1. I've never read the book Cloud Atlas, but I bet it's good. Judging from the film, the book must be insanely…
I waste as much time on the web as anyone, but one thing I always avoid are those videos that careen around the…
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…
All genres have their trademarks. In romantic comedies, the two meet, fall in love, break up, and then wind up…
We like to believe that we're the masters of our own destinies, that our lives are ours to do with as we wish. But…
Sequels are almost never as good as the original movie, so it's a downright miracle when a franchise gets better as…
For a genre that remains a Hollywood staple, horror doesn't get much respect. If a film isn't screened in advance…
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…

The Academy Awards aren't until February, but as far as Roger Ebert is concerned, we already know who's going to…
In 2003, Matthew McConaughey starred in a film called Tiptoes that went straight to video. It might seem odd that…
If you liked the first Taken, it was probably because of Liam Neeson. With that unlikely hit, the Oscar-nominated…
Yesterday, the Motion Picture Academy of America announced that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane would be hosting…
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…
When Will Leitch started Deadspin, his guiding principal—beyond a belief that he could get the whole world to refer…

There's a certain type of masculinity we're used to seeing on screen. John Wayne, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason…
1. Looper is essentially two different movies spliced together at the midway point, but that's OK, because: a) the…
There are many ways to tell if you've become a popular actress. Your name appears above the title on the poster.…
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…