Perhaps the perfect 21st century villain, Heath Ledger's Joker is less a force of evil than an agent of chaos, delighting in whatever reaction he can elicit from a world numbed by modernity. Visually upsetting, like ...
Remake of: "The Big Clock" (John Farrow, 1948)
As good a demonstration as any of the virtues of using B-movies as the foundation for better B-movies, Roger Donaldson’s cracking military thriller reloc...
The "Die Hard" films, starring Bruce Willis as the frequently unlucky cop John McClane, have always featured a heavy dose of wise-cracking levity to go along with the bone-crunching violence. Some fans, howe...
Directed by: Ben Affleck, USA World Premiere
When militants storm the U.S. embassy in 1979 Tehran, six Americans manage to slip away. Knowing it’s only a matter of time before they are found, a CIA “exfil...
While many Hollywood franchises lose key creative personnel mid-stream (The "X-Men" films) or just sort of fall apart after two films (the "Spider-Man") series, Nolan's Batman trilogy appears to be...
Key players: Reese Witherspoon, Matthew Broderick, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Tom Perrotta, Chris Klein, Jessica Campbell
Why it's great: Satires rarely come any sharper than this. A student body election leads ...
Pixar was on a hot streak. What started as a promising novelty with "Toy Story" had grown into the hottest name in animation -- even overshadowing parent company Disney -- with a run of acclaimed hits "...
A sequel to Francis Lawrence's 2007 blockbuster "I Am Legend" has long been rumored. In fact, as recently as February there have been reports that WB is developing "I Am Legend 2"&n...
Laetitia Casta, Guillaume Canet ("Tell No One") and a group of young'uns face down the German army in the upcoming WWII drama "War of the Buttons." The Weinstein Company just released brand ne...
Angelina Jolie may be getting naughty with her next directorial effort.
The actress-director has expressed interest in bringing E.L. James saucy bestseller "Fifty Shades of Grey" to the big screen, a...
