Oscar season is close at hand, and you know what that means: another nomination for Meryl Streep, American cinema’s reigning grand dame. Streep has been nominated more times than anyone (16), but surp
The release of “Warrior” (2011) clearly suffered from bad timing. If this movie came out before the theatrical release of “The Fighter” (2010) or after a considerable gap, then “Warrior” could have do
New York had Tin Pan Alley, Memphis had Beale Street, New Orleans had the French Quarter, and Chicago had an open-air market that was first recognized by the city in 1912 and declared a “blighted area
David Cross (“Mr. Show,” “Arrested Development”) created this half-hour situation comedy set and filmed in the UK, where it first aired. **“The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret,”**which so
"Preposterous, trying to put a tail on a fish! " --Dr. McCarthy OK, so 2011's "Dolphin Tale" throws every family-movie cliché in the book at us. Not to worry. The movie features a cute kid and a dolp
Like some intellectuals, Woody Allen has a pretentious streak that occasionally comes out in his films. But with “Midnight in Paris” he confronts that attitude head-on through a know-it-all character
George the First is in the White House, the U.S. bombs Iraqi forces in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, and Boris Yeltsin wins the first free election in Russia. Phil Collins and Gloria Est
You'll recall that the premise of the "Final Destination" series, which started back in 2000, is that in each film a different group of young people escape imminent demise, only to find Mr. Death stal
"There are three ways to make a living in this business: Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat. " --John Tuld, "Margin Call" Director J.C. Chandor´s "Margin Call" (2011) opens with a long, notable sequence
December 7 was the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a date that Franklin D. Roosevelt correctly predicted would “live in infamy.” Before TV’s “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” bef
You may already have heard three things about "The Help," which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today: --The film has Oscar written all over it. It does. I'd be very surprised if it didn't receive a
"Another Earth" won the Alfred P. Sloan special jury prize at Sundance 2011, and it's found an appreciative fan-base that responds to the whole notion of alternate selves . . . something which, in thi