Every year, the Academy Award nominations disappoint, upset and anger many moviegoers (myself included) with mostly predictable picks that honor the most Oscar-buzzed movies of the year, rather than the...

You know it’s been a particularly great year when choosing a top ten is this hard. 2011 was kind of a bore. My favorite movie of that year, “50/50,” wouldn’t even make my top 10 this year. It may...

The way we see films is an ever changing, much debated, controversial topic. We’re in an age now where you can get any film instantly through the internet, where anyone can make a film if they have...

The woman on the screen deliberately brushes her golden locks, unbeknownst that a cloaked man brandishing a dagger approaches with the same deliberation, laced with a murderous streak. The audience writhe...

As I was walking out of seeing “The Raid: Redemption” back in April, I overheard a man angrily say to the cashier at the box office, “I didn’t pay to read that movie.” Such a sentence is one...

The title “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen” might seem to be some sort of metaphorical title, but in fact it’s exactly what the film centers on. The consultant (Emily Blunt) for a sheik in Yemen (Amr...

The Academy Awards are often regarded all over the world as the highest honor a filmmaker or actor or anyone in the film industry can be presented with. Every year, roughly 6,000 members The Academy of...

Welcome to the brand new Tam News column, "In Theaters," which once a week will inform you about the latest films in theaters and where's the best to see them. Bear in mind that unless I say so (such as...

You may have been born in the 90s, but how much of the decade do you actually remember?  Take this quiz to find out. 1. On December 14, 1996, a Wal-Mart employee was trampled and was killed by customers...

2010 was a somewhat disappointing year for movies. In the first half of the year, many movies that looked good (such as “Iron Man 2”) were big disappointments, along with generally awful movies,...

In the final days of 2009, an event occurred that would cause movies to be ruined for months to come. What was it? “Avatar” was released into theaters. The film amazed millions of people as blue...