An early trailer for “Ninja Assassin” was proud to announce the film’s connections to “The Matrix” – it was a “From the producers who brought you …” kind of thing – and why not? “The Matrix” made back its budget many times over, and could easily be described as, “stylish, trend-setting, innovative, mind-bending and kick [...]

I didn’t see “Twilight” when it came out last year in the cinema. I did, however, rent it a few months back, just to see what the fuss was all about. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, it tells the story of Bella (Kristen Stewart), a high schooler who goes to live with [...]

“2012” by the numbers: 158 – that’s how many minutes of your life you will lose if you see it. $260 million – that’s how much this “we’ve seen it all before” disaster film cost. $65 million – that’s astonishingly how much it made this weekend. And, No. 1, that’s – sigh – where it [...]

What would you do if someone gave you a wooden box, and then told you that if you took a key, unlocked the glass dome at the top, and pressed the red button inside, you would get $1 million? Now before you get too excited, there’s a catch. (Isn’t there always?) After you press that [...]

We have only two months left in 2009, and that means that tongues have started wagging about the Oscars. Several writers have already raised a very real concern: With so few movies being made about strong female characters, who is going to be singled out by the Academy in the leading actress category? Meryl Streep [...]