Movies On My Mind

With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman has been making headway against local crime...until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new menace--Batman\'s most personal and vicious enemy yet--he will have to use every high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything he believes.

The Broadway sensation makes a star-studded transition to the screen with this musical starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, and Colin Firth. With the frothy pop hits of ABBA as a soundtrack, this romantic comedy follows a mother (Streep) as she prepares for the wedding of her daughter (Amanda Seyfried).

Ham III has some pretty big shoes to fill. Or he would, if he actually wore shoes. His grandfather was the first chimp in space, but all Ham III wants to do is wow crowds at the circus. Despite his lack of ambition, Ham is soon drawn into an epic mission, and he has no choice but to follow in his granddad\'s footsteps into space. This cartoon comedy features the voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Patrick Warburton, and more.

After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it\'s up to the planet\'s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it\'s time to call in Hellboy.

This 2008 movie update of Jules Verne\'s classic sci-fi/fantasy novel uses the 1864 tale as a template, with its hero, scientist Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser), referring to his missing brother\'s notes on the novel. His nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) in tow, Anderson travels to Iceland to investigate his sibling\'s theories, enlisting a fellow scientist\'s daughter, Hannah (Anita Briem), as a guide. Soon the trio\'s Icelandic mountain trek descends into a cave and, then deeper still to, naturally, the center of the earth, where dinosaurs and other strange prehistoric creatures still dwell. After many dangerous encounters with the native flora and fauna, Trevor, Sean, and Hannah must find a way back to the surface or face being stranded miles below the earth\'s crust.<br><br>Directed by Eric Brevig, a veteran Hollywood visual effects supervisor (MEN IN BLACK, THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW), JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH clearly delights in unveiling eye-catching CGI creatures and landscapes. Presented in some theaters in 3D format, the film features lunging beasts and vertigo-inducing visions, which are effective even in 2D, while Fraser, working in the same amiable vein as the MUMMY movies, provides a human focus amidst the special effects. For fans of the ever-likable Fraser and/or the JOURNEY story, there is plenty to enjoy in this effects-heavy adventure film.