Alien encounters are film features that can either creep out audiences like The Thing or steal your heart like E.T.; the mystical aura that surrounds a Sci-Fi movie can be a stimulating experience for moviegoers.

Kids can be some creepy little critters. Horror classics like The Omen, Village of the Damned and even Pet Cemetery continue to send shivers down our spines. And for every great horror film comes an abundance of horrendous knockoffs, looking to outperform their predecessors.

Another blockbuster summer means another Judd Apatow production. Besides resurrecting and creating stars out of today’s biggest comedians (Jonah Hill, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and Seth Rogen), the director/producer/screenwriter has become a goldmine for the film industry.

The affray between cops and robbers is a good vs. evil tale best fit for entertainment value. Director Michael Mann (Miami Vice, Ali) revisits an era where crime was at its worst and gangsters ruled the word—the Great Depression.

The summer’s biggest film has arrived and moviegoers haven’t been this stimulated with hype and anticipation since The Dark Knight. After the first Transformers film surmounted our expectations

You hear the names Denzel Washington and John Travolta—you automatically think onscreen greats. You hear they’re working on a film together and your heart begins to pump with anticipation. Then you finally hear they’re starring in a remake to the 1970’s classic Taking of Pelham 123, and then you don’t know what to think.

In the previous three Terminator films, the story and the action has focused around the conception of John Connor and his early years before the rise of the machines.

It’s been set in stone that whatever happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas. So it doesn’t take a genius to realize that partaking in the trinity of sex, drugs and alcohol in Sin City only leads to sheer disaster. The Hangover is clearly a film that looks to lead by example, showing no shame in its presentation.