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There's little about this return trip to Middle-earth that feels "unexpected" or fresh.

Based on the bestseller by Donald Miller, this is the story of a Texas-raised Southern Baptist who finds maturity on the liberal campus of Reed College in Portland, Ore.

Heigl plays bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in this adaptation of the first book in Janet Evanovich's bestselling crime series.

As the Feb. 6 redistricting deadline gets close, what cost unanimity?

New districts by Feb. 6 or primary shifts

George Clooney's modern morality tale about the ongoing battle between idealism and corruption in the political realm is perfectly cast.

Madea is tasked once again with fixing a broken family.

The bubbles have gone out of Russell Brand's remake of the 30-year-old original.

Director Michael Winterbottom makes some fatal storytelling miscalculations in this screen adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel that stars Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, and Kate Hudson.

This second installment in a three-part dramatization of dirty dealings in Yorkshire is concerned with the notorious corruption mill that powers the region’s law enforcement.

Alvarez forces Gómez to get tough

State and local tallies

A disquieting feeling of apprehension is made palpable in Michael Haneke's import, The White Ribbon.

Democratic Houston ex-mayor leads gubernatorial fund raising

This whimsical, Belgian import is an animated stop-motion fantasy that uses childhood toys as characters who find themselves in all manner of goofy yet compelling adventures.

Houston mayor jumps from senate race

The "Perry Gay" story goes national, stays groundless, but gains traction

Jean-Claude Van Damme is the JCVD of the title, and in this career-adjusting film, the Muscles From Brussels advances from laughingstock to smart, respectable action-film star.

Suit charges that Dems' dual primary/caucus system discriminates against Hispanics

Dems assert themselves in Republican stronghold

This documentary traces the changeover of Austin's youth culture from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and potheads to day-trippers – with side trips into all the music along the way.

This is an old-school heroic drama from Bhutan about an 11th century Tibetan saint whose tale begins with greed and vengeance.

Will the Texas presidential straw polls end up meaning more than the actual primaries?

The director of Fight Club and Se7en switches gears here from psychological thrillers to something that more closely resembles a police procedural.

Felicity Huffman’s commanding, gender-bending performance is the primary reason to see Transamerica.

Joss Whedon’s Western/sci-fi hybrid (which was canceled from TV but greenlighted for the movies) evinces the kind of swashbuckling bonhomie that made so many of us fall in love with the original Star Wars films.

Writer-director Nicole Kassell’s debut film is a lean drama anchored by subject matter which, although difficult, remains distantly disquieting yet never challenging.

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

Bill Cosby's animated kids get a live-action makeover.