So it seems that everyone’s talking about “Inception” these days, and yes,  it’s for good reason. The film is a towering achievement of creativity/originality and provides some challenging thoughts about our dreams and subconsciouses. Plus, as you can tell by the title of this post, it provides a brilliant closing shot just to make sure […]

“True Romance” blossoms on a lot of levels, but it most distinctively bears the mark of an early Quentin Tarantino film. The scene dynamics and the way it plays beautifully in and out of turning points are all early signs of the would-be master at work. Released the year between “Resevoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction,” […]

If you are a film buff, you’ll like this weekend’s results. Audiences gave “Inception,” an original high-concept sci-fi thriller, $60 million and Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” a formulaic action fantasy film based on a scene from “Fantasia,” a paltry $17 million. Talk about sending the right messages to Hollywood. Thank you, America.

It will always remain a mystery as to what took so long for just a good old computer animation version of a Dr. Seuss story. “The Grinch” and “The Cat in the Hat” had their entertainment value, but the confines of the real world simply don’t reflect the towering imagination of one Mr. Theodor Geisel. […]

A comedy starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis as well as a supernatural horror thriller from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan cover opposite ends of the spectrum in this edition of Trailer Weekend. Why not?

I’m living in the city now, which is exciting, but if you’re not a cinephile like myself, you’re probably not thinking that this would have any impact on my ability to watch movies. You would be wrong. For one thing, theaters are much more scarce down here whereas in the suburbs they cater to specific […]

By the film’s definition, inception is the process of entering someone’s mind through his dreams and planting an idea so deep within the subconscious that when he wakes up, the idea feels organic and natural. I would like to know who broke into Christopher Nolan’s dream space and dropped the seed that would become the […]

With “Black Dynamite,” it’s pretty simple: what you see is what you get. Blaxploitation at its finest, the film attempts to rediscover, through means of both tribute and satire, an oft-forgotten genre of the 1970s. Drug-dealing, flashy clothes, afros, kung fu and a soundtrack layered with wah-wah pedal all contribute to flawless period re-creation. Quite […]

Do you subscribe to Entertainment Weekly? Because if you do, you’re in for a surprise this week: EW has our very first look at what Ryan Reynolds will look like as The Green Lantern.

They’re known as the movies you have to see twice, or sometimes more affectionately as the movies after which you say “I don’t know what the $%*# just I just saw.” For now, I’ll call them mind-benders: films that are so enigmatic and intricately woven that wow you at the end, even if you have […]

Before this news broke that Mark Ruffalo was deep into talks with Marvel about becoming Bruce Banner for The Avengers, I was just thinking about the actor, who most recently co-starred in the critically acclaimedThe Kids Are All Right. He’s always been one of those names recognized by film fans for his strong talent despite a […]

If you’re not a Twi-hard, then you marked this weekend as your biggest of the summer. Sure, there was the first weekend of the “summer” in “Iron Man 2,” but Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” has been the only buzz-worthy potential blockbuster of the summer. The box office is primed to give “Inception” a big weekend. Last […]

Crack open the mind of filmmaker Terry Gilliam and you’re likely to find something akin to the imagination world inside the mirror in his film “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” Known for surrealism, candy-coated visuals and deliberately hacking at all that stands for common sense, Gilliam applies these trademarks to the kind of film where […]

I’ve been looking for an excuse to say Twilight is bad for you health, but apparently it wasn’t just wishful thinking. ABC News released this report Friday investigating the teenage phenomenon of biting, which is exactly what it sounds like: guys and girls biting each other’s necks, sometimes with the intention of drawing blood.

Animated family films continue to prove their vitality to the industry. “Despicable Me” earned an unexpected $56.3 million this weekend and became the latest in a line of 2010 animated hits. It can’t be deemed too much of a surprise when most animated features these days are getting positive reviews. “Despicable,” however, managed to do […]