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It's been a little sleepy around these parts lately... ...and that's largely because I've been busy working elsewhere, at p...

First the Woody Allen feature , and now a review of his latest. Perhaps my palate needs some sharpening, but I found much to adore in "...

Pixar's " Brave " doesn't deserve some of the icy ink it's getting, but it isn't exactly a triumph, either. Still,...

I had a blast at the press conference for " To Rome With Love ," a charming film too many are dismissing as merely "minor Woo...

Tom Cruise is a hoot as a steretotypical glam-rock god, and Catherine Zeta-Jones knows just how to camp up her uber-conservative character, ...

Over at Slant Magazine , I talked politics and film with Dustin Lance Black , the world's youngest-looking 37-year-old, and an increasin...

At long last, my most anticipated movie of the summer. Did it deliver? My full review is now online at SouthPhillyReview.com . CLICK HE...

Last month, I whipped a piece for South Philly Review on films that are celebrating anniversaries this year, and are worth a second (or thir...

Yes! Here's the first still of Ms. Jolie as Maleficent in Disney's new live-action film: According to a press release that jus...

It's here. The film that definitively shattered first-weekend box-office records. Is it all it's cracked up to be? Of course no...

I'm sorry to say that James McTeigue's " The Raven " is a dreadful film, overwrought and over-the-top and shrill and proce...

Far more interesting than much of what he puts on the market, James Franco is an interview subject to kill for. Timed to the release of his...

I'm not sure " The Cabin in the Woods " is the lasting phenomenon so many people want it to be, but I know I largely had a fin...

The Chameleon Sheds His Skin One of the greatest character actors in the business, Willem Dafoe is riding high this season with roles in ...