I would hazard a guess that most people who watch the Oscars do so for the “big” categories, such as Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor/Actress, and Best Supporting Actor/Actress. When the winners are announced in the “little” categories, such as the technical awards, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, and Best Short film(s), they use [...]

Louis Salinger (Clive Owen), a former Scotland Yard agent now working for Interpol, is determined to bring the International Bank of Business and Credit, the world’s premier private banking institution for high net worth individuals and multinational corporations, to justice. He just needs to get proof of its many heinous activities, including arms dealing, extortion [...]

Pushers, Shifters, Movers, Shadows, Watchers, Wipers, Bleeders, Stitches, Sniffs … all of these words describe people who exhibit heightened abilities. Pushers, like Kira (Camilla Belle) can get inside of your head and control your thoughts. Shifters, like Hook (Cliff Curtis), can shape-shift matter, creating a temporary illusion. Movers, like Nick (Chris Evans), can move objects [...]

When compiling a Best of Film list, it’s always difficult to remember the ones that came at the beginning of the year. Learning from past mistakes, I kept a list of every film I saw in 2008, noting the ones that had an impact. All of the ones listed are either four or five star [...]

“And the Oscar goes to …” On Feb. 22, those words will alter the lives of many well-coiffed and designer-dressed men and women. The losers will be comforted with “there’s always next year.” But the winners … they will join the select few whose names will forever be followed by “Academy Award winner.” This year, [...]