Essence Atkins

A Haunted House spoofs the horror genre and targets hits like Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside, Sinister, The Possession and other “found footage” films with the story of a couple, Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins), who...

On Demand DVD New Releases April 22-28: This week's releases tackle some true stories (The Impossible), some true-to-life stories (Promised Land, Any Day), and a ghost story of sorts, (A Haunted House). Cheech and Chong get animated, and Josh Brolin, Ryan...

Members of the Wayans family sent up all sorts of screen shockers in the "Scary Movie" series, and they're back at it as Marlon Wayans serves as co-writer, co-producer and star of this only mildly amusing parody of pictures in the "Paranormal Activity"...

Marlon Wayans wrings every last down-and-dirty giggle out of a single joke in "A Haunted House," his return to "Scary Movie" territory, in truth if not by contract. He's no longer involved in that series, so he limited himself to making fun not of every...

now playing "Django Unchained" (R). A slave turned bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. TownMall Cinemas (12:50, 4:20, 7:50 p.m.) "Gangster Squad"...

* (out of four) Imagine if the “Paranormal Activity” films still featured loud noises and mysteriously falling pots and pans—only this time, they also included Marlon Wayans being raped by a ghost. Wouldn’t that be hilarious? No,...

When a woman loftily declares to the men in her sisters' lives that women uplift culture while men only lift up lap dancers, it's hardly a friendly sign. In "Deliver Us From Eva," a shrewd and funny romantic comedy, the formidable title character...

"How High" generates considerable hilarity when it turns loose rappers Method Man and Redman on an unsuspecting Harvard University. The way they get there is pretty funny in this raunchy, good-natured comedy from Universal. Written by Dustin Lee...