Films: "The Matrix" (1999), "The Matrix Reloaded" (2003), "The Matrix Revolutions" (2003)
Director: The Wachowskis
Best of the bunch: "The Matrix"
Weakest Link: "The Mat...
A single film dominating the MTV Movie Awards is a bit of a rarity. Only once did a film win more than five prizes, and that was during the inaugural event in June of 1992 as "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" wal...
The MTV Movie Awards are coming up this weekend (April 14), and the slate of nominees wasn't as terrible as it has been in recent years, so it might actually be a fun watch. Last year I went back in time for a retrosp...
Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was the one film to rule them all this Friday at the box office, earning $37.5 million. It's the biggest Friday gross in December of all time.
The tota...
Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" has finally finished making its journey to the big screen, and Middle Earth fans sure missed the director-co-writer's take on the writings of J.R.R. Tolkie...
From L-R: Martin Freeman, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Jackson, Ian McKellen and Richard Armitage (a.k.a. Thorin Oakenshield).
Pro: No branch of the Academy is friendlier towards foreign-language fare than the writers, and as with “A Separation” last year, Haneke's Palme d'Or winner is the kind of intimate, articulate, character-d...
Pro: As if it wasn't clear enough already to sentient film folk, Michael Haneke's second Palme d'Or in four years sealed the rigorous Austrian formalist's status as one of the medium's premier artists. With “Amo...
Pro: Arkin's been around the block. His first nomination came 45 years ago and in 2007 the goodwill finally came in the form of an Oscar win (for "Little Miss Sunshine"). He's a highlight in the movie for hi...
Pro: Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner keeps accumulating critical superlatives, while its moving account of love enduring the indignities of dementia should hit home with older voters – and that's most the Aca...
