The concept is higher than the execution in “Monsters vs. Aliens,” a funny enough animated faceoff between some famous monsters of filmland and would-be conquerors of Planet Earth. More congenial and ...

Meet B.O.B.: Short for Bicarbonate Ostylezene Benzoate, he's a sentient, one-eyed glob of goo with a penchant for one-liners. Also, much like the movie he's in, he has no brain and no heart, but gets ...

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“Monster vs. Aliens” encapsulates virtually every stereotype about bad videogame movie adaptations in one package. Derivative, repetitive and not so much inspired by the DreamWorks toon as a weak ...