It’s a rarity akin to finding that 100th monkey who can type “Hamlet” — even through “Monsters vs. Aliens” is one of the season’s most saturation-advertised films, it actually lives up to the hype.

2009 saw the release of Monsters vs. Aliens, an American animated science fiction comedy film released by Paramount Pictures and created by DreamWorks Animation. The film follows a squad of misfit ...

"Monsters vs. Aliens," the first of DreamWorks Animation's promised rollout of nothing but 3-D movies, is a jokey, action-packed movie that demonstrates what 3-D can do for animation — and perhaps its ...

"Monsters vs. Aliens," the first of DreamWorks Animation's promised rollout of nothing but 3-D movies, is a jokey, action-packed movie that demonstrates what 3-D can do for animation -- and perhaps ...

I gave it a fair shot, I really did. I am a Pixar fanboy at heart, but I got that way because they've put out consistently incredible movies. DreamWorks Animation, on the other hand, has had only ...

Star-studded cast and 3-D effects enhance entertaining "Monsters vs. Aliens." March 28, 2009 — -- Too often, 3-D technology does not serve a story adequately. Three-dimensional sequences, whether ...

On her wedding day, perky Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is pacing outside the chapel when, darn the luck, she’s assaulted by a meteor. She stumbles into the ceremony, where she quickly ...

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First, the basics: Monsters vs. Aliens is a clever computer-animated action-comedy from Dreamworks. Though a few scenes drag, it's generally zippy and entertaining. I saw it in 3-D and the effects ...

The first group: Eight-year-olds in black-plastic 3-D horn-rims. My own personal representative accompanied me to the screening, and I must say, his periodic, machine-gun peals of laughter proved at ...

Dreamworks had a very good weekend. A $58 million dollar opening for Monsters Vs. Aliens was the biggest opening weekend gross this year and generating the third highest March gross on record. It also ...