Red Riding Hood

In Red Riding Hood, the age-old fairytale of a little girl who learns the perils of talking to strangers has been turned into a sort of supernatural murder mystery by the director of the teen vampire flick Twilight. In this version, the red-cloaked heroine, played by doe-eyed Amanda Seyfried, is given a name – Valerie – and cast as a headstrong and independent-minded young lady who would never fall for the tricks of some hairy beast camouflaged as her grandmother. Although engaged by parental arrangement to Henry, the respectable scion of a wealthy blacksmithing family, her heart really belongs to Peter, the darkly handsome town bad-boy whose chosen occupation, woodworker, apparently ranks far below blacksmith in the social hierarchy. Valerie is inclined to run off with Peter, but soon such inclinations must be shelved when her sister turns up dead, the apparent victim of a wolf that has terrorised the residents of Daggerhorn, the rustic, medieval mountain village in which the film is set. What we're left with is a gauzy romance that might have even ardent Twilight fans rolling their eyes.
                      

Battle: Los Angeles

This massive movie is about a race of aliens colonising our planet, but as the title suggests, the action is centered on the City of Angels. Instead of watching the world at war, we witness the American military's last stand on the West Coast by following a single squad of soldiers on the ground as they fight their way through the city to pick up scattered civilians before the Air Force levels Los Angeles. 2nd Lt. William Martinez leads the troop but is too young to be calling the shots in a cataclysmic event like this. Thankfully Squad Sgt. Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) is called back in for one last mission, because it doesn't take long for the rest of the battalion to realise that the reluctant hero is their best chance for survival. Battle: Los Angeles is a roaring thrill ride that barely lets up from start to finish. Is it a rehash of the most exciting moments in War of the Worlds or Red Dawn? Sure it is, but it's also an electrifying film that manages to be engrossing and entertaining in spite of its flaws

Mars Needs Moms

Adapted from the children's novel by Berkeley Breathed and directed by Simon Wells, Mars Needs Moms follows Milo as he chases after his mother who's been stolen by Martians just a few hours after he told her he'd be better off without her. Once he arrives on Mars (by sneaking on the ship), he meets Gribble who informs him of his problem: the Martians are ruled by a ruthless queen-like Supervisor who's decided that the hatchlings must be divided: all males are thrown away into the dump and the females are raised by "nanny-bots" – robots programmed by the energy of good moms, like Milo's, from Earth. Milo and Gribble buddy-up and with the help of a rebel Martian named Ki, the three of them venture to save Milo's mom before it's too late. Coming from producer Robert Zemeckis and utilising the same motion-capture technology as The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol and Beowulf, Mars Needs Moms rushes forward, embracing its visually stunning universe without taking a moment to stop and breathe; children will definitely enjoy this one.