movie with filled with heart and rich, rewarding characters. Captain America: The First Avenger is a terrific companion to Marvel’s Iron Man and Thor and sits somewhere between the two. While it doesn’t capture the sense of wonder and astonishment that Iron Man excelled at, it triumphs with a strong lead character... 

This is it, the movie event of the summer – the final chapter in the highly successful and cherished Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. The most anticipated and potentially highest grossing film of 2011 (bringing in $92 million on its opening day alone and that’s just stateside) finally makes its way into cinemas across the globe: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. David... 

It’s been ten years since Harry Potter’s cinematic adventure began with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Over the past decade, we’ve watched the boy wizard discover his hidden talents and tragic past, experience the joy of Quiddich, build everlasting friendships, find romance, and face death repeatedly as he has faced off against the most evil wizard the world has ever known. Now, with... 

As plots go, Horrible Bosses doesn’t sound too original in a one-line description. Three friends, who all work at different places, have different issues with their awful employers, and hatch a plot to kill them. As with the best comedies, though, it’s all in the execution, and director Seth Gordon knocks this one out of the park. Our three protagonists are Kurt, Nick, and Dale, all of... 

As someone who worked in Corporate America for some time, I have a certain affinity for films like Office Space: movies that point out inherent truths about the office life by presenting them in a humorous manner. In fact, I have a typical rule of thumb about dealing with corporate people: if they don’t find movies like Office Space the least bit funny, they are probably guilty of being the asshole...