Movie Stars

The 2012 Village Voice Film Critic's Poll

Movies are alive in the Age of McConaughey.

2012 Summer Guide: Summer Movie Preview

Unscripted: Top 10 Actor/Musician Collaborations

Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson have been hanging out a lot lately. The actor joined the antichrist onstage a couple of weeks ago at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show in L.A., and played guitar on "Sweet Dreams" and "Beautiful People." Depp also collaborated with Manson on a cover of Carly Simon' ... More >>

Thelma & Louise

DVDs & Blu-rays: The Ides of March

The Ides of March stars George Clooney and Ryan Gosling; George Clooney directs. The Setup: George Clooney just took home a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama for his performance in The Descendants, so expect to see lots of coverage of him as the Oscars approach. This review, just to be clear ... More >>

Golden Bozos: Your "Official" Live Blog For The 69th Golden Globes

I know, we're all bummed out the Texans lost. But since you've been drinking anyway, you might as well crack open another one and sit through the one awards show even the People's Choice Awards can look down its nose at. I'll be updating this entry throughout the broadcast, so refresh often and try ... More >>

DVDs & Blu-rays: The I Don't Care How She Does It Edition

I Don't Know How She Does It stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear and Pierce Brosnan; Douglas McGrath directs. The Setup: Sarah Jessica Parker plays Kate Reddy, a woman trying to juggle a demanding job and busy home life, pleasing her boss, husband and two kids all at the same time. Pierce Br ... More >>

The Film Issue

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

Love, Actually

And Now, the Least Anticipated Movies of Fall/Winter 2011

​Pop Rocks will return Thursday. The fall/winter movie season kicked off last weekend as Contagion dominated the box office (the highly touted Warrior, not so much). I've already covered, in some depth, those releases coming up in the remainder of 2011 that might merit a closer look. We learn ... More >>

Pop Rocks: Pocket Full Of Kryptonite

Lindsay Lohan's in my next movie? Just leave the bottle.​I'd done a decent job putting the fact they're rebooting the Superman franchise *again* next year out of my mind, that is until a flurry of recent Man of Steel-related news items popped up in the last week or so. "Wait," you're saying, ... More >>

Colin Firth for Best Actor? Not So Fast.

​I realize the actual Academy Awards aren't set to be broadcast until Sunday night, when millions of people will watch -- for the first hour, at least -- as co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway lob Nerfball zingers at their fellow actors, make passively tasteless jokes about speech impedime ... More >>

Another Year

2010 is old news. Here are ten to watch out for in 2011.

Falcon Lake: Casting The Inevitable Lifetime Movie

Tiffany Young-Hartley: Only Reese Witherspoon could do her justice​Okay, so it's time to get started on the script and casting for the movie about David and Tiffany's fateful Jet-Ski trip on Falcon Lake. First, what to name this movie? The Pirates of Falcon Lake will never do: it conjures Johnn ... More >>

So Who Hasn't Gotten Naked?

W Magazine: All about the art.​In the latest news from the Land That Talent Forgot, Kim Kardashian has gone starkers for the November issue of W Magazine: Kim Kardashian has bared all on the cover of a fashion magazine. The reality star, who turns 30 on Oct. 21, appears nude on W Magazine's ... More >>

Green Zone: Win A Free DVD, And Learn Why Matt Damon Is The Best Of The Ocean's 11 Actors

Thank God Brad Pitt didn't star in this​Green Zone, by shaky-cam master Paul Greengrass, is the latest movie to try to buck the trend of box-office poison that is the Iraq War.Many have tried, but even the most celebrated of the Iraq War flicks, The Hurt Locker, wasn't a blockbuster. (Maybe ... More >>

SUMMER GUIDE: (100) Days of Summer Movies

Enjoy the great indoors!

Today's DVDs: The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Valentine's Day

Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Who else was Clint gonna call?​Director Clint Eastwood, actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. That powerhouse trio could have chosen to tell just about any story they wanted and made it into an Academy Award worthy film. They chose Invictus, the real-life story o ... More >>

New On DVD: Did You Hear What Happened To The Morgans? If Not, You're Lucky

​A quick look at the DVDs being released today once again proves that there's no accounting for taste. The box office money makers are Disney's The Princess and the Frog, which raked in more than $102 million, and Ninja Assassin, which pocketed just over $38 million. Then there's Did You Hear Abou ... More >>

Shakespeare in Love Feast

Romeo, Romeo, shiver me timbers, Romeo

Pop Rocks: New Blood For Hollywood. Please

​I used to review movies (over here, if you care), an endeavor I had to quit for a variety of reasons: my hectic neurosurgery rotation, for one, as well as the increasing physical demands of the new Mrs. Vonder Haar, Carla Gugino. But among the non-imaginary factors influencing my decision was the ... More >>

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Summer of Salvation

The Terminator is back. Plus lots of other movies we can't wait to see this season.

Most. Boring. Oscars. Ever.

Ugh! The only interesting thing about the whole damn show was the realization that Goldie Hawn looks like Mickey Rourke. Stop with the work, lady! Seriously. God love Hugh Jackman, but this is not the Tonys. Could that Beyonce "Best of the Musicals" number been any more cheese ball? I have exp ... More >>

Best Films of 2008

Looking back at Che, The Dark Knight, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Wall-E and many others, and looking ahead to 2009

Apocalypse Whatever: Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

The 2008 MTV Movie Awards Turn Back the Clock

Seven Deadly Sins: Celebrity Edition

Marilyn Manson's celebrity dating club

Mechanical Animals

Miss Pop Rocks Loves (the First Half of) the Oscars

Six Degrees of Charlie Wilson’s War

The Year In Film

Judd Apatow's pretty good year and much more

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

Kat Not Included

They're in Tune

Excess Hollywood

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

Color Bind

What's black and white and red all over? Sin City, pal.

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Crash and Yearn

Howard Hughes gets what he wants, in this case a fun and loving biopic

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Fallen Angels

Charlie’s high-flying heroines kick ass, but not the sequel syndrome

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies requires a brain cell or two?

Year of the Woman

The big-screen dames of cinema 2003 will keep you watching

The Year of Living Dangerously

Cinema 2002 counterbalanced a treacherous world

Fallon Fast

Saturday Night Live's prime player is rapidly outgrowing television's small screen

Simulation Number One

Simone teaches us an important lesson: Movies aren't real, duh

Better in Pairs

Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

Notting Off

Star power isn't enough to overcome this hollow romance

Control Freaks

Quality acting overcomes a thin plot in Pushing Tin

Ultra Lights

200 Cigarettes provides pleasantries, if not substance