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Batman returns to Gotham in The Dark Knight Rises, but don't get too used to him. ( Watch The Dark Knight Rises Online | Watch The Dark Knight Rises Online ) There are a lot of other moving pieces in this, the capper to Christopher Nolan's run of dark and enormous Batman films, and just as he was in The Dark Knight, Batman is probably not even the 8th most interesting character in his own movie-- at times he's outshone by characters not even listed in the credits. Nolan makes a lot of nods toward the emotional development of his hero, but never quite connects with him, and doesn't do much better with the motives of the film's villains, represented largely by the hulking Bane (Tom Hardy) but, of course, a little more complicated than that. ( Watch The Expendables 2 Online )
Remember, The Expendables wasn't really universally beloved, though with Simon West stepping in as director this time, we might be able to expect him to bring his Con Air skills to pump up the action. And in our review from Katey, who hated the first movie, we call it "an over-the-top, slightly tongue-in-cheek action movie that revives 80s macho bloodsport while poking just enough fun at it as well." ( Watch Ted Online | Watch Ted Online ) For a movie with a titular character that smokes a ton of pot, watches Flash Gordon on a loop, and regularly hires prostitutes for fuzzy sex, Ted, the directorial debut from Seth MacFarlane, has a surprising amount of heart. From its honest portrayal of a childhood friendship to its surprising stance on middle-aged maturity, the film has one of the most bizarre dick joke to earnestness ratios ever, but strangely it all works and is, most importantly, hilarious. ( Watch ParaNorman Online ) With 2009's Coraline the team at Laika Studios established themselves not just as skilled new talents in the specialized realm of stop-motion animation, but expert detailers of the loneliness and bizarre imaginative twists of childhood. Now with ParaNorman, their first original story, the Laika team-- led by directors Sam Fell and Chris Butler-- have made good on that promise and expanded it, telling not just another moving and relatable story about childhood, but adding horror elements to the tired children's adventure genre and making it feel fresh and renewed.