Huff Post Review: Whip It (2009)
Whip It is one of the most enjoyable film experiences of 2009. It's a formula picture through and through, but it is a truly entertaining one.
Whip It is one of the most enjoyable film experiences of 2009. It's a formula picture through and through, but it is a truly entertaining one.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.27.2009 | Entertainment
While everyone seems to be trying harder than the gang behind Friday the 13th, this feels like a fancier redo of something that held up pretty well in the first place.
Beth Armogida | Posted 11.26.2009 | Comedy
Every time I see those handmade signs at the Tea Parties displaying anti-Obama phrases filled with hate, fear and misspelled words held by flocks of pallid agitators my stress level reaches a new high.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment
I'm not a particularly die-hard fan of the Scooby Doo franchise, but I have a passing interest. I was shocked at how enjoyable this movie is. It just plain works on every level.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment
For the first time that I can remember, a Michael Moore documentary/propaganda piece is less about the subject at hand and more about Michael Moore himself.
The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business
As the Huffington Post continues to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we've found additional comp...
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment
The somewhat predictable result: "There was no meaningful difference in satisfaction levels between classic design and multiplex design IMAX locations."
Ben Berkon | Posted 11.21.2009 | Comedy
Terrorists, who came to America with high hopes of destroying it, have found it difficult to find any terrorist-related work due to the hard economic times.
Ben Berkon | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy
The surgery is a more simple procedure than one would think. It merely entails slicing an opening in the patient's back, and placing a spine where normal, politically-sane, and spined-humans have a spine
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment
He was one of People's 'Sexiest Men Alive' in 2006. Yet Orlando Bloom is nowhere to be seen in today's film-making landscape.
Diane Francis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
Alex Jones writes that the implosion of the business model for traditional media is creating a vacuum in the type of news gathering, analysis or revelatory investigation which is in the public interest.
Tom Morris | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media
Wisdom crops up in a surprising way on Twitter. I call the phenomenon, "Twisdom."
Saul Segan | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home
As printed, the President's speech to USA students at the advent of this new school year seemed benign enough.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment
Remembering Up, Transformers 2, Harry Potter, Inglourious Basterds and more.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment
As everyone and their sister already knows, Inglourious Basterds scored a genuinely impressive $38 million over its debut weekend.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment
Here are some quick tips to increase the likelihood that Megan Fox hosting Saturday Night Live will be successful.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
As a Christian who worships the Shabbat, I believe Ramadan is a wonderful way for Christians to remember their Muslim brothers and sisters
Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 09.21.2009 | World
Take a moment to read these names. Read them all or read a few. If you're reading this and knew one of them, tell us who he was, tell us what she hoped to become.
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...
Michael Wolff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media
The Guardian in London ran a piece Tuesday by my friend Ed Pilkington, the paper's correspondent in New York, about the financial woes of the photogra...
Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Yale professor, John Dovidio, does not feel the ongoing protests, name calling and Hitler labels by white protesters are hate, but a fight by whites struggling to defend and maintain their position and status.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.18.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment