Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson tunes-up Roger Corman's 1975 cult vehicle "Death Race 2000" in this action flick about a contest pitting a convict (Jason Statham) against other convicts, with the winner walking off with his freedom. Joan Allen, Ian McShane.

Live-action retelling of the Disney animated classic from 1991. As before, this fairy tale centers on a young woman named Belle, who is forced to live in an enchanted castle with a prince who is cursed to look like a hideous Beast. In time, the pair fall in love as Belle learns to see the good man hiding behind the Beast's monstrous exterior.

A child successfully wishes that his teddy bear could come to life, but he gets more than he bargained for when the stuffed animal follows him into adulthood and complicates his relationship with a beautiful woman.

A young thief named Bek enlists the help of the powerful Egyptian god Horus to overthrow the vicious deity Set, who has seized control of the land. Bek's true love has been captured, forcing the mortal rebel to fight back in order to free her and the people of Egypt from Set's tyrannical rule.

To save his father, stuntman Johnny Blaze makes a deal with Mephistopheles and sacrifices his soul. When it's time for the devil to take his due, he brings Johnny into an epic battle with Blackheart. In the presence of evil, Johnny transforms into a super-strong skeleton with a flaming skull who has the power to defeat Blackheart and his minions.

This adaptation of J.K. Rowling's first bestseller follows the adventures of a young orphan who enrolls at a boarding school for magicians called Hogwarts, and unravels a mystery connected to a diabolical wizard who vanished years ago.