I often note how difficult it is to create a comedy that's not only smart and funny but also charming and surprising. But first-time director Craig Zi...

It does not seem quite possible that Jack Nicholson could be turning 75 today. He seems ageless, particularly when you revisit his best films. And that's just what we should all do to mark the occasion.

Almost 20 years later, there has yet to be a film noir that out-Fargos the Coen brothers' Fargo. Jill Sprecher's Thin Ice takes a run at it.

When two of this year's most-anticipated films feature complete cretins in the protaganist's role, it's safe to say that winter 2012 marks the season of the anti-hero.

Top-rated comedy Modern Family has landed a major-name talent for a key guest role: Greg Kinnear is coming to the hit ABC series this season....

The problem with the movie is the unlikability of Kate. She doesn't come across as someone who would succeed in business.

Call it Carrie Bradshaw 2.0. After spending years on "Sex and the City," playing a New York City career woman veering from one crisis to the next, ...

There's no point devoting much time to thinking about what went wrong with Salvation Boulevard. The answer is simple: everything. Satire, particularl...

Turns out, a third "Sex and the City" movie has kinda, sorta already been made. While the future of the HBO franchise hangs in the air after a les...

Ask not what your country can do for you, but how you can savage a prominent family after its members have passed away. "The Kennedys," the brainch...

The shunting aside of the Kennedy miniseries by the History Channel shows the supremacy of the Eastern establishment over the celebrity mosh pit that has become America.

Will Miller find WMD in Iraq? Will American reconstruction efforts in Baghdad go as planned in the face of growing insurgency? Of course not, but there are enough frenetic firefights to maintain a satisfying level of suspense.

Now that a network has elected to air it, we can take a look at the controversial 'Kennedys' mini-series. The eight part series, produced by noted ...

The one role James Franco doesn't play so well? Angry celeb. The actor/author/director/Oscar host was in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival, and M...

'The Kennedys' -- the eight part miniseries about the legendary family recently dropped by The History Channel -- does not make the political dynasty ...

LOS ANGELES — Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes will star in "The Kennedys," the History Channel's first scripted miniseries. The channel announced...

I've been honored to work as a writer on American Cinematheque Tributes for years as they have increasingly become that perfect combination of a loving tribute and a hilarious roast. This year we honor Matt Damon.

Green Zone is a movie which, given a stronger sense of purpose, might have recounted exactly those failings and shown in stark relief how we were hoodwinked into war.