On May 16, 1986, a film called Top Gun was released. Perfectly timed for the summer, Top Gun featured burgeoning star Tom Cruise and a whole mess of fighter jets. The movie went on to gross over $350 million worldwide, becoming a generation's cultural touchstone in the process. Later that same year,…

Someday, Sam Rockwell will get his Oscar due, I have no doubt. But I bet that when that day comes, lots of movie lovers will look back and say, "But it should have happened for Moon." Rockwell has always been riveting on-screen, but his extraordinary performance in the Twilight Zone-ish mind frak…

Out of George Lucas' Death Star-like headquarters comes word that the Star Wars creator/ruiner is producing a computer-animated musical, to be directed by Kevin Munroe (TMNT) and written by David Berenbaum (Elf). All anyone knows about the plot so far is that fairies are involved. We don't even know…

Well, after several years of speculation and the loss of its founding fathers, the Weinsteins, Miramax has finally been shuttered for good and its library put up on the auction block. While this was truly sad news from a house that brought us so much joy over the years, it looks like it could be one…

Romantic comedy titles tend to stick to a pretty strict formula, picking from four general fields: some kind of weak third-grade level pun (Bride and Prejudice, Made of Honor); a phrase featuring the word "wedding" (The Wedding Singer, The Wedding Planner, The Wedding Date); a song title (Sweet Home…

"Eminently watchable."

If you like a violent, silly, frenetic style of film you'll find plenty to enjoy here. There are a few glaring flaws, which we'll get to, but overall this is satisfying escapism. You could do much worse -- heck, I'm betting you have. Travolta is always at his…