Review: Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan 2010 110 minutes Rated R Opens December 3rd in select theaters By Scott Mendelson Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan is a dazzlin...

Winter's Bone wins Best Feature at the Gotham Awards, starting the awards derby on the right note.

The first major awards show of the year started the season on just the right note. Winter's Bone , easily the best live-action picture...

The Adjustment Bureau gets two awful posters.

These may be two of the lamest pieces of poster art in a long time. Aside from the fact that Emily Blunt apparently cannot run without the ...

Smoke, but no fire: Bosnian activist group 'Women Victims of War' attacks Angelina Jolie over made-up concerns of her new film.

The headlines scream "Jolie called insensitive to Bosnian rape victims!" and "Angelina Jolie called ignorant by Womens Victi...

RIP: Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)

On the opening night of Scary Movie 3 , when Leslie Nielsen paid homage to his 'want want to tell you all good luck, we're all count...

Weekend Box Office (11/28/10): Tangled and Harry Potter 7 face off over crowded Thanksgiving. Burlesque, Faster, Love and Other Drugs open soft.

Like a combination of Thanksgiving holidays past, it was a combination of Harry Potter holding down the fort against all newcomers, while a ...

Review: Tangled: the 2D 35mm Experience (2010)

Tangled 2010 100 minutes Rated PG (for 'brief mild violence' - this one really should have been a G ) by Scott Mendelson The most im...

Explaining the fates of Kick-Ass and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Alternative/cult films are, by definition, not mainstream.

There has been much discussion over the last few months over the relative box office failures of more cult-ish genre properties. But, the ...

If you're wavering on seeing 127 Hours, you CAN handle it.

There has been much discussion regarding the slow expansion of Danny Boyle's dynamite drama 127 Hours . Much of it has revolved around ...

Review: Faster (2010)

Faster 2010 95 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson The most surprising thing about Faster is that it's not. It's not a thrill-a-min...

Yep, Gore Verbinski is directing The Lone Ranger, with Johnny Depp as Tonto.

Confirming something that has been rumored for literally years, Disney announced that Gore Verbinksi will be helming a feature-film retellin...

For those who care: The Hangover 2 gets first image, synopsis.

In the follow-up to the record-breaking hit comedy The Hangover , Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (...

Review: The Nutcracker 3D (2010)

The Nutcracker 3D 2010 105 minutes rated PG Opens Wednesday, November 24th in select theaters. by Scott Mendelson The Nutcracker 3D is one ...

Because it IS the best film of the year. Disney aims for Infinity and Beyond with Toy Story 3 Best Picture Oscar win.

With the Oscar-bait not exactly setting the world on fire, and with no real front-runner yet anointed, Disney is taking a serious shot at ma...

Weekend Box Office (11/21/10): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I scores $125 million. Next Three Days tanks.

I don't generally like to brag, but my math yesterday concerning a likely poor weekend multiplier for the seventh Harry Potter film was...

Friday Box Office (11/19/10): Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I scores $61.2 million on first day.

It's a $61.2 million Friday for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I . That's the fifth-biggest single day of all time, behi...

"How to talk to your kids about Star Wars."

She already enjoys the Jedi Academy stage show at Disney Land, and she already has an unhealthy preference for the Dark Side (she perks up w...

Deleted scene from The Last Airbender even more racially-incorrect than the film.

Yeah, I can see why they cut this one... Of course, the fact that the movie was so lousy just makes it easy for me to play "Mr. Raceben...

First look at Karl Urban as Judge Dredd.

This one comes out from Lionsgate in 2012, and this still comes from Aint It Cool News. Looks pretty convincing to me. I've always had...

The Tourist introduces Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie with a witty, knowing clip.

'The Tourist' Exclusive Clip Trailer Park Movies | Myspace Video I don't generally view clips, let alone post them, but this re...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I scores $24 million in midnight showings.

It looks like when it comes to midnight fan frenzy, there's Harry Potter and the Twilight Saga, and then there's everyone else. Har...

First Looks: From X-Men to Green Lantern, ten years of comic book-film trailers.

It's hard to believe that it's been ten years since the modern comic book movie revival kicked off with X-Men and (kinda-sorta) Unb...