A harrowing portrait of a teenager forced to be an adult out in the Ozarks, the epicenter of crystal meth activity, “Winter’s Bone” feels more harsh and real than any other film that brief summary evokes. Debra Granik’s film seems unequivocally true, so while I’m sure Daniel Woodrell’s novel paints an extremely accurate portrait of […]

The first successful box office weekend of 2011 featured newcomers “The Green Hornet” and “The Dilemma” atop the box office with the former establishing itself as the unquestionable leader with $33.7 million. More interestingly, this is the most successful opening for a superhero comedy, a genre that typically receives cult following and makes its money […]

Continuing its sweep of most critics’ awards and major ceremonies, “The Social Network” won the most film Golden Globes last night, taking home four honors from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Score. See the full list of winners after the jump.

When Seth Rogen got his paws on rights to turn the masked crimefighter radio and TV series “The Green Hornet” into a movie, we figured to have it pegged. Rogen would deliver an action comedy “Green Hornet” universe stuffed with his brand of immature moron humor. The only question was whether that combination would work […]

If you can call it a “big January weekend,” the middle of January tends to hold the most appealing/promising films of the month. We saw “Cloverfield” here a few years back and “The Book of Eli” last year. This weekend we get the long-awaited “The Green Hornet” and the date comedy “The Dilemma” with Vince […]

Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-Man franchise doesn’t come out for a good year and a half, but already Sony/Columbia has released an image of Andrew Garfield (“The Social Network”) as our new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. See the full image after the jump.

With Seth Rogen’s latest in theaters this weekend, I thought I’d offer up my review of “Knocked Up,” written June 28, 2008. Judd Apatow delivers again in what is easily his most poignant comedy while still staying true to the antics of his usual band of characters. “Knocked Up” is able to still deliver a […]

It’s tough to be funny in the 21st Century. Doesn’t it seem that almost every big movie comedian of the last ten years becomes either annoying or keeps playing the same character way too quickly? I challenge you to find a prolific comedian with an immaculate record, especially north of the year 2000.

Forgetting anything ever happened and just straighten up that tie, Mr. Bond: the next film is back on, or so MGM intends, as the once-financially beleaguered studio has announced the 23rd movie’s going to get rolling toward the end of this year and come out on Nov. 9 2012.

From an outside perspective, two counts of unoriginality can be charged to “The Crazies.” One: it’s a remake of a George Romero film from the ’70s; Two: it adds another quarantined disease zombie movie to the pile that proliferated this past decade. Yet Breck Eisner’s version does so many little things right. He keeps “The […]

“True Grit” overtook “Little Fockers” for number one at the box office this weekend, passing $100 million and symbolically leading the charge of award-winning dramas over the rest of the pack in 2011’s first full weekend. “Black Swan” also snuck into the top five as it gears up for an even wider release this weekend.

The Coen brothers have delivered some of the most challenging films of the last few years, ever since winning Oscar glory for contemporary Western “No Country for Old Men.” The Coens’ remake of the 1969 film (or as some would say, the second adaptation of the Charles Portis novel) “True Grit” does constitute as a bit of […]

The 2011 movie slate is about to commence and while a delayed Nic Cage film doesn’t exactly trumpet in the new year, I’m highly optimistic for 2011, especially from a blockbuster standpoint. For now, however, we’ve got medieval period sorcery action and another rehabbing country star musical drama.

The few memorable January films of the last few years have all been related to action or the thriller genre to some extent. As for February, last year had a couple of poorly received action comedies which (thank God) there seem to be less of already for 2011 with exception of the one you see […]

You would think most dramas would try and squeeze in before Jan. 1 to be included in the Oscar race, but most people forget that some smaller gems simply don’t have the finances to compete and don’t want to be lost in the shuffle of the serious contenders, so the early portion of the year […]