Nominations Bring No Real Surprises I want every single Best Picture race from the past 20 years changed to incorporate the year’s cheesy, ...

BEST QUOTES OF 2009  10. “Are you cussin’ with me?!” – George Clooney,  Fantastic Mr. Fox 9. “Bye bye Blackbird.” – Stephen Lang,  Public...

10.  The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Pure bizarro fun. The great, über-eccentric Werner Herzog teams up with the sometimes g...

Okay. Any film that begins with a Brian Eno song – his masterpiece "1/1" at that – starts off on a really good note in my book. ...

You’ve seen this kind of movie before. The kind that barely gets by with a shred of plot, relying on special effects and overacting to fill...

I will pay someone to explain to me... no no, convince me, that Sandra Bullock did a good acting job in The Blind Side . I understand why th...

I knew this would happen. (Sigh) . I’m not even going to say it. I’m not going to say, for the fourth time in a month, that I have a new fav...

Here’s my problem with this flick (and most chick flicks in general): they’re made for one, very specific type of consumer. Think about it, ...

Okay, let’s be honest. The only reason people are going to see a movie called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus , is because it features H...

After the first of every year, people are eager for my Top 10 List. I’m not ready, I always say. Because there are those few stragglers left...

Okay, full disclosure: I can’t stand musicals. Most of them, anyway. Give me something that strays from the ordinary- Moulin Rouge! , the So...

Well well well. My my my. Let’s cut to the chase, shall we. No sense in beating around the bush. Avatar is good. Quite good actually. Th...

Well, here’s a rare thing. Up in the Air is the type of Hollywood movie that you don’t see too often. It’s the kind where Hollywood gets it...

Amateurish filmmaking at its finest. There isn’t a whole lot wrong with Everybody’s Fine on the surface, but its structure and narrative ar...

As a film addict, I cannot describe how great it is to have a film exceed my high expectations. That’s my fix. And in a year like this one, ...