Comedy
Rod Lott
Todd Phillips' "Due Date" had the rather unfortunate position of being his follow-up to "The Hangover," the Golden Globe-winning critical smash that ended up being the highest-grossing R-rated comedy in the history of cinema.

Horror
Rod Lott
One surefire sign you’re watching something from horror’s golden age of schlock: Lon Chaney Jr. is cast as a guy named Mungo.

OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Twenty-five years ago, Emilio Estevez was a bigger box-office draw than Robert Downey Jr.

Action
Rod Lott
"Captain America: The First Avenger" is Marvel's third — third! — superhero movie just this summer, following "Thor" and "X-Men: First Class," so it would be reasonable to expect audiences to be burned out on men in tights.