We're only two and half months into the year -- this is right around the time I start going to movies again, waking from my Oscar hibernation -- and even though Watchmen didn't pan out, going from complex heady source material to a stiff 'eh?' as a film, we already have at least two fine candidates ...

Remarkably, on its fourth weekend, the well-reviewed Coraline is still hanging in there--it grossed more than $5 million and placed eighth on its way to some $70-million in total domestic gross--even though new opener Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience took over its 3-D theaters. Writer-dire...

No one dared go against the power of Tyler Perry's Thing this weekend, and T.P. made the most of it: 1. Tyler Perry's Mades Goes to Jail - $41.1 million. Just when I thought nothing could make the concept of prison scarier than this, Tyler Perry has to throw his cross-dressing persona in there too. ...

Last night I met up with my friends Kirsten, Amber and Adam for a fun night at the movies so that we could all see Coraline in 3D. I was able to see the movie on opening night but neither Kiki, Amber or Adam had been able to see the film just yet so I INSISTED that we all go and see it before it is ...

Directed by Spike Jonze Starring Newcomer Max Records as Max, Catherine Keener as Max's mom, and the voice talents of folks such as Forest Whitaker and Catherine O'Hara for the big furry whatchamacallits populating Max's imagination Synopsis If you've never read Maurice Sendak's book, shame on you B...

In the grand tradition of little films that could make it BIG, I think Coraline could be that movie in 2009. It has already made an impressive $37M to-date in box-office receipts, 10 days after release. That got me thinking of similar movies that have made it by sheer force of word-of-mouth. Here...

This Friday i went and saw the movie Coraline with some friends (trailer is here). While the movie sports an ordinary story - a cartoonish plot of evil lady trying to steal a young girls soul - it was extraordinary in the the way it looked in two ways.  First it was stop-motion, and second it was i...

I've seen a lot of film critics take swipes at Leonard Maltin for the mini-capsule reviews that are found in his annual reference book. But that's pretty stupid, considering that Mr. Maltin has a team of editors who write those, plus the book is not about deep and insightful film criticism. It's a r...

In Contention Tapley looks at all of the Oscar nominated documentary shorts Your Movie Buddy this isn't a link to a specific post but this blog by TFE reader Kurtis O is pretty funny -- I particularly got a kick out of the reimagining of The Reader poster and the Price is Right riff for Meryl Streep...

Dreams are fleeting, irrational experiences that distort, compress and bend reality in innumerable ways, often defying their own internal, transitory laws even as they are defined. In spite of these mercurial qualities, dreams can be both a sweet release from the physical world, and a chilling remin...