Just in time for Halloween: 11 of the better (best?) horror sequels in recent history.

I've tried to do some kind of list every Halloween but stumbled into a bit of writer's block this year.  When you've already wri...

Weekend Box Office (10/30/11): Puss In Boots makes muted (for Dreamworks) number-one debut, while Timberlake/Seyfried's In Time and Depp's Rum Diary underwhelm.

  Dreamworks seems to have paid a price for their risky release date, as Puss In Boots  ( review ) debuted with a comparatively soft $34 mil...

Brad Bird's Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol gets a second trailer, this time with proper music (but a lot more spoilers regarding the plot)!

This is a bit too spoilery for my tastes (Tom Wilkinsen IS Donald Sutherland!), but this second trailer for the Brad Bird-directed adventure...

One last parody Muppet trailer, arguably the best one yet...

I've already got my unofficial invite for the All-Media screening on November 17th.  The question is now merely who I'm taking with ...

07/16/99 - When the studios blew the best chance to legitimize the NC-17.

As seems to happen every year, bloggers, critics, and pundits are up-in-arms over an Oscar-bait film being awarded or threatened with an NC-...

Pity on the working man: Why Batman: Arkham City is a better, more enjoyable game than Batman: Arkham Asylum.

So now you know why I haven't posted much in the last few days.  Last week, I retweeted my two-year old whine fest about Batman: Arkham...

Weekend Box Office (10/23/11): Paranormal Activity 3 scores record October debut with $52.6 million (but it's not the top horror opening).

Despite what everyone else is reporting, Paranormal Activity 3  ( review ) did not set a record this weekend for the biggest opening for a ...

Review: Puss In Boots (2011) is enjoyable, exciting, and intelligent all-ages entertainment plus a master-class in doing 3D 'right'.

Puss In Boots 2011 90 minutes rated PG by Scott Mendelson Puss In Boots could have just been a 'one-off' picture from the prolific D...

Review: Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) proves that the third time is not the charm.

Paranormal Activity 3 2011 81 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson For better or worse, the Paranormal Activity series is the Where's Wald...

Midnight Box Office (10/21/11): Paranormal Activity 3 scores $8 million in "midnight" shows. It's looking like a $48-52 million opening weekend.

I put the word "midnight" is quotes because Paramount was nice enough to offer 10pm shows in many theaters last night as well as t...

Review: Paul W.S. Anderson's The Three Musketeers (2011) makes the (underrated) Disney version look like The Mask of Zorro.

The Three Musketeers 2011 110 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson What is most unexpected about this umpteenth version of the Alexander D...

A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas gets a red-band trailer.

While this is just a touch spoilery, it does seem to be an improvement over the wretched second picture.  It's obvious that this franchi...

Review: Snowmen (2011) is a lightweight family film that doesn't pander to its young audience and deals frankly with mortality.

Snowmen 2011 85 minutes rated PG by Scott Mendelson When I was quite a bit younger, I was always impressed by family films and/or kid-pics t...

Review: Johnny English Reborn (2011) is mostly uninspired, but it's painless and harmless with at least one great scene.

Johnny English Reborn 2011 101 minutes rated PG by Scott Mendelson It's obviously a bit of a left-handed compliment to refer to a film a...

Review: Lucky McGee and Jack Ketchum's The Woman (2011) is thoughtful and insightful, but more entertaining to talk about than to watch.

The Woman 2011 101 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Lucky McGee's The Woman , based on a novel written by McGee and novelist Jack Ketc...

Would Warner risk hurting Sherlock Holmes 2 to promote The Dark Knight Rises?

Put this one in the 'crazy rumor that seems self-defeating' category.   Slashfilm is reporting (as a rumor, to be fair) that Warne...

Now THAT'S more like it! Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows gets a darker, more engrossing trailer that highlights Moriarty accordingly.

It is perhaps worth noting that this sequel was intended to be in 3D when it was announced early last year, but now the plan seems to be goi...

The Adventures of Tintin gets a dynamite domestic trailer and moody poster.

The poster came from Drew McWeeny's HitFix  (click to 'embiggen'), so credit where credit is due.  What's best about this tr...