On Demand picks

September 15, 2009

TYLER PERRY’S MADEA GOES TO JAIL

(Comcast Movies and Events) Another week, another Tyler Perry movie. In between Madea’s court dates, Perry - who wrote, produced, directed the movie, and bedrags himself as the obscene outlaw granny Madea - finds a lot of time for his standard adventures in self-help tedium. (PG-13; runs through Nov. 30)

WESLEY MORRIS

WATCHMEN

(Comcast Movies and Events) The cult graphic novel comes to the screen after a two-decade wait, its epic vision of dysfunctional superheroes in an alterna-America both intact and dumbed-down by director Zack Snyder (“300’’). If you haven’t read the original comic, you might be dazed and confused. (R; Comcast Movies and Events) TY BURR

DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION

(Comcast Movies and Events) Live-action movie based on the classic manga series about a young martial arts warrior, Goku, who must gather the seven magic dragonballs to save the world from the evil alien Lord Piccolo. Yup, Piccolo. (PG; runs through Jan. 25)

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