What is it about Hollywood and mentally challenged people? (I wanted to write "crazy people", but realized that’s not PC). Cineleet has an interesting post about movies that depict mentally challenged characters, from those who suffer from mental retardation, savant syndrome, to plai...

Okay... So I finally saw TROPIC THUNDER on DVD. Bottom line... it was so brutally OFFENSIVE, it was hilarious. Yes, it's possible for a piece of comedy to be BOTH offensive and funny. Look at the work of Mel Brooks. It's not something you can teach, either. Some people can just do it. Some can't. Mr...

Came home from Slamdance with a wicked cold, so, forgive me ahead of time if I don’t over-analyze this year’s Oscar nominees. It’s not that I’m not excited about them — because there are some really cool movies in the running this year –but having slept on the cou...

Your weirdness is getting old, Tom Cruise. Yes, it is. But, anything for a last second box office push, eh, nancy boy? I know that my pal Stan Indursky raked this asshole over the coals a few weeks ago, and considering that Stan is an asshole himself, well, that is a big deal. But, now I must call t...

There’s no doubt about it: 2008 was a memorable year. We had the second biggest movie of all time rip through box office records. We had a huge slate of CGI flicks, and many of them quite good – one might even say they were the best of the year. Superheroes rocked at the box office, and we got t...

Editor’s Note: As part of our Year in Review, we’ve asked our resident DVDologist Brian Gibson to lay down his 15 favorite releases from 2008. For more of Brian’s DVD picks be sure to check out his DVDs I Bought This Week column every Tuesday. It’s that time of year again, th...

Holy hyperbole, folks. It is time to do the big top ten list. As is customary this time of year, it is my duty (and honor) to present you my list of the Ten Best Films of 2008. And in the past year we’ve seen an interesting range of films, have we not? We slowly dredged through the early month...

I thought it would be an easy task to write about this year's best examples of on-screen chemistry. It's my favorite part of the cinematic experience, and one of the most important pieces of the puzzle. Without chemistry, any film is destined to fall quickly and be forgotten. Remember The Mexican? B...

It is time once again for the FSR Year in Review, our annual week of lists and recaps, counting down the very best in film for the year. In between now and January 1st we will be bringing you the best and the worst, the uplifting and the depressing, the sexy and the geeky — all of the best, wo...

2008 has come and gone. And like most years we’ve seen some unquestionable highs and some depressing lows. We elected a new president but also bailed out the d-nozzles on Wall Street. We won the most medals in this year’s Beijing Olympics, but China walked away with the most golds (which...