Movies

Toronto Film Fest Day 4: Two Documentaries and a Little Girl

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Documentary, Ballet, Michael Moore, Movies, Frederick Wiseman, Adoption, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

You could spend an entire film festival going from press conference to round table to one-on-one interviews. I'd rather see the films and worry about interviews some other time.

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Israel and Iran Trump Michael Moore at Venice

Nina Burleigh | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Iran, Venice Film Festival, Israel, Middle East, Movies, Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Nina Burleigh

The two surprise winners at the Venice Film Festival represent the yin and yang of the modern Middle East.

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Toronto Film Fest Day 3: Cartoons, Cads and Commies

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Toronto Film Festival, Leon Trotsky, Disney, Film, Movies, Cinema, Animation, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Tomorrow is just a train wreck of competing film screenings. I interview Vera Farmiga at 10:20 for the excellent Up In The Air. But then what?

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Toronto Film Fest Day 2: Two Hits, A Fun Miss and Then Malaise

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, The Coen Brothers, Vera Farmiga, George Clooney, Film Festival, Vikings, Movies, Jason Reitman, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Reviewed: the new Coen brothers movie, George Clooney, fuzzy Ukrainian subtitles and a pack of arty Vikings.

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2009, Apocalypse Now

Giles Slade | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Vigo Mortenson, Made to Break, Guy Pearce, Giles Slade, Godzilla, Shane Acker, Post Apocalypse, Tim Burton, Vincent Price, Ed Woods, Movies, 2012, The Road, Apocalypse, Chris Bucci, Roger Ebert, 9, Independence Day, Climate Change, Edward Scissorhands, North American Ark, Wall-E, Roland Emmerich, Cormac McCarthy, Health Care, Corpse Bride, Entertainment News
Giles Slade

The Copenhagen conference is billed as humanity's last chance to reverse climate change, but many fear we have already reached a global tipping point. Our films reflect this.

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Finding Yourself and Your First Film, on Google

Jim Killeen | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Google, Health Care Executive, Independent Film, Traffic Engineer, Detective, Jim Killeen, Father, Google Me, Movies, Killeen Texas, Priest, Swinger, Entertainment News
Jim Killeen

I met a sexual swinger in Denver, a father of eight in St. Louis, a retired NYPD detective, a traffic engineer in Scotland, and a health care executive in Melbourne Australia.

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Telluride Tries to Survive Life During Wartime

Michael Bialas | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Shirley Henderson, Paul Reubens, Colorado, Ciaran Hinds, Todd Solondz, Michael Lerner, Ally Sheedy, Movies, Allison Janney, Telluride Film Festival, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

Maybe this is as close as writer/director Todd Solondz will ever get to a feel-good movie.

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Telluride Report: Nic Cage Gets Wack with Crack in Bad Lieutenant; Viggo Hits The Road; Clooney's Comically Existential Up in the Air

Chris Willman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Clooney, Entertainment News, Viggo Mortensen, Nicolas Cage, Movies, Entertainment News
Chris Willman

Before we decamp from the Colorado mountains, here's a brief look at some of the 36th annual confab's more notable or notorious entries.

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Clooney's "Up in the Air" Premieres at Telluride

Chris Willman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Academy Awards, Movies, Up in the Air, Telluride Film Festival, George Clooney, Jason Reitman, Entertainment News
Chris Willman

One of this year's most anticipated movies had its world premiere this weekend 9,545 feet above sea level, in a screening room at the Telluride Film Festival.

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Getting An Education at Telluride Film Festival

Michael Bialas | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, French, Lone Scherfig, Alfred Molina, Festival, Music, Movies, Telluride Film Festival, Laura Linney, George Clooney, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

It's 1961 in Twickenham, England, and 16-year-old straight-A student Jenny dreams of living in Paris but seems content with playing the cello, smoking cigarettes, learning to speak French and listening to Juliette Greco.

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2009 Summer Movie Review Part I: The Moments That Mattered.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Angels & Demons, Inglourious Basterds, Summer, Orphan, The Hangover, Transformers, Surveillance, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hurt Locker, News, Christopher Waltz, Movies, 2009, Scott Mendelson. Up, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Remembering Up, Transformers 2, Harry Potter, Inglourious Basterds and more.

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Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Colbert Fans, Daylife, The Colbert Report, Warner Bros, Twitter, Stephen Colbert, Batman, Movies, DC Comics, Comics, Comic Villains, Films, The-Riddler, Comic Books, Entertainment News, Gotham City, Catwoman, The Internet Movie Database, Colbert Nation, Showhype, Mahalo, Whorepresents, Newsrunner, Acting, Shakespear, Batman Sequel, Batman Movie, Entertainment News
2morrowknight

Deep in your heart, you know Colbert's got the complete package of comic timing, creativity, audacity, and that indefinable "it" to pull off a portrayal of such a multi-layered villain.

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Add All About Steve to the List of Punful Movie Titles

Danny Groner | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Good Will Hunting, Long List of Movies, Ginger Snaps, Get Smart, Poison Ivy, Cops and Robbersons, Me Myself & Irene, The Family Stone, All About Eve, Timeline, Zero Effect, Wild Wild West, Deliver Us From Eva, Barb Wire, King's Ransom, Puns, Grosse Pointe Blank, All About Steve, Film, Hey Steve, Movies, Cinema, Major Payne, Raising Helen, For Pete's Sake, Invincible, The War of the Roses, (500) Days of Summer, Entertainment News
Danny Groner

I've assembled a list of movies that showcase lead characters names in the titles in both odd and clever pun-driven ways. Some of these may have been obvious to you, other puns might be so bad that you'll only realize them now.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Welcome, Big Brother: Ondi Timoner on We Live in Public

Dan Persons | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 1984, Fema, The Dandy Warhols, Film, Josh Harris, Exclusive, George Orwell, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Privacy, New York, Movies, Web 2.0, Cookies, Ondi Timoner, Internet, Quiet: We Live in Public, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Interview, Invasion of Privacy, Soho, Documentary, Voyeurism, Big Brother, We Live in Public, Pseudo, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In the documentary We Live in Public, director Ondi Timoner focuses on an experiment in which 100 people were shut into a Soho, NY basement with all the comforts of home, plus 24/7 surveillance.

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The House of Mouse Buys the House of Ideas...

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marvel, Wolverine, Comics, Scott Mendelson, Fantastic Four, Mickey Mouse, Daredevil, Iron Man, Ghost Rider, Movies, X-Men, Goofy, Donald Duck, Spider-Man, Disney, News, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

The acquisition of 5,000 often violent, occasionally sexualized comic book characters just makes Disney an even easier target for Focus on the Family. We'll see if Disney reacts to inevitable cheap shots.

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The Final Destination 3D Defeats Halloween II in the Year's Dumbest Showdown: Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Final Destination, Scott Mendelson, Sandra Bullock, Hayao Miyazaki, All About Steve, Julie and Julia, Movies, Rob Zombie, Box Office, Brad Pitt, Ponyo, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, 3d, Halloween II, News, Gamer, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Yup, summer is officially over. Now we can get to what's really important -- trying to keep up with the dozen or so new Oscar-bait releases and overestimating James Cameron's Avatar.

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DVDs -- Don't Be Conned: Check Out "Duplicity"

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: World of Warcraft. Julia Roberts, Documentaries, Astro Boy, Movies, Dvds, Animation, Osamu, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

This week in DVD releases: A clever, sexy and adult caper about two opposing corporate spies who are working together to scam their employers. Maybe.

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Video Gamers at the End of History

Jared Gardner | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Depression, Mental Health, Entertainment, Ghost Busters, Health, Psychology, Video Games, Obesity, Movies, New York News
Jared Gardner

The new narrative media of video games is making us psychologically damaged goods, whose best hope is that when we die alone, the neighbors will find our body before the dogs.

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Another Way to See "Inglourious Basterds"

Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Brad Pitt, Holocaust, Inglorious Bastards, Quentin Tarantino, The Holocaust, Inglourious Basterds, Revenge, Christoph Waltz, Movies, Quentin Tarantino Inglorious Bastards, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Maybe I'm alone here, but I say Inglorious Basterds is about something more.

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Oscar-nominated Actor Paul Giamatti and Director Sophie Barthes Try Saving Our Cold Souls

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Directors New Films, Uncle Vanya, Cold Souls, Oscar Nominees, The Sundance Film Festival 2009, Paul Giamatti, Oscars, Movies, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Given its wonderfully wacked-out premise, Cold Souls is a film that does not deserve to be lost in the summer shuffle.

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Delayed Huff Post Weekend Box Office in Review (08/23/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Shorts, Scott Mendelson, Julie and Julia, Movies, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Robert Rodriguez, Box Office, District 9, Brad Pitt, Post Grad, Harvey Weinstein, Alexis Bledel, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds, News, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

As everyone and their sister already knows, Inglourious Basterds scored a genuinely impressive $38 million over its debut weekend.

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Kudos to Smart Career Choices: Megan Fox to Host the Season Premiere of SNL

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Megan Fox, Zac Efron, Jon Hamm, Transformers, Christopher Walken, The Rock, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, News, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Here are some quick tips to increase the likelihood that Megan Fox hosting Saturday Night Live will be successful.

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ReThinking Standard Operating Procedure: Yes, Virginia, We Really Do Torture

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Movie Review, Standard Operating Procedure, George W. Bush, Rethink Reviews, Documentaries, John Yoo, Film, Jonathan Kim, Movies, Abu Ghraib, The Young Turks, Movie Reviews, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, Lynndie England, Charles Graner, Film Critic, Errol Morris, Documentary, Iraq, Torture, Sabrina Harman, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

In light of a new report set to be released today from the CIA, I want to take another look at Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris' documentary about torture at Abu Ghraib.

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Julie & Julia: Who's Cooking Now?

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Laura Baudo Sillerman, Films, Nora Ephron, Meryl Streep, Marriage, Cooking, Sex at Midlife, Movie, The Art of French Cooking, Julie Powell, Julie and Julia, Movies, Living News
Laura Baudo Sillerman

This is a note about what happens when a director in her sixties writes and directs a movie, about a young woman questing after the life once led by an older woman.

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Ponyo: Finally, A Great Family Movie

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Japanese, Kids, Movies, Cinema, Animation, Ponyo Movie Review, Family, Living News
Maria Rodale

If you haven't seen it in the theatres yet, Ponyo, a new Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyasaki, is one of the rare gems of a movie that the whole family will enjoy, and that is worth seeing on the big screen.

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