Summer Movies

Colbert Tells Us Which Movies Are Destroying America (VIDEO)

Posted 09.07.2009 | Comedy


It's pretty clear that Hollywood hates America. If they didn't, why would they blow it up in all their films? Well, someone has finally said it. Steph...

Julia Lite, Coming to a Stove Near You

Michele Kayal | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Michele Kayal

The publishing industry has anticipated the latent need-to-feed that's likely to surface in even the laziest among us as we watch the upcoming Julie and Julia.

Musings on Comic Con '09

Eric Lurio | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment


Eric Lurio

When I first started going, San Diego was the place every cartoonist would get together to schmooze. The parties to get into were not the ones sponsored by IMAX or Wired.

Paper Heart's Charlyne Yi Stares Love in the Face (Just Not with Michael Cera Per Se)

Jon Chattman | Posted 08.24.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Chattman

My love conversation with Charlyne Yi at the Just For Laughs Comedy Conference and Film Festival in Montreal earlier this week.

Underrated Summer Movies: A Collection Of The Best (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 08.03.2009 | Entertainment


If it's a rainy weekend and you want to channel that summer feeling, you can rent always rent Dirty Dancing, Grease, Jaws or any number of Will Smith ...

Coming This Summer: Gitmo by the Dozen!

Spencer Green | Posted 06.20.2009 | Comedy


Spencer Green

(INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - BENJAMIN SONNEE (Matthew McConaughey) is in the middle of a PowerPoint presentation, which ends with the image of a giant "Monopoly Man" crushing poor people; everyone in the room applauds, Benjamin takes off his shirt.)

Revering Summer Camp, or Maybe Just the Memories

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.25.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

I'll treasure their summer camp moments vicariously, even if my children don't. Those carefree days never return to you the same way, not even in memory.

The Summer Blockbuster: God's Gift

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living


Lindsay Mannering

The Fourth of July has always been associated with fireworks, cookouts, and warm weather, but in the 1980's, "summer blockbuster" was added to the lis...

Are Critically Acclaimed Movies More Popular? They Were Last Year

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Both critics and moviegoers seem to like quality and not crap. Is this revelatory? In a society that dismisses quality, and that holds up crap for imitation, it certainly feels revelatory.

Why the New York Times Shouldn't Try to Predict Summer Box Office

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Frankly, it's not the business of the New York Times to engage in facile prognostication about the box office performance of summer sequels.