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In a prison for the criminally insane, derranged anthropologist Ethan Powell (Anthony Hopkins) is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder (Cuba Gooding, Jr.). Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulter will eventually risk everything – even put his very life on the line – in a harrowing attempt to understand Caulder’s bizarre actions! In our humble opinion, this is one of Hopkins best roles.

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Some of the scenes for The Hangover were filmed right across the street from the casino where I worked as a shift manager. I got to meet some of the cast members when they would come in between scenes to play blackjack. The one I enjoyed visiting with the most was Zach Galifianakis who played Alan (the bearded guy) in the movie. Zach was also in Corky Romano, Secret Agent … another favorite movie of mine. The Hangover is a funny flick well-worth your time.

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When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey.

This movie has special significance for me. When they were filming “Hard Four” in the Plaza Hotel & Casino dice pit (where I was a floor supervisor), I was asked to give Ed Asner and the other cast members a crash course in Craps to prepare them for their scenes. Between filming scenes, Asner spent about 20-minutes visiting with me. Since I was a big Mary Tyler Moore Show fan, it was a real thrill!

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Click is a high-concept, low-brow variation on It’s a Wonderful Life that will have Adam Sandler fans laughing even as it leaves Frank Capra spinning in his grave. In their third collaboration (after The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy, Sandler and director Frank Coraci aim at the lowest common denominator and consistently hit their target, from scary casting (David Hasselhoff as Sandler’s shallow, sexist boss; Sean Astin in a tight red Speedo) to a rancid menu of fart jokes, fat jokes, oversexed dogs, and other attempts at humor that rarely rise above the level of grade-school pranks. Sandler’s “family comes first” sentiment somehow manages to survive the onslaught of rude, crude attitude that Sandler brings to his role as Michael Newman, a workaholic architect who learns the hard way that, well, family comes first. This happens after Newman gets a magical remote control from Morty (Christopher Walken, the film’s one and only highlight), an eccentric oddball in the “Beyond” section of a Bed, Bath & Beyond store who’s a devilish version of Wonderful Life’s benevolent guardian angel. But Sandler’s no James Stewart as he uses his techno-marvel (complete with a DVD-like “life menu”) to fast-forward through his life’s most unpleasant moments, only to realize that he’s been missing lots of good stuff, too. With Kate Beckinsale as Newman’s neglected wife, impressive older-age make-ups by Rick Baker and a lot of digital wizardry to beef up the humor, Click won’t disappoint Sandler’s established fan base, and its $40 million opening weekend offered ample proof that Sandler’s box-office clout remains remarkably consistent. –Jeff Shannon

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Batman (Christian Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker (Heath Ledger).

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