Welcome to "On The Screen" where, from time to time, you'll find interesting and provocative points of view regarding the media that lies beyond comics (yet, in many ways, is related).

It Is About The Money   Contagion grabs the #1 slot with $22.4 million.  The Help slides back to #2 with $8.9 million. Warrior is in at #3 with $5.2 million. The Debt drops to #4 with $4.7 million. Colombiana reaches the #5 spot with $3.9 million.

Movie Madness Critical Issues 9/14/11 Final Destination 5    The story finally ends... or does it???  Fright Night   McLovin as a vampire, that's all you need to know. Transformers 3   Wow! Enjoyable WITHOUT Megan Fox. Whoda thunk it. Green Lantern    Try not to think about the comic book and you just might find this to be enjoyable. X-Men: First Class    Can remind you, at times, of Dr. Who, but otherwise a good solid film. Pirates    Seems to lag at times but Depp and Cruz keep it interesting. Priest    Better than Jonah Hex, but not by much. Thor    Forget the comic, look past the sub par 3D, and this is actually enjoyable Fast Five   The Fugitive? Not quite. Dark Knight Returns? No. XXX? (sigh). A (Fresh Prince) Carlton sighting? Maybe. Otherwise..., enjoyable Source Code   Interesting chess game between a hero and a wannabe hero. Sucker Punch   Great visuals..., and that's about it. Drive Angry    Shades of Ghost Rider as Nicholas Cage's character is eerily reminiscent of Johnny Blaze. Still fun to watch, though.  The Green Hornet    I could live with the nonsense if the character truly developed into a hero.