Willem Dafoe

Flogging Nemo

Pixar's grand fish tale needs no enhancement.

Prisoners of Sex: 10 Movie Womanizers, from the Sick to the Sublime

The movies are full of bed-hopping men -- think of Humphrey Bogart's serial flirtations in The Big Sleep (1946), and Richard Roundtree laying his way uptown and down in Shaft (1971). But in Steve McQueen's Shame, slated to open in Houston December 16, womanizing is not just an outgrowth of the plot ... More >>

The 10 Best Warplane Films, According to Real Aviation Buffs (No Top Gun, Thank You)

Featuring a proto-beatnik jet pilot​With the possible exceptions of horses and ships, no other non-speaking entity has starred in so many motion pictures as the airplane. And we love airplanes. We love them so much we've probably seen every last airplane movie worth watching, and even more tha ... More >>

Today's DVDs: Good Actors In Bad Movies -- Legion, Edge of Darkness and Daybreakers

​Stick your hopes for quality cinematic releases back in your pocket. This week's list of DVD releases is topped by a trio of B-movie action flicks that star some A-list names: Legion with Paul Bettany, Charles Dutton and Dennis Quaid, Edge of Darkness with Mel Gibson and Daybr ... More >>

One Vampire Movie That Really Sucks

Cirque du Freak tries to get in on the trend. Fails.

Graveside Songs for Edgar Allan Poe's Long-Overdue Funeral

​Kicking the bucket at the age of 40 is bad enough, especially when, to this day, nobody's really sure how you died (everything from syphillis to rabies to political "cooping" has been thrown out there as a possible cause). But getting buried in an unmarked grave after a three minute "service" is ... More >>

ACL 2009 Day Three: Mud!

Photo by Craig HlavatyNo, that is not Rocks Off.​At this point Rocks Off is so jaded from mud, rain, bro-dudes, and janky taxi-cab politics that Eddie Vedder himself could be standing before us and we wouldn't know him from Adam Lambert. As Willem Dafoe said in Platoon "The worm has turned for you ... More >>

For Memorial Day, Part 3: Five Best War-Movie Deaths

Memorial Day is more than just a holiday to remember the over one million American men and women who have given their lives in service to their country. It's also a time to commemorate Hollywood's love of war. You'll have no problem finding marathons of Tora! Tora! Tora! and Sergeant York on TV, and ... More >>

American Psycho

Before he was Batman, Bale was Bateman

The Walker

A gay escort finds himself at the center of a classic D.C. scandal.

The Joy in the Bubble

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

We Aren't the World

How the Americans fared at Cannes.

Cannes and Abel

Ferrara's beloved New York, this time via Rome.

Spider-Man 3

Overstuffed plot, empty action ruin Spidey's run

Took a Shot

Your Show of Shows

Tube Boobs

American Dreamz's nation of idiots lands a little close to home

Curry Favor

Cozy up to India at the International Festival

Sea of Loathe

Wes Anderson takes Bill Murray out to sea and strands him there

Johnny's Show

Depp saves the day in Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Undersea No Evil

Parents, take heart: Finding Nemo is better than the average Disney toon

The Devil You Know

This comic book adaptation may be gritty, but Ben Affleck isn't

Bloody Hell

Daredevil is a grown-up adaptation, but still too two-dimensional

Out of Focus?

Scotty Crane is tired of getting the shaft from Paul Schrader

World Wide Web

Spider-Man does whatever a spider can and much more

Small Screen, Big Step

DEJ Productions tries to give "direct-to-video" a good name

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

Going for the Jugular

Shadow of the Vampire explores the parasitic impulses common to bloodsuckers and moviemakers

Better in Pairs

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

The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

Psychological Warfare

Did he or didn't he? Only the makers of the American Psycho dreamscape know for sure.

Great Pods

Comic eXistenZ turns erotic mind games into sigh-fi

Affecting Affliction

A grimly compelling film searches for souls and a murder suspect

That Sinking Feeling

Speed 2 runs aground before the ship starts its engine

Love and War

Married to Poetry

Spy Games

Tom Clancy and Harrison Ford take aim at the War On Drugs