By Steven Zeitchik It's a little easier to sort through the Tribeca films now that there aren't 3,626 of them. But there are still a lot. So we'll filter them ever further and offer some of the more intriguing among the latest wave of announcements today (the fest unveiled its celeb-heav...

House Arrest with Andy Dick: Mo Collins The Andy Dick rehabilitation tour continues on Atom.com. The comedian/train wreck just launched a talk show with a premise that hits close to home: Given his well-documented legal troubles prevent him from leaving his home, what better thing to do to bide the ...

By Steven Zeitchik It's hard to remember an opening outside the summer months as gazed upon as "Watchmen." From your friendly neighborhood box-office expert to the fanboy in your life, everyone wants to know if a) it's good b) it can outearn pretty much any other first-quarter open...

By Steven Zeitchik By this point, Tyler Perry can pretty much touch a rock and turn it into gold (note to Rahm Emanuel: put him in charge of the stimulus package).  So it's not a surprise that Lionsgate's locked down the hyphenate for another two movies. As the minimajor announced toda...

By Steven Zeitchik There's been lots of talk in movie circles -- not to mention squares, triangles and parallelograms -- over how the Peter Chernin departure will affect Fox. Some we've talked to have pointed out that Chernin was the key report for Tom Rothman at the movie studio, as well as...

We have a strange feeling Sean Penn is pulling this out. And a minute later, he does, to the chagrin of Vince McMahon and thousands of fans who like to seek out speeches on YouTube. Mickey, give us another comeback. Sean, from the stage, has a rare moment of self-awareness: "You commie, homo-lo...

By Steven Zeitchik The first -- and possibly last -- true upset of the night. "Departures" indeed pulls it out over "Waltz With Bashir." Yojiro Takita's Japanese tale -- about a young man in a small town who think he's working as a travel agent but really has gotten a job...

The visual effects category has become the Super Bowl commercial of the Oscars. Plenty of explosions and shot of "Dark Knight" et al., part of the "post-production" segment of this weird making-of-a-movie conceit. Then Will Smith coming out and taking knocks at arthouse movies, s...

By Steven Zeitchik Someone get Sid Ganis some extra-strength antacid. The Academy chief's stomach must be twisting into knots after seeing Mickey Rourke's Benigni-like performance at the Film Independent Spirit awards under the tent in Santa Monica yesterday. Tucked away in the kudos show Sa...

This is hardly the revealing bootleg some friends touted it as, more of a soft, Olympic-style behind the scenes look at Oscar host Hugh Jackman as he preps a musical number -- cane, tophat and all. It's not even really a bootleg; it's professionally shot and reveals nothing especially controversial....