Must Read - Roger Ebert sounds the bells for the death of the film critic.

"The news is still big, it's the newspapers that got small." The merits of the essay linked below speaks for itself. As for f...

"Deconstructing Harry" - Are the Diry Harry films really the right-wing propaganda that they are presumed to be?

Since I am currently out of town until Sunday, I am offering this archival piece of film analysis. As part of my college portfolio, I did a...

Review: Frost/Nixon (2008)

Frost/Nixon 2008 122 minutes rated R (language) Note – because this is based on true events, and those events provide a context in which to...

Test your Government and Civics IQ

Apparently, the average score for this Civics and Government test is a lousy 49% . Truth be told, it's a pretty challenging test, as it...

Yes, Twilight is sexist, but it's also female escapism.

This will be an essay regarding the alleged political and social undercurrents of the first Twilight movie (for a normal review, go here ),...

Box Office Bingo - 11/21/08

Twilight - $75 million. The hype for this one has been building for the last few months, with at least two Entertainment Weekly cover sto...

Trailer Watch - Thoughts on the recent spate of genre previews

I don't usually do a 'let's rundown all the new trailers', but there were several released just in the last week that are wo...

Review: Twilight (2008)

Twilight 2008 120 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson How do you judge a film where the core element doesn’t work but everything else doe...

Marley & Me gets a rare PG, and other MPAA ratings notes.

Box Office Mojo posted their weekly MPAA rating updates yesterday. Not much to report. Two noteworthy items do pop out, though. The big n...

A passive, borderline useless hero - Why Goldfinger kind of stinks...

I watched Goldfinger for the first time in several years the other day. It still holds up as a fun, well-paced, and entertaining 007 caper...

The Quantum Of Solace worldwide box office sprint

Despite that disturbing 44% drop from Saturday to Sunday, which caused the final weekend number of Quantum Of Solace to plunge from $71 mil...

Star Trek Trailer and TV Spot - First contact is a smashing success.

Trailer - TV Spot - Ok, now that's a trailer. The scope seems to be vast and/or epic and it's obvious where that $150 million went....

James Bond vs. America? (the politics of Quantum Of Solace)

Quantum Of Solace spoilers... For the record, I did see Quantum Of Solace yesterday. Quick verdict - terrific acting, a fine, complicated...

Update - Weekend 007 numbers- Bond does a Bourne/Pirates sequel bounce

Various people are tossing around the Batman Begins/Dark Knight comparison for the Quantum Of Solace's $27 million opening day and $71 ...

MAD TV - 1995-2008 - RIP

The Defamer is reporting that Mad TV has been canceled in the middle of its 14th season. I will miss it for two reasons. 1) Unlike its mor...

'And I thought my jokes were bad' (the sad truth behind the ridiculous Turkish Batman lawsuit)

It was arguably yesterday's biggest laugh-out-loud article in showbiz. The Mayor of Batman, Turkey is suing Warner Bros and Chris Nola...

Just desserts - Isaiah Washington blasts ABC for homophobia double-standard

So, as word spread last week that noted character actress Brooke Adams had been suddenly and inexplicably fired from Grey's Anatomy, th...