In The Loop is basically a film version of the BBC television show The Thick of It. I’m sure any British readers out there already realize this, and conversely, I’m sure practically no American readers know this. If the television series is anywhere near the quality of this film, I’ll be a happy man once I track it down. More »

It’s a big ball of cheese in the sky. What would happen, wondered first-time feature director Duncan Jones, if Aretha Franklin lived on it? She’d probably eat it all, he quickly concluded. So he put Sam Rockwell up there instead. You know, just to see what would happen. More »

It’s a sad state of affairs when the McG-helmed Terminator sequel will perhaps be best remembered for Christian Bale’s profanity laden on-set tirade rather than for the film itself. More »

Just a few years ago, following a disastrous serialized television prequel, Star Trek looked like it was ready to keel over after spending the better half of a century on television and movie screens.

In walks J.J. Abrams… More »

The original Transformers was an enigma – there was no possible reason why it should have been even remotely entertaining. Yet, despite its many, many flaws, it sort of was. I just wish I could say the same for the sequel. More »

An enduring classic, appropriately listed on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest American films of all-time, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs makes the highly anticipated leap to Blu-ray as the flagship title for Disney’s new Diamond Collection. More »