POSTED // Jan 27,2012 - Every once in a while, it feels as though the entire movie industry is trying to make somebody happen, despite a resolute lack of enthusiasm from audiences about that individual actually happening.

POSTED // Jan 27,2012 - Coverage of Albert Nobbs has been full of stories about Glenn Close’s decades-long effort to bring the story from her original stage performance to the screen.

POSTED // Jan 20,2012 - Michel Hazanavicius’ effervescent The Artist seems to be staking out a curious territory during the 2011-12 film awards season.

POSTED // Jan 16,2012 - For many comedians, launching a “one-man show” might just seem like a euphemism for “comedian reaching for credibility” ...

POSTED // Jan 13,2012 - Resolved: Meryl Streep can become anyone. Do I have any takers for the “con” position? Thought not.

POSTED // Jan 13,2012 - I’ve got to admit to a bit of puzzlement when I learned that Disney’s Beauty & the Beast would be re-released in 3D. In my mind, it has ever been thus.

POSTED // Dec 21,2011 - At first, it might seem like an absurd question: Though he’s been part of the American pop-culture consciousness for more than 35 years, and is arguably the most successful director in the history of the medium, do we really know who Steven Spielberg is as a filmmaker?

POSTED // Dec 21,2011 - The riveting, propulsive opening credits of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo conveys everything that director David Fincher could bring to the English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s uber-best-seller.

POSTED // Dec 16,2011 - When Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes raked in more than $200 million at the box office in 2009, it was only elementary that Hollywood would use its powers of deduction to realize that a sequel was inevitable.

POSTED // Dec 16,2011 - Yes, there’s some irony here: The Juno screenwriter who was both lauded (with an Oscar) and reviled (by those who groaned at the slanguage) for wallowing in high-school hipness decided to skewer people who can’t quite grow up.