I get the studio's dilemma with Hancock. On one hand you have Vincent Ngo's much-heralded screenplay on which the film is based. But there's some fine print that comes along with Ngo's script: the story is (apparently) rough around the edges, sexualized and more than a little foul. In other words, this is not your father's superhero film.

Hey, neither was Blade but…

How fitting was it that the fourth season of Sex and The City, which was all about the women finally growing up, began with Carrie’s 35th birthday?

Carrie celebrated her big day by feeling sorry for herself. When roadwork caused her friends to miss her birthday party, Carrie began to…

There comes a point in every business model where you've got to "take it to the next level." For Top Gun that was the volleyball scene. For Dawson's Creek it was when they gave Jen Lindley cancer with four seconds to play in the series finale. For film.com it's this here enterprise, Best Movie-Film Talk Show Ever: Episode 1

If you decide to listen you'll get a compact experience, under 20 minutes which is perfectly suited for your lunch break. Or perhaps you've broken into an apartment and have limited time until the cops…

SOP: Standard Operating Procedure is a film in which Errol Morris, the filmmaker, is an investigator analyzing the Abu Ghraib scandal. His intent is to make sense of the criminal charges brought about by the infamous set of photos that documented what exactly? In terms of the law, do the Abu Ghraib photos show torture or do they represent what our military would consider Standard Operating Procedure? This is one of the questions the film tackles and which, ultimately, illuminates a level of semantical insanity that could…

A few things have changed since the first Chronicles of Narnia film arrived on the scene. In the sequel, Prince Caspian, the principal actors are a little older and more proficient. The director, Andrew Adamson, seems more confident; the action scenes are smoother and more polished. The Christian allegories are not as awkward and heavy-handed.

It's a better movie all around, though still not a great one. Like its predecessor, it is plot-heavy, with very little attention paid to characterization. You'll recall that there…