Helena Chao

The Hangover 3: The third and final installment of the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time is unfortunately the least enjoyable of the three. Don’t get me wrong: Alan is as endearing and weirdly funny as ever, and the balance of comedy and heart is still there. But it lacks the originality and freshness of the first “Hangover.”

The powerful team that created one of this generation’s best TV series—“Lost”—is back at the helm in the second installment of the new, re-imagined prequel of the “Star Trek” series. Sirs J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and musical genius Michael Giacchino, along with a highly talented cast and crew, prove that lightning can strike twice with “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

“The Croods” is a feel-good, cute, family-friendly animated film that will appeal to kids and kids at heart.

In hoping to stay true to the powerful emotional backbone of the musical, director Tom Hooper made the daring decision to have the actors sing their lyrics live while filming versus singing to playback.

“Ted” is what happens when “Care Bears” meets “The Hangover”—it’s a hilarious, gut-splitting adventure, but one that also has a squishy, heartfelt, gummy bear core.

The crew of Prometheus set out to discover mankind’s origins but instead find the unimaginable in the far reaches of the universe in Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre.

It feels like a careless salad bowl—a little bit of this, a dollop of that, a pinch of this.

A homage to the great Italian black and white films, tweaked for the 21st century.

The Hangover 3: The third and final installment of the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time is unfortunately the least enjoyable of the three. Don’t get me wrong: Alan is as endearing and weirdly funny as ever, and the balance of comedy and heart is still there. But it lacks the originality and freshness of the first “Hangover.”

The powerful team that created one of this generation’s best TV series—“Lost”—is back at the helm in the second installment of the new, re-imagined prequel of the “Star Trek” series. Sirs J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and musical genius Michael Giacchino, along with a highly talented cast and crew, prove that lightning can strike twice with “Star Trek Into Darkness.”

“The Croods” is a feel-good, cute, family-friendly animated film that will appeal to kids and kids at heart.

In hoping to stay true to the powerful emotional backbone of the musical, director Tom Hooper made the daring decision to have the actors sing their lyrics live while filming versus singing to playback.

“Ted” is what happens when “Care Bears” meets “The Hangover”—it’s a hilarious, gut-splitting adventure, but one that also has a squishy, heartfelt, gummy bear core.

The crew of Prometheus set out to discover mankind’s origins but instead find the unimaginable in the far reaches of the universe in Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre.

It feels like a careless salad bowl—a little bit of this, a dollop of that, a pinch of this.

A homage to the great Italian black and white films, tweaked for the 21st century.