When you make a movie about a half-insane, completely clueless ruler, obviously you’re going to step on a few toes right from the get-go. With a loving dedication to Kim Jong-il at its beginning, The Dictator kicks...

Look out. Aliens exist among us. Lady Gaga is probably one. Justin Bieber? Almost certainly; the friendly owner of your local Chinese restaurant is definitely hiding some extra, otherworldly appendages.

From the opening shots of Ron Honsa’s transcendent documentary on dance, Never Stand Still, we feel the tingling sensation of something other-worldly about to happen. A solo dancer spins on a solitary deck, a...

Shrouds of mystery fill the screen. Murder after murder, this macabre scene feels like a poet’s dream. A girl’s life and writer’s legend at stake, the unwinding minutes of despair are almost too much to take....

It’s no understatement to say that Marvel’s The Avengers is one of the most intricate and biggest projects any Hollywood studio has ever undertaken. Since the surprising success of Iron Man in 2008, this...

Sometimes finding your ideal soul mate is like playing a game of chess; you develop the best strategy, a specific set of moves to obtain your goal. In executing it, you try to move past any defenses without putting...

Summer is upon us and so is a plethora of Hollywood blockbusters. With a broad range of films for everyone in all genres, it’s important to know which films have the potential to deliver the entertainment goods and...

The best movie marketing campaigns are those that capture a film’s essence in a simple poster or catchy tagline. In the case of The Five-Year Engagement, the new comedy starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, the...

Imagine Raymond Chandler, Marilyn Monroe, Arthur Miller, and JFK showing up in a rural wasteland near the French-Swiss border. Add a few snowdrifts, a rundown hotel, an unsolved murder, and writer’s block.

Director Jerry Rothwell’s beautifully made 86-minute documentary, Town of Runners, featured in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, instantly grabs the attention of viewers with its quiet message of hope in...