Gary Oldman

Hillbillies vs. Peacocks in Lawless

Looks trump plot in prohibition drama

Why So Serious?

Self-important and overstuffed, The Dark Knight Rises feels like Batman forever.

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

The Film Issue

The Film Issue

Looking back on the year in movies, and what's coming in 2012.

10 Bob Cratchits, Ranked from Worst to First

God bless us, everyone.​Every fan of A Christmas Carol has their favorite Scrooges -- whether it's George C. Scott, Patrick Stewart or Mr. Magoo. But the role of Bob Cratchit is also crucial, and a slew of big names have taken their shot at it, with mixed results. It can be a tough role to p ... More >>

Whack a Mole

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy takes us back to the Cold War.

A Smiling/Grimacing Scott Weiland Takes You To His "Winter Wonderland"

Scott Weiland is just a patsy...​A few weeks back I applauded Scott Weiland's Christmas album, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, for it's charming weirdness. It had his signature raspy Stone Temple Pilots baritone, a modern Bing Crosby vibe, and just the right amount of creep to at least wa ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Who Else Would Make A Good Bond Villain?

Jeez, when are they going to stop casting ugly actors in these Bond movies?​So it turns out Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Vicky Cristy Barcelona) is going up against 007 in Bond 23: After months of speculation about who would play the villain in the next James Bond installment, we fi ... More >>

Your 2011 Fall/Winter Movie Preview - Part 2

​You know the drill: the fall movie season starts today, my pretties (my review of Contagion will be up soon...there's a reason it didn't make the preview). Yesterday we covered the first half of 2011's most anticipated upcoming releases, determined through a rigorous scientific analysis consi ... More >>

Angelina Jole & Salt: Win Free Preview Passes, And Learn Five Less Frenetic (And We're Guessing Better) Spy Movies

Angelina Jolie's big picture -- is she in the "needs a hit" category yet? -- opens this month, and is generally being described as "a female Bourne" or terms like that.Which means plenty of frantic cutting, shaky camera work, pulsing music, CGI explosions and -- well, you know the list of ingredient ... More >>

Kicking Ass for Jesus

The Book of Eli's postapocalyptic theology is a little warped.

Disney's A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge is spitting mad

Disney's A Christmas Carol

Ebenezer Scrooge is spitting mad

A Very CGI Christmas

This can't be what Charles Dickens had in mind.

Things the Devil Should Have Done Besides Go Down to Georgia

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the Charlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down To Georgia." The song, which climbed all the way to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and lives on today as a "boss battle" in Guitar Hero 3, made its first appearance on the group's 1979 album Million M ... More >>

Remembrance of Demons Past in The Unborn

Raiding the modern horror memory bank, from The Exorcist to Auschwitz

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

New Potter mines the depths of adolescent angst

Never Opening Near You

Music biopics Hollywood won't make

Fire Flies

The fourth Harry Potter rushes through its paces

Bat Cave-In

The Dark Knight's origin story can't overcome its Baleful side

Excess Hollywood

In the season of sequels and Happy Meal toys, '05 may be a pleasant surprise.

Sith Is It

George Lucas at last delivers the Star Wars prequel we've been waiting for

Harry Goes Scary

The Prisoner of Azkaban takes a Sirius-ly dark turn

Terry Allen

Juarez (Sugar Hill Records)

The Kids Aren't Alright

Fledgling director Jonas Akerlund spins the next hip dope flick

The Pain Train

Two years later, a digital-video short film became an overnight ad sensation

Ground Jet

Hong Kong action star Li deserves a better vehicle than this absurd Dragon

Quid Pro Quo?

More adversaries than partners, Silence and Hannibal actively work against each other

The Grandstander

The Contender is a candidate for the year's most high-minded trash

Illuminating the Stage

Director Mike Leigh explores the politics and process of theater in Topsy-Turvy

Do the Time Warp

Lost in Space is dumb -- but it's a good dumb

Look Back in Anger

Nil by Mouth is so gritty, it verges on the unwatchable

Going Down

Air Force One nose-dives into an ocean of ennui

Star Lard

With The Fifth Element, Luc Besson swipes from science fiction past to create a slick, vacuous future

Cajun 12-Step

An old-fashioned detective story. A newfangled detective.

Sounding the Soul

Flawed but passionate, Immortal Beloved takes us inside the genius of Beethoven

Hollow Points

Besson's bullet ballet The Professional is slick, but morally ugly

Walk on the Wilde Side

Juliet Done It