I was tired when I sat down for “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” but excited nonetheless. The “Lord of the Rings” trilogy created one of the best-defined and most expansive universes in...

Some movies aren’t bad, they aren’t good, they just kind of...exist. There aren’t any big flaws within them, but not enough good elements either. “Deadfall” is certainly one of those movies,...

"Elementary," CBS’s take on the modern-day Holmes theme mastered by Britain’s wildly popular "Sherlock," premiered September 27 as the latest in a series of adaptations of the original stories dating...

“Goodfellas” was the first Scorsese movie I ever saw, and to this day, it remains my favorite. If I was to guess, I’d say that writer/director Andrew Dominik (the wonderful “Chopper” and...

There are a number of films coming out this year based on books that many considered unadaptable. “On the Road,” one of the less ambitious of the adaptations, failed to translate into film. “Cloud...

Theater is an art I can admire and see the value in, but it’s never been one I’ve enjoyed all that much. I’m never really able to connect, all I really see is the actors reciting lines, rather...

In general, biographies of big historical figures are avoided today, with filmmakers usually choosing to highlight only a specific event in the person’s life. We've seen it recently with films...

The Bond movies have always interested me in the way they’ve changed to fit the time period. The first film in the series, “Dr. No” way back in 1962, if a movie that I think really isn’t very...

It’s been a long 12 years since director Robert Zemeckis made his last live-action film. Ever since “Cast Away” in 2000, he’s been lost in the uncanny valley, making a number of motion-capture...

I don’t really play video games that much. Maybe to pass time, I’ll play some game on my phone here and there, but I don’t have an Xbox or a Playstation or anything like that. However just because...

Like many of iTunes’ free singles of the week, “New Ceremony” by Dry the River went unnoticed by most listeners. After downloading the song and listening to it twice, I had to have the album. The...

After seeing “Cloud Atlas,” the new film by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, a number of people asked me what it was about, but I was at a loss for words. “Cloud Atlas” is one...