This is one Spike Lee joint that I’m definitely smoking. A film that received a weak release from Disney’s Buena Vista/Touchstone Pictures and consequently made barely $13 million, “25th Hour” is a gem that many will stumble upon (such as myself) and pat themselves on the back for a good find.

Marvel producer Kevin Feige has confirmed reports that surfaced earlier this weekend that Edward Norton will not be reprising his role as Bruce Banner/The Hulk for the superhero film of all superhero films, “The Avengers.” HitFix received word exclusively from Feige, who implied Norton was not enough of an ensemble actor for this film. The […]

I figured I would use the weekend to muse a bit more often that I’ve been doing lately. Today, I thought I would discuss my thoughts on what it’s like seeing movies in the theater by myself and why it’s not the ideal situation for a film critic. — As an independent film blogger and […]

“Marley & Me” does not prey entirely on our soft side for dogs, nor does it aim for laughs caused by animal hi-jinx. It’s a touching film with a warm spirit that manages to shake off any tearjerker stereotypes that most people would be quick to slap it with. That’s better than at least 75 […]

This might be the time of year when everyone wants to cool down, but the box office is hoping it can stay hot off the holiday weekend. With “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” still fresh and some new (but classic) horror and a family film coming down the pipeline this weekend, there’s a good shot it […]

Everyone’s fascinated with the bad guy. There’s the allure of being a villain, but there’s also been an effort in movies lately (especially in the world of comic supervillains) to complicate the supervillain, perhaps even make us feel bad for him or her. There are some who simply epitomize evil and have no motive but […]

If the cliché “sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll” has seemed obscured or irrelevant the last thirty years, it is no longer. “Get Him to the Greek” serves this unholy trinity buffet style. The latest Judd Apatow-produced laugh fest is a spin-off on the character Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) from 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” the […]

Mel Gibson returns to suitable form in “Edge of Darkness,” a revenged-fueled thriller by the producer and writer of “The Departed.” It’s not that anyone doubted Gibson’s prowess, especially in a role with motivation as clear as “you people killed my daughter and when I prove it I’m going to make you pay in ways […]

The word might be that “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is better than the previous movies, but there was virtually no change at the box office. Summit Entertainment will gladly have it and so will the box office. While second film “New Moon” amassed a $142.8 million three-day opening in November 2009, smoking the $69 million […]

Welcome to Delos, an immersive Disney World for adults featuring three real-life role play worlds: Medieval, Roman and West World. Outfitted with robots, these era-inspired theme parks are there to serve your every desire. You can shoot people, you can have sex with them and you can take their world as seriously as you like […]

Rob Marshall knows how to direct a musical for the big screen. We learned that after his vision for “Chicago” earned a the big prize at the Academy Awards. That set the stakes high for “Nine,” the movie based on a musical based on a movie: “8 1/2” by Federico Fellini. If that weren’t enough, […]

I was surprised to learn that “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” was based on Winifred Watson’s novel. That’s because it feels so much like a play. It wears all the charms of a play or musical with a high-society cast of people involved in music or theatre and whimsical characters bearing distinctive traits. Even […]

There was so much to put into Trailer Wednesday this week that I decided to hold it all for the weekend and blow your minds with TRAILER WEEKEND, which will feature SIX movie trailers for upcoming films, most of which we won’t see until this fall.

Director Marc Webb’s “Spider-Man” reboot for Sony finally has its Peter Parker in American-born British actor Andrew Garfield. The 26-year-old has scored the role of a lifetime ahead of a short list of young men that included bigger names such as Jamie Bell (“Billy Elliot”), Anton Yelchin (“Star Trek”), Josh Hutcherson (“Journey to the Center […]

There’s only one pair of glasses that will make “The Last Airbender” a tolerable adventure and it’s not the 3-D kind. Based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series, “Airbender” is a kids movie, fully equipped with a PG rating and young protagonists asked to shoulder a majority of the workload. Expect just that: a film […]