One of the ridiculous things about making lists of what you're most anticipating before the start of a calendar year is that you haven't really seen much yet. Chances are by the time a film's actual publicity campaign...
Film franchises are a tricky thing. Hollywood loves to jump on bandwagons, and every time a book series is turned into a "Harry Potter"-sized juggernaut or an old TV show becomes the basis for a megahit like...
After Hollywood churned out more prequels and sequels in 2011 than almost any other year, how exciting is it that only six made HitFix's most anticipated list of 2012? Yes, there are a few remakes and new versio...
Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman, Chloe Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard, Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard, Gulliver McGrath as David Collins, Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters, Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins,...
As a break from the normal list-making shenanigans, In Contention offers up a list of my top 10 must-watch Christmas movies. Some that made the cut include "A Christmas Story," "Die Hard" and "...
Having grossed over three times its reported production budget worldwide, you just knew there was going to be a sequel to writer/director/star Sylvester Stallone's 2010 action film "The Expendables" - and no...
After the first film in the series became a critical punching bag and was received rather less-than-warmly by the viewing public, I was somewhat surprised to hear that Paramount was going ahead with a "G.I. Joe&q...
Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall in Stephen Frears' sports gambling drama "Lay the Favorite."
Sundance adds premieres featuring Chris Rock, Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Olsen and more
If last week's competition slates weren't enough for you, the Sundance Institute unveiled a list of more than 20 narrativ...
2011 has been a big year for new faces in film, music and on TV. Some of the names are overnight sensations (nice you meet you, Scotty McCreery! How do you do, Elizabeth Olsen?), while others have been slowly building...
