Plural, more accurately: Aliens vs. Predators, facing off in the arena of an ancient pyramid under the Antarctic ice. Notwithstanding the outward hostilities, it's a pragmatic pooling of commercial assets by the Fox studio, profit motive only. A clearer motive, at any rate, than that of the dreadlocked Predators, who, …
The slant is heavily toward love, but the lovers -- next-door neighbors since elementary school -- have no personalities other than as basketball players. If the movie itself were a ballplayer, the scouting report would read, "Slow afoot, with limited mobility and telegraphed moves." Christine Dunford has the right attitude …
16-year-old rapper Bri attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm in order to lift up her family and do right by the legacy of her father, a local hip hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for …
Familiar situation (in movies, not in life) of the framed lawman steering a murder investigation away from himself, staying one step ahead of his estranged wife, the newly appointed homicide detective. For a while the movie feigns an interest in human relationships -- a romantic triangle or quadrangle, depending on …
Sanaa Lathan is forced to enlist the services of ex-boyfriend Morris Chestnut when current beau — dreamy blue-eyed soul brother Michael Ealy — begins to exhibit unexpected signs of psychotic behavior. Cat lovers and Remington (firearms, not electric shavers) shareholders are the only ones likely to find redemption in this …