Every so often Hollywood produces a grand-scale film with a sweeping narrative and epic storyline that it becomes destined for greatness. No, not summer blockbusters, like Avatar or The Dark Night, with budgets in the hundreds of millions.  The storylines …

I have just endured three painful hours of the Golden Globes.  Thankfully, folks who deserved awards got them (except for Community, which wasn’t even nominated, so way to screw that up, Hollywood Foreign Press Association).  You can click here to …

Tonight I’ll be live-blogging the 2011 Golden Globe Awards.  The Golden Globes continue to receive attention because they used to be seen as a reliable indicator of what films would be receiving Orscar love.  However, due to shifting deadlines, Oscar …

Opening this weekend, in limited release, is a great movie called Barney’s Version.  Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel, the movie is about four decades, two continents, and the three wives of Barney Panofsky (played to perfection by Paul …

Opening this weekend, in limited release, is a great movie called Barney’s Version.  Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel, the movie is about four decades, two continents, and the three wives of Barney Panofsky (played to perfection by Paul …

Opening this weekend, in limited release, is a great movie called Barney’s Version.  Based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel, the movie is about four decades, two continents, and the three wives of Barney Panofsky (played to perfection by Paul …

Paul Giamatti is one of my favorite actors.  I love how he can jump from genre to genre and make it look effortless.  I also love that he’ll go from playing the lead in something like HBO’s John Adams, to …

A large part of the excitement surrounding the release of a new movie is often provoked by the poster’s artwork. I’m not sure it can make or break a movie, but these three new posters would look good on any …

Promo trailers for David Schwimmer’s Trust and Richard J. Lewis’ Barney’s Version have popped up online.  Both films will be playing at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 9 – 19th.  Trust is an intense-looking drama …

Earlier this week, the fifty films showing at the Toronto International Film Festival were announced.  Today, we have a list of the films showing in-competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival.  Highlights of the Festival include Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, …