In a nutshell: Monsters kept as secret weapons by the government are sent into action against invading aliens.

There is a vast difference between making fun of something and having fun with something. The former can be a cruel and snarky exercise, while the latter can be a humor-laced homage to a cherished subject… which is exactly what our pick this week is all about.

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In a nutshell: A Las Vegas cab driver aids a couple of kids on the run who possess strange powers.

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In a nutshell: An astrophysicist deciphers prophecies from half a century ago and attempts to prevent those that have not yet occurred.

This critic has so much said it before… boy, do we miss Irwin Allen. Cheesy and goofy as he was, Mr. Allen could cobble together stars and special effects to give us one entertaining disaster flick (example, “The Towering Inferno”). Entertainment and fun were Irwin’s simple goals, in terms of what he perceived as crowd-pleasing qualities… which brought in the audiences, thus allowing him to meet his own financial goals. Those twin benchmarks have largely been forgotten by today’s filmmakers, especially the fun part.

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