National Treasure: Book of Secrets 

When one of Ben Gates's (Nicolas Cage) ancestors is revealed to have been part of the Abraham Lincoln assassination plot, the historian/adventurer and his friends try to clear his name.…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

The treacherous Snape (Alan Rickman) is now running Hogwarts while Harry, Ron and Hermione (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) try to find and destroy the Horcruxes, objects that control…

Heroes 

In the beginning, Heroes looked promising. Styled in the vein of a comic book where the chapters didn't neatly follow TV seasons, the show portrayed a great number of ordinary…

Toy Story 2: Love or Immortality

Photo: Pixar In the beginning, no one intended this film to be a theatrical follow-up to Toy Story (1995), the groundbreaking movie that made Pixar famous. The idea was to…

Toy Story: Beginning a New Era

Photo: Pixar Who would have thought back in 1995 that computer-animated films would revolutionize the industry? After all, Disney's hand-drawn The Lion King was still a sensational hit and most…

Sherlock Holmes 

One of Sherlock Holmes's (Robert Downey, Jr.) most dangerous enemies, Blackwood (Mark Strong), is finally caught and executed, but that isn't the last of him. One of the most oft-filmed…

Masters of the Universe 

On planet Eternia, the evil Skeletor (Frank Langella) wants to achieve limitless power but is fought by He-Man (Dolph Lundgren); now the battle reaches Earth. This adaptation of the action…

The Iron Giant

In the 1950s, a boy encounters a giant made of iron in the woods; the creature is from outer space and the kid's new playmate is not easily accepted by…

E.T. The Thing from Another World

Henry Thomas. Photo: Universal When Richard Attenborough accepted his two Oscars for Gandhi in 1983, he acknowledged the fact that he had just beaten one of the favorites. "I was…

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 

When the British government needs their help protecting a precious diamond as it is transported to China, Rick and Evelyn O'Connell (Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello) are coaxed out of retirement;…