Arrested Development is a TV series that lasted just three seasons on Fox, but the smart and funny comedy series helped ignite the careers of Jason Bateman (Hancock), Michael Cera (Superbad), and Will Arnett (Semi-Pro). Bateman is Michael Bluth, a widower and father to George-Michael (Cera) who tries to help his completely dysfunctional and eccentric family deal with their sudden loss of fortune when their father is sent to jail for fraud.
Walt Disney's live-action, fairytale film Enchanted is charming, funny, and entertaining for the whole family. Amy Adams (Junebug) is the beautiful princess Giselle who is banished from her animated magical land and ends up on the rough streets of New York City. Her perfect prince tries to rescue her but reality strikes when she develops feelings for a handsome divorce lawyer played by Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy).
In I Am Legend, Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a scientist trying to survive in a city full of people infected by a vampire-like virus. Somehow immune to the disease, Neville is desperately searching for a cure before the light-fearing, violent creatures get to him first. The film is adapted from Richard Matheson's novel of the same name, which is credited for greatly influencing the vampire and zombie genres.
The digitally rendered, fantasy adventure film Beowulf follows the Scandinavian warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) as he destroys an evil demon named Grendel and ends up facing the wrath of his even more devilish mother (Angelina Jolie). Directed by Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, Cast Away), the film is inspired by an old English poem. The cast also includes Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, and Robin Wright Penn.
Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is considered to be one of the best American films ever made. Robert De Niro stars as a tough but self-destructive boxer from the Bronx who violently pushes away family and friends as he rises to the top of his career. Filmed in black and white, the movie is a biographical story about real-life boxer Jake LaMotta. For his leading role in the movie, De Niro won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for best actor.
