Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol 3 stars

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back and once again battling international terrorists.  This movie is done like all the other Mission Impossible movies with a crazy plot and lots of tension.  It's by the numbers and that's actually a good thing.  A lot of "on the edge of your seat" action with a little bit of humor thrown in makes this movie worthy of your movie dollar.   So sit down and strap yourself in for the ride.  His team of Paula Patton (Deja Vu and Precious), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, comic relief) and Jeremy Renner (The Town and Hurt Locker) are great in their roles and a pleasure to watch on the screen.

Movie Review: The Adventures of TinTin 2 stars

Steven Spielberg is directing again, that's the good news.  The bad news is that he directed a just okay movie.  Tintin is a cartoon character from Europe that is much loved in the old world.  It is not as well received over here.  The movie was just okay.  Some the action sequence made me feel as if I were watching someone play a video game.   I'm not sure if it was the freaky animation that I didn't like or the ho-hum story.  In either case it definitely wasn't work the $12 for 3D.  I thought that being an animated feature, the 3D would enhance the movie.  Like all the 3D movies I've watched so far this year, the added dimension did do anything for me.  Throw this one on the pile of movies in 2012 that were not worth the price of a ticket.