It’s a double dose of Damon in this week’s Reel Deal column. The actor is so well-rounded that he slips with ease from comedy to action to drama – a trait that is shared by only a select few in Hollywood today. The characters he plays in “Green Zone,” still in theatrical release, and the new-to-DVD “The Informant!” couldn’t be any more different.

For centuries, dragons have gotten a bad rap. But that could change as a result of the 3-D fantasy “How to Train Your Dragon.”

"Hot Tub Time Machine” unapologetically wears its sophomoric comedy on its time-traveling sleeve. It simultaneously affects and embarrasses any of us who came of age in the ’80s, that cheesiest of all decades.

With “The Squid and the Whale,” it looked like Noah Baumbach had finally turned the corner as a filmmaker, eschewing his usual smugness in favor of real, heartfelt emotions. But it’s looking more like an anomaly, as his ensuing films, “Margot at the Wedding” and his latest bit of misanthropy, “Greenberg,” have disappointingly marked a return to his glib, overly ironic ways.

What in the world happened to Atom Egoyan? He’s in a rut, and he knows it, which might explain his willingness to helm the erotic thriller “Chloe,” his first endeavor as a director for hire.

The animation is beautiful, the story is incredible and the vocal acting is just right.

Flicks is torn this week. Two of my favorite movie things, dragons and John Cusack, are on the horizon, but the films that feature them are tragically flawed.

After the wacky winter we’ve had, temperatures in the mid-60s, patches of green grass and the first fragile flowers of spring seem like Wonderland to me. And with two kids even more tired of being cooped up than I am, it’s been especially hard meeting my weekly movie quota. So I talked my son (who turned 6 on Thursday) into joining me for the latest big-screen 3-D adventure.

‘Come on, is this really necessary?” That line spoken by Jennifer Aniston in the painfully lifeless “The Bounty Hunter” perfectly sums up my opinion of her latest bomb.

Yes, the accents in this Swedish import often sound like the chef from Sesame Street, but don’t let the subtitles fool you; it’s as Hollywood as Hollywood gets – if Hollywood weren’t so modest about issues like rape, sodomy and satanic rituals.

There’s a delicate line to be walked when adapting a best-selling book into a movie, especially when your intended audience is young and impressionable.

According to wisegeek.com, a trunk show is “an event within the fashion world in which an artist or designer puts on a special display of his or her work for review by a select group.” According to a recent interview with director Jonathan Demme, his “Neil Young Trunk Show” is “the best damn music movie that’s ever been made.” Let’s tackle these statements one at a time.

The Israeli import “A Matter of Size” features a lot of pounds but little weight in telling the improbable tale of four unhappy fat guys finding joy – and love – as sumo wrestlers.

As seen in the new IMAX film “Hubble 3-D,” the seven astronauts on the STS-125 Mission had some serious business to take care of. Traveling at 17,500 mph, they first had to grab and secure the telescope, then make various adjustments to specialized cameras and spectrographs, as well as replace batteries and insulation, and install new gyroscopes. 

Folks expecting to see a remake or a sequel of 1984's "Repo Man" will be in for a shock when they feast their eyes on this grisly sci-fi movie.

Sitting through two-plus hours of “Alice in Wonderland” confirmed one thing for me: 3-D is fully and horribly overrated.

“Brooklyn’s Finest” these guys ain’t. At least, you’ve gotta hope not. Contrary to the title of this latest release from “Training Day” director Antoine Fuqua, these cops are lousy.

Robert Pattinson is a rebellious rich kid who falls for the beautiful daughter (Emilie de Ravin) of a surly New York City cop (Chris Cooper) during the summer leading up to 9/11.

Kirk is not accustomed to hot girls noticing him. So imagine his surprise when this average Joe suddenly finds himself on the arm of a beautiful, sexy woman like Molly.

Matt Damon plays an Army officer in charge of a teams assigned to seek and find WMDs in the early days of the Iraq war.