Stay out of the 'Hot Tub' this weekend

Vivian (Dominik Garcia-Loridc, Andy Garcia's real-life daughter), left, Joyce (Julianna Margulies) and Vince (Garcia) try to work things out in "City Island."  (Anchor Bay Films)

Diverse movie choices abound this weekend.

Just, for the love of good movies, stay away from "Hot Tub Time Machine," which my friend and former newspaper editor Robert Johnson correctly dubbed "'The Hangover'-meets-'Back to the Future' romp."

There's lowbrow comedy and then there's desperate bottom-feeder comedy that fails miserably.  I liked one thing about "Hot Tub Time Machine."  Click here for the review and find out what -- or, more appropriately, who -- that is.

My first movie choice this weekend is the smart, sassy dysfunctional family comedy "City Island."  If it's playing in your area, just know that Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin and others keep secrets, reveal secrets and make the audience laugh.  Click here for the "City Island" review.

Looking for something to do with the kids this weekend?  Animated adventure and flying fire-breathing dinosaurs in 3-D fill the screen in the rambunctious fantasy tale "How to Train Your Dragon."

Who knew late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson could pump vocal life into a rotund, peg-legged Viking blacksmith? 

Click here for the "How to Train Your Dragon" review.

Also, if you're in the mood for some gloomy relationship reality, Ben Stiller serves writer-director Noah Baumbach ("The Squid and the Whale") well as a lost soul in dire need of a human emotional port in "Greenberg."

Click here for the "Greenberg" review.

Have fun at the movies.  And if you slide into "Hot Tub Time Machine" anyway, remember this:

You were warned!