Words & Nerds: Ranking the Writing Careers of the 'Freaks and Geeks' Cast Members
One of the more curious things about The Incredible Burt Wonderstone – aside from Steve Buscemi's ability to pass himself off as…
More Peter Dinklage, Please! Four More Big Sequel Roles The Newly Minted 'X-Men' Actor Should Score
Director Bryan Singer told Deadline yesterday that Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage will play a "key role" in X-Men: Second…
Tales Of The Military-Entertainment Complex: Why The U.S. Navy Produced 'Battleship'
The biggest upset of this year's Oscars took place weeks before the actual ceremony, when Zero Dark Thirty helmer Kathryn Bigelow…
Soderbergh's Liberace Pic 'Behind The Candelabra': What's 'Too Gay' for Hollywood?
Steven Soderbergh has pushed against the limits of Hollywood's sexual mores his entire career. His debut, sex, lies, and…
Les Misérables: Will The 2013 Oscars Be One Giant Sad-Off?
Earlier this week, Funny or Die tried to answer the question I hoped would never get asked this Oscar season: Who had it worse…
REVIEW: Jewish Mom-Com 'The Guilt Trip' Scolds Like The Real Thing
The Guilt Trip is a film as familiar as a mother's voice, in more ways than one. Playing a frustrated son and his overbearing…
Maya Vs. Carrie ' Comparing The Feminism of 'Zero Dark Thirty' & 'Homeland'
Do you remember when J.J. Abrams' ABC series Alias was the greatest female spy story of its time? Premiering in 2001, just weeks…
Handicapping The Performances Of 'Les Misérables' — Who Will Dazzle In the Movie Musical?
The highly anticipated Les Misérables is on track to become this year's Chicago — a crowd-pleasing, award-winning, budget-busting…
A Tale of Two Directors: Alfred Hitchcock, J. Edgar Hoover, And The FBI's Eye On The Master Of…
When he wasn't rooting out Communists, cracking down on the mob and spying on civil rights leaders, FBI head J. Edgar…
REVIEW: Bloody Here Comes the Boom Gets Lazier As Kevin James Loses Brain Cells
The first half hour of Here Comes the Boom is so good moviegoers might be fooled into expecting something better than an obvious…
REVIEW: 'Frankenweenie,' The Funny, Creepy — And Poignant — Tale of a Boy and His Undead…
It's too bad that Frankenweenie comes at this late-middle stage of Tim Burton's career when the director, now more brand than…
From Brave to SWATH to Game of Thrones, Has the Anti-Princess Moment Finally…
Like many other feminist moviegoers, I was more than a little disappointed that Pixar's long-awaited first female protagonist…
The 5 Types of Animal Movies
At a few West Coast theaters this Friday, Diane Keaton's dog weepie Darling Companion and the documentary Chimpanzee will make…