In a more sophisticated "golden age" when American public schools actually taught people to read, Hollywood made movies from literature—Grapes of Wrath, for example, or To Have and Have Not. According to Oliver Stone, in the 1990s, film became the literature of the age. In 2011, driven by a fetish for "CG integration," Hollywood adopted the comic book as its model of choice. Not "the graphic novel," which has a slightly more elevated ring to it. No. The comic book. "Comic book novices may have difficulty differentiating their Green super-heroes: The Green Lantern does not attract The Green Hornet as moth to flame. Green Lantern may, however, attract almost as many teen girls as teen geeks, because it features Ryan Reynolds, People Magazine's sexiest man, archetype of "obscenely cut" abs. Critics already have remarked and documented strong similarities between Green Lantern and the IronMan series. Given its comic book origins, you know how Green Lantern goes: Cocky gonna-be super-hero must grow into and take responsibility for his super-powers. He becomes part of an inter-galactic super-squadron charged to protect and serve the universe. Of course, hard-rockin' soundtrack and jaw-droppingly attractive women, both good and evil, accompany him wherever he goes. "After summer's spate of cartoon movies, literate viewers may wax nostalgic for Hemingway in collaboration with Bogart and Steinbeck inspiring Henry Fonda.

Faster is about an ex-convict named Driver (Dwayne Johnson) that is dead set on getting revenge on everyone who back stabbed him. Driver sets out on a mission with his kill list in hand to soon find out he is also being hunted, by a soon to be retired cop and a crazy hitman. He must do his best to stay alive while completing his task, but will he make it to the end or will they get to him first. Faster takes you on a ride to the finish line that will keep you wondering all the way to the end.

Napoleon is Ridley Scott's bold and irreverent take on one of history's most consequential figures, pairing spectacular battle sequences with the strange and obsessive love at the center of Bonaparte's life.

Red Cliff is full of good-quality large-scale, beautiful plans. It showcases not great battle scenes only, but the nature, which is the most important ally inferior in combat power of the defending forces. Nature delights: mountains, valleys, water, sky, fog and wind. They are patronizing, calm, fickle and beautiful.

James Cameron returns to the sea, showing in three dimensions how a deep-sea cave-diving team descends into a previously unexplored cave system—the largest, most beautiful, most complex, and least accessible on Earth. There, explorers suddenly face the challenge to become survivors. Adapted from the real-life adventure of the screenplay's co-writer, Andrew Wight, Sanctum movie pays homage to the ocean's sublimity before it tears the mask off its monumental power. Richard Roxburgh, suitably daring and dashing, plays expedition leader Frank McGuire, who skillfully leads the team through months of exploration until a tropical storm cuts-off their exit, forcing them deeper into the caves in search of an escape. Struggling against raging water, short supplies, and inchoate terror, McGuire, his son Josh, and prominent financier Carl Hurley must make their way through a magnificent and menacing maze hoping against hope they will survive. Cameron had to work his magic on a relatively modest $30million budget, but director Alister Grierson and cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin bring out the best in the fine ensemble cast and make the most of Mother Nature's dramatic setting.

The 1966 film "Batman" is a comedic take on the popular comic book character. The plot revolves around Batman and Robin trying to stop the villainous Joker, Riddler, Catwoman, and Penguin from taking over the world. The film is a continuation of the "Batman" TV series from the same year and features many of the same actors.