Sometimes I get the strange, pit-of-stomach feeling that I don't like the Ridley Scott films that I should, and dislike those that others don't. You can chalk up Body of Lies, a straight-forward thriller about terror, to the first pile—where it sits proudly alongside White Squall, Kingdom of Heave...

“In space, no one can hear you scream.” Damn straight. (Those are the words at the end of the trailer.) I recently saw Alien in a theatre for the first time, and it was way better than any of the times I watched it on a TV screen — and I’ve seen many times over the years. And...

All this week we'll be highlighting some of our favorite scenes from Oscar-winning films and performances leading up to this year's Academy Awards on Sunday night. Even though there are plenty of people who think Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe may not have deserved Oscar gold back in 2001, I will re...

If you've been confused about some upcoming movies because their concepts weren't completely spelled out in their titles, I've got some helpful, clarifying news for you. Nottingham, Ridley Scott's cryptically-titled Robin Hood tale, has been re-titled Robin Hood . Not as easy-to-understand as my tit...

Filed under: TV on the Bigscreen, Reality-Free The A-Team movie has become the fabled Citizen Kane of our times, which doesn't say a whole hell of a lot for our times. The movie has been passed around and played with more than a bongo at Matthew McConaughey's house. It's gone from production staff t...

Twentieth Century Fox has recruited film maker, Joe Carnahan, to helm, “The A-Team” remake. Director John Singleton was attached to direct the film ever since this project was first announced, but Singleton suddenly dropped out. Ridley Scott is set to produce, his brother Tony Scott is e...

For one of the more bizarre news items for today, I submit what’s going on over on the set for Ridley Scott’s Nottingham . The film, starring Russell Crowe as both Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham, has seen its fair share of troubling signs: script-related debacles, delays in sho...

The bad news just keeps coming for Ridley Scott's revisionist take on Robin Hood; delays, confusions over the script -- heck, even the foliage wasn't cooperating. But, this latest piece of gossip to hit the web confirms that no matter how you slice it, all is not well in Sherwood Forest. The latest ...

Posted by Peter Debruge The Body of Lies trailer just hit the web, and it's hard to make much of the movie at this point. I mean, for all the quotable one-liners William Monahan gave us in The Departed, they simply can't seem to find a catch phrase suitable for the trailer (benefit of the doubt: for...

I expected more from American Gangster.  It stars two first-rate actors, and personal favorites, in Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.  It is directed by Ridley Scott.  The acting and direction were very good.  The story was interesting too.  So, I’m not quite sure why I’m not con...