Journey to the Center of the Earth

Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Eric Brevig makes his feature directorial debut with this adaptation of the classic Jules Verne fantasy starring Brendan Fraser. When an ambitious science professor (Fraser) develops a decidedly unconventional hypothesis, the mere mention of his name is ...more

You gotta love rogue scientists. In movies, their carefully thought out, intellectual hunches, hypotheses, and insatiable quests for knowledge can lead to either catastrophic results or action-packed, family-appropriate adventures, or some combination thereof. This update of Jules Verne's classic and beloved book, Journey to the Center of the Earth, is a visual spectacle of PG-rated excitement that thankfully doesn't crumble under the weight of obvious CGI. The special effects—and, lest we ...more

A scientist and his nephew travel to Iceland in order to explore some unusual seismic activity, and instead stumble into the adventure of a lifetime in this family-friendly summer blockbuster that has the distinction of being the first full-length live-action feature shot in digital 3-D. The result is a harmless tale of family bonding that isn't too intense for the youngsters, but still feels rather generic, despite a few memorable action set pieces and some truly dazzling 3-D effects. Compare ...more