There's been an effort in recent popular culture to create strong female characters (or, somewhat less inventively, to reimagine...

Sitting here at Logan Airport, waiting to fly back out west, I'm reminded of 2009's Up in the Air and lead character Ryan Bingham....

Gremlins is an iconic film to those of my vintage. Released on the same day in 1984 as Ghostbusters, it has the odd distinction of being...

Alec Baldwin is onscreen for less than eight minutes in Mamet's film version of his play Glengarry Glen Ross. Seven minutes and eight...

True confessions: I'm not a Doctor Who guy. I can count on one hand the episodes I've watched, with one major exception: Tom Baker's...

Gilligan's Island was one of the more ludicrous sitcoms in an era of ludicrous sitcoms, rife with unanswerable questions. Why did they...

I've mentioned before that we are currently enjoying a true golden age of animated films, with unbounded artistic and dramatic creativity...

It's been well-documented that movies from the Marvel universe are better than those from rival DC. Part of the reason is the organic...

The Lethal Weapon movies were pretty standard buddy-cop fare, starting out gritty and trending more toward the humorous as the chemistry...

The Disney treatment of Hercules is pretty thin, pitiful stuff, especially considering the wealth of primary source material. Hercules...

War hero. Widower. Maintenance man. Karate guru. Mr. Miyagi was all of these, a wise and competent teacher, and a loyal friend. He fights...

Yeah, Carl is a grumpy old soul, clinging to his cramped homestead, obstructing progress. I do love a good curmudgeon, having known my...