The only way that a screenplay about high school life could be this accurate is if high school students wrote it themselves – and they did. Seth Rogen – who also plays one of the idiotic policeman – and Evan Goldberg were childhood friends that started writing the screenplay when they were 13 years old. The story and main characters are somewhat autobiographical to Rogen and Goldberg’s high school experience…

With 18 seasons under creator Matt Groening’s belt, I am very impressed that they managed to come up with an epic story. The Simpsons have done everything in their 18 seasons and yet every new episode is always a creative surprise, while most other sitcoms are going in circles by their sixth year. The story is simple, yet big – so it’s a perfect fit. It really does feel like one big episode, except rather than sitting in your home, you have over a hundred other people laughing with you…

Director Adam Shankman has finally found his calling in musicals. Shankman’s previous filmography includes “The Pacifier,” “A Walk to Remember,” and “Cheaper by the Dozen 2.” It is obvious how his directing has improved. It is surprising, since Shankman is a choreographer, that he hasn’t churned out a musical before…

New director David Yates has excellent staging and control over his scenes, which were written by Michael Goldenberg. Goldenberg, unlike the previous screenwriter, includes all of the scenes that we were really hoping to see from the book. One of the most fantastic scenes has Dumbledore’s army, comprised of Harry and his friends, attempting to produce a patronus charm. Shapes of animals rush out of their wands prancing across the walls of the room…

The transformers themselves are seamless in their CGI creation, but the action sequences are too tightly choreographed in their cinematography that you can’t tell what’s going on. It is entirely possible the CGI renderers are just making the robots roll back and forth on the ground to make it look like they are battling. Other times, when the robots are driving in their car forms, it’s too sleek and comes off as a car commercial. …

Though Moore takes many risks in this film, but the people he talks to and the horrors he uncovers is incredibly thought-provoking. It raises questions like: Why do thirty-six other countries have it so much better than us? Why are American hospitals dumping their patients on the streets because they can’t afford to pay their bill? My own dangerous question is: Why can’t a nation that has so much money afford to take care of its people…

Even though “1408” was lacking in story and detailed character information, this creepy thriller was a pleasant relief from the torture porn that has built up in Hollywood’s bowels.

Author Mike Enslin (John Cusack) searches the country for haunted hotels and creepy sights inhabited by the dead. His many stays have returned nothing paranormal. Scouting places to check into for his latest book, he stumbles across the legendary 1408 in the Dauphin Hotel, New York City. Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), the hotel manager…