Movies

Getting An Education at Telluride Film Festival

Michael Bialas | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

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

Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Add All About Steve to the List of Punful Movie Titles

Danny Groner | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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

Dan Persons | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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

Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment


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.

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


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.

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

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Video Gamers at the End of History

Jared Gardner | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York


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.

Another Way to See "Inglourious Basterds"

Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.27.2009 | Entertainment


Mark Blankenship

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

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

Brad Balfour | Posted 09.27.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

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

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

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

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

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

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

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

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

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.24.2009 | Entertainment


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.

Julie & Julia: Who's Cooking Now?

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


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.

Ponyo: Finally, A Great Family Movie

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


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.

District 9

Will Menaker | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment


Will Menaker

Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience may have been the smartest movie I've seen this year, but Neill Blomkamp's District 9 is definitely the most fun.

When the Coming Attractions are the Main Attraction

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

With the Internet, it is no longer necessary to go to a theater to see the must-see coming attraction, and I genuinely miss the days when I would watch Entertainment Tonight hoping for a sneak peak at a major preview.

Will Ken Burns' New National Parks Documentary be Boring?

Levi Novey | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

Friends had asked me, a former national park ranger, if I think "the national park story" will be interesting enough to capture and maintain an audience's attention (read: theirs). I emphatically told them yes.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Won't Forgive, Can't Forget: Oliver Hirschbiegel on Five Minutes of Heaven

Dan Persons | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

Could it just be coincidence? Could it just be that, by some random alignment of the planets, we have two films about the conflict in Northern Ireland opening on the same weekend?

John Hughes: "The Audacity of Empathy"

Kevin Smokler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment


Kevin Smokler

Hughes's are not just movies about the mid-1980s, but movies set in the mid-1980s that now live as archetype and fable.

The Second Trailer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (With Helpful Narration)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment


Scott Mendelson

I love the fact that someone in the studio chain thought that Taylor Lautner had to literally explain the character arcs in the trailer for the the second Twilight picture, New Moon.

DVDs: I Heart "Firefly"

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Firefly is quirky, with the offbeat and clever dialogue we expect from Whedon. But it's also wholly satisfying and fun from episode one

ReThink Review: District 9 -- Earthlings Aren't Easy

Jonathan Kim | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

My ReThink Review of Neill Blomkamp's excellent film, District 9, and why its creativity and social/political commentary make it a modern classic.

Hollywood Unveils New Rules for Movie Lovers

eSarcasm | Posted 09.17.2009 | Comedy


eSarcasm

Movie watchers will be allowed to make and eat their own popcorn, but it must be at least three days old and smothered in rancid butter-flavored coconut oil.