It continues to perplex me why, exactly, studios insist on producing big-budget motion pictures based on video games. The track record for such an expensive endeavor is spotty at best, especially in terms of box office success. With the exception of “Silent Hill” and the “Resident Evil”...

I’ve seen commercials for the game, and seen the box cover in the stores, but I’ve never actually played Naughty Dog’s “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune”. It’s apparently popular enough with the kids that they’re making a sequel, “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves”....