"Jolie does as well as she can with the twigs they've given her to make a plot house out of."

The line between hero and antihero is a clear one. Superman is a hero. The Punisher is an antihero. Flipper and Lassie are heroes. The newly minted Gru of Despicable Me is an antihero.…

I don't want to talk about the ending, and I'm not here to convince you to see Inception because it's the best movie of the year (even though you should, because it is). The goal here today is merely to broach 20 of the big things Inception is about ... and accomplishes. It's a monster, deserving of…

"An incredible exploration into the power of imagination."

You are what you love,
and not what loves you back. -- Jenny Lewis

Inception is about many things, but most of all it deals with the two basic questions that we humans face each and every day:

1. What do we know?
2. What do…

"The funniest animation of the summer."

I'm not prone to hyperbole in criticism, but Despicable Me is the funniest animation of the summer. Partly wacky, partly madcap, fairly light on story -- it's just a good old fashioned one-liner kind of film. To it's credit, Despicable Me is…

"At best there's a modicum of suspense and intrigue."

There's nothing specifically wrong with Predators other than the fact that there is nothing specifically right with it either. It is a film without a country, appearing exactly as the trailer, poster, and other assorted other…

"We should all be so blessed as to be surrounded by 15 supernatural beings with superior physicality and lethal tendencies."

The word "love" is omnipresent in our language. Think of the myriad of ways you can use the word, and how readily people understand precisely what you mean.…

"A wishy-washy spectacle."

Knight and Day is a hodgepodge of themes, at times displaying madcap hilarity, at other times feeling like an underwritten attempt to cash in. You'll temporarily enjoy Tom Cruise, right up until you're not exactly certain why a scene has turned serious,…

"A worthy finale to the franchise."

Quick -- name Michelangelo's fourth best work! Now pick out Michael Jordan's fifth best championship team! It's difficult, right? Because after you get past the Sistine Chapel, David, and MJ torching Clyde Drexler it gets tough to parse out…