Alien at the Movies

It's spooks vs witches in the typical battle between good and evil. Jeff Bridges is apparently the last spook (kind of a medieval Jedi knight) and Julianne Moore is the queen of the witches (think Maleficent dragon transforming powers with good & bad witches  à la Wizard of Oz). Being the last knight, of course he must have an apprentice to mentor although none seem to survive so far. He chooses the seventh son of a seventh son as his next possible successor. The special effects, not unlike Transformers: Age of X-stink-shun, is mind-numbing spectacular. The rest is rather shallow and transparent; a Romeo/Juliette romance, some family secrets, and a magic amulet. It's a predictable ending with hopes of making enough money to spawn a sequel.

Alien gives it 2 ½ "dragon witches" stars out of 4.