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The Hangover numbers among those very few movies that can lay legitimate claim to the title "instant classic." As contrived, convoluted, twisted, silly, and slapstick as something woven from the three stooges meeting the Marx brothers, "The Hangover" nevertheless maintained its sincerity and inspired audiences' sympathy for the poor slobs they were watching screw-up at every available opportunity. We call that "comic genius.""Can The Hangover Part II possibly reprise the genius and do justice to the original? As the movie went into post-production, Hangover star Bradley Cooper shared his worries, telling The Los Angeles Times, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't trepidatious." The el dos, the original characters travel to Bangkok, which Cooper characterized as "Las Vegas on steroids." Stu once again is scheduled for nuptials, and he has pre-empted a bachelor party rerun by scheduling a proper, safe, conservative pre-wedding brunch. Of course, the words "yeah, right" come to mind. The studio says, "What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can't even be imagined.""Cooper assuages his own and the audience's trepidations, claiming, ": "The script was better than the first one. The scope is larger. [Shooting it] went smoother than it did the first time in terms of letting spontaneous moments happen." Devoted fans have their fingers tightly crossed.

Led by Natalie Portman, who recently complained to Vogue, "Women…are generally not allowed to be beautiful and funny, and certainly not vulgar," makers of films for women and women film-makers have launched an intensely iconoclastic initiative toward genuinely funny feminine films. Bridesmaids has potential to become a landmark in that initiative, primarily because it is genuinely funny—as in genuinely, authentically, undeniably, unequivocally, unashamedly, and unabashedly laugh-out-loud funny."Led by Kristen Wiig of "SNL" fame and featuring "a veritable herd of hilarious women," Bridesmaids bravely ventures into an admittedly over-worked premise, marking the latest reprise of the whole high-end wedding and frustrated bridesmaid fiasco; but it comes out with something genuinely fresh.  Instead of thinking Bridemaids is a little weak on plot, think of it as "episodic" and focused on its principal theme—shenanigans. With co-conspirators Ellie Kemper, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, and Rose Byrne fuelling the funny, the movie-makers refuse to go sappy rom-com. Instead, Bridemaids delivers all the guy-stuff staples redone for girls, including an unruly bunch of puppies, a car chase, a tennis ball to a delicate body-spot, and a party-planning summit gone terribly wrong.

For those conspiracy theorists and urban legend enthusiasts perplexed by the question, "Why has the United States never returned to the moon?" Apollo 18 now offers a frighteningly realistic lost-footage answer. [insert dramatic, suspenseful movie music here]."According to "official" space history, moon missions ended with Apollo 17; and, although an eighteenth mission was scheduled, NASA maintains it scrubbed the launch. Apollo 18 alleges the mission actually went off as planned, and the crew of the ill-fated moon-landing encountered alien life among the craters. Supposedly, investigators recently stumbled upon never-before-released NASA video proving the existence of alien life. Shot by the moonwalkers, the "secret" video documents their encounter with the aliens, and you safely may assume the two parties did not exchange recipes for fish tacos. The very well-crafted trailer for Apollo 18 ostensibly shows you the "lost" footage."Produced by Timur Bekmambetov and directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego, Apollo 18 is frequently reminiscent of Ridley Scott's original Alien, but in a good, allusive way, building suspense and genuine terror from intense realism. The voice-over for the trailer says ominously, "What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon."When you have seen the footage, you too may become a conspiracy theorist or fan of urban legends."

Blue Crush taught us surfer-girls can have guts and soul. Now, considerably raising the stakes and the bar, Soul Surfer shows us just how courageous and soulful real-life surfer girls can be. Please do not allow Carrie Underwood's cameos to distract you from Soul Surfer's true heroine--Bethany Hamilton, on whose real-life triumph the movie is based. At 13, Bethany Hamilton lost part of her arm to a hungry shark, and her battle for survival garnered world-wide attention. The loss of the arm represents the loss of Bethany's dream: she aspired to a career as a pro surfer, and she had been well on her way. "At low ebb, Bethany discovers no surfing, no self. Travelling with a youth group to Phuket, Thailand, in the wake of the tsunami, Bethany discovers the possibility of making a difference in others' lives, and she pursues recovery and career with new-found purpose and resolve. The results: inspirational drama, and great surfing. In Soul Surfer's climactic scenes, we witness Bethany pushing her physical limits for the sake of inspiring others. In these scenes, we also credit director Sean McNamara with understanding the difference between "homiletic" and inspirational and keeping the most soulful parts of Soul Surfer genuinely tear-worthily inspirational."The Hamilton family collaborated in Soul Surfer's development, adding parts of the story Bethany had felt unwilling or unready to discuss in her autobiography. Welcome (almost) grown-up AnnaSophia Robb, who pours her own heart and soul into her portrayal of Bethany Hamilton. Welcome back Helen Hunt, beautiful and beguiling as ever, and extremely well cast as Bethany's mom. Also welcome back Dennis Quaid, reprising the good dad, and doing it well."

Matinee fans have learned, over the years, to expect little from sequels…except when the sequels come from Disney-Pixar. Witness how the "toy stories" just got better and better. Cars 2 promises to keep the streak alive. Everything you loved in the original Cars reappears in el dos, but this time all your favourite vehicles seem to have discovered and liberated their inner turbo-chargers."In Cars 2, Lightning McQueen competes in the first-ever World Grand Prix, the race for the title of "world's fastest car." The quest for glory might be enough to sustain an ordinary plot, but in this second-time-around, the guy who played second-fiddle emerges as a reluctant hero, an international tow-truck of mystery. "Mater," inimitably voiced by Larry the Cable Guy, gets tangled up in international espionage and intrigue. Determined to complete his top-secret spy mission while maintaining his loyalty to Lightning McQueen, Mater ends-up in "an explosive chase" through mean and twisted streets of Europe and Japan. There probably will be a Cars 2 app for that."

For at least a moment, you have to regret director Carlos Saldanha and screenwriter Don Rhymer did not assemble this all-star comedy cast for a live-action film. Imagine queen of irony Anne Hathaway starring with George Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Tracy Morgan, will.i.am, and Jamie Foxx in a satirical send-up of almost anything! For now, audiences must feel grateful the crew that brought you Ice Age has lined-up these headliners to add their voice talents to Rio. And, for the sake of straight-faced gravity, Jesse Eisenberg is the voice of Blu, a Minnesota Macaw with a fear of flying."Of course, Rio is a boy-meets-girl movie laced with proper doses of romance, suspense, and intrigue. As the movie opens, Blu lives with Linda, his owner, in Moose Lake, Minnesota, the two of them convinced Blu is the last of his kind. When they learn of Jewel, Blu's female counterpart, they take their walk on the wild side, heading for Rio de Janeiro to meet the bird of Blu's dreams. Of course, adventures and mis-adventures multiply as poachers kidnap Blu and Jewel and the birds-of-a-feather attempt their escape. Naturally, because love conquers all, Blu ultimately must face his fear of flying in order to win Jewel's love."

Sure, the agonizing choice between love and money is a staple in the rom-com genre. After all, what sustains Jane Austen's perennial popularity more than her poignant, insightful portrayals of sweet young things torn between desire for love and need for thousands-a-month? We do not, however, often see men in the same dilemma, so Arthur strongly suggests that some bois may have hearts after all. Well, underneath the profligacy and playboy stuff, bois may have hearts. In Arthur, the title character must decide between preserving his inheritance by acquiescing in an arranged marriage or protecting his heart by staying with the woman he truly loves. Naturally, no spoilers required. "Yes, this year's Arthur is a remake of the Dudley Moore classic; you may compare and contrast at your leisure. With Russell Brand and Jennifer Garner filling the screen, the old story has a whole new look, feel, and flavour. And with Helen Mirren playing Hobson, the adult supervision, aka Arthur's devoted caretaker and confidante, we get just the right measure of gravitas to keep the funny and ironic parts truly funny and ironic.

A genuinely suspenseful thriller featuring accomplished actresses in uncharacteristic roles, Hanna combines the considerable talents of Saoirse Roana, notable for her compelling performance in The Lovely Bones, and Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett. No longer a long-suffering ingénue, Ms. Roana plays Hanna herself, "the perfect killing machine," and Ms. Blanchett plays a ruthless intelligence agent with clear family ties to Cruella DeVille, Ma Barker, Catherine Tramell, and other stellar sociopaths.  "Please suspend disbelief for Hanna's fundamental premise: Hanna's father, formerly CIA and now resident of Finland's rugged frontier, has trained his daughter to become the consummate assassin. Whether or not you find it plausible, you must admit it's not a bad idea: Who ever would suspect the innocent abroad would be hell-bent on killing? Well, okay, who but Blanchett's character? As Hanna evades capture and approaches her ultimate target, she discovers a character attribute which feels and acts surprisingly like a conscience. Remember the time-honoured themes in modern literature—good versus evil, and character versus his or her own human nature? Hanna updates and intensifies those themes in a well-paced, white-knuckle post-modern, girl-power package.

For the legions of loyal Easter Bunny fans who have been long convinced the dentists' best springtime friend has not enjoyed nearly enough big-screen face-time, a tragic victim of the movie industry's pro-Santa preference, Hop brings a welcome measure of relief…maybe. Hugh Laurie does the voice of Easter Bunny, Sr., in this CG/real-life mash-up; Russell Brand lends his vocal talents to "E.B.," the Big Rabbit's prodigal son, who has run-off to Hollywood in hot pursuit of his career as a drummer, and clearly in the game for more than hard-boiled eggs. "In fact, Hop enjoys one distinct advantage over the truckload of CG/real-life hybrids currently headed your way: it has a decent plot and a well-crafted script. E.B. was supposed to take-over the family business when he split; and when Hollywood turns-out less than rewarding, he fakes injury from a car accident, imposing his own slacking self on another L.A. slacker, whom E.B. entrusts with the business of saving Easter. James Marsden plays Fred, unrepentant slacker and reluctant host. Kaley Cuoco, Elizabeth Perkins, and Chelsea Handler add depth, style, and spice to Hop.

If Insidious is anything like their previous effort (the SAW series) it will be a tremendous hit at the box office. The writer/director team of James Wan and Leigh Whannell definitely know how to scare the "bejesus" out of us. A happy couple Josh and Renai, played by Patrick Wilson (Watchmen) and Rose Byrne (Get Him to the Greek) think their lives are just about perfect. Three kids and a nice home make for a serene lifestyle until some unruly dark spirited ghosts begin tormenting them. Dalton, their son, is knocked out and ends up in a coma. Is his weak state drawing the scary entities or is it the house? After moving they find that the house may not have been the culprit of their fears."Excellent timing and the addition of some wry humor make this movie a cut above the normal "horror" flick and the actors are really good. For a small (one million dollar) budget, this movie stands a cut above the rest and will thoroughly entertain."