Pope Benedict XVI is moving to revoke the excommunication of four bishops; one of which, British-born Bishop Richard Williamson, has recently said that "historical evidence" was against six million Jews dying in Nazi gas chambers. The mainstream press is reporting it as 'the bishop who denies the Ho...

The debate over Valkyrie's box-office viability has tempered since its plunge from the post-holiday Top 10. But while it's barely broken even at home, it managed a stunning Euro groundswell over the weekend. The thriller padded its $80 million domestic gross with another $13.2 million overseas, led ...

A burst of films and books that spin a narrative of redemption out of genocide....

Tom Cruise can’t seem to catch a break these days.  Sure, he’s rich, married, successful, a legend, has a motorcycle, and again is rich, but it’s probably hard to be the Cruisinator.  Take Valkyrie, the recent Christmas release retelling the tale of an assassination attempt again...

Heidi and I saw Valkyrie over the Christmas holidays. As most of you probably know, the movie dramatizes the attempted coup by the German Resistance toward the end of the war. The movie is written primarily from the perspective of Claus von Stauffenberg, the key figure in the attempted assassination...

So it seems The Weinstein Co. has opted to release Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds on August 21, 2009, which seems to be a strange date for not only a Tarantino flick, but also one starring Brad Pitt that's set during World War II. Late August is usually dumping ground for iffy action flick...

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...

Editor's Note :  A lot of people are probably thinking about Nazis during this holiday season, given that Tom Cruise's "Valkyrie" and Kate Winslet's "The Reader" are both in release. Here's an earlier Smackdown of two foreign films that tackle another angle from those tragic days. Love in the Third...

Filed under: Site Announcements, Reality-Free The folks at our sister site Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their latest musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between: You gu...

Dec. 26: In this abbreviated Filmspotting Fix edition of the show... Just how good is Mickey Rourke's performance in Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler"? Matty busts out the Sam Van Hallgren Memorial jar of hyperbole to give you his answer. Plus, Brian Singer's "Valkyrie" isn't that bad... and neither...