Melissa Mccarthy Proves She's "the Boss" At The Box Office

The fact that the moviegoing masses wanted to laugh after weeks of overcast action films and earnest inspirational releases? After spending a stint in prison for insider trading, she is released with nothing but a spot on the sleeper sofa of her former assistant (Kristen Bell). Inspiration strikes when she realizes how much money can be made creating a Brownies empire. The world-building is fantastic is this animated detective story/comedy about an animal world where predator and prey are friends. Supposedly a comedy, this sequel to the charming 2002 original has many attempts at humor but about three decent laughs in 94 minutes. Otherwise, this is a tiresome and annoying effort that tries to sell the audience on the joys of a large, pushy family, but instead does the opposite: Shot entirely in a first-person format, this action film looks, feels and moves like a video game. High school history teacher Grace Wesley (Melissa Joan Hart) tests the court system and her faith after she answers a student's question about Jesus. The latest not-bad entry in the not-bad action series is full of incident and, despite some amateurish touches in the writing and directing, is a mildly satisfying diversion, with Tris (Shailene Woodley) venturing beyond the walls of Chicago for the first time. A horror story about a troubled man (John Goodman) who holds a young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) captive in a bunker. Complications arise when a lieutenant general (Alan Rickman) and a colonel (Helen Mirren) order a drone missile strike to take out a group of terrorists in Nairobi, Kenya.