Titanic 3D opens with $4.3 million, sails towards likely $20-$25m 5-day total.

The much-hyped 3D-release of James Cameron's Titanic debuted yesterday with a solid $4.3 million.  What's left to do now is merely ...

A masterpiece then and now: Why James Cameron's Titanic needs no defense.

This is an expanded and updated version of an essay I wrote on November 11th, 2007.   It was right at the opening credit sequence. That haun...

Review: Carnage (2011) is amusing, but predictable and uninspired.

Carnage 2011 80 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson There is nothing terribly wrong with Carnage , Roman Polanski's adaption of the play ...

Titanic 3D gets a somewhat obnoxious trailer.

I loved Titanic in 1997. I still think the film is an unqualified masterpiece. I can and will defend its artistic reputation any chance I g...

Review: Contagion (2011) stumbles by giving us Cliff Notes to much grander story.

Contagion 2011 105 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson The 106-minute cut of Steven Soderbergh's Contagion is a generally engaging a...

A masterpiece then and now: Why James Cameron's Titanic needs no defense.

It was right at the opening credit sequence. That haunting footage of the various passengers embarking on the ship, with a sorrowful version...