POSTED // May 27,2011 - Whatever your feelings about the original 2009 The Hangover may be, let’s all agree on this: As a basic comedic premise, it’s pure genius

POSTED // May 27,2011 - Of all the DreamWorks Animation features, there’s none I’ve enjoyed more than the original 2008 Kung Fu Panda.

POSTED // May 20,2011 - In the abstract, I’m kind of giddy that the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has reached its fourth installment, On Stranger Tides ...

POSTED // May 20,2011 - During The Greatest Movie Ever Sold—Morgan Spurlock’s documentary about his quest to finance the $1.5 million budget for the movie entirely through product placement ...

POSTED // May 13,2011 - You may have seen various re- creations of pioneer journeys; you might even have participated in re-creations as a Utahn from pioneer stock ...

POSTED // May 13,2011 - Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jane Curtin once confirmed that John Belushi, during his time on the show, loudly shared his opinion that “women are just fundamentally not funny” ...

POSTED // May 6,2011 - If you want to know how many reasons the makers of Thor have for not messing with the Marvel Comics movie formula, the answer is “$3.3 billion.”

POSTED // May 6,2011 - It was a bit of a surprise to some observers when Susanne Bier’s In a Better World took this year’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but it probably shouldn’t have been. Melodrama, after all, is a universal language.

POSTED // Apr 29,2011 - With the exception of the appalling Tokyo Drift, the Fast & Furious movies have been packed with thrillingly staged action ...

POSTED // Apr 29,2011 - On the off-chance that you haven’t been following the sky-is-falling news from the world of theatrical exhibition, 2011 hasn’t gotten off to a rousing start at the box office ...