Coverage of the Oscars has reached tail-wagging-dog proportions in recent years: Rather than an awards show looking…

1. I've never read the book Cloud Atlas, but I bet it's good. Judging from the film, the book must be insanely…

1. Like Grierson, I'm a sucker for the Paranormal Activity films. I don't care that their stories don't make sense,…

Tyler Perry, tired (temporarily) of wearing dresses in his own movies, stars tomorrow in Alex Cross, playing the…

There's a scene, late in Seven Psychopaths, the deliriously entertaining meta-movie that opens Friday, when Sam…

1. Argo is such a terrific, jaw-dropping true-life tale, with such a natural, seamless movie storyline, that anyone…

In 2003, Matthew McConaughey starred in a film called Tiptoes that went straight to video. It might seem odd that…

Last year, around this time, I started seeing a ton of ads on Fox NFL games for the movie Drive. I'd seen the movie…

1. Looper is essentially two different movies spliced together at the midway point, but that's OK, because: a) the…

For some reason, I'm reminded of an old Letterman Top 10 list, from Dec. 1, 1989. (How great is it, by the way, that…

1. Pretty much everything about Trouble With the Curve is a crock, but I couldn't help but like it anyway. It has a…

I try to avoid pre-release publicity, even trailers, as much as possible, but inevitably one gets blasted with the…

1. The Master is a movie that leaves you vibrating for about 20 minutes after it's over, though you might be at a…

1. In retrospect, the "surprising" success of Bridesmaids should have been the furthest thing from a surprise. It…

1. When my first book was published—and "published" is honestly being kind; it's probably more accurate to say it…

Last weekend, 2016: Obama's America, an anti-Obama documentary released in roughly 1,000 theaters nationwide,…

1. It is strange to consider the fact that Shia LaBeouf considers Lawless an art film. Only a guy who has spent his…

1. It's difficult to overstate how much I dislike bicycle riders in New York City. (Collectively. I'm sure you,…

In the reaction to the sudden death of Tony Scott, a quick consensus emerged: Scott was a more interesting director…

The Expendables 2 has 11 names on its poster only because there is not room, either in poster space or running time,…