In my opinion, these are 10 films that you must see before you die if you care anything about cinema or want to be in the conversation. These aren't the best films ever made, and there is a film here...

I remember how angry I was a little over a year ago at Zach Snyder’s “Watchmen” movie, primarily because I thought it was too violent. I was angry mainly because I was familiar with the “Watchmen”...

As well as being a hardcore cinephile, I am a relatively big history buff. So, I’ve been happy to see the past couple Sunday nights on HBO bring the two together with the new miniseries, "The Pacific."...

Last fall, Jason Reitman's third film, "Up in the Air," was warmly greeted by critics and audiences. Reitman has made some good movies, but this is his finest film. Why? Because the movie is a portrait,...

By Jordan Berry “Clash of the Titans” is a wonderful experience for fans of the genre. It is technically impressive and a great roller coaster ride that should allow most viewers to have a fun time....

What’s the formula behind Tom Rickman’s success? How did Rickman become the screenwriter behind the Emmy Award-winning television movie “Tuesdays With Morrie” and the Oscar-nominated script for...

Pacing the dimmed interior and wearing corduroy pants and aged Converse Chucks, Tom Rickman held chorus to a band of cineastes and writers alike. Rickman, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of 1980’s...

Michael Bay could be single-handedly destroying Hollywood. I don't know if the Antichrist is real, but if so, Michael Bay is in competition. I know there was a legion of morons who thought that Barack...

Just like the fire-breathing monsters referenced in its title, you can’t judge “How to Train Your Dragon” from first impressions. Based on a series of popular children’s books — and bearing...

"Hot Tub Time Machine" is a movie about the slow recognition that life is better remembered than lived. The movie is about how three men look back with longing to a time in their youth when they had everything,...

What makes movies like musical biopics work? What makes them so accessible to audiences? Many of these stories come layered with ingredients and story arcs that make them easily conducive to film. Look...

By Jordan Berry Every so often, a film comes along that defies all expectations. “Star Wars” and “Avatar” ruled the box office despite their sci-fi themes. “Slumdog Millionaire” dominated...