January and February tend to be romantic comedy months or “so obviously dumb” comedies. Last year we had critically ripped movies “The Spy Next Door,” “The Tooth Fairy,” “Leap Year” (Amy Adams’ only bad performance) and “When in Rome.” Only “Youth in Revolt,” which was hardly released, was decent. The 2011 slate looks much better […]

Horror movies — like people I suppose — usually take a vacation come the holidays. No horror film expects to compete with the usually holiday entries as most are not well-recieved and people are interested in awards dramas and blockbusters. Considering January and February are less competitive months where studios dump many of their less-than-sterling […]

Without any new films at the movies this weekend yet a full three-day holiday for most folks, most movies saw great Christmas follow-up numbers this weekend. “Little Fockers” led the way for the second straight week, but only by just a million or so over “True Grit,” which continues to impress considering the genre.

There are very few movies out there that will amp you up like “The Expendables.” Maybe not so much for the ladies, but Sylvester Stallone’s battle royal of action stars and other renowned muscle men from the last three decades will convince almost every man that lifting weights, eating a steak and potatoes dinner and […]