Actor Jim Sturgess summarizes “Upside Down” with a concise two part statement: “It’s a classic love story set up, like Romeo & Juliet. But rather than it being family or gangs that pulls them apart, it’s gravity.” It’s hard to find a better summary than that for Writer-Director Juan Solanas’ new film, surely one of [...]

“A Brief Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III,” written and directed by Roman Coppola, is a break up story. Charlie Sheen, who stars in the title role of Charles Swan III, plays the exact same character he almost always does, the narcissistic, hard boozing creative type who inexplicably has scads of women hounding [...]

An Interview with Dr. Sasha Bardey, producer of the new film “Side Effects” What’s always fascinated me, and I know it fascinated Scott (Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns) is high functioning evil. The guy who steals your car is low functioning evil, but the person who is able to manipulate people and ruin their lives, that’s [...]

If there is a list of actors you wouldn’t want to cross, Jason Statham is sure to be towards the top of that list. Statham has been one of Hollywood’s most reliable action kings for years, and with “Parker” he is poised to remain near the top. Statham stars as the title character Parker, a [...]

Just like the character Pi in his newset film, Ang Lee has been on his own journey into unfamiliar waters over the past 4 years. “Life of Pi,” which is now playing in theaters, was by far his most challenging project, not to mention his first foray into the wonders of digital and 3D filmmaking. [...]

In “Flight,” legendary director Robert Zemeckis finds himself in familiar territory: Oscar contender. The man behind such legendary films as “Back to the Future,” “Forrest Gump,” and “Cast Away,” returns this year with his first live action film in nearly ten years, and only his second R-rated film ever (1980’s Used Cars is the other.) [...]

We know movie tickets are expensive, so let our movie columnist Jason Weiler give you the low-down on whether or not you should drop $11.50. This week he attends an interview with director Lee Daniels and revieviews his new film. Lee Daniel’s latest feature is by far his most experimental, and perhaps even his most [...]

While watching “The Duchess,” a drama based on the true story of the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish, one may wonder, “Haven’t I seen this before?” “The Duchess” appears to be cut from the same cloth as “Marie Antoinette” (2006) and “The Other Boleyn Girl” (2008). The plot is familiar: eighteenth century woman receives high [...]

“Burn After Reading” is bound to receive mixed reviews, but I left the viewing not feeling all that mixed up about whether or not I liked it. I laughed and cringed in all the right ways. The film is directed by some very famous brothers, stars very famous names and depicts one of Hollywood’s very [...]

The summer movie season is finally winding down. What lived up to the hype? Jim Taugher has the scoop on what rocked hard and what flopped hard.