The lesson for this year's Oscar nominations? Don't be an R-rated film!

For a list of the complete nominations, go HERE .  As always, click on the movies with links for the original theatrical review.  I write a ...

On the inherent darkness and pessimism of Steven Spielberg's body of work, and why he is more than just ET: The Extra Terrestrial.

This essay has been slightly updated since the 2011 Oscar nominations were announced. In the aftermath of the Oscar nominations (analysis HE...

Review: The Adventures of Tintin (2011) delivers terrific animation, moments of brilliant action, but little else.

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn 2011 105 minutes rated PG by Scott Mendelson I've written before about the recent qu...

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...

Steven Spielberg's Adventures of Tintin gets another exciting trailer.

I haven't been keeping up with the Adventures of Tintin trailers, but this continues to look like a rather thrilling old-school adventu...