[Koko Ed]

Mission Impossible III
Sure Tom Cruise's star has faded significantly in recent years, much to his own doing but I'm not going to hold that against him or his movies. JJ Abrahms adds the right touch the long missing series needed to get it back on track giving it a gritty and humanistic touch that works surprisingly well. Phillip Seymore Hoffman steals the show as a vicious arms dealer. B

Over the Hedge
In the recent years the glut of computer animated films have lowered the standards of the animated film significantly (unless Pixar was attached to the film). There was better quality on the Cartoon network. Well I'm pleased to report that this little charmer has alot going for it. Great animation, action and voice performances. I highly recommend this film. A-

The Da Vinci Code
I never read the book and while the story and the mystery is interesting it also came across as rather cool and obviously very calculated. There are no performances that really stand out which is really surprising with the amazing talent on display here. A slight disappointment but not a terrible one.
About the controversy. I don't see whats all the big deal about. It's a work of fiction for crying out loud but the way so many of Christians are acting you'd think it was in every Church across America instead of the bible. They could instead use it as an opportunity to spread the word instead of protesting that is ignored and despised and people go see the movie anyways. At least a good portion of the American people are talking about God for once. Take advantage of that. C

Cars
Pixar does what Pixar does best. Entertain and lift the art form to new heights which have been pretty low recently thanks to lesser companies trying to cash in on Pixars success without understanding what makes Pixar successful.
When I saw the previews to Cars last year I thought it was going to be absolutely awful and after seeing it I see that that was further from the truth. It is funny and touching and just plain beautiful. That being said I didn't enjoy this one as much as I did other Pixar films. It was flat at the beginning and stock car scenes lacked the adrenaline rush excitement that you would expect. Thus the movie felt more low key than most Pixar films.B