It's very nice that Oscars made a special tribute to movie musicals. The only problem is that not a single one of the musicals honored (Chicago, Dreamgirls, Les Miz) was ever eligible for Oscar's own category of "Best Original Musical."
To call Rich Moore's feature film directorial debut a success would be an understatement. Moore, who worked on "The Simpsons" and "Futurama," was the ...
If Wreck-It Ralph's estimate holds, it will have the biggest three-day debut for a non-Pixar Disney cartoon ever. Coming in next was Flight , which inexplicably opened on just 1,800 screens but still had a comparitvely massive opening.
"You have to be prepared to keep doing it, keep trying no matter what. No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened."
John C. Reilly has enjoyed one of the most fascinating career shifts of any actor working today. Once know for dramatic roles -- Reilly appeared in "B...
Do you remember when Sarah Silverman was a member of the "Saturday Night Live" cast? If you do, you're in a minority. It's hard to imagine Silverman g...
I don't demand subversion of the status quo in every would-be genre film. But Wreck-It Ralph promises next-generation gaming and delivers old-school Nintendo in a shinier box.
Not that you needed another reason to get excited for "Wreck-It Ralph," the animated movie that seems destined to do for video games what "Toy Story" ...
The second season of "Check It Out! With Dr. Steve Brule," premiered last night on Adult Swim, and if that alone doesn't bring you joy, the show relea...
I don't know if I can properly articulate why I love the comedy of Tim Heidecker and Eric Warheim. The duo are more polarizing than Newt Gingrich and dubstep music.
It is a challenge to depict the modern world in a modern language, but manipulated photography, film, interactive digital sculptures and other new med...
We've seen him play an emotionally stunted stepbrother and a country crooner on the big screen, but now accomplished actor John C. Reilly takes parent...
Carnage refocuses itself in this film. Unlike the play, it is not simply about the breakdown of civilization -- or at least, of civilized behavior. It's about the very untwining of the ties that shelter civilization from the dominance of self-interest.
Actress Tilda Swinton seems caught in the role of mother of troubled teens and shepherdess of similar lost sheep.
She's played them with quiet panic ...
While the red carpet presentations at the 34th Starz Denver Film Festival feature Oscar-worthy films with box-office potential, there are enough under-the-radar temptations to please the most critical cinephile.
Were you too busy trick-or-treating to catch Monday night's Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Will Ferrell? Well, you're in luck, because PBS has mad...
Fans of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage will wonder what happened when that Tony-winning stage play was adapted for the screen by the playwright for her friend, director Roman Polanski, and redubbed simply Carnage.
It's Day 2 at Venice, and we're continuing our review recaps of the big talkers at the festival. Next up is Roman Polanski's "Carnage," based on a pla...
There are some films that really know how to burrow themselves in your mind--you're too afraid to go outside and too afraid to sleep--and that is, ult...