All of which makes "Monsters vs. Aliens" a definite kick, if not exactly an instant classic. The movie opens in modest Modesto, Calif. (hometown of "Star Wars" guru George Lucas and the setting ...

"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 ...

Gag-filled animated action-comedy true to the spirit of classic cartoons and actually lives up to the hype. Make sure to see it in 3D.

Monsters vs. Aliens is bright, light and fun, which is certainly all that most people expect out of a contemporary feature-length cartoon. I get that, which is why I've put the positives up front.

Take '50s sci-fi movie monsters, add 2009 3-D computer animation, an all-star voice cast and toss in some pop culture references, and you've got the thoroughly entertaining "Monsters vs. Aliens." ...

Monsters vs Aliens credits two directors and half a dozen writers, and plays like the spiffiest sitcom — say, a superepisode of The Simpsons in which Marge grows huge, leaves Homer and doesn’t ...

Alien: Earth has already added to the lore of the brilliant Alien franchise, which imagines vicious and deadly creatures living in the far reaches of space, by introducing a new set of monsters. Since ...

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 ...

The film — about a group of monsters who band together to save the Earth from an attack by aliens — is the company’s first-ever 3D release, and Katzenberg has been tub-thumping even more ...

Monsters vs. Aliens is pitched to families; the cuddly drawing style is safely, un-scarily kid-friendly. (Never mind that kids, with their steel-trap memories, haven’t forgotten that Pixar ...

Two distinct demographic groups should get a kick from Monsters vs. Aliens, a busy new DreamWorks contraption that spoofs old B-movies, alien-invasion flicks and lots else — including Dr ...