The British heartthrob has gone from riding the franchise wave to working with auteurs that challenge him as a performer rather than simply ask him to know his lines.

This week's new Blu-ray releases also include David Cronenberg's 'Maps to the Stars' and Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes'.

The director talks about his Hollywood horror story, how the script changed over the last decade, Josh Trank's "Cronenbergian" approach to 'Fantastic Four', the honor of becoming an adjective, and a lot more.

Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson star in David Cronenberg's assault on Hollywood culture.

The 'Maps to the Stars' director also talked about how 'Alien' screenwriter Dan O'Bannon lifted material from one of his early films, 'Shivers'.

David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars is a wonderfully unusual, genre-bending experience.  There are quite a few key characters, but it begins with Mia Wasikowska’s Agatha, a young woman fresh out of the psych ward who heads off to LA …

Academy Award-winning composer Howard Shore is among today’s most respected composers and conductors.  He’s been a frequent collaborator with David Cronenberg for 35 years and has scored nearly all his films since 1979 including 2014’s Maps to the Stars.  He’s …

The critics groups and guilds will soon be announcing their year-end picks and nominations for 2014, and individual filmmakers are chiming in as well.  Edgar Wright and John Waters are the first out the gate, and their lists are both …

I don’t like to admit it, but every now and then, I do enjoy picking up a tabloid.  Simply put, it’s fun to read about nonsense like what everyone’s wearing and see that celebrities are really “just like us.”  And …

The Top 5 will take a brief hiatus next week as I’ll be in Austin for MondoCon on Saturday. As someone who has little to no available wall space thanks to its namesake, I’m genuinely thrilled to have the opportunity …