Chuck Norris is not the cause, merely an alibi. The irony of a PG-13 Expendables II.

This story broke yesterday (I first read it yesterday morning at Collider ), but since it was based on a translation of an interview that ac...

Review: Miss Bala (2012) is a jolting and relentless bit of nasty business.

Miss Bala 2012 113 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Gerardo Naranjo's bracing and relatively uncompromising Miss Bala operates on two...

Blaming the victim: The problem with Beauty & the Beast isn't Belle but the Beast.

Note -For what it's worth, the 3D conversion left me unimpressed.  If you want to see it, do it because you want to see the picture on t...

Weekend Box Office (01/15/11): Contraband scores surprisingly large debut, Beauty & the Beast plus Joyful Noise open well in 'everybody wins!' MLK weekend.

I've talked a lot about how the under-reported story of 2011 box office was the return to fiscal sanity in regards to production budgets...

Note to all of my readers...

I am going to be taking a sabbatical of sorts over the next several days.  I may get a chance to write, but I can't promise and didn...

Weekend Box Office (01/08/11): Devil Inside kicks off 2012 with $34m debut.

More often than not, especially when dealing with big numbers, opening weekends are about marketing, not the quality of the film.  So don...

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...