Review: Looper (2012) is thoughtful and intelligent sci-fi.

Looper 2012 119 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Rian Johnson's Looper  is less an out-and-out original work as a hodgepodge made up f...

Strictly for kids: In defense of the idea behind The Oogieloves.

The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure is officially past tense.  After one of the worst wide-release theatrical performances in modern...

Weekend Box Office (09-23-12): Four new releases cannibalize each other as The Master whiffs in wide release and Importance of Being A Wallflower explodes.

As always, for background and historical context for all the weekend's new movies, check out John Gosling's obscenely detailed weeke...

Brandon Peters dissects the 007 series part 14: A View To A Kill

With  Skyfall  dropping in theaters in just a couple months, along with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond series, a close friend and fe...

An extended look at Les Miserables. It still looks wonderful.

This four minute featurette goes into detail about the gimmick of allowing actors to sing live on set as they are filmed.  As if I wasn'...

Blu Ray Review: The Dark Knight Returns Part I (2012) delivers a solid, engaging adaptation of its iconic source material.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns part I 2012 76 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson I don't know if an animated adaptation of Frank Mi...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey gets a gorgeous trailer.

Well this just looks like staring at an oil painting for two-and-a-half hours.  I won't pretend that this is even trying to approach the...