'The Raven' Review

For as much press as John Cusack is doing for The Raven , you'd assume he's rather proud of the movie. After seeing it, I'm not ...

Van Morrison - "Sweet Thing"

The Five-Year Engagement isn't a great movie, but on occasion it poignantly illustrates how a romantic moment can be a bit of a double-...

Back Stage: 'Sound of My Voice' Heads a So-So Movie Weekend

Some weeks, my Back Stage Screen Grab column is an embarrassment of riches. Unfortunately, this weekend's slate of films is filled with...

What Will the Post-'Avengers' Movie World Look Like?

I really liked The Avengers , but I had to admit that I got a little worried about what the repercussions of its success will have on Holly...

2012 Has Had Some Great Films So Far

We are now four months into the film year. Yes, you had to suffer through some dreck ( Dark Tide , Beneath the Darkness , This Means War ), ...

'Safe' Review

Jason Statham remains his steely self in Safe , but this latest action-thriller isn't one of the action star's best. (I may have to ...

Hollywood Knows Nothing About Love

Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary, which has put me in a loving, romantic mood. (Hey, I'm just that type of guy.) That sensation runs c...

'The Avengers' Review

Marvel's The Avengers (or, as it's known in the U.K., Marvel's Avengers Assemble ) is a lot of fun. It's also a bit of a mes...

Bonnie Raitt - "All at Once"

Bonnie Raitt was on The Colbert Report this week to promote her new album, Slipstream , which reminded me how much her 1991 album Luck of t...

Back Stage: Go See 'Goodbye First Love'

This week's Back Stage rundown of the weekend's film offerings is filled with a lot of duds. But I do want to recommend Goodbye Fir...

The Summer Movies I Can't Wait to See -- and the Ones I Can

For Deadspin , my partner-in-crime Will Leitch and I both listed the 10 movies we're most excited about this summer. If that wasn't...

'The Lucky One' Review

The Lucky One will be as good or bad as you're expecting it's going to be. At this stage of the game, being annoyed by the Nicholas...

Forgiving Mel Gibson

For Deadspin , I wrote about Mel Gibson and why it's been so hard for society to forgive him, even though people have been willing to f...

'Shame' Is Now on DVD

Shame was my favorite English-language movie of last year. I raved about it a little back when I first saw it in Toronto, and on the occasi...

Back Stage: Reviews of the Good ('The Cabin in the Woods') and the Bad ('Detention')

This week's Screen Grab column at Back Stage surveys eight movies coming out this weekend, and I'm sad to say most of them aren...

Russell Crowe, Robert Downey Jr., and Other Serious Actors Who Became Action Stars

For Gawker , I decided to put together a list of five memorable "serious" actors who took the plunge and became action heroes. It...

Warren Zevon- "Accidentally Like a Martyr"

Around the time that Warren Zevon was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, Bob Dylan took to covering a couple Zevon songs at his concerts. His ve...

'The Three Stooges' Review

Much to my pleasant, astonished surprise, I thought The Three Stooges was pretty consistently funny. And not just that: When it's funny...

'Think Like a Man' Review

If nothing else, Think Like a Man will probably go down in cinematic history as containing the single best joke about Tyler Perry's For...

'The Cabin in the Woods' Review

One of the toughest things about writing a review of The Cabin in the Woods is ... writing a review of The Cabin in the Woods . Loathe as I...

Who the Heck Are These Guys Playing 'The Three Stooges'?

In my constant attempt to keep you as up-to-date as possible, I wrote a little thing for IFC Fix about the actors who will be Larry, Curly ...

'Lockout' Review

This is Guy Pearce. This is a new look for him. He's playing the action hero in Lockout , a somewhat fun but also kinda dumb sci-fi film...

Father John Misty - "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"

This week's Friday Video presents an interesting dilemma: What do you do when you really like a song but really don't like its video...

'The Player' Is 20 Years Old

Robert Altman's The Player debuted on April 3, 1992. Yup, that movie is now 20 years old. I marked the occasion by writing a little som...

Back Stage: Reviews of 'Damsels in Distress,' 'ATM' and 'Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope'

This week's Screen Grab column is now live at Back Stage . I reviewed seven movies that are coming out this weekend, including the unfor...

'American Reunion' Review

I feel that I've somehow betrayed my generation (and my gender specifically) by admitting that I don't like American Pie all that m...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, and Life After 'Titanic'

This week's column over at IFC Fix was inspired by how uncomfortable "Where Are They Now?" features make me. Sure, I'm mi...