First off, do not make the mistake of dismissing Charlie St. Cloud because of Zac Efron. If this movie proves anything, its that Zac Efron is a talented actor. The movie has it’s flaws, but Efron’s passionate performance is one of it’s strengths…

Dinner for Schmucks is essentially a morality play with one simple moral: be tolerant of idiots. Ironically, the film itself is an exercise in that kind of tolerance…

If you still enjoy getting happy meals at McDonald’s (get them while you still can!), then you will probably enjoy The Sorcerer’s Apprentice…

Inception is a labyrinth, a mental puzzle about the puzzle of the mind. Puzzled? You will be, but if you pay close attention, you will escape the maze wholly satisfied in the experience, awed by the extraordinary things you have seen…

This is the epiphany I experienced, that in the sci-fi genre, setting is king. The plot is a secondary vehicle to drive the audience through an imaginary universe. Insomuch as the setting is consistent, original, thought-provoking, and visually interesting, a science fiction film succeeds…

The latest Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe mash-up purports to be a realistic retelling of the Robin Hood legend. It really is just Gladiator 2 with Russell Crowe’s Roman general reincarnated as Robin Hood some thousand years later in feudal England…

Tony Stark is dying. The nuclear battery he created to save his life in the first Iron Man is slowly killing him in Iron Man 2. Easy fix. In order to save his own life, he only has to synthesize a new element. Two years ago, director Jon Favreau faced a similar challenge…