On Movies & Media

Warning: This is not a review. This is a rant. And it is full of spoilers. I really hoped J.J. Abrams's "Star Trek Into Darkness" would take my mind off my troubles. But alas, no. Now I have more troubles.

Who knew that Mike and Sulley almost ruined each others' lives before they found bromance?

The following is a review of "Before Midnight" … in fiction. It’s Part Three of the new series I’m calling All Thumbs Video.

Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" is turning out to be, for many of us who love the book, a failure of "Phantom Menace" proportions.

Here, at the ten-year anniversary, looking back at my original review of "Finding Nemo," I find that my respect for this film has only increased.

Shakespeare adaptations range from the muddled to the magnificent. What's your favorite big-screen blast of the Bard? Is there some cinematic Shakespeare that deserves more attention than it's received?

Well, it could be that zombie movies have finally eaten my brain, but I think this movie has an honest-to-goodness heartbeat.

Today's Entertainment Weekly story about The Hobbit's new character played by Evangeline Lily has dealt a heavy blow to my hopes that this series will improve.

There's a documentary tour of Jerusalem on the way. But I suspect that a lot of people will tune as much for the tour guide as for the subject of the tour.