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 ...

Weekend Box Office (12/04/11): With no new wide-releases, Twilight tops, Muppets drop, and smaller films (Shame, Descendants, Artist) take center stage.

As is sometimes the case with the post-Thanksgiving weekend , studios did not offer up a single new wide release.  While that's understa...

Male-driven dramas are Oscar-bait, female-driven dramas are Lifetime movies? Are male-driven melodramas given more weight than female-driven ones?

I'd like to toss out a random thought for discussion... I really liked The Descendants .  It's a very good drama with fine performan...

Weekend Box Office (11/20/11): Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn scores 5th-biggest debut, while Happy Feet Two fails and Descendants scores in limited debut.

It is weird that I have so little to offer on a weekend when a film earned the fifth-biggest debut in US history, as well as the tenth-bigge...

Review: Oscar hopes aside, The Descendants (2011) is one of the year's best films.

The Descendants 2011 115 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson The problem with the movies that are released this time of year is that they are...