I've seen movies by Lawrence Kasdan and I've seen movies by his son Jake Kasdan. And now having seen the work of Lawrence's other son Jonathan, I have to say...

Shaun of the Dead taught us all that when there’s no more room in Hell, hilarity walks the Earth. As Shaun walked the sacred ground sewn by George Romero, the...

Have you ever watched a movie so bad that you feel cheap and dumb for just having watched it? Well, go see Perfect Stranger and you'll know what I'm talking...

Hitchcockian – The state of being narratively similar to the works of film director Alfred Hitchcock. See: Disturbia (2007). Truly, very few films have ever had the audacity to co-opt the...

The origin of the term “Grindhouse” is somewhat ambiguous, as it has potentially three different meanings. Broadly, it’s an umbrella term used to describe a certain genre of films including...

Science and religion, faith and reason, Horror and Christianity—all these things are frequently combined in movies Some are better than others, and those others are usually just plain horrible. The...

The presumptive winner of the Best Foreign Language film award at this year’s Academy Awards was Guillermo del Toro’s fairy tale for grown-ups Pan’s Labyrinth. Conversely, the Golden Globes cheated...

The Painted Veil reminded me of an old Merchant/Ivory production with its lushly photographed scenery and its focus on performance between the actors. Based on the novel by W. Somerset...

Bottoms up could mean a lot of things in this movie. It begins with Jon Heder and Will Farrell's descent from the pinnacle of the figure skating world to the...

I have not been that fond of some of Disney’s creative decisions in the last few years, whether it’s abandoning 2-D animation or trying to launch a second sequel to...