Why Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar snub is a moral outrage.

For a general discussion of the Oscar nominations, go HERE . In the broad scheme of things, the only Oscar snub that qualifies as an outrage...

Review: The Impossible (2012) is a disturbingly whitewashed, yet unquestionably effective disaster drama.

The Impossible 2012 105 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson As a technical exercise and an acting treat, The Impossible is pretty terrifi...

Review: Amour (2012) is an unflinching, devastating, but ultimately humane look at what awaits us all.

Amour 2012 127 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson Michael Haneke's Amour  is among the best films of the year, yet I'm not entir...

Review: Django Unchained (2012) entertains but is oddly generic and surprisingly conventional.

Django Unchained 2012 165 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Quentin Tarantino arguably made Django Unchained  ( teaser / trailer ) because ...

Weekend Box Office (12/16/12): The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opens with an expected (and record) $84 million.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ( review / teaser / trailer ) basically opened like a Lord of the Rings film, give or take various variabl...

Review: Les Misérables (2012), via rigid source fidelity, sadly makes us question our love for the original show.

Les Misérables 2012 155 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson The harshest thing I can say about Tom Hooper's  Les Misérables ( teaser ...

How Zero Dark Thirty's unflinching objectivity opens the film up to simplistic accusations of ideological partisanship.

Spoiler warning, I suppose... There is going to be a lot of debate over the next few months about just where on the political divide Kathryn...

Weekend Box Office (12-09-12): Playing For Keeps bombs as the moviegoing world awaits the Christmas rush.

The decision by Warner Bros. to move The Gangster Squad ( trailer )  to January, 2013 and Universal's choice to move Les Miserables from...

Deserved but denied: Six Oscar-worthy contenders who almost certainly won't get that nomination...

I come not to complain about what will be nominated in this year's Oscar race, but rather to shed a light on some under-loved and/or und...

I loathe the merely mediocre The Silver Linings Playbook because it's considered Oscar-worthy. Fair/Unfair?

I didn't much care for The Silver Linings Playbook .  I found it to be a painfully formulaic romantic comedy that seems to think making ...

Review: Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty (2012) is a powerful tale of the costs of 'justifiable' violence.

Zero Dark Thirty 2012 150 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty ( trailer ) is a refreshing 'just th...

Review: Killing Them Softly (2012) is a strong crime drama slightly bogged down by overly explicit subtext.

Killing Them Softly 2012 95 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly has, from a conversational standpoin...

Weekend Box Office (11-11-12): Skyfall opens with $90 million while Lincoln earns $900k on 11 screens.

Opening with a flurry of positive buzz and already-cemented megahit status overseas, James Bond finally returned to US theaters this weekend...